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Staff Bios

tehila bio

Tehila Marks

Co-Owner & Pilates Instructor

Tehila arrived to Jacksonville in 2010 from her home country of Israel. Tehila is one of the owners of Ananda Kula, and the director of pilates at the studio. Tehila is certified in mat and machine work, with over five years of work as a trainer and three years as a pilates office manager. She [...]

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Keith Marks

Keith Marks

Co-Owner & Massage Therapist

A lover of life, knowledge, experience and people, Keith is one of the owners of Ananda Kula, a yoga instructor, and one of our therapists, trained at the Southeastern School for Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy.  His passion for body work comes from solving anatomical puzzles – correcting postural distortions, easing people out of chronic pain, and [...]

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Tara Rawson

Tara Rawson

Co-owner & Yoga Director

Tara has studied and practiced many forms of yoga, ayurveda, and meditation in both India and throughout the U.S.Tara’s teaching is unique as it blends the Vinyasa style with the diversity of inspirations from her studies and practices in Ashtanga, Anusara, Iyengar, Sivananda, Integral, Jivamukti yoga and more. She has a powerful and dynamic teaching [...]

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Feather Hawk

Reiki Practitioner

Feather Hawk is a yogi, an artist, and a Reiki practitioner. His practice, artwork, and Reiki sessions all share a common thread; that is the importance of moving energy through the body for positive healing and growth. Feather has a strong interest in the chakra system, and Reiki enables one to move through this system [...]

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Marybeth Hurtt

Pilates Instructor

Joining our team, Marybeth is a circuit teacher as well as available for private instruction.  A former professional dancer and choreographer, she received her Pilates training at the Kane School of Core Integration while living and dancing in New York City.   With 20 years teaching movement and dance and nine years teaching Pilates, Marybeth [...]

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Ananda Kula Acupuncturist [Kimberly Ruel]

Kimberly Ruel

Acupuncturist

Kimberly Ruel is an Acupuncture Physician who obtained her Master of Acupuncture degree from The Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in south Florida. She is also certified in Chinese herbal medicine and completed separate clinical internships for each modality – acupuncture AND Chinese herbs. She is board certified in Chinese medicine by the National Certification [...]

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Victoria Faulkner

Yoga Instructor

Victoria has been practicing yoga for years and received her 200-hour instructor certificate from yoga alliance, recognized from Two Suns Rising Yoga. This spiritual practice has brought peace into her life and she hopes students will leave her class feeling that same peace. Victoria encourages students to take what they gain on the mat and [...]

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Ginny Hill

Ginny Hill

Massage Therapist

Ginny graduated from Heritage Institute with a certification in Massage Therapy in 2004.  She has worked as a dedicated massage therapist for over 7 years, attending workshops, conferences and a number of workshops to advance her understanding and knowledge of the body.  Her areas of expertise are in Deep Tissue, Swedish, Prenatal, and Hot Stone [...]

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Siddie Friar

Siddie Friar

Massage Therapist and Yoga Instructor

Siddie graduated from the Florida School of Massage in September of 2009. She has since dedicated over 100 hours of training with master teachers to specialize in the art of Thai massage. She is also a Reiki master and initiate in the Sufi school of mysticism; her music and healing work are influenced heavily by the theories of Hazrat [...]

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Katie Helow

Massage Therapist

Katie Helow’s decision to begin practicing massage was inspired by an increasing interest in healing approaches that offered an alternative to western medicine and therapies. Knowing that the body has amazing potential to heal on its own, she believes in encouraging these natural healing processes through massage, and whenever possible, avoiding more invasive practices that [...]

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Tru Leverette

Yoga Instructor, Herbalist

Tru Leverette began a dedicated yoga and meditation practice in 2005, and, in 2008, completed a 200-hour teacher training in Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow yoga. In 2009, she was also certified in prenatal yoga. In addition to teaching yoga, she is a level 2 Reiki practitioner and a certified herbalist. Currently, she is studying toward [...]

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Anando Kooler

Mascot and Educational Tool

Born during the dawn of time, Anando represents ‘keeping it real.’  An integral part of the Ananda Kula family, he is not afraid put a little backbone into the work he does here.  A real knee-jerker, he knows how to laugh and have a good time, but not to be annoyed as he is bad [...]

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