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Glenmore Teachers

Sue Agee, RN, RYT-200, worked in the Richmond area as a nurse for 20 years. Her deepening interest in the connection of mind, body, and spirit and how it all relates to health and wellness led her to yoga. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in both Nursing and Biology. Sue teaches a wide variety of classes at Glenmore including Gentle, Ageless Yoga, Level 1, 2, and 3, and Prenatal.


Rodney C. Bradley, MS, RYT-200, holds a B.S. in Education/Sports Medicine and an M.S. in Physical Therapy/Community Health Professions. Rodney is a licensed physical therapist primarily in long term care/geriatrics but also practices in hospitals and outpatient clinics and provides clinical consulting. Rodney teaches yoga with a meditative but strong, flowing style and sees yoga as a path for any individual to work from where they are to achieve balance of body/mind/spirit for overall wellness. Rodney is trained in jazz and tap dance. He designed and teaches YogaDance, a lively blend of yoga postures, modern dance and upbeat music. Rodney also teaches Level 2, and Level 3 Vinyasa.

Lois Broocker, RYT-200, began practicing yoga to help alleviate pain from recurrent back discomfort and immobility. She soon realized that practicing Yoga has immeasurable benefits. Lois has an MS in Early Childhood Education and has taught third grade, as well as preschoolers at Canterbury Community Nursery School. Her focus is helping her students deepen their own Yoga practice and teaches Gentle and Ageless Yoga classes.

Tamar Schwartz Eisen, RYT-200, began practicing yoga to help alleviate chronic joint pain. She was drawn to, and now teaches, Yin Yoga for its many physical, energetic, and spiritual benefits. Yin Yoga’s long-held passive postures enhance joint flexibility, encourage the flow of energy (chi or prana) through the body’s meridians, and offer opportunities to practice mindfulness. Tamar encourages students to practice Yin Yoga as an ideal complement to the more active styles of yoga and as a way to help find balance in our hectic lifestyles. She also has a JD from Stanford Law School and teaches in and directs the first year Lawyering Skills program at the University of Richmond School of Law.

Penny Koch, RYT-200, has pursued fitness and nutrition throughout most of her life. She began practicing yoga in 2001 to alleviate discomfort she was experiencing related to long-distance running. However she now says that what began as a hobby has become a journey. She enjoys exploring and sharing that journey with others. Penny is also a paralegal for a Richmond law firm where she concentrates on land use-related matters. Penny teaches Level 1, 2, and 3.

Carolyn Lawrence, RYT-200, decided to try yoga in an effort to reduce stress and quickly realized that the benefits of yoga reached far deeper and she was hooked. Carolyn also holds a degree in psychology and is the general manager of a small photo engraving shop. She is the mom of three active young men, two of whom also practice yoga regularly. Carolyn loves to introduce new students to yoga and co-teaches the Introductory Yoga Class, Level 1, and Teen Yoga.

Kim Leibowitz, RYT-200, specializes in teaching Gentle Yoga, Level 1 and Yoga for Chronic Pain. Kim developed the Yoga for Chronic Pain program based on her personal experience with chronic pain and how yoga can mediate its effects. She has struggled with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome for 20 years and has found significant mental and physical relief from yoga. Kim discovered yoga in 2001 after years of trying many unsuccessful remedies to ease muscle and joint pain. Now she is sharing her experience with others. She is a certified 200 hour instructor and a registered member of Yoga Alliance. Kim is also a marketing consultant and graduate-level adjunct professor at VCU. She holds a BA in Urban Studies from The College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio.

Traci McKinley, RYT-200, CMT, is a licensed massage therapist and certified by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. She trained in Tucson, Arizona at the Desert Institute of the Healing Arts. Traci has been in practice since 1998. She specializes in deep tissue massage with trigger point and myofascial release, thai yoga massage, prenatal, and reflexology. She is a certified 200 hour level yoga instructor registered with Yoga Alliance. She has been practicing yoga since 1997 and teaching since 2005 and currently teaches Prenatal Yoga and Mom & Baby Yoga. Traci has a B.S. in Biology from Virginia Tech.

Katherine Nicol, RYT-200, is a certified 200 hour level yoga instructor and is registered with Yoga Alliance. Katherine is a registered nurse and practices in child psychiatry. She teaches Yoga for Children and plans on broadening her scope to include all age groups.




Heather Hoesel Rutherford, RYT-200, teaches a wide variety of classes at Glenmore including Level 1, 2, and 3, Ageless Yoga, and Gentle Yoga and coordinates Glenmore’s Yoga for the Child Bearing Years Program. Heather, who has scoliosis, says yoga makes her feel better by lengthening, stretching and strengthening her back. She particularly enjoys teaching the prenatal classes, saying “That’s really fun because you get to see their belly get bigger and bigger.”

Kerry Shultz, RYT-200, began practicing yoga as a stress management tool to deal with her hectic corporate setting job. Yoga captured her heart so she took the Teacher’s Training Program at Glenmore in 2006-07 and is now a 200-hour level instructor, registered with The Yoga Alliance. Kerry is now a stay at home mom teaching Levels 1, 2 and Prenatal classes. She enjoys teaching yoga to new students, helping them feel more comfortable in their bodies. Her goal is to make yoga achievable for everyone. Kerry earned a BS in Business from Penn State University.

Cindy Szymonik, RYT-200. Cindy coordinates Glenmore’s Children’s Yoga Program, and is certified as a Yoga for the Special Child instructor. Cindy has designed and teaches a therapeutic Sensory TLC Children’s Yoga class for children with Autism/Aspergers.




Sarah Thacker, M.A., ATR-BC, RYT-200, is a registered yoga teacher and a registered and board certified art therapist. She completed her training at Glenmore Yoga in May, 2005. Upon graduation from Hofstra University in 2002 Sarah worked with homeless women in Brooklyn, NY who struggled with a variety of emotional, behavioral and physical difficulties. It was there that she first began using yoga as a part of the therapeutic process. After returning to Richmond, VA, she began working as an art therapist with children and adolescents who are emotionally disturbed in a therapeutic day school setting. She believes that practicing Yoga is therapeutic, and an integral aspect of creating a positive balance in mind and body. Sarah teaches Level 1, 2, and 3 at Glenmore.

Jim Theobald, RYT-200. As a practicing attorney and Chairman of one of Virginia’s largest law firms, Jim came to yoga seeking additional tools with which to deal with stress and a better ability to balance the challenges of daily living. Jim teaches Level 1, 2, and Meditative Yoga.




Donna Tyler, RYT-200, began taking yoga after the birth of her first child to alleviate muscle tension and build strength. She is now a certified 200 hour instructor and is registered with Yoga Alliance. Donna has a BA in English with a MS in Education. She teaches Level 1, 2, and Level 3 vinyasa classes focusing on balancing strength and flexibility. Donna also teaches Yoga to the Core.


Randi Weiss, RYT-200, has been practicing yoga since 1992. She was drawn to yoga for the variety of physical benefits it offered, but quickly became nurtured by the deeper, emotional rewards. She is grateful for the opportunity as an instructor, to share this insight with her students of all levels. She practiced yoga through the pregnancies of her 3 children and even used relaxation techniques and visualization during labor. Randi enjoys incorporating the many styles of yoga that she has practiced through the years, into her Hatha classes. In particular, emphasizing the vital connection between breath and movement in every pose. Her classes are a mindful balance between exploring one’s strength and finding restoration and peace through a flow of postures. Randi teaches Levels 1, 2, and 3 and Yoga to the Core.

Susan Wolski, RYT-500 hour Yoga Alliance instructor. Susan has taught at Glenmore since 1999. She began her interest in yoga following breast cancer treatment. Her wish is to pass on to others all the positive aspects of yoga that helped her recovery. She also holds a B.A. in Elementary Education. Susan teaches a wide variety of classes at Glenmore including Gentle, Ageless Yoga, Prenatal, Levels 1, 2 and 3.