Earth Heart Yoga Teacher Training Faculty

At Earth Heart Yoga we know the only way to cultivate highly skilled instructors is to offer the highest quality of instruction. Our Instructors are all highly qualified in their fields with extensive training in the areas of curriculum they teach.

Yoga is a way of living more fully and consciously in every moment. Over the past 20 years my practice has shown the full spectrum of expression, from very consistent to absent. At the times in my life when I am very consistent in my practice I am clear, calm, grounded, feel stronger, healthier and manage my life with more grace and flow. When I am not consistent with my practice I find myself saying why am I not doing this? Why do I stop when I am noticeably more aligned on every level when I am practicing?

It was this question that brought me to further my commitment to my yoga practice by becoming an instructor and then opening Earth Heart Yoga. I have completed 500 hours of teacher training in accredited Hatha Yoga programs, receiving my certifications in both trainings and registering with the Yoga Alliance as a E-RYT500, experienced registered Yoga Teacher. My first training was a 200 hour Integrated Yoga program through the Sanctuary of Universal Light in Meredith NH. Since then I have completed an additional Teacher Training Program in Anusara Based Yoga with Todd Norian, a 300 hour accredited program that has deepened my understanding of the scope and practice of yoga. I am currently completing my studies with John Friend towards a fully Certified Anusara Yoga® instructor.

When I went into my teacher-training programs, I set the intention to allow yoga to aid me in my ability to be fully conscious with what I already know as universal truths. Yoga has been that bridge for me; it has helped me to continually remember. Yoga has helped me to be a better teacher, not just of yoga, but also as an example of how to live well on the earth. These are the qualities I bring to my classes, individual sessions and teacher trainings.

Ashley Ludman, OTR, is an occupational therapist, teaching Yoga full time since 2001. She completed her first Yoga teacher training in 1999, and advanced training in 2001 from Nosara Yoga Institute in Nosara, Costa Rica, and Anusara Teacher Training with Todd Norian in 2005.

Since opening Seaside Yoga in Wilmington, NC in 2002, Ashley has educated Yoga teachers, wellness professionals, and all levels of students. Ashley has studied therapeutic yoga with John Friend, Todd Norian, Doug Keller and Jenny Otto, and is currently pursuing certification in the Anusara method of Hatha Yoga.

In addition to directing Seaside Yoga Teacher Training programs, Ashley is in graduate school at UNCW, working on a Master's in Social Work, with intentions to integrate yoga philosophy and practice with conventional healing methods.

Jeff Mahadeen LMT, NCBTMB, Certified Structural Integrator is the owner of Muscular Wellness Institute that provides a private treatment center specializing in deep tissue work and a school for CEU’s.

Jeff teaches hands on massage techniques, including Myofascial Release, NMT, and the related sciences pathology, anatomy and physiology currently at Hesser College, NH and as CEU programs nationally since 2003.

Jeff has been doing extensive research and documenting all his cases since 2000, towards a more complete understanding of the myofascial system, and how to help assist its healing process.

Jeff has been invited to sit on a Federal Licensing Exam committee creating a new exam for the massage profession. He is writing a Neuromuscular Therapy Manual that he hopes to have published in 2007/2008.

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William Broder is a certified Rolfer, Yoga teacher, and a linguist with more than 20 years experience, including 8 years spent in Japan as a language teacher, interpreter, and translator.

William has studied Sanskrit and with Vyaas Houston, founder of the American Sanskrit Institute and study at Harvard. His bodywork training includes more than 2000 hours in Feldenkrais, Rolfing, Structural Integration and human dissection.

William teaches Sanskrit, applied & esoteric anatomy, the nervous system as it applies to yoga and the anatomy of breathing. William lives in Boston, and travels the east coast offering his high quality of instruction to Yoga Teacher Training programs.