Kristin Banick is one half of BigFaceLove Yoga, along with husband Bill Banick. She completed her 200-hour teacher training with Kim Valeri through YogaSpirit studios. Kristin is currently continuing her studies in Rod Stryker’s ParaYoga®, enrolled in a 500-hour teacher training "Teaching Deeper Practices: In the Lineage of Para Yoga" in October 2009 with Sue Neufeld and Kathryn Templeton. She also continues her studies at the Himalayan Institute, Honesdale, PA, the U.S. home of the tradition in the lineage of Swami Rama of the Himalayas. Kristin has advanced training in Teaching Meditation from the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, PA, where she escapes for meditation retreats whenever life allows.
Kristin has also trained in Restorative Yoga with Sudha Carolyn Lundeen, pursuing studies that will allow her to work with patients suffering with chronic illness. Kristin and husband Bill have a great time teaching partner yoga workshops together, emphasizing joy, connection, and creating intimacy. .
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Kristin’s classes are a combination of gentle asana and restorative postures, and include pranayama, meditation, and deep relaxation. Kristin finds inspiration in helping her students bring balance and clarity to their lives, offering a peaceful and restorative style of yoga.
When not teaching yoga, Kristin enjoys playing in the dirt, designing naturalistic gardens using native plants and growing vegetables. She loves cooking big, beautiful meals for friends and family. Bill says that Love is her secret ingredient. She and Bill share their home with a cat named Rosie and two rescue dogs named Sam and Etta, who allow them to practice patience and detachment on a daily basis, and who make them laugh every day.
Your Community Yoga Center at 39 Putnam Ave., Hamden, Ct 06517 located in the greater New Haven area, servicing Branford, Cheshire, East Haven, Hamden, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, Northford, North Branford, North Haven, Orange, Wallingford, West Haven, and Woodbridge. Offering yoga for Beginners, All-levels yoga, Gentle/Restorative Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Chair Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Yoga for Teens, Yoga for Tweens, Vinyasa Yoga, Pre-Natal Yoga, Senior/Gentle Yoga, T'ai Chi/Qiqong, Anusara Inspired Yoga, Belly Dance, Hatha-Tantra Yoga, Yoga for Weight Loss, Tantra Meditation, Buddhist Meditation, Ayurveda and free yoga classes for the community. Our bookstore carries books on yoga, meditation, and ayurveda as well as cds, yoga mats, blocks, props and jewelry. Formerly The Connecticut Yoga Center.
