Tammy Tsai, Director
Tammy is a native Pennsylvanian who grew up in Pittsburgh and attended Point Park College with an acting degree. She subsequently toured the country performing in equity theater. In the early eighties she began bodybuilding and won several prestigious competitions including the Miss Nevada Title and the Most Physically Fit Female in Pittsburgh competition of 1988.
In 1994 she relocated to Beaver County with her husband. While helping build her husband’s successful Chiropractic practice, she began practicing Yoga. Initially she practiced yoga as a supplement to her regular workout routine but soon learned that it was much more than that. What she found was a system, which teaches self-discipline, develops inner strength and opens the heart toward spiritual enlightenment. Ashtanga Yoga then became her sole interest because of the amazing benefits it provides on so many levels. She has completed teacher trainings with Tim Miller and David Swenson, attends an annual week long second series intensive at Mt Shasta with Tim and participates in numerous workshops with both master and senior ashtanga teachers throughout the US. Tammy has been most fortunate to be able to study with Sri K Pattabhi Jois on three separate occasions. She considers Tim Miller of The Ashtanga Yoga Center in Encinitas, CA the teacher who has inspired her practice the most and continues her studies with him during her frequent visits to California.
Libby Black
Deeply moved and inspired by her very first yoga experience Libby has found that the yoga practice has brought strength, peace, flexibility, and focus into her life and keeps reaping the benefits that yoga has given her to be a more forgiving and patient mother. She is thrilled to be able to bring that experience and share her love of yoga with others through her teaching. Libby considers Tammy Tsai her most prominent teacher and continues to study and apprentice with Tammy as well as attend workshops with many other acclaimed senior yoga instructors. Libby is native to western Pennsylvania and currently resides in Patterson Twp. with her wonderful husband and two beautiful children. Libby enjoys playing competitive beach volleyball, hiking, walking, organic gardening, especially her strawberry patch, and vegetarian cooking. In addition to these pastimes she also spends a great deal of time reading and listening to music. Libby has a great respect for people and the environment and encourages others to share in this passion.