Kenyan Way
Bernie began her love affair with running in 2003 after a weight loss challenge at work left her seeking ways to slim down quickly. While she first struggled to make it around the block, she kept at it and has since become a dedicated runner. In 2005, after moving to Houston from California, her brother encouraged her to begin training for her first marathon, one that they would run together. Over the next 5 years Bernie completed countless half marathons, 13 marathons, and an ultra marathon. Bernie runs nearly every day and trains with Kenyan Way running club. Her running buddies help her stay motivated despite the Texas heat. She also stays motivated with local races and tries to run at least one race a month. She has competed in a variety of events throughout the country from... Read the profile >>
Brent and Cassie Gallagher are recognized performance coaches and personal trainers who inspire individuals to become their personal best. They own West U Fitness in Houston Texas, where their world class team focuses on personal training, Pilates, sports performance and nutrition to help transform the bodies, minds and spirits of a broad clientele. Brent travels with the PGA Tour as well. He provides strength and conditioning programs for dozens of the world's top golfers. Cassie enjoys training all clientele, but has a great niche for training women that want to be challenged and pushed to be their best. She wants all women to believe that they can be in great shape after having children and as they age. Cassie instills that feeling great about yourself is not over. You can... Read the profile >>
Brian O'Neill's Rub Running Club
Entrepreneur by Day, Athlete by Heart. Dave is the Founder of Houston’s very own Brian O’Neill’s Pub Running Club. BON Running Club is a free weekly social running club that meets every Tuesday night at Brian O’Neill’s Pub in Rice Village for a 5k fun run. Founded in the fall of 2008, BON Running Club has quickly become one of the largest running clubs in the city with a total membership of over 1,500 people. What initially started as a club of 25 runners, now impressively draws more than 300 runners each week from all over the Greater Houston area! Dave’s philosophy is to create a lifestyle balanced by fitness and fun and to encourage people of all fitness levels to make running a fun part of their lives. His mission is “to make Houston a stronger, healthier, and... Read the profile >>
Henry “Hank” Richardson is the Senior Instructor for D E F I N E: body & mind. Hank is a former All-American and National Team Member for the sport of Springboard and Platform Diving. After a successful career as a scholarship diver, Hank graduated from the University of Florida and moved to New York City where he joined the program Teach For America to teach 6th grade children in the South Bronx, NY. As a school teacher, Hank was surprised that his old injuries from diving were still causing him discomfort. With the encouragement of a friend, Hank found himself taking his first Pilates/Yoga/Ballet hybrid class, at the spa, exhale, in New York City. Sixty minutes and lots of shaking later, he found a method of exercise he knew would change his life. Six months later, he found... Read the profile >>
Lidieth discovered her passion in yoga while working with qi gong in 2004 then durthered her skills in 2005 studying with Jennifer Burgermeister and receiving her Yoga Alliance Certification. In addition, she is a certified Aerial dance on silks and vertical pole teacher by Vault. She recently completed her Advanced Teacher Yoga Certification with Anna Forrest. Other master teachers who she studied with include Dave Swenson, Anna Forrest, Amy Ell, and recently Alethea Austin, 2010 USPDF Pole Champion. Read the profile >>
Yoga One, CuraYoga, Awakened Yoga Studio
Nancy teaches Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga at Yoga Ananda Yoga Studio. Nancy is a registered teacher with the Yoga Alliance. She completed her 200-Hour Training in Philadelphia in Spring of 2009, Yoga Ananda 200 Hour Training in 2010, and has also completed Baptiste Power Yoga Training Levels 1 and 2. Currently finishing up her requirements to be a Baptiste Certified teacher, Nancy also plans to pursue the path of becoming Senior and Master Baptiste Teacher. Nancy's passion and love for life and all things expressive were reignited when she discovered the practice of yoga about six years ago. As a former gymnast, Nancy found the physically challenging power vinyasa style of yoga to be empowering, exciting, and FUN! What started out as a form of exercise and physical self expression has... Read the profile >>
Roger grew up near Fort Worth, Texas, where practicing yoga was not commonplace and where, as a male, it could quite possibly have gotten you beaten up. So, in high school, he played basketball and ran hurdles and messed about with football a bit. As he grew older, he got interested in running and triathlon. He attended his first yoga class (hot yoga!) with Albina in 2001 and has been a passionate student of yoga ever since. His yoga background is in Bikram and Ashtanga. His current yoga crushes are Ashtanga, Forrest Yoga and Vinyasa Flow. He loves music, art, literature, red wine, dark chocolate and the great outdoors and tries not to take himself too seriously. Yoga has changed his entire outlook on life and helped prepare him both for being a husband and a father as well as for... Read the profile >>
Joy Yoga, Freneticore Dance Company
Stacey Ramsower discovered yoga at the age of 14 on a VHS tape in her living room and has been practicing ever since. Yoga is a means of maintaining a spiritual connection to herself and her surroundings, and also a vehicle for communicating the value of self-love and reflection to others. Read the profile >>
