Teachers
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Mary Ella Jones
Mary Ella is the owner & director of the Grosse Pointe Bikram studio. She received her certification in December 2001 and "officially" opened the Grosse Pointe location in June 2002. Mary Ella is originally from St. Louis, Missouri where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from Fontbonne College. |
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Amanda King
Amanda began practicing Bikram Yoga in Olympia, Washington while in school at The Evergreen State College and completed her teacher training in December of 2001. She also completed Phase I Yoga Kids teacher training in May of 2002 and has continued to relish in the joy of introducing yoga to children in the metropolitan Detroit area and planting the seeds for a lifelong yoga practice. Amanda is also an aspiring art teacher and is launching a children's Yoga Art class in the fall that will expose kids to the creative elements of body and spirit. |
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Gavin Milner
Gavin completed the Bikram teacher training in 2003. He has also studied yoga philosophy under Veronica Zader, Ashtanga/Vinyasa yoga under David Swenson and Manju Jois, and Yin yoga with Paul Griley. Gavin believes miracles are possible in Bikram yoga when practitioners commit to a daily practice with equal measures of compassion and discipline. |


