Peggy Hong 
All paths lead to yoga. Teaching yoga is one of the most difficult and
fulfilling activities I’ve ever engaged in, but it brings together
all of my interests: body/mind integration, art and creativity, science,
language, spirituality, meditation, interpersonal relations, community
building, and peacemaking. I am grateful to my students and colleagues
who support and encourage me in this challenging task.
My yoga practice began in earnest in 1996, when my youngest child started
school. At first, I used yoga to complement my dance training and my
work as a performer and choreographer. Over time, the yoga practice became
larger and larger. I began teaching yoga in 2001, when I realized that
in order to keep growing in my own practice, I needed to share my learning
with others. I’ve taught yoga to students at Alverno College, Milwaukee
Yoga Center, The Aveda Institute for Beauty and Wellness, Shorewood High
School, Tamarack Community School, Public Allies, and more. I am also
a published poet, fiction writer, and creative writing instructor, and
I teach workshops that combine yoga and movement with writing.
I'm a certified Intermediate Junior 1 yoga instructor through IYNAUS
(Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States), and continue
advanced yoga studies with senior teachers Chris Saudek and Lois Steinberg,
among others. In July 2005 and January 2008, I traveled to Pune, India
to study directly with the Iyengars at their Institute. I’m the
mother of 3 young adult children (who all practice yoga) and I live with
my husband along the Milwaukee river. I’m a peace activist, Waldorf
school parent, and proponent of everything that contributes to community,
sustainability, and wellness. Visit my blog at: stillinsirsasana.blogspot.com.
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Iyengar yoga, since the summer of 1995. Since then, she has studied with
senior teachers Mary Dunn, Lois Steinberg, Faeq Biria, Kevin Gardiner,
Gabriel Halpern, Manuso Manos, Rajiv Chanchani and Kofi Bosa. She continues
to pursue intensive teacher training with senior teachers Chris Saudek
and Laurie Blakeney. She has been teaching since February of 2000, and
brings great attention, vitality and good humor to her classes. In 2003,
Annie was voted best yoga instructor by the Milwaukee Shepherd Express
Reader’s Poll.
holds
a B.F.A. degree as well as the preliminary level of certification
for Teaching Yoga in the method of B.K.S. Iyengar. He has been
studying and practicing Iyengar Yoga since 1998. He has been teaching
yoga as his full time vocation since the year 2001. His teaching
focuses on careful alignment of both body and mind through the
precise instruction of the yoga poses. The greater goal of his
teaching is the cultivation of healthful and mindful living. This
is brought to light in his occasional philosophical points and
parallels derived from the yoga poses and the experiences they
create.