Our Faculty

Betsy Ceva, RYT
Asana Technique, Theory & Methodology, Chanting, Meditation, and Yoga Philosophy

Betsy directs the Birchwood Center Teacher Training and has taught Hatha Yoga, meditation and mantra chanting to all ages and levels since 1992. A career as a professional modern dancer and study under the tutelage of many dance and yoga masters helped hone her understanding of the body in motion. Her yoga classes are a mixture of careful examination, creative exploration and flow.

Charlene Bradin
Asana Technique, Theory & Methodology, Anatomy of the Chakras & the Business of Yoga

In addition to heading up Birchwood Center’s The Wonder of Touch Massage Therapy, Charlene Bradin is a Certified Yoga Instructor who has studied with Jeffery Midgow, Paula Heitzner, Betsy Ceva, and others. She has taught hatha yoga to beginners and advanced beginners at Birchwood Center since 1998. With Betsy Ceva, Charlene co-directs the Birchwood Teacher Training Program.

Guest Teachers

Liz Schulman
Asana Technique, Theory and Methodology, Yoga Philosophy, Anatomy of the Chakras
Liz Schulman, a Certified 500-hour Yoga Teacher, has been teaching since 1999 in a variety of studios throughout the area. Her teaching merges her love of the flow of vinyasa, proper alignment and the modernization and integration of traditional spiritual philosophy with daily living. She has been training yoga teachers since 2002 and, in addition to teaching, is a Thai Yoga Bodywork Practitioner.

Gina Martin
Anatomy & Physiology
Gina Martin is a Shiatsu Sensei and Licensed Massage Therapist who specializes in eastern bodywork and herbal medicine. Gina is a Certified Instructor of Five Element Shiatsu with the American Organization of Body Work Therapies of Asia (AOBIA), and has been an anatomy and physiology instructor at the Swedish Institute College of Massage Therapy since 1987.

Vidyalankara
Sanskrit Studies, Chanting
Vidyalankara studied Meditation, Yoga-Vedanta philosophy and Sanskrit directly with Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, and served at Ananda Ashram for 22 years in the areas of Management, Finances, Guest Services and Work Study. She is currently a co-director of the School of Hatha Yoga, and has trained with Paula Heitzner, Raji Thron, Sandra Kozak, Dharma Mitra and others. Vidya has also trained at the Kaivalyadhama Institute in India where she attended the Teacher Training Certificate program. Vidya has studied Pranayama directly with Om Prakash Tiwari, a Master Pranayama teacher.

Ananda Ashram Teachers
Chanting, Meditation, Yoga Philosophy