INSTRUCTORS
NANCY DOHERTY, E-RYT200, RYT500
Nancy Doherty is a certified, registered Yoga
Therapist, Yoga and Pilates instructor and personal trainer.
Sessions, classes and workshops are held in her studio, client's
workplaces or homes.
She uses yoga therapy for healing and prevention
of illness and as adjunct therapy to medical therapies, for example,
dealing with side effects of cancer treatment. Her areas of
specialty in yoga therapy are anxiety and depression, asthma,
diabetes, yoga for fertility and conception and yoga for menopause.
In addition, she provides individual and group
classes in yoga and Pilates, helping her clients gain flexibility,
conditioning and physical training.
She has taught classes in the New York tri-state
area and in Jamaica. Some of the classes she offers are hatha yoga,
kundalini yoga, yoga for fertility and conception, pre-natal yoga,
post partum yoga and fitness, Mommy (or Daddy) and Me, Mat Pilates,
Combo fitness, meditation instruction, personal training, and
programs for weight loss and athletes.
Her speciality is designing individualized
programs for her clients, based on each client's needs, goals and
physical condition.
She is a registered member of the Yoga Alliance,
the national yoga certification organization as an E-RYT200
(experienced yoga teacher with over 200 hours of training and over
1,000 teaching hours) and RYT500 (yoga teacher with over 500 hours
of training), member of the International Association of Yoga
Therapists and the PhysicalMind Institute. She is a certified
Pilates Master Practitioner and a certified Personal Trainer (ACFE,
NOCA). Nancy has studied with Maetreyii Nolan, Ph.D., Gloria
Tucker, M.D., Sarasvati Buhrman, Ph.D., Jnani Chapman, R.N., and
Sarita Shrestha, M.D. and others in the field of yoga therapy.
She is a member of the Rockland Business
Association, a former President and member of the Rockland County
Business Networking International and has been a member and former
Director of the Rockland Business Women's Network for over a decade.
Nancy was the Stress Specialist and the Meditation
Expert for the IVillage.com website, voted Best of the Web by
Forbes.com. She also developed and managed MeditationGuides.com,
teaching meditation teleclasses nationally and in the U.K.
ANU ABRAHAM, PT, DPT
Anu Abraham PT, DPT, is a certified Pilates
instructor. She is also a phyical therapist in practice at the New
York Eye and Ear Infirmary, specializing in vestibular
rehabilitation and balance disorders. She received her Bachelor of
Science, graduate degree and clinical doctorate in physical therapy
from Daemen College and received her vestibular rehabilitation
competency from Emory University.
At Lakeside, Anu teaches both group and private
Pilates classes, and her enthusiasm, sense of humor and engaging
manner allow her clients to have fun while strengthening their
cores.
For Anu, Pilates is a great method for connecting
the mind and body together, continuously using the mind to focus on
the various muscles that are being activated. She believes keeping
the mind present with the movement being performed is one of the
most effective ways to exercise and achieve one's fitness goals.
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