Our instructors are among the most highly trained in the Boerne area, and are committed to excellence in making Yoga accessible to each individual body. Our instructors participate in ongoing professional education, bringing quality instruction to their students.
"We must become the change we wish to see in the world".
-Mahatma Gandhi
Debbie Pedersen, the director and founder of the Boerne Yoga Center, is a certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher. Debbie began the practice and study of yoga in 1995, and has been teaching since 2000. She has completed several Iyengar teacher training programs. Prior to following her passion for teaching yoga, Debbie was a Registered Respiratory Therapist for 18 years, and sees yoga as a key element in the essential trend toward integrative health care. Shortly after moving with her family from Camano Island Washington, she opened the first yoga studio in Boerne Texas. Debbie teaches with clarity, enthusiasm and compassion.
*Member of Iyengar Yoga Association South Central United States, Yoga Alliance, Green Yoga Association, and *International Association of Yoga Therapy . Registered with the Yoga Alliance as an ERYT 200, RYT 500.
Diana Jacaman is a certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, from Mexico City. She has studied with many internationally renowned teachers of the Iyengar Method. In 2004 Diana was certified by Dona Holleman in Italy in a 4-year program, and in 2003 she attended a month long yoga intensive in Chennai, India with Dr. Krishna Raman, a physician and student of BKS Iyengar who integrates yoga and western medicine in his medical practice. In 2007 Diana was also certified by the Herta Rogg Foundation in a teacher training program consisting of 800 hours. In 2007 she took her first intensive at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India.
What is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher?
Iyengar Yoga Certification is a rigorous process held to a high standard and governed by the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States (IYNAUS) (http://www.iynaus.org). Certificates are earned only after years of training, study, and evaluation. Candidates being assessed for certification are expected to be proficient in many practical and educational skills.
The criteria for these evaluations, as well as the structure of the certification process, were established by BKS Iyengar. This system articulates his teaching methods, and provides credentials for individuals pursuing the path of yoga instruction.
Currently there are many levels of certificates. Higher levels indicate that the instructor has a depth of knowledge, practice, teaching skills, and class room experience.
The certification mark has been developed to establish recognition for the work and merits of this program. It is your guarantee of a teacher that has developed, and been assessed for, a level of competency and maturity.
Look for the mark!
