Robert
Gadon
Robert
began his practice of Iyengar yoga in 1997 at the
Unity Woods Yoga Center
in
Washington, D.C. He has studied with experienced and
talented yoga teachers from the United States and
abroad, primarily in the Iyengar tradition. His
principal teachers include
Carolyn Bluemle of
Takoma Park, MD, Lois Steinberg
of
Urbana, Illinois, and
Theresa Rowland of
Madison, NJ. He maintains a mentoring relationship with
Ms. Bluemle and Ms. Steinberg.
In September 2009, Robert will graduate from a 4-year
Iyengar yoga teacher training program at Studio Yoga in
Madison, NJ under the direction of Ms. Rowland. The
following month, he is scheduled to take the first of 2
national Iyengar yoga teacher certifications exams. Robert
began teaching yoga classes in Wilmington, DE in 2004, and
has taught students of all ages.
Yoga teaching represents a life change for Robert. For 17
years, he was employed as an occupational and environmental
health professional with consulting firms, and
manufacturing companies. Robert recently retired from 9
years of practice as a board certified industrial hygienist
(CIH). He holds a B.S. in Natural Resources from The
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI and a M.S. in
Occupational and Environmental Health from Wayne State
University in Detroit, MI.
He is married to the Reverend
Barbara Hoag Gadon, a
Unitarian Universalist minister presently serving
the
First
Unitarian Church of Wilmington.
They live in Wilmington in a 1923 house with high
ceilings, wooden floors, and plaster walls that they are
gradually restoring. They share a passion for good food
(especially Robert’s smoked eggplant and falafel), good
books, and Scrabble.