Yoga Teachers
Jackie Batts
RYT 200
Jackie Batts has been teaching yoga at WiseWays for over four years. She is also an occupational therapist working with children who have special needs. In her free time she enjoys hiking, road biking, and bird watching.
Michelle Gabor
RTY 200
Michelle's degree in Recreation Education led her to pursue a 15-year career working with youth in non-traditional education in after-school settings.
She has been a student at WiseWays since 1998
and a WiseWays yoga instructor since 2000.
Michelle's work as a yoga teacher led to her current interest in the Trager Approach and
she is pursuing a certification in that field.
Lin Hess
RYT-200
Lin has been studying yoga at Wise Ways for two years, recently
completing RYT 200 training, and currently attending 500 level
training.
With her OSU English Education degree
she worked as a grader for the essay portion of high school
equivalency exams and was deeply touched by the stories of adults striving to better
their lives by first completing long overdue high school requirements. This
prompted Lin's return to OSU for an MA in Adult Education and a new
work focus with adults in periods of transition.
Julie Horger
RYT 200
Julie Horger lives in Grandview Heights with her husband, Marc, and teaches English at Bexley High School.
She is a graduate of Bowling Green State University
and Ohio State University.
Julie is originally from the Toledo area.
Susan L. Snyder
RYT 200
Susan has been practicing yoga at WiseWays since 1999 and became a Certified WiseWays Yoga Teacher in 2001. She became a national Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200 level with the Yoga Alliance in 2005.
Susan continues her yoga studies at WiseWays through regular monthly teacher training meetings and personal mentoring sessions with Michele Mangione PhD, RYT 500, founder and director of WiseWays. She has also attended additional workshops: Angela Farmer and Victor Kooten’s workshop on “Teacher Untraining”, Paul Grilley’s “Yoga Anatomy: A Weekend of Anatomy and Taoist Yoga Practice with Paul Grilley”. Angela Nicolosi’s workshop “Gentle Yoga for People with Special Bodies”, along with many workshops hosted by WiseWays. Susan also is a member of Namasta (an organization for the body-mind community and its professionals) and International Association of Yoga Therapists.
Additionally, Susan brings to her yoga practice her training in classical ballet as a young woman, her attunement to Level II Reiki, and her ability to blend aromatherapy. She blends most of the aromatherapy lotions that WiseWays uses for their yoga classes.
Susan teaches beginning to advanced level classes for all yoga students and specializes in Yoga Therapy for students with special bodies. She has experience teaching people with Parkinson’s, Anorexia, Osteoporosis, and various other conditions of the human body. Susan is available for private individual yoga sessions for any student who has a special need or area of interest.
What had Susan been doing prior to her yoga studies
and teaching? She received her BA in Fashion Merchandising from the Department of Human Ecology at Bowling Green State University. Her previous work of 20 years was in business management, sales and marketing and collegiate education in fashion related industries.
On a personal note: She is married to Brian Hina since 1980, resides in Madison County, Ohio where she gardens, takes care of her dog “My Buddy Blue”
(a special needs dog), her cat “Doo-da” and her home. She is also a nature enthusiast, birdwatcher, and
studies nutrition, cooking and healthy living.
Susan invites you to join her for a yoga class or a private session. Her goal for you is to leave class feeling
more positively energized, de-stressed and uplifted.
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