Our Teachers
Certified Iyengar Yoga Teachers
Becoming a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher requires years of practice, study and a rigorous examination of skills. For teachers, the Certification Mark demonstrates a commitment to maintaining the purity, excellence and high standards of Iyengar Yoga. Certified Iyengar Yoga instructors teach the method set forth by B. K. S. Iyengar, maintain a regular personal practice, continue their training with senior teachers, and hold to ethical guidelines.
Every Certified Iyengar Teacher has passed at least two rigorous, standardized assessments. Some have passed many more. The candidate begins the application process after three years study and developing a relationship with a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher who agrees to become a mentoring teacher. Then comes two years teaching, exclusively in the Iyengar Method — all before the actual testing begins.
In the assessment process itself, candidates are tested on anatomy and philosophy, then carefully observed and evaluated as they demonstrate Asanas and Pranayamas, and as they teach a class of students.
Tree House Iyengar Yoga is proud to display the Iyengar Teacher Certification Mark reflecting the dedication of its teachers.
Angela Dawn Moore
Angela began practicing yoga in 1997 due to an injury and as a means for stress relief. After joining the THIY community in 2004, Angela became a dedicated student of Iyengar Yoga and knew this was the path for her; inspiring her to pursue her Iyengar Yoga Certification. Under the guidance and mentorship of Pat Musburger and Felicity Green, Angela became certified and continues to participate in workshops, classes, and trainings with Laurie Blakeney, Janet McCloud, Nina Pillegi and many more of our amazing Iyengar teachers. She has been teaching at THIY since 2005 and feels strongly about the yoga community that has been built over the 18 years Tree House has been in Shoreline. We are not just a yoga studio, but a place students can feel at home with a yoga family that supports each other; joins together in friendship, in celebration and during difficult times in our lives; exemplifying the meaning of yoga or union.
Angela is also a Registered Dietetic Technician and Nutrition Educator with many years’ experience teaching in the public schools, community agencies and public housing sites. She loves children and the joy they bring through their honesty, innocence and eagerness to learn. In addition to her passion and love of teaching yoga, she is also passionate about all things that involve culinary art; especially promoting healthy and tasty cooking habits for life. She loves combining her passion of yoga and nutrition in a way that teaches the healing and life sustaining benefits of both to children and adults, alike. 
Angela gets excited about sharing yoga with others because of the many benefits it brings to those who let it become part of their lives. With all the challenges in the world today, yoga can be that positive place we turn to and use what we’ve learned or experienced to help us lead a balanced life.
Fred Dowd
Fred began practicing yoga in 1982 and started to teach in 1986. He left his computer programming job at Texas Instruments to teach yoga full time in 1988. Fred was a founder of the Dallas Yoga Center and its director for nine years. He currently works at the University of Washington.
Fred was certified by the Iyengar Yoga National Association of the United States in 1990. A long time student of Ramanand Patel, Fred has also studied extensively with Joan White, Mary Dunn, Manouso Manos and George Purvis. He has studied with B.K.S. Iyengar and his family in Pune, India six times since 1989.
Fred’s classes are designed to promote alignment and health as he works in the flow with the needs of the students.
George Kindl
George began studying the Iyengar system of yoga in 2001 and became a certified Iyengar Yoga teacher in 2008.
He has studied with a variety of senior-level Iyengar teachers including George Purvis, Patricia Walden, Swati and Rajiv Chanchanni, and Joan White. He also participated in classes led by Geeta Iyengar at the 2007 U.S. convention.
George finds the ability to individualize the practice to suit the particular needs of the student most appealing about the Iyengar system. In addition to teaching at Tree House, George teaches at Seattle Iyengar Yoga Studio in Ballard.
Kristina Bavik
Kristina (CIYT – Intro 1 & 2) dabbled in various yoga styles before finding Iyengar Yoga in 2011. Iyengar Yoga’s precise instruction, innovative sequencing, and therapeutic benefits motivate and propel her to continue studying and practicing to learn more about the subtle changes that occur within our self with continued practice. She enjoys making yoga asana accessible to all students. Kristina has studied with a variety of senior teachers and had the privilege of attending the Iyengar Yoga National Convention in 2013 and with Abhijata Sridhar Iyengar in 2016. Email Kristina
Tara Bernstein
While teaching and choreographing modern dance in New York and Seattle, Tara began the study of yoga. Dancers often suffer injuries from being over zealous in their art. Yoga helped her discover healing and mindfulness and a healthy life without pain. An Intermediate Junior 1 certified teacher, Tara discovered Iyengar Yoga in 2001 and initially became a certified teacher in 2009. Tara presently studies yoga with Pat Musburger and Felicity Green. She has attended two Iyengar Yoga Teachers’ Conventions with Dr. Geeta S. Iyengar: 2007 “The Journey from Body To Bliss” and 2010 “Reflections” on understanding yoga therapy. Her travels have taken her to India to study with Rajiv and Swati Chanchani, two of Mr. Iyengar’s most advanced teachers. 
Tara also teaches classes at the University Family YMCA and Taj Yoga in Ballard. At Tree House Tara is focused on introducing beginning yoga students to the fundamentals of yoga asana. Her back care class calls on her deep personal practice. She is known for her patience and kindness as well as her insistence on safety and proper alignment during class. Email Tara