JNS Yoga Studio teachers are required to maintain a regular home practice as well as take on-going yoga classes and workshops offered at the studio.
 Jo-Ann N. Sutherland - (B.A.C. U of S) Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher is the owner of the jns Yoga Studio which she opened in 1990. She began her practice of yoga in Montreal in 1971. She has studied under the renowned teachings of Swami Vishnudevananda, Swami Satchidananda and B.K.S. Iyengar. Since 1984 Jo-Ann has studied exclusively under the Iyengar Yoga System and is a Intermediate Junior II Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. She is a committed student of Iyengar yoga and travels regularly to update her studies. Since 1997 Jo-Ann has travelled to Pune, India four times to study at the R.I.M.Y.I (Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute) with the Iyengars. Jo-Ann is a past member of the board of directors for the Iyengar Yoga Association of Canada (IYAC). She is currently an assessor for IYAC and is a certified trainer of Iyengar yoga teachers. She also teaches workshops nationally. Her holistic approach to life encompasses yoga, herbology, nutrition and ayurvedic medicine. Her innermost understanding of human nature and the effects of yoga asana, chanting and meditation on the psyche make her classes precise, enlightening and fun.
 Miranda Jones - (M.F.A., B.A. Hons) Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher has been studying Iyengar Yoga since 1982 and has more than ten years of experience in creative dance training and performance. She is a well-known Saskatchewan artist who continues to strive for balance in her love for purity, art, yoga and life. She has been teaching yoga at JNS Yoga Studio since 1993.
 Stephen Boechler (Ph.D.) - Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher Steve is a certifed
Iyengar yoga teacher and has been studying yoga at the JNS Yoga Studio
since 1995. He has attended many workshops taught by the leading Iyengar
teachers in Canada. He understands the importance of bringing balance
to the mind and the body. "Yoga creates the opportunity to bring
stillness and calm to the mind and awareness to the body. It is exciting
to watch students discover the benefits of Iyengar Yoga".
 Gary Day (M.A.,
B.Mus.) is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher. He has been
studying yoga in the Iyengar tradition with Jo-Ann Sutherland for a
number of years, having made a transition from t'ai chi ch'uan in the
1990s.
A classically-trained singer by trade, Gary finds himself
daily trapped at a desk, and often quips, "if you leave it in a chair
all day it will grow." The ergonomics of work, particularly of desk
work, is a concern for him insofar as it is a misnomer -- unless we work
toward the health and freedom our own bodies, health problems will
inevitably result, even if we sit at the most ergonomic desk in the
world! Iyengar yoga can correct, or at the very least ameliorate, the
effects of years of non-use, abuse, and misuse of the body. Gary judges
that the gift of listening to the body (as one might to a great singer),
and being aware of its tiniest inner nuance and need, is one of the
greatest gifts of yoga. "The breath" (and thus Pranayama), so important
to his art, strongly informs Gary's personal yoga practice.
 Sandie Irvine (B.F.A. Hons)
A student of Yoga, the Iyengar way, since 1999. As an artist,
entrepeneur, and family woman, Yoga has brought balance and light into
her full life. Sandie brings to her Classes elements of creativity,
patience, compassion, and discovery of the self through Yoga's
disciplines of meditation, asana, and pranayama. She believes a holistic
approach to Yoga allows space for All to challenge body, mind, and
spirit at every level.
"Through my yoga practise & teaching, I am
challenged, frequently humbled, ever grateful" Patricia Sullivan,
Yogini & Sculptor.
 Christine Bateman (B.A, B.Ed) Christine
moved from Charlottetown, PEI to Saskatoon unexpectedly in 2005.
Already a practising yoga student, she soon found a home at JNS.
Impressed and inspired by the amount of training and the professionalism
displayed in the Iyengar approach, she decided then and there that she
had to be a part of this wonderful tradition. Christine started her
teacher's training with Jo-Ann Sutherland in 2006 and was pregnant with
her second child by the time she finished. “The impact yoga (Iyengar in
particular) has had on my life is indescribable.” In fact she has left
her job as a school teacher to pursue yoga full-time, in the hopes of
one day owning her own studio. “How many people can wake up every
morning and say “I do what I love?” Well, I guess I'm one of the lucky
ones...”
 Jiyeun Kim (B.H.E) Jiyeun began practicing yoga in South Korea in 1999. After completing both
the Iyengar yoga teacher training and her apprenticeship with Jo-Ann
Sutherland in Saskatoon, she started teaching yoga at the JNS yoga
studio in 2007. Jiyeun has practiced Bikram, Ashtanga, Power, and
Vinyasa yoga under the Hatha yoga tradition in Korea but she feels that
Iyengar yoga has provided a strong foundation for her yoga practice.
She is grateful for the opportunity to teach yoga to others and thinks
a teacher is also a student who keeps learning with humbleness and
passion.
 Evelyn Nixey (B. Ed U of A ) is an Intermediate Junior I, Certified
Iyengar yoga teacher. Evelyn has has been studying yoga since 1978.
She began teaching in the Iyengar tradition in 1993. She made her first
visit to Pune, India in 1997 attending the Canadian Iyengar Yoga Teacher's
Intensive. Since that time she has returned four more times to India to
deepen her studies. Her most recent visit was in November 2009. Evelyn
studies regularly with Senior Canadian Iyengar Yoga Teachers. Evelyn
discovered that regular practice of yoga asana improved her strength,
flexibility, stamina, postural alignment and concentration and brought
about a deep sense of inner peace, strength and contentment in her
everyday life. Evelyn taught for many years in Spruce Grove Alberta. In
2007, after retiring from her career in Education she moved back to her
home city of Saskatoon. Evelyn began teaching at JNS Yoga Studio in
2008. Evelyn says she is grateful to be able to continue her studies at
JNS and to share her knowledge and experience with her students. The
beauty and joy of Iyengar yoga is that there is always a new level of
learning.
 Debbie Nordstrom< (B.Sc) has been practising yoga at JNS Yoga Studio since 2004. Debbie believes that if you enjoy something then you will want to keep doing it and she brings this principle into the teaching of her yoga classes. Body and breath awareness are the key components that Debbie values about the discipline of Iyengar yoga. A long time student of Traditional Shotokan Karate, she enjoys the precise movements, attention to detail and in-depth exploration of both arts (yoga and karate). After a good practice she loves the quiet peace that yoga brings.
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