Co-Director/Owner
Tawanna Kane, RYT is
a certified yoga teacher and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
instructor, motivated by the heart and inspired by the healing
power of movement. Her teaching style is a joyous reflection
of a variety of yoga techniques.
Tawanna founded Soulful Eruption, a movement of peace and ease, as the first yoga studio in Fort Greene, Brooklyn in 2001. Concurrently, she sought to
bring yoga, as a vehicle for growth and transformation, to underserved populations. For three years, she served as the executive director of The Lineage
Project, a non-profit that offers yoga and meditation to incarcerated and underserved youth throughout New York City.
Her relationship and love for children is informed by working for over 15 years in the areas of conflict resolution, peer mediation, theatrical expressions
and building accountability systems and developing for citywide recreational programming in Baltimore and Washington, DC.
Tawanna has created stress reduction curriculum for juvenile halls, level III schools and other specialized populations in New York and Maryland. She has
offered workshops at universities and in corporate environments.
She has been featured in Yoga Journal, Ascent Magazine, American Legacy Woman
and in the documentaries, "Yoga comes to Brooklyn" and "The
Fire of Yoga".
Tawanna continues to work to diversify the yoga community and promote health and healing in urban communities through her work with Shepherd's Clinic and research projects with Johns Hopkins.
If you would like to stay in touch or learn about retreats or meditation classes that Tawanna is teaching, please e-mail soulfuleruption@earthlink.net. For more information about children's programming and trainings, please e-mail mindfulchild@earthlink.net.
Co-Director/Owner
Alden
has been practicing various styles of hatha yoga such as
Iyengar, Anusara, Ashtanga and, more recently, Integrative
Yoga Therapy since 1998. She has been influenced by the
teachings of Kofi Busia, Victor Van Kooten and Barbara Benaugh.
In 2007 Alden completed her 200-hour Integrative Yoga Therapy
teacher certification at yama studio in Baltimore. She continued
her training and completed her 500-hour yama Therapeutics
certification in 2009. She has a focused therapeutic background
with and specifically teaches classes geared towards “Yoga
for Men”. Alden is a registered instructor with Yoga
Alliance.
From her love of yoga sprang a desire to learn more about
the human body and the mind-body connection as it pertains
to healing. In the spring of 2006 Alden graduated from Holistic
Massage Training Institute's 600-hour massage therapy program
and continues her private practice as a Maryland Licensed
Massage Therapist. Alden has additional continuing education
hours in the areas of myofascial release, hot stone therapy,
and Thai yoga massage.
Alden loves playing with the complimentary elements of
bodywork and yoga. Often she incorporates many of her yogic
philosophies and breath work into her bodywork sessions
as well as uses her knowledge of anatomy and physiology
to aid with correct alignment in yoga postures. Her philosophy
is to address specific problem areas while revitalizing
the entire being, promoting mind-body awareness, and allowing
space for healing to occur.
Her passion for teaching continues as she dedicates her
work to the education and empowerment of both her clients
and students to help them improve upon their own wellness.
Although Alden will be concentrating mainly on family life, she will still be available for private yoga therapy and group sessions. Please email her at gainesbalt@comcast.net if you would like more information.
Adan has led kirtans for the past few years at different yoga studios around the area, as well as in events, such as the Goucher Day of Peace, KarmaFest and the Inspiration Community Winter Solstice celebration. He sees kirtan as a wonderful tool that can be learned and practiced by anyone for achieving psychospiritual healing and growth, self-realization and Presence.
Adan offers monthly kirtan at Divine Life Church and Baltimore Yoga Village. For more information please contact adan.ayala@mac.com.
Jen
graduated with honors from the University of Massachusetts
in 2003 with a Bachelors Degree in Exercise Science and
Premedical. A year later, she found herself in Baltimore,
Maryland where she experienced her first acupuncture treatment.
After some initial skepticism, she was soon amazed by not
only the emotional results, but the physical and spiritual
as well. Acupuncture made such an impression on her that
she began to investigate the practice and discovered Shiatsu.
In 2006 Jen went on to study at the Baltimore School of
Massage. In 2007 she graduated and received her certification
as a Licensed Massage Therapist and a National Diplomat
in Asian Bodywork Therapy through the NCCAOM. She has been
studying and practicing the art of Shiatsu since her graduation.
Shiatsu and the study of Traditional Chinese Medicine have
become her life’s passion.
Jennifer Poulin LMT ABT
@Federal Hill Massage and Wellness
1124 South Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Jenforwellness@gmail.com
www.shiatsujen.com
443-600-4329
Janet
was introduced to yoga in 1998 in San Francisco and has
been practicing various styles of yoga ever since. In 2008
she received a 200 hour RYT certification in Yama Therapeutics.
Her teaching style incorporates Hatha, Ashtanga, pranayama,
deep restorative asana and meditation.
She strives to have everyone feel welcome and appreciated
in her classes and to guide her students through a practice
that embraces breath as the link between body, mind and
heart.
I will deeply miss teaching and practicing yoga at Evolvewell. It is my intention to continue teaching yoga somewhere in Baltimore. If you would like to be notified when I have a class space and time secured please send an e-mail to JanetLovesYoga@gmail.com and ask to be added to my mailing list.
Melissa
Morris-Hillman RYT loves yoga! After starting her career
as a psychologist and then welcoming two daughters into
her family, Melissa has returned her energies to her passion
of teaching yoga with its emphasis on holistic health and
stress reduction. She received her 200 hour Integrative
Yoga Therapy certification in 2003 and has taught yoga to
persons of all ages since that time. Her teaching style
mixes creativity, compassion, and a sense of humor! Melissa
loves to introduce beginners and even skeptics to the joys
of yoga and to show others how yoga can truly be useful
and practiced by everybody.
Yoga for Everybody/ Towson
410 961-8701
melissa@pathillman.com
Sarah Strahorn graduated from Baltimore School of Massage
in 2002. She specializes in relieving headaches and lower
back pain using modalities such as deep tissue, Swedish
massage, trigger point therapy and Thai stretching techniques.
She also enjoys working with pregnant women, athletes and
the elderly population. Sarah's philosophy is that massage
should be intense as well as relaxing, and she strives to
meet the specific needs of each client.
To make an appointment with Sarah please contact her directly at 443-466-8559.
Yan
Jiang is a licensed acupuncturist with a combined background
in Chinese Medicine, Western Medicine, and Basic Medical
Science. In 1987 she received a medical degree from Shanghai
Medical University and practiced as a radiation oncologist
in the affiliated hospital. Yan completed her PhD. Degree
in 1998, which focused on studying the interactions between
the human body and pharmaceutical drugs. However, when she
became an acupuncture student and had the opportunity to
pursue a career in Chinese Medicine, it was clear to her
that this is, above all, what she meant to do in life. Her
deep love and never-ending curiosity towards the Chinese
culture and absolute passion for Chinese Medicine have all
come together to motivate her to be a forever learner, thinker,
explorer and practitioner in Chinese Medicine. In order
to better serve her patients, after graduating from Tai
Sophia in 2009, she continues to implement meditation, Tai
Chi, study of Chinese Medical literatures and Ancient Chinese
philosophy as part of her everyday self-cultivation routine.
Yan cherishes every minute in the treatment room with her
patients in supporting their journey towards wellness.
4434187983
yjiangcc@yahoo.com
Regular Subs
Mary "Mira" Tessman
www.wellspringhealingarts.org
Kay Smith
443.827.9452
Kayksmith@yahoo.com
Certified Itsy Bitsy Yoga Facilitator
Contact Kay for a list if current classes in the Baltimore city and county areas
Karen Shavin
kshavin@gmail.com
Geri Bell, LMT, NCTMB
Integrative Body Therapies/
Integrative Massage & Jin Shin Jyutsu
www.GeriB.com - 410-532-2840