About Us
We have been located in the heart of Sellwood since 2004, just around the corner from Grand Central Bakery at the corner of 13th and Nehalem. At the top of the stairs you will find a warm, inviting space ideal for yoga classes and workshops.
We offer a full range of classes from beginning to advanced, taught by well-trained, experienced instructors. We also provide an array of classes for special audiences, including gentle yoga, yoga for the female spirit, mindful breathing and yoga for the larger woman. All of our classes are challenging (each in its own way), relaxing and fun. Come see for yourself.
Our Teachers
Vilma Zaleskaite, co-director. Get in touch with Vilma
Vilma, who holds a RYT 500 certificate, began her yoga in the Iyengar style and today counts Angela Farmer, Victor Van Kooten, Mary Paffard and Rodney Yee among her most formative influences. Her distinctive spirit and meditative style often provoke her students to complain that she leaves them "too relaxed to get up and leave."
Bill Walters, co-director. Get in touch with Bill
Bill has been teaching in the Portland area and elsewhere since 1994. He practices and teaches in the Iyengar tradition and has benefited over the years from studying with many fine teachers. He especially appreciates that for the past 15 years he has enjoyed the guidance and friendship of his principal teacher, Rodney Yee.
Mary Ann Robinson
Mary Ann has been working with Bill Walters for nine years, during which time she has also studied with senior teachers such as Rodney Yee, John Friend, Mary Paffard and Judith Lasater. More recently, she completed a rigorous, 650-hour yoga teacher training with Mary, and is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT500) with Yoga Alliance. She teaches sections of the Easy Does It, Larger Woman and Level 1 classes. Her calm, clear presence is a wonderful asset to the studio.
Karen Gilkison
Karen's first yoga experience was with Lilias Folan on PBS in the 1970's. Beginning in 1995, to deepen her practice and study of yoga, she began to explore a variety of different yoga styles, including Iyengar, Anusara, Ashtanga, Bihar, and Yin. She completed teacher training with Shari Friedrichsen in 2003, and in addition to Shari, she is currently most influenced by the work of Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten, as well as Mary Paffard. Karen expresses her goal in teaching as, "to convey a sense of meditative presence, subtle aliveness and compassion in the practice."
Viktoria Schulz
TYP welcomes Viktoria back on our teaching faculty. She started her yoga discovery in 2003 and first began teaching at the studio in 2007. She has done teaching training with Mary Paffard and Baxter Bell, MD. Her teaching focuses on quiet internal strengthening that provides support in all poses.