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ABOUT
THE DIRECTOR
Bhumi (Harriet Russell), Director, RYT, M.S.
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Harriet Russell is known as "Bhumi" in the yoga world.
She
is a leader of the yoga community in Ohio and has helped demystify and
bring yoga to mainstream Northern Ohio without sacrificing the depth of
the practice.
Bhumi launched Cleveland's first yoga and wellness center open to
the public in 1992 and brought yoga classes into the physical education
programs in suburban high schools. Over the years, she has trained
hundreds of teachers, over 200 in Ohio alone. Bhumi's Yoga and Wellness Center
was the first in the Midwest & Ohio recognized by the national Yoga Alliance.
Bhumi is a Certified and Registered Yoga Teacher, Certified
Massage Bodyworker, and Certified Holistic Health Educator. She has also
studied Yoga Therapy, Shiatsu (Acupressure) Massage, Energy Balancing, and
the martial art of Aikido. She has an M.S. in Linguistics, is fluent in
several languages, including Spanish and Japanese, and lived overseas for
eight years. She loves to teach Sanskrit and is currently studying
Russian.
In addition, she travelled overland from Europe to Asia. She was in India, Nepal, and Tibet in 1975 and 1992 where she visited many spiritual sites. In 2005 she returned to India where she participated in Rotary International projects and visited medical clinics with doctors practicing specialized yoga therapies.
Bhumi was introduced to yoga as a stress management technique while working in international business corporate life in New York City. Successful, yet searching, she changed careers, recognizing her life's work is to share the deep benefits from yoga that she felt for herself with others.
Bhumi lived a monastic lifestyle as a spiritual resident at the ashram of Kripalu Center in Massachusetts, the largest holistic health and yoga center in North America. She served as Program Director of Yoga Teacher Training and Bodywork Certification Programs there for 8 years. Her spiritual teacher was Dr. Yogi Amrit Desai, the founder.
Since then she has studied with BKS and Geeta Iyengar and other Senior Iyengar teachers, taken annual Teacher Trainings and an Advanced Intensive with Rodney Yee, studied with Bikram Choudary, studied Anusara Yoga, and taken a Teacher Training in Ashtanga Vinyasa (power) Yoga.
A true educator, Bhumi blends several different styles of yoga with her own personal approach and continues to expand her own knowledge. She has been teaching for over twenty five years and some call her style "Bhumi's Blend."
She has been sponsored to lead workshops around the world on various health issues. Co-creator of the "Moon Salutation", Bhumi has appeared on TV in the U.S. and abroad, has been published, and has produced several yoga routine tapes/CD's.
Harriet Russell (Bhumi) is an active member of Rotary, Cleveland Coaching Federation, Westside Professional Women's Connection as well as other professional groups and yoga associations including the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association and Yoga Alliance.
Yoga Teachers
RYT
means "Registered Yoga Teacher"
with the national Yoga Alliance.
Bhumi could not serve fully without the help of the other teachers, staff, and karma yoga volunteers. We all share a common interest in the well-being of the students.
Yoga
Teachers, all certified by Bhumi's Yoga and Wellness Center, and registered by the national Yoga Alliance, are an integral part of the
community. These devoted souls teach and take classes with Bhumi, continuing
to learn together and share what they love.
Many outreach programs at
hospitals, recreation centers, and wellness facilities around the Cleveland
area are also taught by our Bhumi's Yoga certified graduate teachers.
We have had a wonderful group of dedicated individuals teaching through Bhumi's Yoga and Wellness Center .
And over 200 Bhumi's Certified Teachers in Ohio alone.
Since Bhumi's Yoga is primarily a training center with a limited number of regular public classes, our graduate teachers teach at other yoga studios as well. The more yoga, the better!
HARRIET RUSSELL (BHUMI) , RYT, M.S., Director says: "Each moment is fresh, an opportunity to begin anew. Each class is different depending upon who is there and what is needed in that moment, for the individual and the group energy. We have a wonderful team of teachers, professional, challenging, and fun! Let us guide you to bring the body-mind into balance and the heart open to whatever the moment brings. Individualized attention and the shared small group energy creates a nurturing of spirit, and a community of friends."
BHUMI (HARRIET RUSSELL) - Currently directing Yoga Teacher Trainings and workshops in Columbia Station and teaching Tuesday evenings (outdoor yoga) and Thursday mornings in N. Olmsted.
CORINNE MILLER - Currently teaching Saturday mornings in N. Olmsted
NIKKI ROGERS- Currently teaching Thursday evenings in Berea
MARILYNN MARPLE - Currently teaching Monday evenings in N.Ridgeville
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2009 Bhumi's Inc.