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Barbara Benagh Barbara Benagh, a fixture on the Boston yoga scene since 1980, has practiced and taught yoga for nearly 35 years. She discovered yoga while living in England and began teaching there. She moved to Boston and opened The Yoga Studio on Beacon Hill in 1980. In 2005 Barbara moved The Yoga Studio to the Charles River Institute in Central Sq., Cambridge.

In addition to her local classes Barbara teaches yoga seminars throughout the US and internationally. She is a regular contributor of srticles to Yoga Journal magazine. She has several audio CDs of live classes available as well as DVDs, the latest being Yoga for Beginners released by Body + Soul magazine and Yoga for Stress Relief that includes a discussion on meditation from the Dalai Lama.
Gail Keeley

Gail Keeley has been studying and practicing yoga since 1993. She received her teacher training in Hatha yoga from Barbara Benagh and Erich Schiffmann; she began teaching in 1999. Gail draws on many yoga teaching traditions to find the approach that best serves her students and emphasizes alignment, use of the breath, and the mind/body connection in her teaching. Her knowledge of Aurveyda also informs her teaching.

Gail continues to study with Barbara Benagh, Erich Schiffmann, and other master teachers and sees herself as teacher and learner, a mix that keeps her yoga teaching and practice fresh. She hopes her students learn patience, persistence, self-acceptance, and the joy of yoga through her example. She is enchanted by nature, and sees the oneness of all living things reflected in nature every time she looks.