Bruce Bookman, chief instructor of Tenzan AIkido, co-director of Seattle Holistic Center, has taught aikido for more than 35 years, and is trained in various forms of meditation. These are both internal disciplines through which people rediscover their innate power and wisdom. As Chief Instructor at SHC Greenlake, Bookman Sensei integrates the traditional aspects of aikido he learned during his years training in Japan with his rich background in the healing arts including meditation, Feldenkrais, and yoga.

Colette Crawford, RN, BSN, is co-director of the Seattle Holistic Center, developer of a nationally acclaimed Holistic Prenatal Program, and Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training Program.  Colette, began yoga as a teenager in the late 1960’s and was certified as a teacher in 1986. She is an experienced nurse specializing in maternal/child health, labor and delivery and childbirth education. For over two decades Colette has taught thousands of women in her prenatal and postnatal classes.

Through the I Can Birth™, birth education program, and Prenatal Yoga Program, Colette has taught women and teachers from all over the world. Colette is dedicated to helping women and their families actualize their inner wisdom to birth and parent consciously. It has been a gift and priviledge to parent her four children with her loving husband, Bruce. "The path of family is my meditation."

Cicely Andree, began her yoga practice in 2000. She is a graduate of Greenpath Yoga Training (San Francisco) and a Registered Yoga Alliance teacher. Through her studies of a variety of Asana practices she has learned to embrace yoga as a process of unfolding and connecting with self. Cicely enjoys creating a nurturing  and playful environment for students of all ages and backgrounds; to explore their bodies, breath , mind and spirit. She successfully completed the Prenatal Yoga Teacher training with Colette Crawford in Seattle.

Jennifer Cea, LMP, is thrilled to join the community at Seattle Holistic Center as a massage therapist and infant massage instructor.  When she took prenatal yoga and later infant massage classes with her newborn daughter at SHC, she discovered the nurturing and supportive place SHC creates for expectant mothers and families.  Jennifer welcomes all to her client-centered practice, to address muscle tension and discomfort, or to simply bask in the healing comfort of a relaxation massage.  She has a passion for sharing massage with expectant mothers, and in addition, to her education at Brenneke School of Massage, she is certified in Carole Osborne Sheets’ Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy.  Jennifer believes deeply in the importance of the transformative experience of pregnancy, labor and birth, wherein daughters become mothers as they bring forth a new life from within.  Through her work as a massage therapist and a labor doula, Jennifer helps women feel good in their changing bodies, offers continual emotional support and comfort measures during their labors and encourages women to advocate for the birth experience they desire.

Sarah Chamberlain, is passionate about yoga and its ability to promote wellness and balance in a person's life. She has translated her love of the ancient practice into a life's purpose by becoming an instructor. She received her certification through the "It's Yoga" teacher training program in San Francisco California. Sarah teaches Vinyasa or "flow" style classes where postures are linked together with breath. Her classes help to calm and support the central nervous system to create quiet, balance, and strength in the body, the mind and the spirit. 

Renee Davis, first discovered yoga when pregnant with her first child in 1997.  Since then she deepened her practice and study, taking classes and trainings with senior teachers throughout the United States in various yoga styles, including Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Anasara. She received her yoga certification through Shari Friedrichsen, prenatal and postnatal certification through Colette Crawford, and began teaching yoga in 2002. She studied Iyengar yoga as part of a teacher-training program for over three years, but has since developed her own eclectic mix of yoga asana, not being tied to one particular style or system.  Her classes are fun and challenging, with an emphasis on core strength and breath awareness, and encouraging each student to take their yoga beyond the classroom and into their daily lives.  She has a special love for teaching postnatal yoga, especially as she observes her own children growing faster than the speed of light, reminding us all how quickly life zooms by, and the importance of being present and in the moment.

Shari Friedrichsen has been teaching yoga nationally and internationally for over 25 years. She has taken the precision and alignment of the Iyengar tradition to a deeper level as she studied the emotions, thoughts and chakras of the body. Through her own yoga and meditation practice, her travels through India, and her heartfelt commitment to life, she has developed a style that supports the sacredness and the understanding of the union of the body, mind, heart and soul.

Shub-Chintan Gill

Bhangra has been part of my life, since I was 8 yrs. Old. Not only do I enjoy dancing bhangra, but I am just as passionate about teaching it and taking it to another level by training enough bhangra dancers, who can carry on this legacy by sharing it with others. I have been teaching Bhangra since 1989 in Los Angeles, CA; Vancouver, BC; Surrey, BC; and now in Seattle, WA. I currently teach Bhangra, Bollywood, Giddha and our most popular Bhangracize (aerobics with bhangra music) classes in Seattle, Kent, Bellevue, and Redmond. You can find more information here  or at www.rhythmsofindia.net

Lillian Mavridara, started studying Hatha yoga in 1998 and since then has received extensive training and advanced certifications in Hatha Yoga, Meditation and Yoga Therapeutics as taught by the Himalayan Institute, Prenatal/Postnatal yoga from Colette Crawford, and Acu-Yoga from Michael Reed-Gach.  In addition, she is a Registered Teacher with Yoga Alliance (RYT 500).  

Lilian is also in private practice integrating the knowledge and experience she has in Transpersonal Psychology, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Raja Yoga, Transformational Kinesiology (TK) and Vibrational healing.  As a Holistic Integration Consultant she focuses on Life and Wellness Coaching, Women's Health, including preconception, pregnancy and birth, and Stress Management. She also works with couples on conscious parenting, and facilitates Women's self-growth groups. Lilian has recently moved to Seattle from Orange County, California where she has been practicing and teaching for the last 7 years.  For more information please visit www.HolisticIntegration.org

Julie Anne Morse, LMP first attended Colette's Conscious Birthing class over fourteen years ago, she knew that she was interested in working with pregnant women and their partners. Practicing at the Seattle Holistic Center fulfills that dream. Julie attended the Brenneke School of Massage and received her pregnancy, labor and postpartum massage training through Kate Jordan's Bodywork for the Childbearing Year®. Julie is also the coordinator of the Bodywork Program at SHC.

Leslie Mouton, believes the physical practice of yoga is a gateway to universal, spiritual aspects of yoga and that the true essence of yoga is discovered in our relationships in daily life.  Her training includes mothering three children, a B.A. in Dance/Movement Studies from UW, study with the Iyengar family in Pune, India, and ongoing work with Colette Crawford in prenatal yoga and normal birth.  Leslie endeavors to bring love and light to her classes.

Elizabeth Richmond, grew up in Puyallup, Washington, and is a graduate of the Tacoma school of the Arts. She spent a summer teaching creative dance to kids with the Metro-Parks Tacoma. Since then she has been consistently pulled back to dancing with kids, having taught ballet, jazz, modern, theatre and creative dance.  She absolutely loves teaching, playing and dancing with toddlers and older children. It makes her day brighter when she hears a child laughing. In 2006 Elizabeth graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. She is a level one Reiki practitioner, having trained with Mary Ellen Floyd just after high school, and she feels that practicing her energy work on friends and family is what helps keep her grounded and centered. In July of 2007 she attended a Bhangra class at SHC, and knew that she wanted to be a part of such an enlightening and rewarding community. When she is not teaching, or welcoming people to the Seattle Holistic Center in her receptionist/store manager position, she can be found pursuing her love of theatre, music and dance with various theatre groups around the Puget Sound area.

Brynn Stonehouse has been a practitioner of yoga for over 15 years, yet it was through the conscious birth of her daughter in 2002 that she fully experienced the benefits of yoga. This experience catapulted Brynn into a quest for more knowledge. She is certified by Shari Friedrichsen and did her prenatal yoga training with Colette Crawford. Brynn teaches each class with a passion to inspire her students to explore deeper and discover their higher self.

Mateo Swan began her apprenticeship 18 years ago on the Sweet Medicine SunDance Path. Her devotion to her own spiritual self growth and development has lead her to study with shamans from multiple traditions. Through her journey, Mateo has become an experienced ceremonialist, a Lodge Leader and an accomplished instructor. Recently transplanted from Phoeniz, Arizona, Mateo brings her passion for this rich body of knowledge to the Northwest.

Mateo is joined by Martha Iosbaker, who is a 12 year apprentice to the Sweet Medicine SunDance Path. Martha brings her passion for the teachings, music, and the sacred drum, and in this way she sparks the heart beat of the space.