Debbie Gilman:Debbie has been practicing yoga since 1987 and has been teaching throughout the Bay Area since 1997. Debbie graduated from The Yoga Room’s Advanced Studies Program in 2000 and has studied with two of America’s foremost Iyengar yoga teachers, Patricia Walden and Donald Moyer. She is currently on the faculty of the Advanced Studies Program at Downtown Yoga in Pleasanton. Debbie has a BA from Stanford University and an MA from Harvard. Debbie brings a love of teaching to her classes and works with students in a gentle, encouraging way. She leads students through well thought-out preparations that make the poses surprisingly accessible. Her classes aim to clear the mind while healing and energizing the body.