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Silver Lotus
Training Institute


Faculty & Staff

Meet the people who administer and instruct the classes, workshops, and Teacher Training Programs at the Institute's Lewes location...

Jan Brunory
RYT200

Jan is a native Pittsburgher who worked in the legal profession as a paralegal for over 20 years.  She retired to the beach in 2000 where she and two friends founded their own company, Pane In The Glass Studio, LLC.  Jan looked to Silver Lotus in the spring of 2007 to reduce stress, quiet her mind and enhance flexibility and strength.  Jan now teaches yoga and tai chi classes at Silver Lotus and other local centers.

Kate Fitzgerald
LMT, RYT200

Kate is a nationally licensed massage therapist whose practice ranges from treating acute injuries to deeper work that allows her clients to focus on their embodied self awareness. Kate took a 200- hour Svadhyaya teacher training with Silver Lotus in 2006. It was the spiritual aspects of Ashtanga taught by Susan Hamadock that lead Kate to take a 200-hour Ashtanga teacher training with Caroline Klebl in 2008.

Susan Hamadock
MA, LCSW-C, E-RYT500

Susan is the founder and director of Silver Lotus Training Institute. Susan has been training Yoga teachers since 1994. Her style of yoga, Svadhyaya Yoga™ emerged from her extensive experience in psychotherapy, her deep love of the healing aspects of Classical Yoga and her interest in contemporary Body/Mind psychology.    Read more...

Barbara Spears
RYT200

Barbara has explored and enjoyed yoga since 1995.  She teaches with enthusiasm and her classes have a compassionate and nurturing feel.  She incorporates the heart qualities, such as joy and kindness from her Anusara Yoga education and the healing aspects from Classical and Svadhyaya Yoga study.  Relaxation, breath awareness, building physical stamina and focusing the mind are all explored. Her classes are relaxing, fun and tailored to each individual's needs.

Cyndee Trower
E-RYT500

Cyndee is an instructor and administrator in the Institute's Yoga Teacher Training Program. Her interests are teaching to special populations. She follows a Buddhist path.  Cyndee lives in Ocean View, Delaware, with her 3 Cornish Rex cats and has a large garden, including a meditation garden. 

Marianne Walch
Ph.D., E-RYT500

Marianne is a Registered Svadhyaya Yoga™ Teacher, as well as a certified tai chi instructor who has studied under Dr. Paul Lam. She is a senior faculty member in the Yoga Teacher Training Program. Marianne also teaches classes for people affected by cancer through the Wellness Community of Delaware. Her special interests include using yoga and tai chi practices for maintaining health and wellness and in recovery from emotional and physical illnesses and injury.