PRACTITIONERS
The Graduates listed here hold a valid Yoga for the Special Child®, LLC license. You may contact any of these students in your area if you are looking for a Yoga for the Special Child®, LLC practitioner to teach yoga to those with special needs.
UNITED STATES
INTERNATIONAL
USA
CALIFORNIA
Catherine Sjolund
Owner Hot Yoga Haven/Yoga Instructor/Licensed Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Newhall
Contact:
661-644-2682
FLORIDA
​Renata Sumar Gaertner, E-RYT500; RCTY; C-IAYT
​Yoga for the Special Child Program Teacher, Yoga teacher/ Children Yoga Teacher
Sarasota
Contact: ​renata@specialyoga.com
941-320-9290​
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Lisa Stortstrom, RYT-200
​Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner, Yoga teacher ,Montessori teacher, Special Education Teacher
Sarasota
Contact:
978-394-3127
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Cheryl Albright, RYT-200
​Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner, Occupational Therapist
Bradenton
Contact:
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941-702-2035
Jennifer Rose
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/ ADT Direct Support Professional
Port Charlotte
Contact:
508-813-5640
GEORGIA
Vicky Sparks
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/ Occupational Therapist
Dacula
Contact:
770-833-1360
ILLINOIS
Erin Shanthi Haddock
Yoga Teacher, C- IAYT, RYT-500, RCYT /Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic 1 Program Teacher
Chicago and surrounding suburbs (60618)
Contact:
773-857-1763
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Donna Marie Furmanek
Director Academy of Creative Movement Yoga/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Tinley
Contact:
academyofcreativemovementyoga.net
708-256-0077
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Rita MM. Alviar
Yoga & Wellmess/Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Chicago
Contact:
312-961-9062
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Jocelyn Snower
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Winnetka/Glencoe
Contact:
847-494-4977
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Carey Roden Freyman
Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Forest Park
Contact:
708-404-4589
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Kat Matthews
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner, C-IAYT, RYT-200, RCYT
Wilmette
Contact:
847-858-2047
MASSACHUSETTS
Jessica Melville​
Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/Yoga Instructor
Forestdale
Contact: ​jm091586@gmail.com
781-812-8495
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Gita Brown​
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/Writer/Music Educator/Integral Yoga Instructor
Kingston
Contact: ​Gita@gitabrown.com
339-236-6955
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NEVADA
Kathy Randolph
Yoga Teacher, Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Program Teacher
Reno
Contact:
​www.yogaforscleroderma.com
775-322-4600
Carees Gonzalez Delavega
Yoga Teacher, nanny, Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Reno
contact: ​cd.gonzalezdlv@yahoo.com
​775-357-2935
NEW JERSEY
Maureen Costello OTR/L
Occupational Therapist, Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Cranford
Contact:
908-963-1455
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Sue Liebross​
OTR/L / Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Frenchtown
Contact:
908-581-6257
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Angela Guerriero
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/ Music Therapist/ Yoga Instructor
Nutley
Contact:
973-661-2060
​www.tempotherapy.com
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Colleen Fung Warn​
Pediatric Physical Therapist, Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner, RYT 200
Old Bridge
Contact: ​cwarnpt@gmail.com
646-294-7677
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Reut Yacobi Pasi
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Cresskill
Contact:
908-210-4224
NEW YORK
Anne Buckley Reen
Pediatric Occupational Therapist/ Yoga Teacher/Researcher/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
New York
Contact:
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Elizabeth Wivell
Occupational Therapist/Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Part 1 Teacher
Manhattan
Contact:
917-474-7821
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Patricia Donato
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner - Certified OT Assistant
Smithtown
Contact:
Keren Melamed
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner, OT (Licensed in Israel), RYT200
New York City
Contact:
929-353-9069
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Mary Lou Hunt
Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner, PT
Larchmont
Contact:
914-629-0474
NORTH CAROLINA
Marla Kasper
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner/ RN BSN, RYT 200
Cary
Contact:
919-271-9461
OHIO
Kami Lynn Niehoff​
Licensed Massage Therapist, Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/Yoga teacher
Columbus
Contact: ​Kami.Niehoff@gmail.com
614-209-9913
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PENNSYLVANIA
Beth Rich
Retired Pediatric Physical Therapist, Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
McMurray
Contact:
412-217-7421
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TEXAS ​
Alexis Harrison
Milieu Theraphy/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner, RYT 200
Arlington
Contact:
817-683-7773
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VERMONT
Wanda Spatzer
Special Educator/ Children with Intensive Needs/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Mount Holly
Contact:
802-259-2116
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INTERNATIONAL
BELGIUM
​Rose Claeys
​Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner, Physiotherapist
Brugge
Contact:
+32473495356
​www.specialyogabelgium.be
Hilde Crop
​Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner, Masseur, Educator
Wakken Dentergem, West Vlaanderen
Contact:
0032485 442484​
Lena De Groote
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/Occupational therapist/ Yoga teacher
Olsene, Oost-Vlaanderen
Contact:
0032495636908
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Nele Van de Kerckhove
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/Educator/ Yoga teacher
Eeklo, Oost-Vlaanderen
Contact:
0032478674811
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Patricia Rillaers
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/Physiotherapist
Deurne, Atwerpen
Contact:
003233264745
BRAZIL
Santosh Nascimento
Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Belo Horizonte/MG
Contact: ​santosh_yoga@hotmail.com
+55 31 32255709
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Sabrina Angelica Silva Menezes
Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Belo Horizonte/MG
Contact: ​menezessabrina272@gmail.com
+55 31 9 98327715
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Marina Birnfeld
Physiotherapist/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Rio de Janeiro
Contact:
5521975698212
CAMBODIA
Myrto Argyriou
Yoga Teacher/Early Years Educator/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Cambodia
Contact:
+855965546322
CANADA
Sherry Le Blanc
Yoga Teacher, Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Program Teacher
Toronto
Contact:
416-532-5988
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Naomi Levitin
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Vancouver
Contact:
604-780-8173
CROATIA
Sandra Begovic
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Pribislavec
Contact:
0038598704939
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CZECH REPUBLIC
Petra Fridrichova
Special Needs Therapist/ Physical Therapist/Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Prague, Troja District
Contact:
00420603313507
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DENMARK
Emmamaria Vincentz
Yoga Teacher and Therapist, Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Copenhagen
+ 45 61788090
GERMANY
Anja Sandrini
Dipl. Betriebswirtin(BA)/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Hockenheim
+49 172/7051141
HONG KONG
Hersha Chellaram
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner / Yoga Therapist & Teacher Trainer
Hong Kong
+852 61039642
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Mirna Salgadinho
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner / IY 200Hrs
Hong Kong
+852 64005716
HUNGARY
Nikoletta Mayer
Hatha Yoga instructor/ Spine Yoga instructor/ Kid Yoga instructor/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Budapest
+36307902570
INDIA
Juhi Prasad
Yoga Instructor/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Saligao, Goa
+91 9604296012
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ISRAEL
​Abigail Warshavsky
Occupational Therapist/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Yeruham
Contact:
972545382265
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JAPAN
Ryoko Ohtaki
Psychologist/Yoga teacher/Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Tokyo
Contact:
+81 90 8172 7018
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Yuko Shibuya
Dancer/Yoga for Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Miyagi/ Sendal
Contact:
+09048865421​
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Junko Takahashi
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Hyogo/Takarazuka
Contact:
+09012201219
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Rie Asao
Yoga teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Kumamoto
Contact:
http://.hidamariya.amebaownd.com/
+09018751761
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NETHERLANDS
Michelle Borsboom
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
​Rijswijk, Zuid Holland
Contact:
+31-624129304
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​Saskia Valk
Yoga Therapist/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
​Groningen
Contact:
+31-616012860
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Julia "Jayashri" Lomoro
Occupational Therapist/ trainer/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
​Amsterdam
Contact:
+31-645562362
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Daphne Huizing
Founder-owner Roberta Sumar Yogacentrum Laren/Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/ Physiotherapist
​Laren
Contact:
+31-6 81820456
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Annet Van de Rhee
Yoga Teacher/Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
​Haarlem
Contact:
+31621848939
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Erna Beeker
Coach for kids/kidsyoga/Social Worker/Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
​Soesterberg
Contact:
0614540022
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Carrie Schriemer
Yoga Therapist/ Yoga teacher/Social worker/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Varsseveld, Gelderland
Contact:
0031616828903
Naomi Schillevoort (Omi Yoga)
Yoga teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner ​
Rotterdam
Contact:
+31683419916
Petra Lipman
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland
Contact:
+31620231076
Karina Klompenhouwer
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
​Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland
Contact:
0638016598
Hermie Roukens-Teheux
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner ​
Bussum
Contact:
31-6-46393945
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Esther Van Herk
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner/ Communication advisor/Yoga teacher​
Nuenen, Noord-Brabant
Contact:
0031653979980
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Anna-Greet Wendel
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner/ Nurse/Yoga Teacher
Haarlem, Noord-Holland
Contact:
0031(0)653155782
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Mark Adetiloye Adewole
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner ​
Amsterdam
0031628128801
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PHILIPPINES
Elizabeth Montenegro-Rye
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner/ Founder of Perfect Soul Center for Education and Healing
Quezon City, Metro Manila
Contact:
(02)9326410 / 09212020642
Kimberly Calantoc
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner/Registered Yoga Teacher/ Registered Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Teacher
Metro Manila
Contact:
+639178804185
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Jolla Amparo-Soriaga
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner/Yoga Teacher
Davao City
Contact:
+639177006518
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SAUDI ARABIA
Reem Mallawi
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner/ Senior Speech Language Pathologist
Riyadh
Contact:
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​SPAIN
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Nadia Cristobal
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/Adult Hatha Yoga Practitioner/Professional Development training in OT for children with Special Needs/ Founder of Roberta Sumar Yoga Room Madrid
Madrid
Contact: /
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+34629100329
SWITZERLAND
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Karin Rüger
Yoga Teacher E-RYT500/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Magglingen/Biel/Bern
Contact:
+41 79 550 67 11
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TAIWAN
Irene Gallagher (aka An-Chi Hsiau)
Yoga Teacher/Owner/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Taipei
Contact:
+886 9300870711
Chen Yen Hung
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner/Yoga Instructor
Taipei
Contact:
+886920703478
Chiu Hsiu Fang
Kids Yoga Teacher/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Taipei
Contact:
+886 966900810
Wang Yi-Ting
Physical Therapist/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Taoyuan
Contact:
+886 910921681
UNITED KINGDOM
Amanda Mackenzie
Yoga Teacher/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Hillingdon, West London
Contact:
+44 1895 468642
Dr Savitri Jo Kirwin
Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Cheshire
Contact:
+447 850 580855
Denisa Nenova
Yoga Therapist/Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner and Yoga for the Special Child Basic Program co teacher
London
Contact:
00447487523497
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Jaya Ehrlich
Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
North London
Contact:
+44 2088833234
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Aphrodite Ardani
Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
North London
Contact:
07731531970
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Laura Marcus
Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
London
Contact:
447904327527
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