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REBECCA PENNINGTON, OWNER

Rebecca was born in 1978 and grew up in Sebastopol, California. She graduated from Sonoma State University with a degree in Kinesiology and Psychology. She worked as a wilderness adventure guide for eight years taking teenagers and adults on outdoor adventure trips. She has also worked as a fitness coach and a physical education teacher. Her passion is fitness, nutrition, and health.

She enjoys swimming, cycling, skiing, snowboarding, rock climbing, kiteboarding, etc…sports of all kinds. She backpacked about 1700 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from Canada to Mt Whitney, C.A.

After destroying her left knee joint from overuse, a friend introduced her to Bikram Yoga. She was amazed at what practicing Bikram Yoga did for her body. Her knee joint slowly became stronger and stopped throbbing with pain. Her body's alignment, posture, balance, and strength improved incredibly. Her athletic abilities greatly increased in all of the sports she plays. Her stress level began to decrease and she was able to sleep better at night.

Rebecca has practiced Bikram Yoga for eight years. She has seen how much Bikram Yoga has helped not only herself, but everyone who practices around her. She has seen those of all ages, sizes, and abilities benefit greatly from a regular Bikram Yoga practice. She has seen so many students transform their bodies, and reduce aches and pains. Rebecca went to teacher training in April 2010. She absolutely loves teaching Bikram Yoga and motivating students to stay healthy and strong.

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JACKIE VICTORIO

Jackie was born in Riverside, CA in 1982. Her family moved shortly after to Northern, CA where she attended Santa Rosa Junior High as well as Santa Rosa High School and Santa Rosa Junior College. She took her G.E.D at an early age, and moved to Taiwan at 16 years old where she taught English and studied the Chinese language. After returning home, Jackie's father Bill, took her to her first Bikram yoga class at the age of 17! She is now 25, and has been practicing ever since! After graduating the Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in 2002, she got married and has two little boys (Jaden, 2 and Tyler, 6 months) whom she continued to teach and practice throughout both of her pregnancies!

BLANCA ESTRADA

Blanca was born in 1983 in Petaluma, CA. She has been a local to Sonoma County and attended Bernard Eldredge Elementary, Petaluma Junior High, Petaluma High School and the Santa Rosa Junior College. She took her first Bikram class from Jackie. After taking her first class and noticing all of the benefit's and changes in her life she decided to become a teacher and graduated from Bikram Teacher Training in 2006. Now with a passion for the yoga she practices at least five times a week and teaches as well. After being diagnosed earlier in February 2007 with Graves disease people including doctors thought she would never practice Bikram again because of sensitivity of the heat. Blanca proved them wrong and returned to yoga. The yoga has done nothing besides help her and convince her of the true medical and mental benefit's as well as physical benefit's that this yoga brings to everyday life.