Located at 1650 Pacific Coast Hwy in Seal Beach, CA 90740
Yoga Studio Phone 562.431.0706
Dr. Jack Ebner Appt. Phone 562.799.2423
     
   
     
Dr. Jack Ebner Isabel John Algarme Faculty Profiles

Faculty Profiles

Nancy Isabel : Isabel has been practicing yoga for most of her life and has been teaching since 1998. She presently serves Assistant Director of the Omadawn Yoga Studio and Wellness Center in Seal Beach. She has practiced the Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Sivananda traditions, and has done advanced training with Peter Sterios. In 1988-99, Isabel studied hatha yoga and vigorous breathing techniques with La ciensa yoguina in Santiago, Chile. Her classes are a combination of various healing and spiritual modalities making them challenging, intuitive, insightful and uplifting. She encourages focus and a light, joyful exploration into ones own practice with a playful spirit. Isabel is a graduate of UCLA, and has one year of advanced study in ayurveda from the Ca. College of Ayurveda. She has studied anatomy, body movement, and pilates, which she integrates into her teaching. She is creating a year long teen development program based on yogic principles, and teaches yoga retreats around the world. Isabel is a massage therapist, and a practitioner of cranial therapy, and has lectured and volunteered at schools and community centers.
John Algarme :
Sally Burns : Sally Burns teaches a dynamic vinyasa flow style class, integrating her experience with Hatha Yoga, Iyengar and Ashtanga by emphasizing the union of movement and breath as well as proper alignment. Sally has been a dedicated practitioner and student of yoga since 1997. She began teaching Ashtanga yoga in 2002 after completing an intensive study course in the foundations and teaching techniques of the primary series of Ashtanga yoga, taught by David Swenson. In 2003 Sally became a Yoga Alliance registered teacher (200 R.Y.T.) after receiving her Teacher Training Certificate through Yoga Place in Costa Mesa, CA (now Yoga Works), taught by Karin O'Bannon in the Iyengar tradition. In addition, she has taken many other teacher training workshops with notable teachers such as Saul David Raye, Max Strom and Angela Farmer.
Bill Ibison : A yoga practitioner for over 30 years, in 1997 Bill received his primary training and certification through the White Lotus Yoga Foundation. He has done retreat training at the Zen Mountain Center, and lists Krishnamurti, Iyengar,and Vanda Scaravelli among his influences. He has been involved for the past six years doing "Yoga for Health", a Long Beach cable TV program. He describes his class as meditative flow hatha yoga, providing a full range of asanas, emphasizing breath (pranayama), stamina, and flexibility.
Heidi Kuyper : Heidi has 9 years teaching experience, having been trained by Diane Harmon, whose studio she helped manage for 2 1/2 years. A piano teacher for 18 years, as well as a painter, singer, and gardener, Heidi continues to take workshops and classes for continued learning. She describes her class: "I like Hatha Yoga flow. I start class with pranayama and meditation. Stretching on the floor, asana flow, sun and moon salutations, holding postures, emphasis on breath during class, guided visual savasana".
Elizabeth Markley : Elizabeth is a graduate of the Iyengar Institute of Los Angeles training program with 8 years teaching experience. To describe her teaching she quotes B.K.S. Iyengar "The long and interrupted practice of asanas, done with awareness, will bring success". In the tradition of Iyengar Yoga, Elizabeths teaching style emphasizes alignment, form, and attention to detail.
Diane Pavesic : Diane began practicing yoga in 1994 and teaching in 1997. Through her experience as a Registered Nurse, Diane promotes the holistic health aspects of hatha yoga, meditation and pranayama. She utilizes a multi-dimensional approach to teaching yoga, incorporating yoga philosophy, meditation and breath awareness into an asana practice focused on therapeutics and alignment. Training certifications include the Yoga Place (YogaWorks), Indigo Yoga, the Institute of Progressive Therapies, and Erich Schiffman's teacher training program. She continues to expand her knowledge of yoga studying with numerous well-known teachers from many traditions of hatha yoga including yoga therapy. Diane holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and is certified in case management and holistic health. Registered with the Yoga Alliance as an E- RYT 500, she is a member of the California Yoga Teacher's Association, and the International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Jolene Hale
Lonne Dickerson : Lonne was Introduced to Yoga as a receptionist here at Omadawn Yoga Studio where she began her yogic path in 1998. Being a dancer since a small child and raised in a metaphysical and spiritually diverse home, Yoga was a natural evolution of Self. Lonne brings joy and grace into her yoga classes with her sense of humor and her soothing spirit. Each of her classes focuses on moving with the breath and going within, to tune into your body, mind and spirit connections. Lonne instructs you to listen to your body and do what feels good to you. Her classes are fun and flowing. Lonne has taken Prenatal Yoga workshops with Rocki at Yoga Works and with Shiva Rea at Exhale. In January of 2003 Lonne received her Yoga Teacher Certification through Diane Harman of Wellness Encounters. Lonne is certified to teach Children's Yoga through Pamela Hollander of Indigo Kids. She has studied with the Bhrama Kumari's in Meditation and is a current student of NamaDeva (Thomas Ashley Ferrand) in Sanscrit Mantra. Lonne is also a Reiki practitioner and Doula.
Vince Koeller
Terri Pitts
Jenny Ahn : While traveling in India, I met one of my first teachers, Rudra Dev,devoted yogi and student/teacher of Iyengar. His rigorous classes focusing on alignment brought about a deeper understanding for discipline, concentration, and balance into my practice. Currently in the 2nd half of the 500 hour Teacher Training program at Yogaworks, First studying with Birgitta Kristen and John Gaydos, now mentoring with Jeanne Heileman. Jeanne has shown me the importance of not only the physical aspect of yoga, but the subtle body aspect, and incorporating meditation, pranayama, and ayurveda to deepen the awareness of one-Self. Most of all, a recent injury has been a blessing in disguise and being able to apply yoga to the experience has helped me realize that we are our own healers, and that the physical body is merely a tool to moving deeper within to finding our true Selves. Through practice of self-awareness, one can find true happiness in just Being. "....and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people to do the same. As we liberate ourselves from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others"-Nelson Mandela 1994 Inaugurable Speech.

Volunteer (Karma) Yogis

Our studio benefits greatly from the contribution of our Karma Yogis. They maintain our studios cleanliness, sattvic atmosphere, and friendly environment. All of us benefit greatly from their contributions.

 

Appointment Phone Numbers
Massage : 562.431.0706
Chiropractic : 562.799.2423
Acupuncture : 714.422.9101