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Greetings fellow yoga practitioners -
Tucson Yoga Sol is a new hot and warm yoga studio on Oracle Road, in NW Tucson. Headed by Diane Faircloth Van Maren and Dustin (Dusty) Dame the studio offers classic hot and warm yoga (Bikram method), with several yoga variations (Yin, Basics, Bikram Beats) and Inferno Pilates, which give students a chance to vary their practice throughout the week. |
Diane
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Diane Faircloth Van Maren, one of the two studio owners of TYS, began practicing Bikram Method in 1999 after living several years with back pain. Although it wasn’t immediate, over time her back healed and she has remained pain free with regular practice. Inspired by her own healing, she was certified to teach in 2003 and has been active in the Tucson Hot Yoga community ever since.
During this time, she says she has the "honor to witness the healing power of yoga" in the lives of many of her students, which continues to infuse and inspire her teaching. Diane lives on a small ranch in NW Tucson with her husband, Jeff, and their three dogs and two horses. |
Dusty
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Dustin (Dusty) Dame, one of the two studio owners, says he "found yoga at a dark time" in his life. He remembers being "out of shape, mentally lost, and spiritually bankrupt."
After having an epiphany (like a bolt of lighting) that he needed to do hot yoga, he found a nearby studio, and in his first class (after the first deep backbend) had a moment of mental clarity and was "hooked". His daily practice over the next two years, "completely transformed my mind, body, and spirit". His Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in the Fall of 2012 was "one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my life". He's taught at studios in Tucson, Phoenix, Montana, and India. "I truly believe Bikram Yoga saved my life," says Dusty adding, "I owe a debt to all of the teachers, studio owners, and students who have helped me along my path. My desire is to give back to the community that which was given so freely to me. " When not at the studio, Dusty enjoys exploring the Sonoran Desert, traveling, and spending time with friends and family. It is so simple. Breath. |
Becca
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Becca Cammack says she walked (actually limped) into her first Bikram Yoga class in San Diego in 2005. She had just been diagnosed with moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis and was taking medicine she didn't want and receiving prognoses she didn't like: "You'll be disabled in 10 years," for example.
"Three months after hopping around on one foot and crashing into the poor folks unfortunate enough to set up their yoga mats in my general vicinity, I was free of both symptoms and drugs, and spent the next seven years cultivating a daily yoga practice before going to Bikram's Teacher Training in 2011," tells Becca. Teaching at many different studios across three continents, Becca returned to her home town of Tucson in 2013 to deal with an autoimmune disease. Here she found her new home studio and yoga community, and today, once again finds herself "pain-free, drug-free, and in the best health of my life". Says Becca; "I'm most passionate to show others the benefits of an long-term, consistent practice - in excess of ten years or more - as this is where I now find myself in this journey. Join me." |
Erika
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Erika Genis began her yoga journey to help deal with job-related stress and a back injury in 2008. Every since, she says: "I have never stopped my practice for more than two-weeks. My practice continues to keep my mind and body healthy."
With an interest in deepening her practice and sharing her passion with others, she completed her 200 RYT training in May, 2017. Says Erika: "I am honored to be a part of the Yoga Sol team!" |
Donna
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Donna Lawson As a business owner in a highly competitive field for over 25 years, Donna began her yoga practice in 2006 to help work through stress and anxiety. After many handstands and headstands, the injuries started to outweigh the benefits.
A good friend introduced her to Bikram Yoga in 2009, and it changed her life. Her injuries went away, her stress and anxiety improved drastically, and she became a much healthier and happier person. Donna received her 200 RYT certification at the Bikram Yoga AZ Original Hot Method School in Paradise Valley, where she had the honor of being trained by Cintra Brown and Nicole Deacon. Donna is also certified in Yin Yoga (30 Hour). "I hope that I can help people experience the benefits of the Bikram Yoga method, just as I did" |
Evelyn
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Evelyn started practicing yoga during college, in Santiago de Chile, but it wasn't until 2008 that yoga came deeply into her life. After 7 days of her first-timer Bikram yoga practice, she could tell there have been significant improvements in her life: This was a beautiful and effective way to get rid of stress of her demanding engineering job. After several years of practicing she attended the teacher training in LA on Fall, 2012. Since then, she has taught in Tucson, Cancun and Santiago, and attended pregnancy and post-partum yoga teacher training (112 hours). |
Sherry
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Sherry Dean took her first Bikram class in Dec 2001 and was "immediately hooked". Sherry traveled a great deal and found that Bikram was the only thing that helped with her back pain. Since then, Sherry has practiced in 47 studios all over the globe and attended 8 Bikram workshops. Sherry attended the Bikram Teacher Training in Fall 2008. Ever since she was certified, she's been teaching because, "I love sharing yoga with others". Sherry says, "Yoga can help in so many ways if you just keep practicing.☺" |
Andrea
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Andrea Decker Swanson is a Yoga Alliance RYT 200 yoga instructor. She has practiced yoga for nearly twenty years, starting shortly after being diagnosed with fibromyalgia at age 16. “Yoga has been an ongoing presence in my life, always finding me in times of need.” Andrea says that yoga has led to a transformation in the way she views her body: “Pain, as in fibromyalgia or other chronic conditions and traumas, can separate people from their bodies. Yoga helped me remember I existed and appreciate that existence. It brought me back to myself.” Andrea strongly believes in the healing power of yoga and its vital role in body awareness and acceptance. Her hope is to help others discover and uncover the brilliance within themselves: “Yoga is a gentle, loving way to regain control of what is rightfully one’s own, one’s birthright, one’s body.” |
Jenny
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Jenny is a Hot Pilates instructor, yoga lover and a workout fiend. Although she loves fitness and adores helping others reach their fitness goals, her strongest desire is to promote body positivity and self-care and love. Her mantra is: “I don’t want to wait until I’m 73 to embrace my body. To look back and think of my beauty: How did I miss it? Let’s not wait another moment.” ― Ashley Asti Let’s go! |
Taylor
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Taylor is a Pilates instructor. She went through Pilates certification in 2018 under the instruction of Yoga Sol. Although she is new to the teaching community, she is looking forward to expanding her knowledge through further training. “I feel grateful to be a part of a such positive, loving community here at Yoga Sol, the studio and everyone that works here has given new meaning to my life.” Taylor lives in Tucson with her husband, two children, and their dog Hank. |
Stephanie
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Steph began practicing Hot Pilates in early 2018. After a lifetime of running and participating in other high impact exercises, she began to experience knee issues and realized she needed exercises that were gentler on the knees yet challenging for the body, and Hot Pilates provided just that. After 6 months of attending classes regularly, she saw enormous changes in her body and developed a passion for the Hot Pilates method.
Steph completed the HP teacher training at Tucson Yoga Sol in October of 2018 and has enjoyed teaching and helping others achieve their fitness goals ever since. She also believes that Hot Pilates has improved her hot yoga practice immensely, and encourages all to incorporate both into their fitness regimen for a strong, flexible, balanced body. |
Tamara
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Tamara credits yoga, specifically the 26 + 2 hot series, with saving her life many years ago. Additionally, it took care of a tingling and numbing sensation she had running down one side of her body, of unknown origin. “I needed to stretch my spine!,” she says. Since then, falling in love with the series and attending Bikram Yoga TT, no matter where her life adventures take her, she always comes back to the practice to stay healthy and strong, and to help her through the ups and downs of life. Tamara believes this series is truly brilliant and healing. Yoga helps Tamara most importantly with self love and compassion, and maintenance for the minor but bothersome issues that have come with childbirth, parenthood, active lifestyle, and aging.
Tamara is grateful to be a part of this loving and supportive Yoga Sol community. She believes this practice can change lives and help anyone who gives it a fair chance. Tamara is also trained in Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga. |
Liz
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Liz has studied Bikram Yoga since 2005. She initially started the practice to add elements of cross-training to her schedule as a dancer. In 2010 Liz received her 200 hour teacher certification from Jimmy Barkan in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and used this training to inform her teaching as a faculty member in the School of Dance at the University of Arizona. She went on to develop a yoga/conditioning class for the BFA students in the School of Dance to add balance and awareness to their daily routines. She most recently completed her 26 & 2 training with Gianna Purccell and the Siddhi School of Yoga in August, and is excited to finally begin teaching in the Tucson Community!
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