2011 Yoga for Hope - Seattle July 9, 2011

Lift your arms and stretch for the sky at the third annual Yoga for Hope, a 90-minute outdoor yoga class to benefit cancer research programs at City of Hope, one of the nation’s leading research, treatment and education centers for cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Four of Seattle’s top yoga teachers will lead participants of all levels on an inspiring journey for the soul.

Yoga promotes mind, body and spiritual relaxation and well-being, and has been shown to manage the side effects of medical treatment and improve quality of life for patients with cancer, according to researchers at City of Hope.

In its two-year history, Yoga for Hope has raised $40,000 for vital research and treatment.

Jenniferlyn Chiemingo has been practicing yoga for more than 11 years. She trained at Kripalu for Integrative Yoga Therapy and specialized in guiding new moms through pre- and postnatal yoga as well as helping cancer patients through yoga, meditation and pranayama. In 2005 and 2007, she continued her training with Shiva Rea for Vinyasa yoga. As an experienced registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, she leads the community as a Lululemon alumni ambassador and director of yoga for hauteyoga Queen Anne.

Dora Gyarmati has a natural ability to inspire the love of physical being in all her students, emphasizing strength with a lighthearted attitude. Gyarmati began studying yoga 11 years ago as a way to build her strength and stability after a knee injury. She trained with Baron Baptiste and has been mentoring with Lisa Black for the past three years. In 2010, Gyarmati was recognized as a Lululemon ambassador for the Seattle stores. She owns her own yoga studio, leads workshops throughout the Seattle area and hosts international yoga retreats.

Jennifer Isaacson, who began studying yoga in 1996, received her teaching certificate from Kim King-Zamoff in 2002. She then studied at the Samadhi Yoga Center under Kathleen Hunt's guidance, where she received a certificate and continues to be a part of their teacher training faculty. Since 2004, she trains with Shiva Rea annually. She currently hosts retreats and teaches in Mexico.

Cosetta Romani is dedicated to the element of yoga that seizes the present. She embraces life as it comes, weaving wisdom with tradition in her practice. She encourages her students to explore intuitive guidance, precision breath work, creative flows, chanting, and moving and sitting meditation. She also teaches how to shift inward in order to reach outward.