Instructors
Karen Allaire, RYT 200
Karen Allaire, RYT 200. Karen's passion for yoga began during a back injury, that started effecting her everyday life. She went to doctors, had injections and when the pain continued to come back was told back surgery was the only option to stop the pain. This was not an option for Karen. She searched out alternative methods and found Hot yoga, after her first class that she struggled through, and thought she would never go back, she noticed that it was the first time she slept through the night in 6 months, and her pain was less, so she went back to class, and eventually the pain went away.
Sara Atkins, RYT
Sara Atkins is a 200 level RYT yoga instructor trained in an interdisciplinary style through Axis Yoga. She has been practicing asana since 1999 and favors Anusara, Ashtanga, and Forrest styles of Yoga. Sara believes that yoga helps reconnect the body, mind and soul and is constantly in search of the most harmonious way to integrate yoga and meditation into all aspects of her life.
Krystal Chesnutt, RYT
Krystal has been practicing yoga for 10 years. She developed such a strong love for the practice that she started teaching Spring of 2010. Krystal enjoys the study of the written teachings of yoga as much as she does the practice of the asanas. She is 200 hour-RYT certified yoga instructor.
Melissa Gerson, E-RYT
My name is Melissa Gerson, E-RYT 200. I earned my first 200 hour certificate and started training teaching Yoga in 2004. I finished my second 200 hour training in 2011.
I've attended multiple yoga workshops and immersions for continuing education and continually seek to expand my knowledge.
Warren Lange, RYT
Teacher Bio: Sharing his personal experience with individuals and groups, Warren teaches yoga and meditation classes by integrating Eastern philosophy into Western culture.
Warren typically blends a sequence of Power Vinyasa postures while promoting breath awareness, balance, deep relaxation and self-healing. In addition to yoga, Warren is also highly trained in Vipassana meditation and integrates Anapanasati (awareness of in and out breathing) into yoga classes and private instruction.
Warren is also the teacher for teacher training at iThrive Yoga (Learn more).
Jena Sawyer
I was an accounting and finance professional in Corporate America for over 20 years. I stumbled onto yoga looking for a way to counter the stress of 75- hour workweeks and lots of sleepless nights. I loved yoga and went on to study Meditation, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, mantras, mudras, and Nia.
I got reacquainted with myself, discovered what I really care about, woke up to the beauty all around me, and got clear about the difference I want to make in the world. I believe there is a style and a teacher for everyone - if you haven’t found it yet, keep exploring and being curious and you’ll find it.
Joanie Sullivan
Joanie has been a certified Pilates instructor since 2006. Her certification involved over 600 hours of study enabling her to teach the Pilates Studio repertoire. This includes mat as well as equipment.
She recently attained a Yoga 1 certification through AAAI. She love teaching as well as sharing with others her knowledge in these areas of study, Knowing how much it has helped her and wanting
Debra Wilson, E-RYT 500, CD DONA
Debra loves moving babies to music, they are such natural yogis. Just imagine the poses we could achieve if we had practiced yoga from infancy. Weaving yoga stories based on the asanas about animals, plants, shapes in nature and sages into her practice is one of Debra’s specialties.
Debra’s style is lighthearted Vinyasa. Debra is a certified birth doula through DONA, and specializes in yoga for pre and post-natal moms
Elena Haykin
I am a trained and certified yoga instructor in classical Hatha Yoga, RYT-200, PYI-500 IYT, PYT 150 hours and yoga therapist registered at Yoga Alliance. In my continuing education I have expanded my skills in a variety of yoga styles and applications that allowed me ...
Roberta Hughes
Roberta has been a yoga practitioner since 1992 and a yoga teacher since 1998. She is a certified yoga instructor with Inner Connections Yoga & Whole Life Center and is a registered yoga teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. She has studied yin yoga with Paul Grilley and Sarah Powers and has studied Hatha yoga with Erich Schiffmann. Roberta's teaching style combines
Sylvia Hoffman
Sylvia began her yoga practice in high school, learning from a book as studios were few and far between at the time. Graduating from UC Santa Barbara she pursued a career in elementary education.
Mona Rodriguez Merrick
Certified Holistic Health Coach and Pilates Instructor
Mona Merrick is an internationally-based Health Coach and Pilates instructor. She specializes in helping busy moms and working women feel energized to live their best lives.
Health and fitness became Mona’s passion from a young age as she struggled to free herself from the effects of hypoglycemia. This condition often left her depleted despite her best efforts to eat right and exercise. Mona finally unlocked the keys to living an energized, healthy life many years later when she moved to Germany.
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