Davenport School of Yoga

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Jeani Mackenzie

Yoga is quite simply, Jeani's life's work.

With over 37 years of dedicated practice and 32 years of devoted teaching
and service, she has an enormous wealth of insight to share. Jeani has
studied perhaps most significantly, Iyengar Yoga with Mr Iyengar himself,
spent 8 years with Shandor, and most recently has been learning Scaravelli
Yoga with Diane Long.

Because she truly believes yoga is for everybody, Jeani has students from
all walks of life, and has watched ordinary people learn to do
extraordinary things. Her students have included the likes of the
Australian Rules Football team, professional surfers, amputee groups,
spinal injury and cancer patients. She also works regularly with students
who experience more common ailments such as arthritis, lower back pain,
and shoulder mobility restrictions.

Jeani informs her classes by the knowledge that we as human beings are
designed for absolute freedom of movement. Through this experience our
bodies naturally heal themselves, and our lives are enriched by the
ability to cultivate greater awareness.

A former resident of Australia, Jeani is the founder and director of the
Davenport School of Yoga.

Karen Stollen

Karen has been teaching yoga since graduating from the Davenport School of Yoga in June of 2009. She found yoga by chance in 2005 after attending a class with a friend. The benefits of strength, flexibility, and calmness opened her eyes to changing the way she ages. Her goal is to bring this message to everyone. Her classes are a blend of all her teachers with an emphasis on Hatha yoga.

James Wesson

Known around the Quad-Cities as "The Yoga Guy", James has been teaching yoga since completing teaching training at DSOY in 2009. Interested in yoga for many years, he began taking classes ten years ago. Through his own practice, he has found yoga to be an amazing tool for finding both strength and flexibility: mentally, physically, and emotionally. He looks forward to bringing this balance for the whole being to all of his classes, and looks forward to working with yoga students of all levels, learning from them as he hopes they are learning from him

Carol Mackel

Carol Mackel, RYT, has been a yoga practitioner for more than 10 years. She received her yoga teaching certification through Jeanie Mackenzie at the Davenport School of Yoga. It was during her teacher training that she came into contact with Yin Yoga and has been an avid follower ever since.

Tammy Long

Tammy Long is a certified yoga instructor through the Davenport School of Yoga, attending her first class with Jeani Mackenzie in 2000. She continues to study under Jeani’s guidance.

With her own daily practice, she discovers new things about herself and her body every day. She has 4 children and 4 grandchildren. Yoga has helped relieve stress and calms her busy life. She loves sharing her knowledge of yoga and learning from each of her students. Tammy believes yoga is beneficial to everyone, with new discoveries in every practice. She applies that in every class she teaches.

Dan David

Dan’s previous sports activities left him with a great deal of back and shoulder pain. His search for relief brought him to yoga in 2007. Though the practice of yoga he not only found relief from his pain and increased flexibility, but a new way of life. Seeing how yoga had benefited him and wanting to deepen his understanding of the changes he experienced from yoga he started attending the Davenport School of Yoga. There, under the mentoring of Jeani Mackenzie, he enrolled in and completed teachers training in 2009. He received his RYT-200 from Yoga Alliance and continues to broaden his experience and understanding through his study of yoga under the guidance of Jeani and most recently with Diane Long.
In addition to yoga, his interest in the mind, body and spirit connection led Dan to Reiki in which he attained his Master Level Certification. He believes that yoga and Reiki compliment each other, helping to bring all aspects of one’s energy into balance.
Dan believes yoga is not meant to be “serious” and encourages his students to have fun, be present and enjoy the moment.

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Dee Person

Dee Person is a 500 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with a focus in therapeutic yoga through Yoga Alliance. She is also a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and the Himalayan Institute.
Dee came to Yoga while navigating turbulent times in her life. In a small window of time, she experienced consecutive miscarriages and learned the unexpected news of a brother's death. Yoga served as a powerful catalyst to emotional and spiritual recovery. As she continued her yoga practice, the inward journey she experienced changed her life. She hopes to spread the wonderful gifts of self-healing that Yoga can bring to one's life. If nothing else, Dee hopes to share how Yoga and overall wellness can combine to renew a consistent, reliable and empowering inner strength each and every day.

Anna Kronenberger

Anna found yoga while taking Jeani Mackenzie’s Into to Yoga class in 2009. Never a big fan of athletics, and suffering with chronic lower back pain, yoga brought her greater flexibility, strength and body awareness. Realizing that if she can do yoga any one can, Anna enrolled in Jeani’s 2011 Teacher Training course.

Anna hopes to help others seeking to learn to center, calm-down, focus and breathe while gaining strength and flexibility. Her greatest passion is teaching Yoga to kids. She has found with her own three children that Yoga helps them focus, helps them calm when they’re getting wound up, helps them get to sleep at night and improves their body-awareness and self-esteem.

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Johanna Welzenbach-
Hilliard

Johanna Welzenbach-Hilliard began practicing Hatha Yoga in 2001 at the Davenport School of Yoga where she received her 200 hour teaching certificate under the tutelage of Jeani Mackenzie in 2007. While teaching Hatha Yoga, she became increasingly attracted to the Ashtanga system of Yoga, which she studied under Evan and Kelly Harris at the Tapas Yoga Shala.

Currently, Johanna is pursuing her 500 hour teaching certification in Viniyoga at the American Viniyoga Institute where she studies with Gary Kraftsow, author of “Yoga for Wellness” and Mirka Scalco Kraftsow. Additionally, Johanna has continued her Yoga education over the years at venues such as: Yogaville, Buckingham, VA where she attended a workshop with Erich Schiffman; the January 2010 Yoga Journal Conference in San Francisco where she attended workshops with Gary Kraftsow & Rod Stryker, and David Life & Sharon Gannon; and the 2010 Iowa City Yoga Festival where she attended workshops with James Miller and Max Strom. She continues to read extensively on all aspects of Yoga and related topics.

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Michelle Campbell

Michelle Campbell is an Anusara inspired yoga teacher and was certified through the Davenport School of yoga in 2007. Studying yoga since 2000 and teaching since 2005 has led Campbell to be more compassionate, fun loving and adventurous.

Deeply committed to the practice of both yoga and meditation, she continues her education traveling to workshops several times a year. Her biggest motivation is to help others see the good within and learn how to take better care of themselves. To help her students, she draws upon her trainings in biomechanics, meditation, and yoga therapy.

Janet Darmour-Paul

Janet came to yoga seeking balance and healing after struggling with mental health issues. She found much more - a way to access the wisdom of the body, a discipline for preventive care, and a peace-filled enthusiasm. She delights in sharing the nurture and focus that yoga provides.

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