B1 COMMUNITY TEACHERS

Aida Bielkus PhD, Founder, Health Coach, and Yoga Teacher
With a PhD in Psychology from California Southern University and a BA in Theatre Studies from Boston University, Aida is a Senior Health Coach, Health Coach Trainer and Yoga Teacher at B1 Community. Aida is passionate about the combination of athletic training, mindfulness and spiritual development found in Power Vinyasa Yoga. This passion has led her to complete a Power Vinyasa Teacher Training. She continues to study with various master yoga teachers. Aida likes to challenge her students and guides them to find compassion within. Aida’s PhD research confirmed a direct link between an older adult’s spiritual well being and their overall well-being. As a yoga teacher Aida observes the release of feelings at the body level. As a health coach she guides students through The B1 Process™ to process those feelings; helping people make healthy changes. Aida brings amazing listening skills, clarity and truth to her coaching clients. Her two children fill her home with joy and laughter. They live on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Vyda Bielkus, Founder, Health Coach, and Yoga Teacher (500 RYT)
Having learning experiences at women’s schools – first at Dana Hall School and then continuing at Wellesley College to receive a BA in Economics, Vyda knows well the importance of being in supportive environments for personal growth. Upon graduation she immediately excelled in the high tech industry and then brought those skills to develop, as COO, the Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Institute. Having facilitated numerous health and yoga trainings and retreats, Vyda found that growth in consciousness must be continuously nurtured. She conceived the idea of B1 Community to be centers for learning and connection both in person and virtually. Vyda is a Yoga Alliances certified yoga teacher at the 500 hour level.  As a yoga teacher she enjoys helping people explore new aspects of their bodies, minds, spirits and hearts.  As a Senior Health Coach and Trainer, Vyda brings forth the dynamic of intuitive change. She strongly believes that through engaging in a process of yoga and health coaching one can create a life full of vitality, purpose, manifestation, and health! 

Leigh Alberti, Yoga Teacher
Leigh Alberti is a certified and registered yoga teacher through the Yoga Alliance. She has been practicing yoga for almost ten years. Leigh began teaching yoga in 2007, after she received her Level 1 teaching certification and recently completed her 200 hour teacher training from Prana Power Yoga in Cambridge, MA. As a special education teacher, Leigh has a natural gift for teaching and her gentle voice will allow you to leave your worries at the door and bring your focus entirely on to your mat and into your practice. Her classes are creative and fun, giving you a full body workout, while also leaving your mind feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.

Sarah Dineen, Yoga Teacher
Sarah Dineen is an artist and yoga teacher. She received a BFA from Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, MA and exhibits her large-scale paintings in New York City. She has completed both the In-House and Level 1 teacher trainings at the Baptiste Power Yoga Institute in Boston. Sarah has been practicing yoga for ten years and teaching Power Vinyasa Yoga for three. 

Sue Landers, NIA Teacher
Sue has recently moved to the Cape from Boston.  "But, I've been moving all my life", she says with a smirk.  Growing up, Sue played every kind of sport.  She was a competitive swimmer and played tournament tennis and golf.  She played varsity field hockey, basketball and lacrosse in high school and spent a winter as a ski instructor.  She loves the music, the moves and the joy of Nia.  "My body has found a home in Nia", says Sue, who is a certified Nia Blue Belt Instructor.  Also a licensed social worker and psychotherapist, Sue values the healing aspects of Nia--as a way into sensation, into the body and into the mindful meditation of 'Now I Am' 

Petra Ledkovsky RYT, Yoga Teacher
A certified and registered yoga teacher through the Yoga Alliance, Petra has completed the Forrest Yoga Foundations Teacher Training with Ana Forrest, as well as Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and trains regularly with Ana Forrest.  She is also a certified Pilates instructor through the Balanced Body University. Her classes are a combination of vinyasa flow infused with precision, alignment, and focus on core abdominal strength. She has taught ongoing classes and workshops for over 2 years and praises her teaching and personal practice for bringing brilliance, clarity, and strength to her life.  She strives to share those gifts with each and every one of her students in her challenging yet compassionate and accessible classes.

Patty Renaud, Yoga Teacher
Patricia (Patty) is a kindhearted and highly skilled Yoga teacher.  She has been practicing yoga for over 30 years.  Her enthusiasm for yoga led her to study from a variety of master yogi and yoginis.  She has a B.S. in Education and completed certification to teach yoga from Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Peggy Cappys "Yoga for the Rest of Us", Hasa (Laughter) Yoga, and YOGA ed., which inspired her to bring yoga into the local school system. Patty was also a glass blower for many years. With creativity and intuition she sculpts each class putting the needs of her students first. 

Lisa Squire, Yoga Teacher
Bio coming

Betsy Parsons, Yoga Teacher 
Betsy Parsons is a certified yoga teacher through the Yoga Alliance. After a series of field hockey injuries forced her to seek alternative forms of exercise, Betsy went to a power yoga class and fell in love. She has completed the Prana Power Yoga Teacher Training and Baptiste Power Yoga Institute Level 1 Assisting Program. Through yoga, Betsy has found nurturing acceptance and endless possibilities. Betsy's classes focus on connection and are always lots of fun!