Iyengar Yoga Instructors

Annette Murphy, Iyengar Yoga Instructor

Annette Murphy

Annette Murphy, Owner of Santosha Yoga has been practicing Iyengar Yoga over half her life. Her pursuit of freedom through the path of Yoga brought her from her native Ireland to San Francisco in 1984. She is a graduate of the Advanced Studies Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute, an Intermediate level certified teacher and has been teaching full time in the Bay Area for the past sixteen years. Annette has taught in many institutions over the years. For more…

Adrienne Klein, Iyengar Yoga Instructor

Adrienne Klein

In 1982, Adrienne discovered and instantly fell in love with Iyengar Yoga because she found it physically and intellectually challenging and emotionally comforting. In 1994, she intensified her studies to recover from a back injury and tasted the curative effects of the practice. Adrienne conducted her teacher training at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. For more…

Anne Barbaret, Iyengar Yoga Instructor

Anne Barbaret

A transplant from France, Anne Barbaret made the San Francisco Bay Area her home in 1995. She started practicing Iyengar Yoga in San Francisco, and got trained to become a teacher at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco (IYISF). For more….


Jill Macdonald

Jill has been practicing for 12 years, and Iyengar yoga for the last 7 years. She gained an intro Level 2 certificate in London in 2009. She has studied in India with Rajiv and swati chanchani, in London with Geeta Iyengar. Originally from Ireland Jill relocated to the Bay Area after a long trip in India in the summer of 2010. She also studies Car Design at The Academy of Art University.

Valerie Valardi, Iyengar Yoga Instructor

Valerie Valardi

Valerie has been practicing Iyengar Yoga for the past fifteen years. She studied at the Iyengar Institute in San Francisco and became a Certified Instructor in 2002. She renews her teaching and her own practice by visiting India to study directly with the Iyengars. For more…