columbia gorge school of yoga
Yoga teacher training
with Kathy kacena, janet stone
& pamela stone chambers
SPRING, 2025 - RYT 200
Our 2025 training with Kathy Kacena & Janet Stone as lead teachers is a very special opportunity!
We are offering 6-8 in-person modules during which we will introduce the core teachings of yoga, including vinyasa, yin, pranayama, bhakti (devotional) yoga, meditation, mantra, anatomy & biomechanics as well as the history, philosophy & ethics of yoga. Deepen your practice & focus on building a foundation for teaching through experience.
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Our invitation is for you to arrive open-hearted, ready to learn, awaken and remember your true nature. As we become more intimate with our inner selves & unwind old patterns, we discover our deepest heart intention. During this course, you will be inspired to bring the practice of yoga into your daily life in a very personal way. All graduates of our 200-Hour RYT will have ongoing access to one-on-one mentoring with Kathy & Pamela, freely offered, with a focus on building skills for teaching yoga.
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All Modules will be held in White Salmon, Washington at our bright & beautiful studio in the Scenic Columbia River Gorge. We imagine this training will fill up! Please feel free to reach out with any questions.
we are getting organized for 2025!
Keep an eye on this page for more details to come...
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Our current schedule includes 6 weekends (Friday-Sunday) and 1 five-day immersion,
going from mid-March to mid-June, 2025.
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Please email Pamela Stone Chambers
at yoga_samadhi@icloud.com for more information.
Teaching staff
Lead Teacher
janet stone
Always a student, Janet has immersed herself in the ancient practices of yoga for over thirty years. A global yoga teacher, she shares the teachings from the heart. Through curiosity, devotion, and dedication, she creates a unique approach to living yoga. Janet’s yoga journey began at 17 under her meditation teacher, whose reverence for simplicity and joy live on in her practice and teachings to this day. She shares from the depth of her own sadhana (sustained practice), her studentship in the eight-limbed path, her creative approach to asana, and her reverence for bhakti (devotional, heart-centered yoga, including chanting mantra). Janet invites students to investigate what they think they know, to hold compassion for what they discover within themselves, and to remember presence, the long view & the depth of our interconnectedness. In her words, "This is my passion, where I thrive in showing up to share the wisdom of my teachers in a way that meets the moment. We've created a safe, brave space to bring every part of yourself to the table."
Lead Teacher
kathy kacena
Kathy is the founder and inspiration of Yoga Samadhi Columbia Gorge. Before moving to the Gorge in 2005, she was co-founder/director of Yoga Samadhi Atlanta, Georgia. Kathy’s teaching style is warm and welcoming. She combines traditional active yoga poses balanced with yin style poses, which are long held passive stretches that work deeply to open connective tissue.
Kathy has been teaching since 1999. Her training includes:
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Viniyoga apprenticeship (Krishnamacharya /TKV Desikachar lineage), Pierce Program, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Yin Yoga training with Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers at Peachtree Yoga Center, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Vipassana meditation with Phillip Moffitt.
pamela stone chambers
Pamela has been practicing yoga since 1997 when she went to visit her sister, Janet, in LA and attended a class with Max Strom. She has taken her commitment to new levels and brought her yoga practice more deeply into her heart and daily life in the last several years. Pamela has been a chiropractor since 1996 and has a wealth of wisdom & experience working with the human body. "My joy is in bringing movement, breath & intention together to allow for a deeper experience of our true nature, a remembering of who we truly are." As owner of Yoga Samadhi Columbia Gorge, Pamela serves our community with warmth, kindness & generosity. In her words, "What a pleasure it is to be a part of this community & to invite more people to enjoy yoga as a vital, transformative gift in their lives."
