Instructors
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MBA Founder, Amy Sabel
Amy Sabel has focused on the health and fitness of others for more than 35 years. She invented and patented noteworthy stretching and strengthening equipment, which Amy has used to train the San Francisco 49ers, the Oakland Raiders, England Rugby team and the N.Y. Jets. This equipment has also been used by USA Olympic Training Centers, Kaiser Permanente, health clubs and in physical therapy, sports medicine and chiropractic care centers around the country. Amy opened her first Center for Body Awareness in Tempe, Arizona in 1980 after earning a degree in Dance Education at Arizona State University. She offers classes in stretching, strength training, Back Pain Relief, Pilates, dance, fitness, martial arts, yoga & more! Amy’s background in dance, yoga and fitness makes her one of the most sought after leaders in the health and fitness industry. She has coached professionals and teachers and assisted thousands of individuals to achieve a healthier body and enhanced well-being.
Linda Morello
Linda has certifications as a fitness instructor, personal trainer, and wellness coach. Linda has taught classes in fitness, yoga, core & strength training, Pilates, body awareness, dance and ballet barre for 30 plus years. With a background in dance and spa/resort management and program director at Rancho La Puerta, Linda brings a diversity of experience to every class. She encourages students to remain focused and aware of their own bodies’ needs, and she gives special attention to back and neck issues.
Katy Boyd
Instructor of Yoga, Pilates Method, Dance Fitness. Katy has been teaching movement to individuals and groups since 1997.
She has taught the Pilates method, yoga, dance conditioning and authentic movement classes in Southern California and the Bay Area, and has been on the Dance Faculty at Idyllwild Arts Academy and the Interlochen Center for the Arts Summer Festival. |
Elana Vollen
Elana has been a practitioner of yoga for over twenty years and teaching for the last eight years. She strives to integrate the principles of alignment, a key component of the training she did in the Iyengar tradition, with the flowing, breath-centered practices of the Vinyasa traditions and balancing Yin and Yang principles – the Yin aspects of nurturing, listening, and softening with the Yang aspects of challenging, engaging and healing. She also feels humor rounds out the practice and lightens the mind. She aims to co-create classes based on the needs and desires of her students at any given time. Elana has been working professionally as a massage therapist for over 9 yrs. Her style is firm yet flowing, nurturing and intuitive. She believes her experience as a yoga teacher has contributed greatly to a better understanding of people’s personal body dynamics and holding patterns.
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