MaryKay Marquart, Owner
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A nationally registered yoga teacher at the advanced level including Children's Yoga and Prenatal Yoga. Certified Somatic Exercise Coach and Certified Advanced CES (Cancer Exercise Specialist) a therapeutic program for Cancer patients and survivors. MaryKay has been teaching and sharing her love of yoga and health for over 17 years. With continuing education her knowledge and enthusiasm continues to grow through yoga and anatomy workshops, teacher trainings, self-study and her own practice. She is grateful for her students who also teach, inspire and amaze her every day!
Within the context of the eight limbs (Astanga Yoga), MaryKay encourages and helps students open up to and increase their natural awareness. She brings particular attention to body alignment and safe movement, with a sensitivity and understanding of each individual's personal abilities and limitations. This combined with the breath allows for the physical and spiritual experiences of yoga to blossom. Her goal is to help students with self-acceptance and to find joy in the present moment. She guides students with a warm, non-judgmental style while encouraging them to honor and understand their own uniqueness. MaryKay prefers to use verbal and soft touch adjustments to allow the student to find their own edge and expression of yoga and then bring this acceptance and mindfulness into their everyday life. With a dedicated yoga practice, she believes that everyone will find strength, healing, balance and peace in their present lives. Yoga is a continuous journey that opens the mind, strengthens the body, and frees the spirit to take on life’s opportunities and obstacles. MaryKay is married to Tim with three wonderful children: Gavin, Kayla, and Dr. Jamie VanDenElzen, who adds to our family Amanda and grandson's Chase and Cole. |
Joanne Barbiaux E-RYT500Joanne hopes to inspire and motivate students to look within for personal happiness. She took her first yoga class in 1990 to help balance her busy life style. Soon after yoga became a part of her daily life. Inspired by Mary Kay Marquart, Joanne received her 200 hour Yoga Alliance registration in 2010, and the 500 RYT in 2016.
Joanne is committed to always being a yoga student and furthering her education in order to share that knowledge in her classes. Joanne designs her classes to challenge students at all levels and weaves poses with music to make classes fun and flowing. She brings focus on breath and alignment with meaningful messages to her classes. With a lifelong passion for music, Joanne hand crafted her own native drum. She plays the native flute and enjoys Kirtan. Joanne is also certified in Reiki I and II; a Japanese energy healing technique for stress reduction and relaxation that promotes healing. Joanne has taught yoga to all ages, including the Girls Varsity Volleyball team, several schools, the local YMCA, and various other organizations. Joanne enjoys outdoor activities and completed her first half marathon in 2012. She married her high school sweetheart, lives in the home they built in New Franken, and has two children and three grandchildren. She enjoys spending family time together and flying with her husband in their Powered Parachute. Joanne also helps manage the family owned business; Cabinet Creations in Dyckesville. |
Sally Langan RYT200Sally is a beginning teacher of Hatha yoga. Yoga has been a key part of her life for 15 years. Her yoga journey began when she picked up a book and began reading about several basic poses. She now practices daily and teaches others. Sally's first class at Every Body's Yoga was a Cancer Thrive session in 2010. She's been a regular at EBY ever since and is inspired by the many dedicated teachers there, especially MaryKay Marquart. Sally graduated from Every Body's Yoga llc, 200-RYT Teacher Training Program in 2015.
Sally teaches an early morning moderately-paced class comprised of dedicated individuals who regularly begin their day practicing yoga and a Gentle Plus class geared to stretching and foundational poses. Sally emphasizes the basic elements of each pose and provides modifications and variation to meet the unique needs of each individual. Students of all skill levels are welcome. Always wanting to bring the lessons of yoga to daily life, Sally complements active, moderately-paced sessions with music, a warm atmosphere and words of inspiration. |
Kathy Eichinger RYT200, CAPIn 2001 a friend asked Kathy, “Do you want to join me for a yoga class?” Kathy was hooked, discovering the physical movement quieted her busy mind and the teachings helped balance her life. Several years later, she was inspired to share the beautiful practice and began teaching yoga. She joined EBY when it opened in 2009 and completed the first RYT class with MaryKay Marquart.
Kathy finds it very rewarding to guide others in the practice of yoga. Gentle and restorative classes are her current specialties. Gentle classes are designed to allow almost anyone to participate and can be an excellent first yoga experience. It is less physically taxing and takes a whole-body approach. The restorative class happens in a nurturing environment which is still, dark, warm and quiet. Its purpose is to create a calm mind and strip away layers of fatigue by using comfortable postures that let gravity do the work. Yoga also opened the door for Kathy to learn about and embrace Ayurveda, which is a Sanskrit word meaning “wisdom of life.” Considered a healing science, Ayurveda encompasses bodywork, food, encouragement and the discovery of a peaceful, authentic self. After years of study and training, Kathy is a certified Ayurvedic Practitioner (www.kathyeichinger.com) Along with yoga and her Ayurvedic practice, Kathy supervises training of future Ayurvedic counselors and is an instructor at NWTC. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Craig, and they have two grown boys. |
Elizabeth Wichman RYT200Elizabeth began practicing yoga in the summer of 2014 and a few months in very quickly decided to enroll in the yoga teacher training course. The first class she took could be described as love at first sight, or love at first practice. She was inspired by how going to a yoga class makes one feel calm in mind and exhilarated in body. She wanted to share those feelings with others.
Elizabeth tried all kinds of classes but gravitated toward teachers with a positive yet calming energy. She wanted to become a teacher so she could inspire others the way her teachers inspired her. She studied with MaryKay Marquart E-RYT500, RCYT, RPYT and Joanne Barbiaux E-RYT 200, RYT500. Elizabeth graduated from the Every Body’s Yoga LLC, 200-RYT Teacher Training Program in Spring 2015. She teaches classes for every person with an emphasis in modifications for each skill level. She focuses on happiness, positivity, and making sure everyone in class leaves with empowerment and contentment in both body and mind. She wants every person to feel welcomed to class and leave with joy. Outside of teaching and attending classes Elizabeth spends her time working in the human services field, and enjoying time in her new house with her boyfriend and cat. She also enjoys watching the Packers, reading, binge watching Netflix, and online shopping. |
Dawn Vargas E-RYT200Dawn has been teaching yoga since August of 2013 and practicing yoga consistently since 2011. She was inspired by the awareness of self that yoga offered and studied with MaryKay Marquart. Dawn graduated from the Every Body's Yoga 200-RYT teacher training program in 2014.
Dawn's classes focus on connecting with the breath, finding proper alignment (for your body) in the poses, and staying present and aware in the moment on the mat. She prefers to teach a "slow-flow" class where poses are held for a couple of breaths, giving her students the opportunity to feel the effects of the poses if their body invites them to go further. Dawn's goal for every class she teaches is that everyone who attends feels better at the end of class than they did when they walked through the door. She believes that in today's fast-paced, hectic society, everyone can benefit from yoga in some way. It may be learning to harness the power of the breath to reduce stress, or cultivating a tool to balance physical activity and explore the body's flexibility, or a way to maintain strength as the years go by - everyone has a reason that brings them to class. "Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life truly exist." Dawn considers it an honor and a privilege to share yoga with her students, and loves to celebrate with them as they experience the benefits of a consisted practice. When she is not teaching yoga, Dawn enjoys staying active and spending time with her husband and their menagerie of dogs and cats. You might find her in a Zumba or cycling class, swinging a kettlebell or lifting weights. |
Erin Jensen RYT200Erin has been teaching yoga for four years, practicing since 2006. Wishing to expand her knowledge and teaching skills, she obtained RYT200 Certification in April 2014 under MaryKay Marquart at Every Body's Yoga. She also teaches at the Y and is a YMCA Certified Group Fitness Instructor, as well as Pilates and Core Certified.
Erin enjoys yoga so much because she finds it both challenging and relaxing. A compliment to the other activities that she enjoys, it’s also a quiet place that she can just be, connecting mind and body, and letting the cares of the day just melt away. Through her practice, she’s learned that we're each so very different, so while moving through the poses, you’ll be encouraged to push yourself to your comfortable edge, improving balance and core strength while increasing flexibility. As you gain energy and power from each breath synchronized with the movement, your confidence in your ability will grow while always trying to master the breath. Erin hopes that you’ll find yoga just as enjoyable as she does. |
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