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Jeannine K. Smolinsky, M.Ed., E-RYT
Founder of Yoga Rocks! and Yoga Rocks Kids.
Jeannine is currently creating new programs all over Long Island for adults and children. To learn more and to contact Jeannine: click here
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| Diana Vargas-Singh, C-YRKT has been teaching with Yoga Rocks Kids! since 2008 and has been a student of yoga for over ten years. Diana first tried yoga when she started her career as a young attorney. Quickly realizing that she needed an outlet for the stress associated with work, Diana tried different yoga styles and studios. When expecting her first baby, pre-natal yoga and then post-natal yoga helped seal her love of how yoga made her feel inside and out. In 2007 Diana decided to take her love of yoga and children, and combine them under the wonderful Yoga Rocks! Kids training program. Diana has taught yoga to toddlers, children and teens. She has taught: Nassau County Girl Scout troops, Nassau BOCES, at The Portledge School in Locust Valley, Friends Academy, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary in Oyster Bay, private birthday parties, and currently at the Glen Cove YMCA. Diana will also be an adult yoga teacher as a graduate of the Yoga Works adult training program as of June 14, 2010. Diana is happily married with three wonderful little yogis who love to practice yoga with mommy!
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| Robin Labadorf, C-YRKT has been practicing yoga for the past ten years. Her love for children and yoga inspired her to get her CYRT and she has been teaching at Yoga Rocks, and private schools for the past year. A mother of three girls, and a graduate of Boston University School of Management, Robin incorporates her creativity and passion for children into every class she teaches. From her Yoga Party class, to her private lessons, Robin infuses every class with her warmth, energy, and enthusiasm.
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| Alison Klein, RYT, C-YRKT Alie earned her Master’s degree in Education specializing in School Counseling and has been a school counselor for the past 10 years. Alie was introduced to yoga by a good friend who suggested it would be a great stress reliever and was hooked from her first class! Looking for a studio closer to home, she found Whole New World Yoga (now Yoga Rocks!) in October 2006 and has been dedicated to her yoga practice ever since. Combining her passion for yoga and working with children, Alie earned her C-YRKT with Jeannine in 2008. Alie recently earned her 200 hour adult certification with YogaWorks in NYC. Alie continues to work with the YogaRocks!Kids program as well as private clients in Queens and Long Island. She started a yoga program at the Danc’in Place in Carle Place and her yoga students were given the opportunity to perform in the year end recital, for the first time, in June 2009. Alie loves when her students use their imaginations and want to create their own yoga poses, “I learn as much from them, as they learn from me.”
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| Margaret Soukeras, RYT, C-YRKT is a Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Yoga Rocks Kids Teacher and graduated from SUNY Cortland with a bachelor's degree in Sociology. She went on to work at several high profile companies, such as Snapple, Estee Lauder and BMG. Choosing to return to school for her Master's degree, Margaret worked at Adelphi University, while attending yoga classes. She earned her Master's in psychology in August 2006. While attending Adelphi, Margaret was introduced to Yoga, which she loved immediately. Deciding to pursue her new found passion, Margaret earned her RYT in 2007 and C-YRKT with Yoga Rocks Kids in 2008. She currently teaches "Dancers and Skaters" in the Yoga Rocks Kids program and especially loves the Girl Scouts!
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| Leah Urrutia, C-YRKT is a newly Certified Yoga Rocks Kids Teacher. She teaches yoga at Yoga Rocks and is a full-time guidance counselor at Carle Place Middle and High School.
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| Marcella Burney, C-YRKT former International Banker, mother of 2 teenage daughters, has been practicing yoga for the past 15 years. First introduced to yoga at the Integral Yoga Institute in Manhattan, she was delighted to find Yoga Rocks! here in Oyster Bay after moving to Long Island. Marcella now combines her love of yoga with her love of children in her new occupation as a Certified Yoga Rocks Kids Teacher.
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| Julie Raimondo, C-YRKT is a Certified Yoga Rocks Kids Teacher, began practicing yoga three years ago. Working as a preschool teacher at the time, she realized that her students would benefit greatly from yoga. Julie embraced the opportunity to study under Jeannine and began the process during the summer of 2008. She became certified just before the birth of her daughter, Ava. She now offers the Yoga Rocks! Kids Program at afterschool programs in Brooklyn, NY. She loves seeing kids get just as excited about yoga as she does and wishes that more children would be introduced to yoga at a young age.
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| Christine Cherpak, C-YRKT
embarked on her yoga path a number of years ago while discovering the power of the mind-body connection. Integrating her passion for biology, yoga, children, and the human spirit, Christine journeyed to become a Certified Yoga Rocks Kids Teacher in 2007. She finds her work with children of all ages and abilities inspiring and fulfilling. Additionally, Christine finds her teaching encounters with special needs children an invaluable extension of her senior thesis work on Disability Studies, and she values the ongoing learning occurrences each child offers her. As Christine continues to teach yoga to children, she is pursuing her PhD in Psychology, and she expresses much gratitude for how her experiences have influenced her career aspirations.
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| Susan Burke, C-YRKT is a Certified Yoga Rocks Kids Teacher as well as a Speech and Language teachers in the Jericho School district where she leads a Yoga Club for kids. She is a mom of 6 children and a fun and exciting kids yoga teacher.
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| Jessica Domow, RYT, C-YRKT began her yoga practice in 2002 while attending the University of Massachusetts. She loved what it did for her body-mind connection and decided to pursue the study of Yoga. In 2005 she became a 200 hour Certified Yoga Teacher. Jessica's joy of working with children inspired her to concentrate her studies in children's yoga and then became a 100 hour Certified Yoga Rocks Kids Teacher in 2007. Jessica is also a recent graduate from NY College of Health Professions, and is now a Licensed Massage Therapist. Health and wellness continue to be an important part of Jessica's life as she adds a nice yoga facial at the end of some of her classes! Currently, Jessica lives in Western Massachusetts bringing Yoga Rocks Kids to studios and massage centers and will guest teach at Yoga Rocks Oyster Bay as well.
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