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 Steven's phone:  607-227-4539
updated:  06/10

'Best Fitness Instructor'
Ithaca Times, September 2006
Steven Valloney is a Kripalu Yoga Instructor with a Professional Level certification and over thirty years experience. He received his teacher training at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts. Additionally, he has completed advanced training courses, including "Teaching Advanced Pranayama," several courses of "Teaching Advanced Asanas" and "Asanas as Spiritual Doorways" with Yoga Master Yoganand, "Teaching the Deeper Practices," and "How to be Creative in Your Teaching" with Yoga Master Erich Schiffmann.

Steven holds a B.A. in Asian studies from Harpur College of Binghamton University. For over ten years, he practiced Tae Kwon Do with Master Huk Tok Yun (former bodyguard to the president of South Korea) and Master Sang Lee (former U.S. Olympic Coach). In addition to his ongoing classes at Sunrise Yoga Center, Steven has previously taught yoga and meditation classes through the Wellness Program at Cornell University for over a decade, at Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic and Religious Studies, BOCES Continuing Education Program, and the Ithaca Fitness Center. He has facilitated numerous seminars and classes for a variety of educational and private groups, for example:
  • Wellness Program at Cornell University
  • Yoga for Martial Artists at Cornell University
  • Meditation for Residence Advisors at Cornell University
  • Yoga for Athletes at Ithaca College
  • Yoga for the Women's Varsity Crew Team, Ithaca College
Steven has a special interest in the therapeutic properties of yoga - he himself has used yoga to recover from two orthopedic injuries.