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 Carlyn Eileen Sikes (E-RYT, MFA) is full-time Faculty and Director of Yoga and Yoga Teacher Training here at SCC. Carlyn has studied many different styles of yoga, but is devoted to the practice of Iyengar style hatha yoga with Manouso Manos as her primary teacher. She has a Master of Fine Arts in Dance from ASU. Carlyn is a registered, certified yoga teacher with the National Yoga Alliance at the Experienced 500 hour level and is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Her specialties are in asana instruction and yoga therapeutics.
Carlyn Sikes began her career in movement with ballet when she was two years old. She continued with her ballet training, semi-seriously, until she graduated from high school. She found a passion for movement, modern dance in particular, and went on to major in dance in college graduating first from University of Colorado-Boulder with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and then from Arizona State University with a Master of Fine Arts in Dance. During the course of her studies in dance, Carlyn met Elizabeth Mandeville, who had created a style of modern dance based on biomechanical principles of movement. It was a wonderful combination of the freedom of exploration, movement and expression inherent in modern dance philosophy coupled with the structure of scientific principles of movement that created an attitude that all things were possible. Carlyn credits her experience and training in this style of movement as the pre-cursor to her future passion for yoga. After dancing semi-professionally in local dance companies Carlyn decided the life of a professional dancer was not for her. Although she continued to teach dance classes at a local community college, she also taught general fitness and weight training classes. Teaching fitness classes was fun but did not present the challenge she had enjoyed while truly engaged in her dance training. In 1992 Carlyn took her first yoga class and was in love with the simplicity and the depth of the practice. Yoga engaged the creativity and the precision of dance without the emphasis on competition that was so prevalent in the dance world. Although the first yoga class she took was a terrific eclectic hatha yoga class, Carlyn went on to study Iyengar yoga with Carol Mitchell in Phoenix. In 1995 Carlyn began to teach yoga. Carlyn Sikes is currently Faculty Yoga Coordinator and Director of the Yoga Teacher Training Program at Scottsdale Community College. This program was one of the first Yoga training programs offered at the college level in the nation and it is the only college level training in Arizona, where students receive college credit that can be used toward any number of degrees from SCC or any of the four-year universities. Although Carlyn was one of the first twenty certified Anusara Yoga teachers in the country, she now trains extensively in Iyengar yoga with Manouso Manos. Carlyn is the author of SCC's Yoga Teacher Training and Yoga Therapy manuals. Tanya Fischer is part time Adjunct Yoga Faculty and Assistant Yoga Director for Yoga at SCC. She received a 200 hr., 500 hr. and Occupational Certificate in Yoga Instruction from SCC. She is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) through Yoga Alliance and has taught over 5,000 hours of yoga since 2002. Tanya continues to study with Carlyn Sikes and she is also a student committed to Iyengar Yoga, studying with Senior Iyengar Teachers, such as Manouso, regularly. She is a member of International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States (IYNAUS). She directs the Yoga Philosophy and Practice Teaching portion of the Yoga Program. She also teaches Intermediate Yoga and mentors teacher training students. Tanya holds a BFA in Painting from Arcadia University in Pennsylvania and has been a partner in her full time business since 1997. She recently graduated with a M.Ed in Educational Leadership with Emphasis in the Community College from NAU. Tanya is also the author of SCC's Yoga Philosophy Manual. This manual is used as a foundational text in all three Yoga Philosophy courses. Cookie Potter has been with Scottsdale Community College since 1997. Before SCC she spent seven years as the owner and operator of a local gymnastics school. Cookie has a B.S in Exercise Science from ASU (1988) and a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from NAU (2002). Cookie teaches Power Yoga on Monday and Thursday evenings. She also teaches Pilates and Exercise Science courses and currently coordinates the Silver Sneakers and the Aerobics Programs for the SCC Fitness Center. Cookie has twice received SCC’s Adjunct Faculty Achievement Award (2000, 2008). She is certified with AFAA in Group Exercise and Personal Training and received her 200 hr. Yoga Certification through SCC. Cookie is also a member of AFAA, ACSM, IDEA and Yoga Alliance.
Vickie Wofford received her 200 hour and 500 hour Teacher Training at SCC. She is registered with the National Yoga Alliance, a member of The International Association of Yoga Therapists, Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States, and the Arizona Yoga Association. She is continuing her education through SCC and she is working toward her Occupational Certification in Yoga Instruction. Vickie is a devoted student of Iyengar style Hatha Yoga and enjoys studying the therapeutic aspects of this style of yoga. Vickie continues to study under Carlyn Sikes and has studies regularly with Certified Senior Iyengar teachers. Vickie teaches Beginning Yoga on Monday and Wednesday mornings and assists with Yoga Therapy and Teaching Yoga: Practicum. She also holds an Associate of Arts degree from SCC. Steve Price received his 200-hour certification in 2003. He practices and teaches Astanga, Kundalini and Hatha yoga. He is grateful for having studied with Dave Oliver, Jeff Martens, David Hari Jap Meyers, Maria Sliva, Kat Myers, Jordon and Martin Kirk, Mary Bruce, Ana Forrest, Erich Schiffmann and others too numerous to mention. Steve also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from ASU. Steve teaches Astanga Yoga at SCC on Thursday nights. Thecla Chomicz has been a certified aerobics instructor for over ten years. During that time she has taught shallow water aerobics classes, stretch, strength conditioning and basic yoga classes. She specializes in teaching the novice, healing and/or exerphobic participant. After completing SCC's yoga teacher certification program Thecla became registered with Yoga Alliance as a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher. She is an ACSM certified Exercise Leader, an ACE and AFAA certified Group Exercise Instructor and an ACE certified personal trainer. Additionally, she presents application specific anatomy lectures for FitnessFest, Arizona's bi-annual land and aqua fitness conference. Thecla has been a FitnessFest presenter for six years. Thecla holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering. Thecla teaches Anatomy for Yoga Instructors, an eight-week non-credit lecture course on the basics of human movement. It is offered every semester on Thursday evenings. Angelia Sivertson was inspired by the strength, flexibility and light discovered in the practice of yoga asana. She made a commitment to seek out the discipline and found herself drawn to the path of teaching. She received a 200 hour Teacher Training certificate at SCC, is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the National Yoga Alliance, has held an AFAA Primary Group Exercise Certification since 1994 and is continuing her education though SCC working toward a 500 hour certificate. Angelia strengths are delivering well-practiced demonstrations, constructing specific sequences and conveying detailed instructions to help students find the pathway to unite their mind and body. Angelia also holds an Associate in Arts in Visual Arts and Communication and practices expanding creativity daily at her full-time job in Marketing and Graphic Design. She currently teaches a one credit Beginning Yoga class weekly on Monday evenings and Saturday mornings in addition to fitness yoga classes offered by the SCC Fitness & Wellness Center. Rebecca Kovacs will complete with her Occupational Certificate in Yoga Instruction from SCC in the Fall of 2008. She has been involved and competed in sports since a young age, which motivated her to pursue more education in the health and wellness area. Rebecca started in high school competing in various athletic events and has continued racing in running events, triathlons, and duathlons. She graduated from ASU with a Bachelor in Exercise Science and Wellness in May of 2000 and is a Certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor through ACE. She is CPR certified and has a Reebox cycle certification. She also went through several YogaFit Teacher Trainings before discovering SCC. Rebecca became involved with Yoga while attending ASU participating in several types of yoga classes offered in the fitness center. She then sought out to learn more about teaching yoga because of the numerous benefits it offered such as improved flexibility and strength. Rebecca started learning more about the Iyengar style of yoga here at SCC because of the detailed attention on functional alignment of the body, and the additional knowledge of teaching that it offers to the students. Carlyn Sikes, Cookie Potter and Tanya Fischer are her teachers. Rebecca works as a Health Instructor in the Fitness Center at SCC. She also teaches a variety of classes including indoor cycle, muscular strength, stretch, and Fitness and Gentle Yoga. Teri McGovern received her 200 hour yoga certificate from SCC in 2007. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She is currently working toward the 500 hour Occupational Certificate at SCC, and is excited to continue additional yoga therapy training as the SCC Yoga Therapy program expands. Teri has a BA in English Literature and Composition from U of A in Tucson, AZ; has been a licensed massage therapist in private practice since 1998 and has studied Oriental Medicine in depth. With this background, and her excellent education at SCC, she is naturally drawn to the therapeutic applications of yoga and is excited about working in the emerging field of Yoga Therapy. Teri teaches Beginning Yoga on Tuesday afternoons, Restorative Yoga on Friday mornings and fitness yoga in the SCC Fitness & Wellness Center. Marivic Wrobel received her Occupational Certification in Yoga Instruction and 500 hours Teacher Training at SCC. She is registered with the National Yoga Alliance and a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists. Marivic continues to study with Carlyn Sikes and has begun taking workshops with Certified Senior Iyengar Teachers. She has been teaching many forms of fitness classes since 1990. She danced for San Diego Ballet for 3 years participating in various dance productions. She taught basic children’s ballet for San Diego Ballet for a year. She attended UCSD to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences. She holds an Associate degree in Business Administration at Sawyer College of Business in San Diego. Marivic teaches a beginning yoga class on Thursday afternoons at SCC. Laura Madden has been a certified personal trainer and aerobics instructor for the past five years. During that time she has taught circuit training, cardio box, stretch, kids, water aerobics, strength conditioning, fitness yoga, and basic yoga classes. She is certified through AFFA, NETA, AEA, BodyPump, and YogaFit. She is in the process of completing SCC's yoga teacher certification program, and will complete the Occupational Certificate in Yoga Instruction and 500 hr. certificate in the fall of 2008. Laura earned a B.S. degree in Kinesiology/Exercise Science from the University of New Hampshire. Connie Facemire has been practicing many styles of yoga for the past nine years. In 2005 she began studying yoga at SCC, enrolling on our Yoga Teacher Training. She earned her Occupational Certificate in Yoga Instruction from SCC in 2007. She is currently working toward her 500 hour certificate. Connie has taken back, knee and shoulder yoga therapy classes at SCC and credits yoga for healing her back. As a result of her scoliosis, Connie was considering pain medication and surgery, but found relief practicing yoga at SCC. She continues to practice asana under the direction of Carlyn Sikes and has begun attending professional workshops with Senior Iyengar Teachers. Connie co-teachers the Wednesday night intermediate asana class with Carlyn.
Tracey Sosna earned her bachelor of Art and minor in Recreation Management from Arizona State University in 2003. That same year Tracey studied, earned and has since maintained a Certification in Personal Training. Tracey is a member and holds the Vice President of Education position of the international club Toastmasters. In 2006 Tracey received her 200 hr. Yoga Certification from SCC and teaches the fitness yoga on Saturday mornings twice a month. She is a life-long student of yoga and enjoys sharing what she has learned over the years. Tracey also works full time with the City of Scottsdale as a class programmer for the Via Linda Senior Center.
Courses by Instructor: Carlyn Sikes, Yoga Director – Beginning Yoga, Intermediate Yoga, Teaching Yoga 1 & 2, Yoga Therapy 1 & 2, Teaching Yoga: Alignments Tanya Fischer – Yoga Philosophy I/II/III, Teaching Yoga: Practicum, Teaching Yoga: Alignments, Fitness and Intermediate Yoga Vickie Wofford – Beginning Yoga, Yoga Therapy Assistant and Teaching Yoga: Practicum Cookie Potter – Beginning, Intermediate, and Power Yoga Angelia Sivertson - Beginning and FitnessYoga Marivic Wrobel – Beginning Yoga Connie Facemire - Intermediate Yoga Teresa McGovern - Restorative and Fitness Yoga Laura Madden – Fitness Yoga Tracey Sosna - Fitness Yoga Rebecca Kovacs – Gentle and Fitness Yoga Eric Loring – Gentle Yoga and Yoga Philosophy I Steve Price – Gentle and Astanga Yoga
Athletics / Dance / Fitness & Wellness Center / HPERD / Recreation /
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