Teachers


Naama Gidron is a certified Iyengar yoga teacher with over 20 years of yoga practice and 15 years of teaching experience. Naama first discovered Iyengar yoga in 1987 while at Columbia University. She has studied extensively with senior teachers Patricia Walden and Jarvis Chen in Boston, and traveled to Pune, India to study with the Iyengars.  Naama’s teaching style is informed by her dance background.  It is clear and concise, dynamic and engaging. She enjoys working with a wide range of students, including athletes and seniors. Naama teaches privates, specialty workshops, as well as retreats.

Christy Chase, MAT, is a mother, teacher, and aspiring writer who finds the presence of yoga to be a welcome oasis in a very busy life. She respects the need for individualized attention and will modify poses based on the stiff or super-flexible, aging or youthful bodies in her class. The important thing is that you dedicate some time to your health, and she appreciates that you have chosen Motion Center. Christy has been practicing Iyengar yoga since 1993. In 2007 and 2011, she completed two rounds of rigorous assessments to become an officially certified Iyengar teacher. Christy is grateful for the inspiration given by Suzanne Newton, with whom she credits starting her yogic journey; Linda DiCarlo for her guidance through assessment; the beloved Patricia Walden, her mentor teacher; and her fabulous students, who teach her the meaning of community, devotion, and humility. Please see www.iynaus.org for more information on Iyengar yoga.

Nicole C. Laliberté discovered the Feldenkrais Method® while she was studying at The Boston Conservatory from which she received a BFA in Dance. She has danced, taught, and choreographed in Rhode Island, Boston, New York, Hawaii, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and St. Petersburg, Russia.  She also holds her MFA in Choreography from UNCG.  Nicole is very excited to now be an Authorized Trainee Feldenkrais ® Awareness Through Movement ® Teacher.

Sumati Eberstadt (Brown University, 1971) performed with and choreographed for the RI Dance Repertory Company, and ran a private modern dance studio in Providence. In 1982 she moved overseas and lived in Greece, Germany, and India. She began studying the Feldenkrais Method in Munich, Germany in 1984 and went on to train in Switzerland under Mia Segal, first assistant to Moshe Feldenkrais, and his close colleague for 25 years. Since completing her training and being admitted to the Deutsche Feldenkrais Guild in 1989, Sumati taught the Feldenkrais Method to groups and individuals at the Osho Commune International in Pune, India, in the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, and Providence, RI. She has worked with therapists, dancers, musicians and meditators. She is now certified by the Feldenkrais Guild of North America.

Shana Lieberman Klinger, M.A. Psychology, brings more than 40 years of experience in meditative techniques and humanistic psychology to her classes, workshops, and one-to-one consultation. She is authorized by Dza Kilung Rinpoche to give instruction in the seven meditations from the meditation manual, The Relaxed Mind. To learn more about Shana visit heartmindspace.com.