Owner-Directors:

Trista Haycraft, LMT RYT

"Conscious movement of the body is a prayer in motion"

My yoga journey began at Chena Hot Springs in 1997 with a Kundalini Yoga book that I picked out for the most descriptive pictures.  I went to my first yoga class out there with Lynn Minton who eventually became a favorite influence on my yoga practice.  I completed a 600hour Therapeutic Massage training in 2000 and have also been trained in Craniosacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, Thai Yoga Massage and a variety of other healing modalities.  Yoga just seemed the natural progression on my path of facilitating self healing in others.  I completed a 200hour Teacher Training at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta ashram in the Bahamas in 2004 and taught small classes out of my own studio space for awhile.  Since then I have taken many trainings with some very inspiring teachers such as Beryl Bender Birch, Sarahjoy Marsh, Donald Moyer,  Julie Gumestatd, Paul Grilley, Judith Lasater, Adhil Palkivala, Carlos Pomeda, and Gary Kraftsow to name a few.  Of course there is also the teaching staff of Inner Dance Yoga Studio in Anchorage, including Lynn Minton, where I completed another 200hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2008.  My current passion is Yin Yoga which I studied with Paul Grilley in Chicago in 2008.  It is a wonderful compliment and balance to the more active "yang" style yoga that we are accustomed to here in the west.  I also am pushing myself toward becoming more experienced in Acro Yoga and hope to bring this playful and therapeutic yoga back home to Alaska.

I am a co-founder of Infinite Yoga of Alaska and am so thankful that I am able to share my experience with my yoga community and that I have the opportunity to learn from those who share their experience with me.  I hope to bring more creative and community focused activities to the studio such as Kirtan, workshops and art.

I teach a traditional hatha practice including asana, pranayama and meditation.  Classes range from gentle to moderate and all experience levels are welcome as I try to give instruction inviting practitioners to listen to their body and take their asana practice to the appropriate level for their personal growth and safety.

to contact:  trista@infin8yoga.com 


Staff Yoga Teachers:

Daralyn Canterbury

Daralyn Canterbury is a retired school counselor and P.E. teacher who is trained in Ashtanga (Power) Yoga out of the Bryan Kest studios in Santa Monica California.  Daralyn prefers a class that is welcoming for all levels.  Daralyn's class  presents enough variation in asanas to help beginners feel comfortable and intermediates to feel somewhat challenged

Toni Kaufman

Toni Kaufman  Toni began practicing yoga in 1990 when recovering  from a serious illness. Continued practice has enhanced her quality of life immensely. She has had opportunities to work with a number of accomplished yoga instructors mainly, Kay Hackney, Lynne Minton and Anursara teachers Jim and Ruthie Bernaert on the Big Island of Hawaii. She has completed teacher training with Jim and Ruthie and is a registered Anusara Inspired teacher and also registered with Yoga Alliance.

 

 Susanne Lyle

Susanne’s teaching arose from the combination of a deep passion for yoga with her natural personality of being a learner. She started teaching when she realized that one hasn’t really learned something until one has taught it. Susanne’s main focus remains on her own personal practice as well as the study of yoga. As she believes that fundamentally there’s only one yoga, she continues to immerse herself in trainings and workshops with teachers of many different traditions, integrating them into her own practice and teaching style. Susanne feels grateful toward all her teachers and fellow yogis, particularly to her mentors Lynne Minton, Teri Viereck, and Kay Hackney, who’ve genuinely shared from their hearts, a quality to which she aspires.

Elizabeth Keech

 
Elizabeth Keech, RYT, was first immersed in total yogic lifestyle during her stay on Sivananda Ashram in Grass Valley, CA, in 2002.  She received certification to teach from Sivananda Vedanta International in Kerala, India in 2005.  Key asanas, breathing, relaxation, and quieting and focusing the mind are emphasized in her classes.  She has studied Kundalini Yoga in Fairbanks with Devta Khalsa since 2006 and just completed Kundalini Certification Spring 2009.


Laurel Ruth

Laurel Ruth, a massage therapist since 1994 has been practicing yoga since and 1991 and teaching since 2000. Laurel studies Iyengar, Ashtanga and Kundalini traditions.  In her classes Laurel incorporates the philosophy and spiritual wisdom of yoga empasizing self awareness thru precision in movements, strength in stability, and breathing into flexibility.  Laurel believes the practice of yoga on the mat can be a means to strengthen the calibur of our character in the rest of our life.  In a sticky note on her desk is the reminder: "Find substance in the mystery of yoga, peeling away the layers, going deeper into your self.

 

Support Staff Yoga Teachers- $5 Fridays & Substitutes: