Teachers
Brenda Drake
Brenda Burris Drake began her yoga practice over 30 years ago with her first yoga class during her freshman year in college. She received her certification in Vinyasa Flow with Stephanie Keach. She has attended classes with excellent teachers including Seane Corn, Rodney Yee, Max Strom, Lindsay Murrary-Kashoid, and Liz and Brian Delaney. She loves deepening her knowledge of yoga through practice and loves to share her knowledge with her students.
Craig Metcalf
Graig is a Greenville native, a graduate of North Main Yoga's Teacher Training program and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. He also teaches meditation classes for the Ganden Buddhist Center based in Columbia, SC. While Craig leads his students to increased strength and flexibility, he is also a firm believer in yoga's ability to lead practioners to spiritual awakening and his teaching style reflects that belief. Meditation techniques and Sandskrit chanting are common elements of Craig's classes. Students who attend his classes are treated to a soothing yoga experience which emphasizes stress-reduction, elimination of negative states of mind, a more peaceful day and a better nights sleep. Craig's classes are appropriate for all student levels, from beginner to advanced.
Chandra Smith
Chandra is a Certified Yoga Teacher and Energy Practitioner. Chandra has an intuitive and creative style and has been studying emotional agility, human development and health related subjects for over twelve years.
Teacher Training Program Asheville Yoga Center, Stephanie Keach, Certification Additional Training Anusara Yoga, John Friend, Los Angeles, CA; Vinyasa/Chi Gong, Max Strom, Costa Mesa, CA and Greenville, SC; Ashtanga Yoga, Mary Kay West, Asheville, NC and Athens, GA; Power Yoga, Bryan Kest, Costa Mesa, CA; Svaroopa Yoga, Kathy Johnson, Antioch, IL, Iyengar Yoga, Meagaan Baas, Lake Forest, CA; Emotional Yoga, Jon Burras, Mission Viejo, CA, Flow Yoga, Stephanie Keach, Greenville, SC, Yoga and Ayurveda, Scott Blossom, Asheville, NC Teaching Experience Flow Yoga with emphasis on Breath and Movement at Brookwood Church, ongoing; Substitute teacher at North Main Yoga, Greenville, SC; Taught daily on retreat to Caramanico, Italy, Summer 2007 Workshops - Meditation; Energy, Emotions and Yoga; Tools of the Law of Attraction Facilitator - Women's Conversation Network, Greenville, SC.
Karen Noonan
Karen Noonan is the owner of Yoganize. Karen has been studying and teaching movement and yoga for 22 years in South Africa and the USA. Her background in Physical Education, participation in various individual and team sports; gymnastic and swimming coaching and continued studies in Kinesiology, Anatomy and Physiology, Yoga, Pilates and Yoga Therapy are the reason behind the prescriptive nature of Karen’s yogic practice and teaching style.
Karen is a qualified Physical Educationist with certifications in Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Pilates , Aqua, FITCO (ACE equivalent); prescriptive back care. Karen owned a fitness studio in South Africa for 7 years. She received her Yoga Therapy certification with distinction, in India.