Instructors
Faysal Abi
I believe yoga is a process of self discovery that happens to begin while engaging in a physical practice (asana), but in no way ends at the physical. I feel, like most things, the yoga of today is evolving from what it was 5,000 years ago. It only makes sense for yoga to change as we continue to change as humans. I see yoga as multi dimensional as it can be catered to what an individual is striving for on a personal level, be it strength, flexibility, spirituality, overcoming physical injuries or trauma.
The energy I strive to create in all my classes encompasses what I feel to be sacred in my own yoga practice. Safety — the ability to choose what is right for your body and a non competitive environment. Growth — striving to better oneself and grow by releasing limited beliefs and projections we place on our bodies. Equality — I feel I’m a guide (not a teacher) and I like to maintain an environment where students feel comfortable asking questions. Also, I hope every student enjoys themselves and the music.
After taking my class, I would love for people to feel empowered and present in their body. I hope students feel grounded, relaxed and leave with a sense of gratitude towards their body and yoga community.
RYT-200
Jennifer Accristo
I believe strongly in the transformational power of yoga and its ability to bring into union the mind, body and spirit in balance. For me, yoga is the ability to come home to myself while simultaneously connecting to the collective consciousness, to celebrate, to heal, and to allow the way I practice to positively affect all other aspects of my life.
My goal is to be a healing presence for all those I practice with and the energy I hope to create is a welcome, open environment, a place for play and exploration, for discovery of strengths, intentional compassion and mindfulness, and a combination of deep grounding and lightness.
My wish is for each student who leaves my class to feel peaceful, supported, empowered, re-energized and centered
RYT-200, ISSA CPT, TRX Certified, Orange Theory Fitness Coach, Black belt in Hung Gar Kung Fu.
*This instructor often uses or offers essential oils in her classes.
Veronica Agosta
Yoga is many things, yoga is the only thing: Yoga is using concentration, self-reflection and meditation to realize our true self, our best self. It is a way of moving, living and being in the world with full awareness.
Since energy can neither be created nor destroyed, in yoga we look to transform energy to give ourselves precisely what we need on any given day: the ability to be active, still, balanced, extroverted —whatever state is desired. Yoga is about using the poses to address any energetic imbalances in the body.
I want students to feel better connected with themselves and others through collective movement and conscious breathing.
*This instructor often uses or offers essential oils in her classes.
Veronica has completed 700+ hours of training, including certifications as a prenatal and restorative yoga instructor, and has logged 6000+ hours of teaching since 2012. She is known widely as a prenatal yoga teacher trainer and birth educator, and also specializes in pelvic floor dysfunction.
Kristi Bettencourt
I am an ERYT – 500 instructor with many years of experience in Ashtanga-style Vinyasa and Powerflow, as well as an extensive background in kinesiology and training in physical therapy.
I strive to provide a safe and encouraging environment that gives maximum results with the least amount of stress on joints for longevity. I do all this to the most upbeat music I can find and with an enthusiastic sense of humor.
My goal is to give you time to bring you back to yourself and really reconnect with your own body in a way that will stay with you and guide you in your life.
Roxy Bowerman
I believe yoga to be the ultimate path to inner peace and self-acceptance as well as a channel to form authentic connections both on and off the mat. For me, yoga has been a healing path that has ultimately strengthened my relationship with my self and my community, and has made me more focused and present in my life. My ultimate goal in teaching is to share the gifts that yoga has given me with my students.
In my classes, you can expect a juicy warm-up, an active feel-good vinyasa flow, and an eclectic soundtrack to get you out of your head and into your body. I strive to provide a safe and welcoming environment where you feel energized and more connected after class.
Caitlin Breen
I am a pre and postnatal yoga instructor, massage therapist, and doula. My classes are designed to connect people to their breath, their bodies, and their communities. In my classes, I strive to provide a safe space to deepen these connections and an opportunity to explore the healing power of movement and breath.
Margaret Brockman
I believe yoga is a pathway towards self-acceptance and ultimately self-love.
My classes offer a space for grounding and self-reflection as well as an opportunity to release and clear through a slower flow. With a slower pace and focus on the breath, my style of yoga allows time and space to quiet the mind, connect to our bodies, and witness what arises. Through this witnessing we can see our true essence and have a little fun while we do it. I hope my students leave class feeling connected to their mind, body, and yoga community as well as invigorated and lighter in spirit.
RYT-200
Meghan Dwyer
As a former ballet dancer, Meghan first started practicing yoga in 2013 for the physical benefits of maintaining flexibility and strength. Through her own journey with her practice, it’s been the corresponding mental and emotional growth that has kept her returning to the mat and has inspired her to share the practice of yoga with others. Meghan completed her 200 hour YTT through Yoga Flow in 2018, and since then has had the pleasure of teaching throughout San Francisco and the Bay Area.
Meghan believes that through mindful & playful movement, we're better able to quiet the mind, connect with our ‘capital S’ Selves, and ultimately feel better! She uses dynamic playlists and thoughtful sequences to help her students bring awareness to the present moment. Meghan’s goal is for every person to leave class feeling better in both their physical and emotional bodies so they can move through the world a little lighter and with more love and compassion for themselves and others.
Julie Eades
I see the practice of yoga as a delicate balance of physicality, a harnessing of the breath and a release of the mind. I love that we call it a yoga practice and that all you need is a yoga mat.
My vinyasa flow classes are playful, fun, calming but challenging with a nice sprinkle of music, inspiring quotes, and a good dose of humor. My favorite quote is: “In a world where you can be anything, be kind”.
RYT-200
Lana Ferguson
For me, yoga began as simply a physical practice. But over the past three decades, it has evolved into so much more. It has become a source of mental clarity, a way to cultivate gratitude for what my body can do, and a practice of self-awareness. Beyond the physical, yoga has taught me to connect with the present moment and with the community around me. Creating that same sense of connection for others is important to me. I strive to cultivate an environment that is welcoming, playful, and supportive where everyone can feel at ease, embraced, and inspired to explore their own practice.
Edwina Ferro
I believe that yoga is a meeting place where there is no greater than or less than.
Acceptance and love is the energy I create in class.
I hope that each student feels into their radiant and limitless self.
ERYT-500
Douglas Frick
I teach yoga because I believe its easy to absorb the energy of others, and for me, on my mat is one place where I know that my frequency is “good vibes only.”
Yoga lights me up and raises my energy, so I’m happy to have the chance to share that part of me back with a community that has given me so much.
Whether we realize it or not, we’re all always seeking what yoga always provides- a moment to breathe, a chance to focus, a reason to stretch, and at the end of it all, sweet, simple rest.
Frank Garritano
My journey into yoga began as a physical practice, alongside my weightlifting routine, as a way to manage stress and enhance my physical well-being. However, as I delved deeper into my practice, I discovered that yoga offered far more than physical fitness alone. It became a profound pathway to self-discovery, mindfulness, and a deeper sense of meaning and inner peace.
Inspired by my own personal transformation, I pursued my RYT-200 certification and embarked on a journey to share the gift of yoga with others. As a teacher, I have found deep gratitude in the ability to share the practice of yoga, and I am deeply committed to creating a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space where students feel empowered to explore their practice without fear of judgment or unrealistic expectations. I firmly believe that yoga is for everyone, regardless of age, experience level, or physical ability.
As a practicing plastic surgeon, my in-depth knowledge of anatomy and physiology provides me with a unique understanding of the human body and its intricate movements. This knowledge allows me to guide students through their practice with a heightened awareness of safe alignment and modifications, ensuring that each individual is able to practice in a way that is both challenging and sustainable.
My teaching style is rooted in vinyasa flow, emphasizing proper alignment, conscious breathwork, and mindful movement. I strive to create sequences that are both physically challenging and mentally stimulating, encouraging students to test their boundaries while always honoring their individual needs and limitations.
Kylene Gilmore
I believe yoga is a space to move beyond the physical human experience and dive into and connect with a deeper state of self.
Through the incorporation of meditation, pranayama, and asana, my classes offer a space to get lost in the movement of the self — letting the yoga be a happening to the student. Through the influences of the natural world, art, the wheel of the year, and yoga philosophy, I hope to facilitate a space in which students can come into their own loving awareness within the self and begin to see themselves and all beings as part of the one Divine Being.
Devi Hadsell
Devi Hadsell is a dancer, yoga teacher, and movement guide with a background in theatre who has found her devotion in the way of catalyzing joy through movement. Her passion is rooted in sharing experiences that blend music, movement, and meaningful connection while prioritizing intentionality and inclusivity. She infuses her classes with a sense of play and her notoriously silly sense of humor.
Devi has completed over 700 hours of yoga teacher training and prioritizes integrity of alignment, integration of breath, and expression of soul in the experiences she leads. Through her offerings, Devi empowers her community to release the idea of "getting it right" in order to unapologetically move their bodies and embrace their unique expression.
Blu High
Yoga has been the foundation of my journey inwards. Through union of the body, mind, and spirit, we begin to recognize our true self, thus breaking our cycles of stress and trauma. No matter which path we choose, the journey of self discovery is one we must all take. Peace in the world begins with peace in the self.
I am currently trained in Vinyasa, Ashtanga and Hatha Yoga, certified in Thai Massage, Reiki Level 2, and certified as an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor.
Leslie Klein
I’m originally from Arizona and I’ve been practicing yoga for over 10 years. After completing my 200-hour teacher training through peacebank, I earned my 60-hour yin yoga certification and began teaching hiking yoga. I love combining my passions for nature and yoga, guiding students through mindful movement, breathwork, and meditation while exploring beautiful outdoor trails.
In my classes, I focus on creating inclusive, body-positive, and welcoming spaces for everyone, with community connection at the heart of the practice. My goal is to help students cultivate a deeper awareness of their bodies and breath with an emphasis on self-care and personal growth.
Kelsey Lyons
I believe that yoga is a doorway inwards — a pathway that leads us deeper into ourselves and into our souls — uniting mind, body, and spirit. Yoga helps me let go of everything I am not, so that I can more fully be all that I am!
Yoga was a large catalyst for my own healing journey. Yoga and the tools that helped me find and foster my healing were truly the greatest gifts I have ever received, and it is through my practice and my teaching that I hope to share this very same gift with others!
My classes focus on grounding and connection with self, with community, with the earth and heavens! I hope my students leave class feeling reconnected in mind, body, and spirit and grounded in their true sense of self.
My background is in psychology and child development, and I spent most of my undergraduate years researching nature-based mindfulness practices and their impact on well-being. This background led me to rediscover a deep love and appreciation for yoga and I fell back in love with the practice a few years ago. After studying yoga, I knew I wanted to dedicate my life to the practice and since then have completed my 200 hour yoga teacher training and become a Reiki Master. I am currently finishing up meditation teacher training and hope to become a yoga therapist!
Niña Marie
I believe that yoga is a personal journey and practice of constant awareness and freedom, to be present, to be humble, getting to know yourself on the deepest of levels mind, body and spirit.
My classes will facilitate an open space for self discovery with a pure energy to accept where we are but also to release what is holding us back from progressing. To breath deeper and work within.
I hope that my students leave class feeling simultaneously grounded yet lifted, strong yet light, with a clearer thoughts and positive intentions for themselves and everyone around them.
RYT-200 College of San Mateo, Balanced body Pilates Mat & Reformer, NCSF and NESTA personal trainer
Tian Tian Mary Li
Tian Tian first discovered yoga over 15 years ago while working on Wall Street in NYC. Seeking balance, she turned to yoga as a vital tool for grounding and self-reflection. Now, as an instructor, she creates a sanctuary where her students can find balance amidst the pressures of modern life, offering a space to deeply connect and ultimately, come home to themselves.
Through yin yoga and sound healing, her classes help students move from the chatter of their minds to the wisdom of their body, heart, and soul, fostering a serene state of being and a strong connection with both personal and collective consciousness. Certified in sound healing and with 250 hours in trauma-informed yoga, Tian Tian takes a holistic approach to her teaching. Her mission is to empower students to tap into their own wells of wisdom, unlocking inner strength and deeper understanding, enabling decisions made with effortless ease and authentic joy.
Beyond yoga, Tian Tian is a retreat organizer, coach, artist, and human design reader, weaving these elements into a holistic practice aimed at enhancing self-discovery and creative exploration, and elevating collective consciousness.
Breanna Matczak
This profound practice has helped me navigate through many phases and challenges of life while guiding me back to the true, connected, and divine self. Through yoga, I’m learning greater awareness, compassion, gratitude and grit. And for that, I feel compelled to share it’s benefits.
Humbly, I strive to teach a safe, strong, and inclusive physical (asana) practice, while doing my best to honor the inherent wisdom of the body, our connection to the earth, and the sacredness of this ancient tradition - all with a light-hearted, playful, and loving approach. Breathing, moving, holding, feeling, focusing, contemplating, chanting, meditating, and laughing are some of the things you will experience if you join me in practice!
RYT-200
Emily Moore
I believe yoga offers an opportunity to clear and connect the body, mind, and spirit through strengthening and stabilizing while inviting tranquility of mind and openness of heart.
The energy in my class holds space for grounding, breath awareness, soulful talks, alignment instruction, strengthening, and positive reinforcement.
My hope is that each student walks out of class feeling a little lighter, stronger, and more at ease in their mind, body and heart.
ERYT-200, ERYT-500 in Yoga Therapy, It’s Kids Yoga
*This instructor often uses or offers essential oils in her classes.
Sonia Rackelmann
I first turned to yoga for the savasana at the end: the immense feeling of calm and contentedness that arises in the stillness that follows a yoga class. I still believe that a primary goal of yoga is to find that calm, but I also have found it just as important to practice being present for whatever arises during the practice, accepting all parts of the experience of being a human moving one’s body in space, including discomfort and difficulty.
My classes are typically a slow Hatha flow. I incorporate restorative yoga and gentle yoga into each class, as well as more challenging asana (poses) to guide my students toward greater awareness and understanding of themselves and their bodies.
After class, my hope is that you feel more grounded and present, with a deeper awareness of yourself, your body, and your surroundings.
RYT-200
Valerie Scagliola
As a Certified Breathing Coach and Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy practitioner, my goal is to create a safe haven and hold space for you to be seen, let go, and heal through breathwork.
Breathwork is a form of meditation that uses conscious control of our breathing. It's a powerful and safe somatic-based healing modality that helps us connect to our essence.
There are many different methods and styles of breathwork out there. My classes use a cathartic, active breathing technique to help move stagnant energy within your physical, mental, and emotional bodies. This process creates a powerful opportunity to release stored emotions and access deep healing, inner peace, and more clarity in your life.
*This instructor often uses or offers essential oils in her classes.
Scott Sneddon
My own yoga journey has had a profoundly positive effect on my own well-being. Through practice I have found fitness, discovered a sense of calm, and have begun to connect to my true self. Through teaching, I hope to help others on their own individual journeys as we learn and practice together.
My classes include traditional vinyasa sequencing, a great soundtrack, some humor, and a few suggestions to take yoga with you when you step off the mat. You can expect a workout and to have some fun. Join me in a welcoming, non-intimidating practice for all.
RYT-200
Marcie Storch
Yoga is the stilling of the changing states of the mind (Sutra 1.2) and an antidote to life's daily turbulence. As our bodies feel the benefit of the re-balancing of energy through asana, meditation, and mudras, we slow down, begin to feel safe, and feel increased awareness. Rather than jumping from thought to thought, calmness sets in. We learn from the pause between thoughts and the opportunity for self-knowledge expands.
My goal is to offer practices that create the conditions of relaxation in a warm and nurturing environment. With mindfulness, we use props like blankets and bolsters to support our body in asanas that are grounded and held longer in order to trigger the parasympathetic nervous system’s response. We turn our attention inward, notice areas of tension and stress, and allow them to melt away.
After class, my hope is that each student feels more fully integrated and refreshed in body mind and spirit.
E-RYT-200; Certified Relax and Renew Trainer; Certificate of Completion Applied Adaptive Yoga; Certified Memory Maintenance Yoga Teacher; Certified Yin Yoga Instructor; Certified Mindfulness Instructor
Ayla Trotman
My classes are intuitively designed to unite body, mind, and heart through the breath, physical postures, and affirmations. My teaching is rooted in the belief that Yoga is a journey of self-healing and self-discovery. Through my slow-flow-style classes, I encourage students to listen to their body wisdom, release judgment, and connect within. My classes are often inspired by the cycles of the natural world to bring students into deeper connection with the flow of life. Providing a safe, supportive, inspiring, and heart-centered practice for students of all experience levels, ages, and body types is what lights me up!
I continue to deepen my understanding of yoga and its philosophy and am currently working toward completing my 500 RYT certification. I will forever be a student of yoga and therefore a student of life.
*This instructor often uses or offers essential oils in her classes.
Dewayne Washington
Yoga has helped tremendously with building a loving compassionate relationship with myself. It also has helped with healing trauma and brings a sense of stability to my mental health. These benefits have compounded to help reveal a compassionate, confident, and joyous nature within that I had lost touch with somewhere along the way.
I love holding space for people to be present with themselves and get into their bodies with a curious and loving perspective. I share this practice with the hopes that everyone who tries can connect with an inner sense of peace.
I have been teaching for about 3 years and I teach mostly Vinyasa, a creative style built around the sun salutation. I am currently in a training to become a Yoga Therapist where I will be delving into the intricate and profound healing process that yoga is capable of providing when it comes to bettering mental health.
RYT-200