Susi Amendola

Susi (Gillespie) Amendola brings over 30 years of experience to her teaching. She is a certified yoga instructor through the Himalayan Institute and holds a 500 hour registration with Yoga Alliance.

From 1978-82, she lived as a resident of the Himalayan Institute where she attended classes in Hatha and Raja Yoga, Meditation, Yoga Philosophy, Ayurveda and numerous other health related topics. During her stay at the Institute she also taught Yogic cooking and managed the Vegetarian Kitchen . Upon moving to Omaha in 1982, she studied Iyengar-style yoga under the direction of Margo Pope. She has attended numerous yoga workshops around the country, studying a variety of styles, including: Flow, Asthanga, Restorative, and Iyengar yoga.

In 1984, she founded the Omaha Yoga & Bodywork Center, where she currently directs programs, and teaches classes. She has also developed a 200 teacher training program as a way to support teachers and students in furthering their experiences in yoga.

In 1993-2004, she taught yoga as Stress Management through Immanuel Hospital’s Heart Institute in Dr. Dean Ornish’s program for reversing heart disease without drugs or surgery and currently serves as the National Director of Stress Management for the Ornish program hospital sites. She has developed yoga based Stress Management programs for schools, businesses and hospitals. She continues to teach, study, practice, lecture and travel. Susi has a new CD available this fall called “EMBRACE THE HEART OF YOGA”.