Our Teachers
Retha Cazel - is the owner and primary teacher for Yoga and More. A
certified instructor; she began her yoga practice in 1983. She is an inspired Anusara
Yoga teacher -"aligning with the divine grace from the heart", and a certified "Cardiac Yoga" teacher.
Her classes combine the authenticity of heart wisdom that she has gained throughout the years,
encouraging each person to find the yoga poses which are best suited for their needs. She teaches
Vipassana Meditation, and continues her study of yoga, meditation & healing with renown teachers.
She has studied in India with B.K.S, Geeta, and Prashant Iyengar.
Carey Gillis - Carey Gillis was born and raised in the Corning area. In
99' Carey graduated and became a NYS licensed massage therapist. Continuing on the bodyworkers
path she travelled to California where she was trained in Sivananda yoga, a classical style of
yoga which incorporates asana, breathing, and relaxation. She approaches her own yoga practice
with self-discipline and awareness of the nature of body, mind and spirit. She has been teaching
yoga since 2000 and completed multiple workshops with world renowned yoga practioners like Rodney Yee
and John Friend. In 2005, Carey finished her sivananda advanced teachers training certification
and continues to teach weekly classes locally in Corning. She substitute teaches here at Yoga and
More.
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Joshua Goldman - teaches T' ai Chi QiGong.He is a ten-year student of Yang-style
T'ai Chi Ch' uan and QiGong. Joshua has studied with multiple high-level teachers in the U.S. and
the U.K. and is a Tai Chi student of Nancy Coronia. QiGong, Chinese mind/body work, is a way to find
stillness through motion. Simple postures have proven effective for range of motion, vascular
strength (legs) and balance (with daily practice). Joshua has been engaged with optimal fitness for
40 years. He is easy to work with, his delightful sense of humor and keen understanding of etherial
energy adds a multidimensional sense to his teachings. 607.769.5077.
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Heidi Gerth - a native of Philadelphia PA, has been gracing our Yoga Studio
since 1996. She has a MA in Wellness and teaches at Corning Community College. Heidi currently
fills in as a substitute yoga teacher. She has taught a "Christian Yoga Class", and would like to
continue teaching with this area of focus. She embraces the heart and the ethics of Chrisitianity
in her own practice and her teaching methods, offering a class which serves the Christed energy within.
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Jami Lacerte - is a certified yoga instructor who recently moved to
Painted Post from New Jersey. Jami teaches the Vinyasa yoga class on Sunday mornings, and an
Intermediate Vinyasa on Tuesday evenings. Her classes often combine an intensity and lightness
that allow her students to safely challenge themselves while maintaining a sense of ease that
is so important with the practice of yoga. She invites all of her students to be their own best
teacher, to allow the breath to be their guru, and to dwell in their true nature, that of truth,
knowledge, and bliss absolute.
www.imajinewellness.com
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