Yoga Instructors

  • Nathaniel Amos
  • Juliet Burgh
  • Anita Gelburd
  • Chandra Nerbecki
  • Jacqui Sadashige
  • Katherine Srhiver
  • Tricia Sletten
  • Pamela Zimmerman

Yoga Instructors

Nathaniel Amos

Juliet Burgh

Traci Childress:
Traci Childress has been a student of yoga since 1998. In addition to her own practice, her formal yoga training has consisted of a two year apprenticeship; an Iyengar Yoga teacher training program with Patricia Walden; a month at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in India; and many hours of classes and workshops. She believes that every one should feel welcome to the practice of yoga and seeks to support this in her classes.

Anita Gelburd:
Anita Gelburd has been practicing yoga since 2001, and has been teaching yoga at Pottruck since 2006. She has practiced many different kinds of yoga, including Vinyasa, Bikram, Iyengar and Ashtanga, and draws from many different yoga traditions in her classes. When she is not practicing yoga, she works in Information Technology here at Penn.

Chandra Nerbecki:
Chandra Nerbecki is a theater arts adjunct professor at Arcadia University, teaching yoga and advanced yoga courses. Chandra has served as a yoga consultant for PBS Kids Sprout Network for the last 3 seasons. She teaches yoga at the Main Line YMCA, Roxborough YMCA, Seva Retreat at Elkins Estate and Yoga on Main. She also teaches yoga at special events such as the annual Verizon Fun Run held in conjunction with the Philadelphia Marathon.

Jacqui Sadashige:
Jacqui Sadashige holds certifications in Spinning, Body Combat, Thai Yoga Massage, and various styles of yoga. Her passion for teaching and learning has taken her to paces as remote as the tropical coast of Kerala and the tribal hill villages of Thailand. When she isn’t in the gym or traveling the world, Jacqui teaches Cinema and Asian American Studies for the Critical Writing Program.

Katherine Shriver:
An ashtanga yoga teacher for five years, Katherine offers a traditional yet personable style with Sanskrit counting, hands-on adjustments, and spoken cues to help students focus and feel good alignment, good flow and good fun. Katherine also studies Sanskrit and devotional chanting as well as energetic and vibrational healing techniques.

Tricia Sletten:
Tricia Sletten has studied yoga since 1995 when she attended her first yoga class in Fargo, North Dakota. After moving East, she found her way to the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health where she completed her 200-hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Training. Tricia has a B.A. in English from Minnesota State University – Moorhead, and completed the four-year certificate in printmaking from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She is a recent graduate of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda.

Pamela Zimmerman