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								<title>Sandra Pleasants</title>
								<description><![CDATA[Sandra discovered Iyengar yoga in her late 40’s. Her 5 children were then grown so she had time to devote to an intensive practice. She was inspired by her teacher Betsey Downing to become a teacher in her own right. She is now in her 70’s and continues to practice and teach. Her Life experience as mother of 5 and grandmother of 8 gives her and accessibility that allows students to feel simultaneously challenged and supported. Her down to earth teaching style is precise, dynamic and laced with humor.

She has been to India 4 times to study at the Iyengar Institute with BKS Iyengar, his daughter, Geeta, and son, Prashant. 

In the course of her continuing studies with the Iyengars and his senior teachers, both in this country and abroad, she has obtained 5 levels of certification in his system. She is also certified as an E500 hour with the Yoga Alliance. The E is a special designation meaning the director of an authorized teacher training program. She also completed a 700 hour 2 year training program for teachers in various yoga disciplines through the Yoga Research and Education Center in California founded by Georg Feuerstein.

For 12 years Sandra has gone annually to Florence Italy for intensive studies with Gabriella Giubilaro and has assisted her in Minsk Belarus for 5 of those years.

She has recently completed four years on the board of the Iyengar Association of the Southeast as treasurer and president for two. She is the author of the asana column for the magazine the Southeast Iyengar Association for the year 2007.

In 1991, Sandra taught a program for Nelson County for 2 years called “Growing Younger” aimed a bringing health education and exercise to seniors throughout the county. Beginning in 1982 she volunteered in Charlottesville for 10 years with the city sponsored Senior Nutrition Lunch program giving chair massages to the attendees. For another 7 years she volunteered in Nelson County with the Senior Nutrition Program offering weekly exercise for the seniors attending the program.

During this time she continues to teach 7 classes a week both in Nelson County, where she lives, and also at Blue Ridge Yoga in Charlottesville. 

For the last five years she has been the co-director, along with Jennifer Elliot, an Astanga teacher, of a 10 month, 200 hour training program for teachers for the Yoga Alliance at Yoga Source in Richmond. This is a unique program combining two lineages of hatha yoga.

Several years ago for the University of Virginia she designed and taught an 8 week course for people over 60 to see if yoga could improve their ability to walk. She also designed and taught 3 different 10 week studies for the UVA Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation to see if yoga can help people with Parkinson’s disease. Her students were delighted with the improvement the classes brought to their lives. Beginning the end of January she will again be involved in a study for UVA Dept. of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine on the effects of Iyengar yoga on postmenopausal women at risk for diabetes and cardiovascular problems. 

Sandra continues to be inspired by the affects of yoga in her own life as well as that of her students.
<a href="http://www.ihanuman.com/index.php?getWhatPage=2663&getWhatArrangement=ShowAllEntriesForPage&templateId=PT_tertiary">
<b>Sandra's Teaching Schedule</b></a>

<a href="http://www.ihanuman.com/sandra_fall_yoga_retreat_2007.pdf">Sandra's Fall 2007 Retreat Flyer and Registration Information</a>
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												<title>Sandra's Weekly Class Schedule Summer 2008</title>
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												<description><![CDATA[<b>Sandra Pleasants, E.R.Y.T. 500<br />
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Certified Junior Intermediate Iyengar Yoga Instructor</b><br />
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Please contact Sandra directly for more information on her classes and class schedule at 434-361-2262 or sandra.pleasants [a] gmail.com<br />
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    * Monday Level I/II at 9:00AM held at Rockfish Valley Community Center in Nellysford, VA<br />
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    * Monday Level II/III at 6:00PM held at Rockfish Valley Community Center in Nellysford, VA<br />
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  * Wednesday Seniors at 9:30AM held at <a href="http://www.blueridgeyoga.com">Blue Ridge Yoga</a> Center in Charlottesville, VA<br />
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    * Thursday Level I/II at 9:00AM held at Rockfish Valley Community Center in Nellysford, VA<br />
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    * Thursday Level I/II at 6:00PM held at Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall in Arrington, VA<br />
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Classes Monday and Thursday are $12 for dropins and $88 if paying for a session which is 8 weeks.<br />
Classes at Blue Ridge Yoga are $15 for dropins and $13 if paying for a session which is 3 months long.<br />
Trinity Episcopal is $10 for a drop in and $9 for joining the 2 month long session.<br />
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To sign up, contact Sandra at sandra.pleasants [ a] gmail.com!]]></description>		
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													<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:11:36 EDT</pubDate>
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												<title>12th Annual Yoga and Meditation Retreat with Sandra Pleasants</title>
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												<description><![CDATA[<b>Sept. 19-21,2008</b><br />
Please join me for my annual fall retreat held at the Acorn Inn in Nellysford, Virginia<br />
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Our schedule will be the same as in past years. There will be a total of 10 hours of instruction. We will begin Friday night at 6PM and end 1PM on Sunday after lunch. A complete schedule will be sent later.<br />
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This weekend is limited to 20 students. Please sign up early to guarantee your space.<br />
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Please go to www.acorninn.com  to view accommodations and for directions.<br />
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Rooms at the Acorn Inn accommodate two persons in a double bed with shared bathroom<br />
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Shared room- $345 per person        Single room- $355<br />
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These prices include all instruction, meals and rooms Friday and Saturday nights.<br />
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Cost for attending instruction sessions only, with meals, is $240<br />
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Please email sandra.pleasants [a] gmail.com  for registration form.<br />
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													<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:08:21 EDT</pubDate>
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												<title>Restorative Yoga Workshop</title>
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												<description><![CDATA[<b>Charlottesville Ashtanga Yoga Shala</b><br />
<b>Saturday, December 15, 2007</b><br />
<b>9:30AM-12:30PM</b><br />
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Restore your Kidney Qi for the holidays.<br />
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													<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:35:13 EST</pubDate>
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