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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
Colorado
Florida
Illinois
Massachusetts
Nevada
New Jersey

CALIFORNIA
 

 

Shauna Zeilig

Occupational Therapist/Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner

Culver City

Contact: szeilig@yahoo.com

shauna-yoga.com

646-236-6318

 

 

COLORADO
 

 

Kathleen K. McKnight
​Yoga teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Montrose
Contact: ​Akkatiek@gmail.com
775-636-2726

 

 

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
www.specialyoga.com
941-320-9290​

Cheryl Albright, RYT-200
​Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner, Occupational Therapist
Bradenton
Contact: cheryl@soultosoulyogasrq.com
www.soultosoulyogasrq.com​
5857814826
 

 

Jennifer Rose

Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner

Punta Gorda, Charlotte

Contact: unityyogaforallabilities@gmail.com

508-813-5640

 

Irina De Tata

Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/ Physical Therapist

Davie

Contact: irinarus1@yahoo.com

9544454745

 

 

ILLINOIS

 


Erin Shanthi Haddock
Certified Yoga Therapist, 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: namaste@5keysyoga.com
www.5keysyoga.com
773-857-1763

 

Donna Marie Furmanek

Yoga Teacher/Ayurvedic Practitioner/Yoga Therapist/Laban Movement Analysis/Certified Iyengar Yoga/Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner

Orland Park

Contact: acm_yoga@yahoo.com

www.academyofcreativemovementyoga.net

708-256-0077

Rita MM. Alviar

Yoga Instructor/Yoga for the Special Child  Licensed Practitioner

Chicago

Contact: rita@5keysyoga.com

312-961-9062

Jocelyn Snower
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Winnetka/Glencoe
Contact: jocelynsnower@gmail.com
847-494-4977

Carey Freyman
Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/ Yoga teacher
Forest Park
Contact: careyfreyman@gmail.com
www.omspecialyoga.com
708-404-4589

Kat Matthews
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner, C-IAYT, RYT-200, RCYT
Evanston
Contact: Kat@wonderstepsyoga.com
www.wonderstepsyoga.com
847-858-2047

 

Suzanne Knoll

Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner

Chicago

Contact: knoll.suzanne@gmail.com

312-520-2608

Liz MacIntosh

UK-trained Pediatric PT and Children’s Yoga Instructor/Yoga for the Special Child  Licensed Practitioner

Kenilworth

Contact: yogibyogaforkids@gmail.com

www.yogibyoga.com

8476861443

  
 

MASSACHUSETTS  
 

 

Jessica Melville​
Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/Yoga Instructor
Forestdale
Contact: ​jm091586@gmail.com
781-812-8495

Gita Brown​
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/Writer/Music Educator/Integral Yoga Instructor
Kingston
Contact: ​Gita@gitabrown.com
http://www.gitabrown.com/
339-236-6955

Tonya Salerno

Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner

Medford

Contact: ​tonyayoga@gmail.com

www.tonyayoga.com

781-7759680

 

NEVADA
 

 

Kathy Randolph
Yoga Teacher, Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Program Teacher
Reno
Contact: kathy@yogaforscleroderma.com
​www.yogaforscleroderma.com
775-322-4600

 

 

NEW JERSEY
 

 

Maureen Costello OTR/L
Occupational Therapist, Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Cranford
Contact: mocostello1@verizon.net
908-963-1455

Sue Liebross​
OTR/L / Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Frenchtown
Contact: lliebross@hotmail.com

908-581-6257

Angela Guerriero
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/ Music Therapist/ Yoga Instructor
Nutley
Contact: info@tempotherapy.com
973-661-2060
​www.tempotherapy.com

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

 

Reut Yacobi Pasi
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Cresskill
Contact: reut.y.pasi@gmail.com
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: forkidsot@aol.com
www.thegetreadyproject.com

 

Elizabeth Wivell
Occupational Therapist/Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Part 1 Teacher
New York
Contact: ewivell@yahoo.com
917-474-7821

Patricia Donato 
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner - Certified OT Assistant 
Smithtown
Contact: pedscota99@aol.com

 

 

Keren Melamed
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner, OT (Licensed in Israel), RYT200
New York City
Contact: specialyogakeren@gmail.com
929-353-9069

Mary Lou Hunt
Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner, PT
Larchmont
Contact: mlhunt56@msn.com
914-629-0474

 

 

Helene Esposito

Substitute teacher, GRTL consultant, Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner,

Floral Park

Contact: esposito.suziecreamcheese@gmail.com

5165265898
 


NORTH CAROLINA
 

 

Marla Kasper
Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner/ RN BSN, RYT 200
Cary
Contact: rootedtogethernc@gmail.com
919-271-9461
www.rootedtogethernc.com

 

 
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
 

PENNSYLVANIA
 

 

Beth Rich
Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
McMurray
Contact: bay_r@comcast.net
412-217-7421

https://bayr08.wixsite.com/yogaforspecialchild

TEXAS  
 

 

Alexis Harrison
Milieu Therapist/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner, RYT 200
Arlington

Contact: alexisreinarz@gmail.com
817-683-7773

https://www.yogaforscleroderma.com/

 

VIRGINIA

 

Tia Marsili

Yoga Instructor 500YT/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner 

Vienna

Contact: tia@blossominglotus.yoga

703-606-1698

 

 

WISCONSIN

 

Heather Hahnenberg

Mother/Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner 

Green Bay

Contact: heather.nelsen4444@gmail.com

920-664-4631

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL

 
 

BELGIUM
 

 

​Rose Claeys
​Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner, Physiotherapist
Brugge
Contact: roseclaeys800o@gmail.com
+32473495356
www.specialyogabelgium.be

 

 

New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Belgium
Canada
Croatia
Czech Republic
Hong Kong
Hungary
Brazil
Israel
Japan
Netherlands
Spain
Switzerland
Taiwan
United Arab Emirates

 

BRAZIL

 


Santosh Nascimento
Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Belo Horizonte/MG
Contact: ​santosh_yoga@hotmail.com

www.jaivida.com
+55 31 32255709

CANADA
 

 

Sherry Le Blanc
Yoga Teacher, Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Program Teacher
Toronto
Contact: Sherry@yoga4kids.org
www.yoga4kids.org
416-532-5988

CROATIA

 


Sandra Begovic
Ayurveda clinical therapist/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
Pribislavec
Contact: gitazenspace@gmail.com
0038598704939

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

 

 

Petra Fridrichova
Special Needs Therapist/ Physical Therapist/Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Prague, Troja District
Contact: petra.yfsc.cz@gmail.com
www.petra-fridrichova.webnode.cz
00420603313507

 

HONG KONG
 

 

Hersha Chellaram
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner / Yoga Therapist & Teacher Trainer
Hong Kong
Contact: hersha@hershayoga.com
www.hershayoga.com

+852 61039642

HUNGARY
 

 

Nikoletta Mayer
Hatha Yoga instructor/ Spine Yoga instructor/ Kid Yoga instructor/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner 
Budapest
Contact: mayer.nikoletta@specialyoga.hu
www.specialyoga.hu

+36307902570

 

 

ISRAEL

 


​Abigail Warshavsky
Occupational Therapist/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner

Yeruham
Contact: avigailw@gmail.com
972-54-5382265

www.specialyogail.com

Yasmin Bloch
Yoga trainee of autism group/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner

Mishmar Hashiva
Contact: yasi.bloch@gmail.com
+972526748558

Sandra Moyzes
Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner

Sde Nehemia
Contact: smoyzes@gmail.com
972-54-7703411

https://smoyzes.wixsite.com/website


 

JAPAN
 

 

Ryoko Ohtaki
Psychologist/Yoga teacher/Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Tokyo
Contact: ryoko@specialyoga.asia
www.specialyoga.asia
+81 90 8172 7018

Yuko Shibuya
Dancer/Choreographer/ Yoga for Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Miyagi/ Sendal
Contact: yuko.shibuya0223@gmail.com

+090=4886-5421

Junko Takahashi
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/RYT200/RCYT/ Translator
Hyogo/Takarazuka
Contact: junko.yuta.216@gmail.com

https://www.saha.yoga
+090-1220-1219

Rie Asao
Yoga teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Kumamoto
-shi

Contact: marunikomam@gmail.com
https://hidamariya.amebaownd.com/
+090
-1875-1761

NETHERLANDS
 

 

Michelle Borsboom 
Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner 
​Rijswijk, Zuid Holland
Contact: info@yogaspeciaalvoorjou.nl
www.yogaspeciaalvoorjou.nl
+31-624129304

​Saskia Valk 
Yoga Therapist/ Yoga for the Special Child  Senior Licensed Practitioner 
​Groningen
Contact: info@sadasiva.nl
www.sadasiva.nl
+31-616012860

Julia "Jayashri" Lomoro 
Occupational Therapist/ trainer/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner 
Amsterdam

Contact: julianapal@hotmail.com
+31-645562362

Daphne Mulder
Founder-owner Roberta Sumar Yogacentrum Laren/Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/ Yoga teacher
​Laren
Contact: daphne@robertasumaryogacentrum.nl
www.robertasumaryogacentrum.nl
+31-6 81820456

Annet Van de Rhee 
Yoga Teacher/Yoga for the Special Child  Licensed Practitioner 
​Haarlem
Contact: info@yogacentrumdebloementuin.nl
www.yogacentrumdebloementuin.nl
+31621848939

Carrie Schriemer
Yoga Therapist/ Yoga teacher/Social worker/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner 
Varsseveld, Gelderland
Contact: info@csyoga.nl
www.csyoga.nl
0031616828903

 

 

Naomi Schillevoort (Yogapraktijk OmiYoga)

Yoga teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner 

Rotterdam, Zuid Holland

Contact: info@omiyoga.nl

www.omiyoga.nl

+31683419916

 

 

Petra Lipman

Yoga for the Special Child  Licensed Practitioner 

Poeldijk, Zuid-Holland

Contact: petralipman@gmail.com 

+31620231076

 

 

Hermie Roukens-Teheux

Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner 

Bussum

Contact: hermie.roukens@ziggo.nl

31-6-46393945

Karina Klompenhouwer

Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner/Yoga Teacher

Rotterdam, Zuid Holland

Contact: karinaklompenhouwer@gmail.com

+31638016598

 

 

Anne Vlietstra

Yoga Therapist/General Practitioner/Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner

Abbekerk

Contact: info@munayyoga.nl

www.munayyoga.nl

SPAIN

 

Nadia Cristobal  
Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner/Adult Hatha Yoga Practitioner/Professional Development training in OT for children with Special Needs/ Founder of Roberta Sumar Yoga Room Madrid
Guadalajara
Contact: nadia@tierradenadia.com  /  info@robertasumaroommadrid.com
www.tierradenadia.com  / 
www.robertasumaryogaroommadrid.com
+34629100329

 

 

SWITZERLAND
 

Karin Rüger 
Certified Yoga therapist C-IAYT, E-RYT500/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Magglingen/Biel/Bern
Contact: karin.rueger@bluewin.ch
www.yogassva.com
+41 79 550 67 11
 

TAIWAN 
 

 

Irene Hsiau Gallagher AKA 蕭安淇
Yoga Teacher/Owner/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
Taipei
Contact: aditiyoga711@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/AditiYogaStudio/

+886 930870711

 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

 

 

Rania El Gamal

Yoga Teacher/General Manager, The Digital Yoga Studio/Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner 

Dubai, UAE

Contact: thedigitalyoga@yahoo.com

www.thedigitalyogastudio.com

+971569660334

UNITED KINGDOM
 

 

Amanda Mackenzie

Yoga Teacher/Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner 

Uxbridge

Contact: amandalmackenzie2004@yahoo.co.uk

www.yogaromauk.com

0787017451

 

 

Dr Savitri Jo Kirwin
Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
Cheshire
Contact: kirwinjo@gmail.com
www.mahadevicentre.com
+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: sridevidenisa@gmail.com
www.mahadevicentre.com
00447487523497

 

Jaya Ehrlich
Perinatal Yoga Specialist/ Yoga for the Special Child Senior Licensed Practitioner
North London
Contact: jay@yogababies.co.uk
www.yogababies.co.uk
+44 7866 840744

Aphrodite Economou
Yoga Teacher/ Wellness Advocate/ Yoga for the Special Child Licensed Practitioner
North London
Contact: hello@naturallyaphrodite.com
www.naturallyaphrodite.com
+447731541970

 

Laura Shakti Marcus
Yoga Teacher/ Yoga for the Special Child Basic Licensed Practitioner
London
Contact: laura@yogawithshakti.co.uk
www.yogawithshakti.co.uk

447904327527

United Kingdom

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