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NORMA COLÓN
CERTIFIED IYENGAR YOGA INSTRUCTOR
212.288.8221
norma@yoganorma.com
Yoganorma.com
Founder and President, Yorkville Yoga 1989 Now known as YogaNorma
A Manhattan based company offering classic Hatha Yoga instruction in the tradition of B.K.S. Iyengar. Specializing in: group classes • private instruction • Prenatal Yoga • Yoga for special populations • public speaking—workshops and demonstrations on Yoga and Stress Reduction.
EXPERIENCE
Design and teach classes of 10 to 30 beginning and intermediate yoga students. Accommodate personal needs and provide individual attention using tactile aid and corrective instruction in classical Iyengar Yoga tradition.
2017 - Presen Iyengar YOga Institute of New York
2014 - Present P.E. Studio
2013 Rented Space on Upper East Side
2003 - 2013 Monqi fitness/MGym
1999 - Present Iyengar Yoga Institute of NY, Substitute Teacher
1998 - 2003 Hunter College Continuing Education & Rented Space
2000 - 2002 Yoga with ASL for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Adults
1998 - 1999 Multiple Sclerosis Society NYC Chapter
1996 - 1998 Classic Body Fitness
1993 - 2006 Bally Sports Clubs
1993 - 1995 Manhattan Body
1980 - 1998 Marymount Manhattan College and Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
1978 - 1982 Serenity Yoga and Alan Bateman
Corporate Classes
2002 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Integrative Medicine
1996 - 1997 1100 Architects • 1994 - 1996 NBC Television • 1994 - 1996 Indo-U.S. Sub Com.
1992 - 1993 Tribeca Film Center • 1993 - 1995 McCann-Erickson • 1991 - 1994 New York Hospital
EDUCATION
Hunter College: Human Movement Major
Certification
Introductory level II Iyengar Yoga Instructor
YOGA STUDY
Iyengar Yoga, 1987-present
The Hard and the Soft—Ashtanga Yoga—Beryl Bender Berch, 1982-1984 & 1986
American Yoga—Eric Bealer, Finas Jung Studio, 1984-1986
Yoga with Ideokinesis—Penny Shaw, Ph.D., Hunter College, 1982
Serenity Yoga, then Alan Bateman, 1977-1983
Previous Certification
1989 World Yoga Center
1987 Sivananda Yoga
1981 Alan Bateman
1978 Serenity Yoga Center
RELATED WORKSHOPS
Bartenief Fundamental and Introduction to Laban Analysis, LIMS
Ideokenesis Workshops, André Bernard, New York University
Awareness Through Movement, Moshe Feldenkrais
MEMBERSHIPS
Iyengar Yoga Association of Greater New York and Iyengar Yoga National Association of US
Freelancers Union