Yoga came into my life just at the right time, as I was beginning a new chapter in my life, devoted to my True Self. I am a life-long student, passionate about Hindu traditions and deities, chakra and energy work, Ayurveda and Bhakti Yoga. I incorporate many of these aspects into my own teaching. I offer challenging classes, not only for the physical body, but also for the mind and emotional self. ​ I enjoy teaching a variety of classes, currently including Vinyasa, Slow Flow & Restore (a class devoted to both the Solar and Lunar practices), The Embodiment Practice and Chakra Balance and Restoration. In 2016, I created Goddess Girls, an empowerment community for tween and teenage girls. ​ I am currently pursuing my 300hr advanced teacher training certification with Janet Stone, (with the intention to complete by the end of 2022) deepening my love for the Bhakti practice. Through my work with Janet, I have become more devoted to living a life full of meditation, mindfulness and intention. My daily intention is to live my life as the practice, with the ability to begin each day anew, again and again.    I am a professional classical violinist, holding a title position with the Colorado Symphony for the past 20 years. I am also a private violin teacher and mentor for offering my gifts of musical and life lessons for the last 30 years.

I'm most experienced in chanting, mantra, the study of deities and culture and vinyasa Flows.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in the form of a daily embodiment practice, which includes movement, meditation and mantra.

My mentoring style or approach is centered around being supportive and honest.

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Write me an email! I’m an open book and am happy to answer any questions. You can also check out my Instagram page: @allegrawermuth

I’ve been teaching/assisting for: I have been studying with Janet Stone Yoga for over 8 years, through retreats, trainings and classes.

I’ve been studying yoga for nearly 20 years, nearly half of which have been in studentship with Janet Stone Yoga. I credit the practice for shaping who I am on and off the mat, and I strive to bring the teachings to all aspects of my life. Having recently moved to Los Angeles after many years in the Bay Area, I’m rebuilding my yoga community here, while staying connected to the sangha through trainings and the occasional visit back up for class at YogaTree Castro.

I am most experienced in:
I am most experienced in yogic theory, including the Yamas and Niyamas, the physical asana practice, and how these practices weave together. I have a solid foundation of Ayurvedic practices, meditation, and physical assists.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
I am a lifelong student. I’m currently revisiting the 8 Limbs, and I plan to do the Intuitive Sequencing program next. I am committed to continual study and training as a personal practice.

My mentoring style or approach is…
I seek to listen, learn, and fully understand where a person is in their journey, who they are, and how I might best be of support. I strive to be a guide where I can, but also be collaborative in the process of understanding the teachings, the lineage, and the practice. As a lifelong student, I continue to look for ways to see more clearly and offer that out.

My intention is to bring understanding, curiosity, stability, warmth and playfulness to the mentorship. I hope to shine a light on a practice that is heart-centered, and rooted in love.

Learn more about me on: instagram.com/andijams

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Andrew is a San Francisco-based yoga teacher (RYT-500, E-RYT-200), writer, and executive coach (ACC). Andrew specializes in a comprehensive, whole person approach to health and wellness.  In addition to his mental and physical health coaching, he teaches precision-based Vinyasa flow yoga and yoga in the devotional bhakti tradition. In his classes and workshops you can expect intelligently-designed, alignment-based sequences focused on building strength and flexibility, inspiration and yoga philosophy for the modern practitioner, combined with a blend of music, good humor, and a down-to-earth style. Andrew is a long-time and forever student of yoga. For him, yoga is a laboratory for constant experimentation and self-acceptance that brings a bit more love, joy, happiness, and truth into our lives that we can in turn share in service of others.  His primary teachers are Jason Crandell, Stephanie Snyder, Janet Stone, and Rusty Wells. He is also the founder of the Azure Leadership Group, a consultancy and coaching company that specializes in leadership development, communications and organizational culture. He works with clients in a variety of sectors globally.Andrew’s first book, Honestly Speaking: How the Way we Communicate Transforms Leadership, Love, and Life was published in 2019.

I am most experienced in:

Sequencing, translation of the yoga philosophy for the modern practitioner, vinyasa yoga overall and meditation.

I am committed to:

Teaching from an integrated and authentic place. I am deeply committed to my own personal practice.  I teach from the experiential wisdom of living in my own body as well as the experience of working with so many others, who have had totally different experiences than mine! With all my students, I try to cultivate a dialogue of inquiry and permission so that we can find new pathways of understanding and diving deeper. -Teaching from an anatomically safe and alignment based perspective. I am a total anatomy geek and have a background in injury rehabilitation and prevention, so I take extra care in my teaching to offer sequences, cues, and modifications that are effective and accessible for ALL bodies.

My mentoring style is:

Welcoming, down to earth, accessible, practical and warm.

You can reach me at:

@supersoulyoga, @dee_compress

My first yoga class was in 2004 when sports injuries left me temporarily unable to run, bike, and climb. A friend shared a magazine photo of someone in Parva bakasana, which I thought would be cool to learn. Back then I had no idea how much the people and practices of yoga would actually change my life. I distinctly remember lying in savasana at the end of that first class, feeling a sense of peace, lightness, and spaciousness that I had never experienced before. I also remember being a bit surprised about the tears in my eyes. They say, when the student is ready, the teacher appears. And so in that way, the doorway to yoga was opened, and yoga found me.

In the early years, I explored many forms of asana with teachers in San Francisco and New York, including Hatha, Ashtanga, Bikram, Jivamukti, and Shadow yoga, and gradually found myself practicing every day, sometimes twice a day. My first class with Janet Stone was in September of 2004.

No matter where I am in life, I have been drawn back to Janet’s teachings, again and again. So while my day job continues to be in marketing for tech companies, I have become a lifetime student of yoga in all its many forms, on and off the mat.

I have been teaching of assisting for ______.

I did my first yoga teacher training with Janet in 2010 and have been assisting her classes, retreats, and trainings since 2013.

I am most experienced in...

Juggling full-time work at demanding jobs plus other responsibilities with a devotion to the yoga practice. I know this can be very challenging and I am happy to share what has worked to help me incorporate asana, pranayama, Ayurveda, and meditation into a daily ritual that feels essential and natural.

The continual exploration of yoga philosophy including the yamas and niyamas, and stories about the deities as taught by Janet Stone, Hareesh Wallis, and Shiva Kumar. I look forward to sharing my observations for how these teachings can inform, support, and guide our relationships with each other and a deeper understanding of ourselves.

Developing and sustaining a regular practice of meditation and stillness, as informed by my studies with Adyashanti and countless hours gazing at the ocean.

How Ayurvedic practices including diet, lifestyle, and asana can support your health and well-being as informed by my studies with Scott Blossom, reading books by Dr. Robert Svoboda, and spending time at an Ayurvedic center in South India.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in ...

Sustaining a daily ritual of asanas, meditation, and pranayama, weaving in even more ayurvedic wisdom and heartfelt mantras. Rather than reaching for some higher, end goal, I am focusing on what can be learned from the here and now, paying attention to the spaces in between all the push and the pull, the likes and the dislikes. I am striving to cultivate a deeper awareness and respect for where there is imbalance and a commitment to opening the aperture (as Janet often says) to see things truthfully and to have the courage to create positive change.

My mentoring style or approach is...

To meet you where you are, to listen with compassion and without judgment, to share how I personally have experienced yoga, and to reflect back on what I’ve learned from my teachers as honestly as I can. When I did my first teacher training, my mentor Jody Greene talked about the importance of Kalyana Mitra, having spiritual friends or guides that support and inspire you on your journey. I am very grateful to this sangha for all the ways I’ve been held and supported and look forward to doing the same for others.

The best way to learn more about me is through...

You can find me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/apunsal and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/annaloohoo/ although I don’t post often and much prefer direct 1:1 connections, so feel free to reach me over email at apunsal@gmail.com

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I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 10 years

I am very passionate about yoga, studentship and the healing benefits of mindfulness-based practices. My mother shared the gift of yoga with me and taught me to do sun salutations as a little girl. I have warm memories of listening to her link breath with movement, her love of yoga was one of the many jewels she passed on.

I believe in practicing service and seva in all forms and am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I have had the honor of working with yoga service organizations including Street Yoga, The Art of Yoga Project and currently bring yoga and mental health services to a program serving pregnant and parenting students. I am inspired by the ways in which yoga provides tangible and transferable skills that facilitate the development of health and empowered well being.

I offer deep bows of gratitude to my teachers on this path. I have been a student of Janet Stone for over a decade and a half. I hold certifications in Hatha and Vinyasa yoga, prenatal yoga, yoga for children and youth & trauma-informed practices. I completed a 200-hour certification in 2009 with Max Strom, who taught me that by attending to our inner state, we can be our own best tool for kindness and peace in the world. In 2013 I completed a 500-hour certification with Janet Stone. Her embodied practices are rooted in ways to “make every breath an act of devotion…adorn yourself and those around you with garlands of compassion”. These great teachers have nourished and enriched my life. My newest teachers come in the form of two sweet little ones. I aspire to live and teach with tenderness, compassion and a great deal of heart.

I am most experienced in:
I am experienced in the healing and therapeutic applications of yoga and teach in a trauma-informed manner. I have offered yoga in a variety of settings including studios, schools, rehabilitation centers and social service agencies. I facilitate children’s yoga and mindfulness teacher trainings with my sister, Rosey. Teaching alongside her brings me so much joy and delight. Yoga has helped prepare me for my own journey into motherhood and I am honored to teach prenatal yoga classes that provide a supportive and inclusive environment. I am humbled by this work and offer deep reverence to the healing power of the breath.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
I am dedicated to studentship and a lifetime of listening, learning and self-study. I am committed to collective care, social justice and yoga as a healing based practice that can cultivate resilience, build capacity and aid in transformation. I am moved by the beauty of mantra. The first time I chanted in Janet’s class puddles of tears spilled from my eyes. The mantras have made honey of my heart and have become the lullabies I sing to my children. Janet’s Chanting Yoga of the Heart Training is a sweet spot I return to, to begin again, again and again.

My mentoring style or approach is…
Welcoming, supportive and engaged. I believe deeply in the power of connection and helping to create a container and safe space for learning that fosters growth and integration. I am open, communicative and compassionate.

Learn more about me on: @yogawithroseyandannie

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Yoga changed my life, and that’s why I’m dedicated to sharing the practice as much as possible. Let me explain…

I was born with cystic fibrosis, a deadly genetic condition that causes permanent lung damage. I found yoga when my lung functions were at the lowest percentage in my life and I was truly struggling. But during my first yoga practice I knew I found something special. Don’t get it twisted, I was awful at it! I couldn’t keep up and I had no idea what was going on, but during that first OM, I knew I found home.

Over the years I continued to practice, and I completed my 1008-hour certification with Janet in 2019. Yoga taught me how to be healthier by providing me the skills to lead an embodied life. Slowly my health improved, and that’s why I’m passionate about sharing this healing practice.

I have been teaching of assisting for:

I've been teaching for 8 years.

I am most experienced in...

I’m experienced in teaching Vinyasa yoga using trauma-sensitive techniques and I love to offer hands-on-assists. My classes are challenging, yet accessible, for all levels of students. My intention for each class is for students to explore their capabilities while allowing time for each breath cycle.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in...

I'm committed to studying and deepening my practice in the 8-limb path of yoga. The more I learn, I realize that I don’t know anything at all, and that keeps me coming back.

Living with cystic fibrosis and choosing a path of mindfulness through yoga isn’t easy. But it has given me the power to uncover my traumas, habitual patterns, and ways of life that were causing suffering – thus, it has allowed me to begin healing. I know that my studentship journey will never end, and I’m looking forward to meeting myself over and over again.

My mentoring style or approach is...

My mentoring style is down to earth. I remember feeling confused about literally every part of yoga, so it’s my pleasure to share knowledge. And if I don’t know the answer, we both get to learn something new!

The best way to learn more about me is through...

The best way to reach me is at www.ashleemcdougall.com and on IG at @Ashlee.Mcdougall

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I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 8 years

Carrie has been practicing yoga for over fifteen years, but truly found her passion for vinyasa in 2009. She was immediately hooked on the energy of the flow along with its healing power and signed up for Jimmy Barkan’s vinyasa teacher training. Carrie graduated from Jimmy’s 200hr training in 2010, and did both of his level two trainings that year as well. In the spring of 2012, Carrie began the Five Elements Vinyasa teacher training with Janet Stone. In 2015 Carrie became 500hr certified by Janet Stone Yoga. Carrie currently co-leads a 200hr and 300hr teacher training at SWEAT Yoga Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Carrie is also a Transformational Bodyworker and a holistic health coach and is passionate about helping people find their paths to deep wellness and joy.

I am most experienced in:
Creating safe intuitive flow sequences, this has been my passion every since I connected with Janet. I strive to make the practice of yoga accessible to everyone by teaching classes that are accessible but challenging with very clear instruction.
I have an extensive functional anatomy background. I’ve been studying bodies and how they are in the world for over fifteen years. My first bodywork certification was in Alexander Technique which focuses on understanding how we habitually inhibit our body’s natural movements and understanding how to find freedom of movement in the body. This training has helped me cultivate an ability to see people’s habitual movement patterns and how they can inhibit their practice. I’ve also studied Transformational Bodywork with Fred Mitouer and Mark Haviland. Transformational Bodywork focuses on the belief that our emotions manifest physically in the body, and through hands on work and discussion of one’s experiences, we are able to break free from toxic emotional patterning and find ease in the body. Both of these modalities inform my approach to teaching yoga, because they remind me that everyone comes into the class with their own challenges and experiences and the practice has to support that.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
I really want to deepen my chanting practice. One of the things that made me fall in love with the Janet Stone sangha was the chanting. I grew up singing and went to college for singing and college damaged my relationship with singing. Chanting feels like coming home. It allows we to reconnect with that love for singing in such a divine way, and I feel it is healing my relationship with my own voice.

My mentoring style or approach is…
When I think of my mentoring style, I think of Durga. I mentor with fierce compassion and I’m all in. I love watching students grow and discover what parts of the practice they really connect with and I am happy to support them in whatever way I can.

Learn more about me on: Facebook kinda, I’m not super active, but I’m there: www.facebook.com/fairyyogi (or search my name) Instagram: @fairyyogi (it’s mostly pictures of my dog)

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Caulley is a 500hr RYT having completed her training with Janet Stone in 2022.  She primarily teaches vinyasa and restorative.    Caulley took her first yoga class in 2017. It quickly became obvious to her that she had stumbled upon a missing piece in her life and she immersed herself in the balance and centering it provided.  Having previously used breath work to help in stressful situations and physical activity to help both her body and her mind, she was fascinated by this practice that incorporated not only these aspects but so many more.  It was this curiosity with yoga that led her to her first teacher training.  She completed her 200hr RYT training in 2018 at the Asheville Yoga Center, followed by additional training both there and with Judith and Lizzie Lasater in Restorative Yoga. She also completed training at Yoga Den in Jacksonville and with Janet Stone to deepen her knowledge of Bhakti Yoga.  The 500hr training with Janet Stone was a capstone in 2022.    Caulley loves to teach and offers classes, both heated and non-heated, at several studios in her hometown of Tallahassee, FL, as well as online.  She owns a headphone yoga business, Radiant Headphone Yoga, and teaches outdoor classes on a weekly basis as well as at festivals and other special events.  Through asana, pranayama, and meditation, she aims to help people discover the transformative effect of yoga in their own lives. She has a strong personal practice and strives to maintain it, knowing it sustains her and helps to strengthen her teaching with others.    Caulley is a mom of two teenage daughters, a wife, and a pediatrician.  She credits yoga with her ability to {sometimes} find balance both on and off the mat.

You can see a little more about me @caulley_soto or @radiant_headphone_yoga on IG.  You can message me there as well.

I’ve been teaching/assisting for: Off and on for 7 years

Chris found yoga while living in San Francisco 15 years ago and quickly discovered — with the guidance of teachers Rusty Wells and Janet Stone — the power of practice. He was especially floored by the way lessons learned on the mat could be applied to the transformation of his everyday life. Always curious and in love with adventure, Chris has been exploring ways to make yoga his “every day” ever since; integrating his learnings into the ups and downs of life as a yogi, entrepreneur, and explorer.

I am most experienced in:
Developing a deep relationship with my practice over time. Stepping into teaching others after cultivating this internal practice. Connecting the benefits of my practice to everyday life in running a business and being creative.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
… diving deeper into my daily practices of chanting, asanas, and also exploring other ways to lead others along the path.

My mentoring style or approach is…
I have never mentored before, to be honest (other than being a boss) but if I’m using that as a guide I am much of the style to let the person do their own discovery/exploration, and guide them or discuss their experience with them along the way. I’m not pushy. I don’t like to tell people what to do, or where they should be in their practice. No judgment and full accountability. On both person’s parts. Oh, and lots of love and understanding.

Learn more about me on Instagram: @chrisfettin

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I’ve been teaching/assisting: 8+ years, E-RYT500, and constant student.

My passion is to support everyday people as they safely and playfully step into their own confidence and connect deeply with themselves. My method of choice: yoga. Yoga can empower individuals physically, mentally, and emotionally. And with some curiosity and openness, it can have lasting benefits that run deep.

As a constant student myself, I am right there with you on this crazy, heart-filled journey called life using the tools I’ve found from yoga along the way. The personal awareness I’ve experienced in my own practice has both helped me navigate discomfort and cultivate a deep sense of ease within myself. I aim to create an accessible space for others to do the same.

This life is messy but also full of joys! Among mine are laughing with friends and loved ones, dancing until the wee hours, traveling, cooking, pie making, being outside as often as I can and finding ways to live more eco-friendly. Oh, and chocolate with peanut butter.

I am most experienced in:
The arts of teaching- theming, sequencing, effective cueing, assisting, holding space

Sadhana - compassionately and continually stepping into studentship, and daily practice

Asana styles - Fluid and creative flow based asana with the functional alignment foundations, slower forms of yoga such as slow flow, yin and restorative

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
To continually drop in and practice through devotion, meditation, asana, and chanting.

My mentoring style or approach is…
Meeting you where you are. Together, creating strategies that allows us to connect, meet your needs, and allows for growth. Gentle but honest

Learn more about me on: www.coleschlam.com

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Yoga Teacher. Supersoul.Yoga founder. Dreamer and doer. Humbled Mama. Believer in inexplicable connections. Will live twice.   I'm always on the move. My work with UNICEF has taken me to over 20 countries. I campaigned for children's and women's rights in countries like Nepal, Cambodia and Laos. These experiences have opened my eyes.My most precious memories are each stories from a different place. I fell in love in Vienna, studied in London, gave birth in Bangkok, took refuge in India, danced festivals from Brasil to Hungary, and enjoy nesting in Croatia. I am blessed with soulful friends, and I'm keeping them for life.Yoga has been a huge part of my journey. Like travel, it's given me courage. It's taught me patience, strength, resilience. Yoga has kept me honest, and filled my hectic life with calm. It's given me space to nurture myself, my family, and my vision of a world more connected through love, respect, giving back to community, taking care of nature and living consciously.Best of all, through yoga I've learned how to move and be still at the same time.

I’m experienced in teaching Vinyasa and Ashtanga Yoga (10 years of daily practice) yoga.  I love to create deep journeys for each class, guiding students through their experience with ease and joy, with music, mantra and lovingly placed hands-on assists. As a professional retreat organizer and founder of Supersoul.Yoga a retreat platform for some of the world's most renowned teachers including Janet Stone, I am experienced in every aspect of retreat/Yoga event organization. As a humanitarian worker I am always deeply interested and exploring how to weaving my Yoga journey with my social justice advocacy and effort.

I am committed to walk the path of Yoga for life. Every day is a new opportunity to practice Yoga off the mat, to embody all 8 limbs of Yoga- this learning never stops. Deepening my practice of Yoga means stepping into the world every day as a kind human being.

my mentoring style is:

I will show up and meet each person exactly where they are in the course, or training and in life. I will ask what intention has been set and how this can be lived in the most authentic way possible. I will guide and co-create offering support, suggestions and questions for your own reflections.

the best way to reach me is:

@supersoulyoga, @dee_compress

I’ve been teaching/assisting for: since 2014

It was early 2013, a year after a health crisis drove me to abandon my legal career that I found my way back into a yoga class for the first time in a decade. It began as a primarily physical practice for me - a desire to come into more balanced relationship with my body - but from there a yearning to go deeper into the practice began to grow. Within 6 months I found myself exploring teacher training options and ultimately found my way into one of Janet’s classes. By the end of that year, after a powerful opening during my first 5 day training Janet, I knew without a doubt that I had found my teacher and the place my journey was meant to deepen. It was truly a soul-level calling. I abandoned the other more “practically” oriented teacher training I had originally signed up for, and instead found myself immersing simultaneously with Janet, in Tantrik Shaivism and Shadow Yoga practice, where I was rapidly falling in love with the dharmic and wisdom, not to mention the devotional, aspects of the practice that Janet’s teaching had opened me to. I was also drawn to explore the practice of assisting - of using skillful and compassionate touch to support others in asana practice, for the ways that had felt so very healing and supportive to me - and found yet another of my root teachers in one of Janet’s longtime students and assistants, Jody Greene. And with assisting something else fell into place, internally, for me…something powerful. A way of dropping out of my over-active mind and into my body’s wisdom and stillness that felt like magic, like pure joy, that became a powerful teacher and practice for me in its own right… I began assisting regularly in Jody’s classes and then Janet’s and then to assist in Janet’s local trainings, and in this, I began a practice of creating altars to hold the sacred space and intentions of our gatherings - something that had already become a steady part of my home practice - and taking pictures to document these potent times of transmission, and in so doing came to know two additional joyful outlets of creative and heartfelt expression. In the years since I have spent thousands of hours practicing, supporting and/or attending classes and trainings with Janet - making altars, taking pictures, putting hands on people, holding space, sharing experience - primarily in San Francisco, and elsewhere in California, with our growing sangha of beautiful souls. What a gift! In this time, I have also furthered my own practice and study in the areas of Conscious Leadership, Zen Buddhism, Archetypes of the Divine Feminine, and in the art of creating and holding ceremonial space. I occasionally teach about creating altars and sacred space as well.

I am most experienced in:
– Assisting – all aspects, from hands-on to space-making/holding, what it means to take this on as a practice and path in and of itself
– Altar making / Devotional practice…an extension (at least for me) of assisting practice…the practice of, really, paying attention….of moving from the heart…placing the small self in service of something greater – a teacher, a community, a teaching, the greater Self, the great mythic/divine archetypes… creating potent focal points with which to entrain the dristi and create a container for what we are up to in practice
– Sitting (meditation) practice – what it is we are up to when we sit for meditation and how to allow that to be a liberating practice, rather than feed into our existing patterns. How to support and also help open the body to find some physical ease when sitting.
– Dharma / Wisdom teachings study/application – exploring what it really means to live into the dharma teachings, to not compartmentalize our yogic/spiritual practice or form an identity around it, but fully integrate this practice into all of life.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
In a word: Life…. I find just living my practice in day to day life to be my greatest teacher on this path….to stay compassionately awake to my own doings and the ways I get caught or stuck, my reactivities, the patterns I fall into, the things I grasp after or push away…. Learning how to show up for all of it, and myself within it. Ahimsa, satya, svadhyaya, brahmaçarya, and adhikara have been and continue to remain core themes of this work for me.

My mentoring style or approach is…
I am most interested in how your yoga journey is showing up in your life, how the practice is speaking to you, personally, where it is challenging you, where it is awakening you, and where you feel the edges are for you to work with. I see us meeting one-on-one – whether via videochat or in person – at regular intervals to talk about where you’re at in your personal journey and what’s coming up as you move through the curriculum of the 300/500 hour program. I will hold space for you to share and be present with what’s coming up, offering clear reflection, perspective, and other guidance – illuminating blind spots you may not be seeing, suggesting resources for your further exploration and deepening with, challenging you around any places I see where you may be unconsciously holding yourself back. If you have a specific interest in assisting, altar-making or sitting, I can offer more in-depth guidance and opportunities to play and practice in those areas. Whether you desire to be a teacher of yoga, or simply deepen into the practice for its own sake, I am here to help you better see / hold / understand YOURSELF so that you might more fully embrace and embody your own true gifts and live into what this journey is about for YOU, what is truly yours to offer.

Learn more about me on: Facebook (Ellen Strzalkowski) or instagram (ellen.strz)

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I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 10 years

I found myself first interested in yoga as a child. A favorite Aunt traveled to India and I was fascinated upon her return. The idea of meditation and yoga stayed with me for years. I dabbled in yoga classes 25 years ago and finally found a consistent practice in mindfulness over the last several years. What I mean by mindfulness is to know that this practice is constant and everywhere. I met Janet right before I began teaching and found my way back to our Sangha to complete a 500-hour training. My teaching is often fueled by the silver linings in life and deep devotion to compassion for all beings. I find even when I have strayed away my practice waited for me. The asana has felt like home and I have also resisted it at times. I find yoga shows up everywhere for me: in motherhood (I have two teens boys), in partnership (there is life after divorce), in friendships, and in all the ways grace seeps into my life. I have the teachings and self-study to thank for the ability to see the world as I do now. With wonder, observation, and returning to self when I have wandered too far. I teach, write, and also recently returned to a corporate gig. While this life is full, it has become more full and balanced by facing grief, death, divorce, and hope all sometimes in one breath.

I am most experienced in:
Teaching vinyasa yoga with devotion (Bhakti - thank you Janet), Yamas, and Niyamas, beginning again in each breath, day, or decade.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
Seeking out compassion and understanding for others and myself. The deities hold a special place of interest for me as well. If you have heard Janet's storytelling when together you most likely agree.

My mentoring style or approach is…
My mentoring style is one of unconditional love and understanding. I am honored to hold your hand as we walk through, to be a soft place to land, and encourage you to do the work you need to believe deeply in yourself and the magic of this practice. I will keep my commitments to you in however we choose to meet. Understanding time is sacred.

Learn more about me: emilyrobinsonwrites.com (website); emilyrobinsonwrites (instagram)

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I’ve been teaching/assisting since 2008

Erika Van Gemeren is a San Francisco-based, full-time yoga instructor who has been practicing since 1999. As a child, she could feel the mind/body connection through dancing, hiking, and snowboarding. Yoga was a natural extension of her embodied movement practices and she developed an immediate passion for her practice.

I am most experienced in:

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
Yoga, music, psychology, mysticism

My mentoring style or approach is…
Loving, grounded, (still working on firm boundaries)
Learn more about me on: www.erikavangemeren.com

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I’ve been teaching/assisting: since 2014

My name is Fernanda (Ferny, for short!) and I am a psychotherapist + yoga teacher living in lovely Austin, Texas. I have always felt a strong connection to the process of helping others through authentic connection and conversation, and I became a counselor and teacher with the intention of providing those in need with just that — a space to connect, be fully heard, and a chance to dig into their inner landscape.

My love affair with yoga came to light in 2008, right when I moved to Austin and was experiencing big (and sometimes difficult) transitions. I found my voice and strength in vinyasa yoga, and was immediately drawn to the fluid practice of connecting breath with the body. Its healing benefits began to extend way past the physical, bringing peace to an anxious mind and teaching me how to cultivate more self-acceptance and self-awareness. Because of this, I started down the road to become a teacher myself -- which is eventually how I found the powerful + life-changing teachings of Janet and her sangha, back in 2016.

My personal healing practice has taken many forms over the years: meditation, reading, journaling, ritual, retreats, trainings, and of course, yoga -- all of which have served me in indescribable ways. My soul purpose to help others find deep healing, transformation, and growth through the practices of therapy, self-compassion work, mindfulness, and yoga. It is my hope that through personal exploration, facing our fears, value-based behavior, mindful practices, and a heavy dose of self-love, I can help guide others towards a more wholehearted and authentic way of living. And hopefully make their journey through life a bit more light-hearted.

I am most experienced in:
Vinyasa yoga & sequencing
Mindfulness
Spiritual psychology
The yamas & niyamas
Working with deities
Holistic entrepreneurship

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
The wide lens that is YOGA -- which for me means the physical practice, but more importantly the spiritual elements, like meditation & ritual, dedication (tapas), self-acceptance, and honoring our own divinity. Learning more about the power of the deities is also something deeply important to me, as well as living yoga as a daily practice through my work with the yamas & niyamas. And of course, I'll always be deeply invested in the inner work, cultivating a deeper knowledge and relationship with myself through the tools offered by spiritual psychology, mindfulness, and self-inquiry.

My mentoring style or approach is…
Empathic, warm, straight-forward, light-hearted, enthusiastic, and non-judgemental.

Learn more about me on: Instagram: @fernybarcelo // Website: fernybarcelo.com

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I am a native San Franciscan, professional dancer, Certified Pilates Instructor, and yogi who lives and breathes movement.  As a young dancer training rigorously for a professional career, I was always drawn to the powerful practices that connect mind, body, and spirit.  A lifelong love for dance and movement brought me to study yoga (taking my first class at the Yoga Tree Castro in 2009) and then to Pilates, and I have been on the path of studentship ever since. While I started teaching Pilates in 2015, and have gained incredible experience from working with and witnessing so many different bodies, it was my personal yoga practice that led me to be the teacher I am today.  After more than 10 years of simply “practicing” yoga in studios, I decided to dive deep into studentship and completed my first 200-hour YTT with Janet Stone through the 2020 Virtual Sadhana.  It has been this study, of life as yoga, that has given me greater permission to listen to the deep wisdom in my body and emanate and share from that place.  I believe in the profound power that comes from connecting deeply to one’s body, and cultivating a healthy relationship between our physical, emotional and energetic selves is at the core of my work.In addition to dancing and performing (which has taken a bit of a hiatus due to COVID), I teach individual and small group Pilates and Yoga, specializing in injury rehabilitation and prevention.

I am most experienced in:

teaching from an integrated and authentic place. I am deeply committed to my own personal practice.  I teach from the experiential wisdom of living in my own body as well as the experience of working with so many others, who have had totally different experiences than mine! With all my students, I try to cultivate a dialogue of inquiry and permission so that we can find new pathways of understanding and diving deeper. -Teaching from an anatomically safe and alignment based perspective. I am a total anatomy geek and have a background in injury rehabilitation and prevention, so I take extra care in my teaching to offer sequences, cues, and modifications that are effective and accessible for ALL bodies.

I am committed to:

self practice and self study; daily sadhana.  To teach from a place of feeling full, embodied, and clear. To  quote Ram Dass, to keep "polishing the mirror."

my mentoring style is:

I strive to be completely present for my students, and to offer my wisdom as well as my big challenges. I love working rigorously, but am also loving and generous (and sometimes tireless, too!). I aim to meet people exactly where they are at in this moment. If someone needs to be pushed lovingly, I can certainly do that but I can also be soft and grounded if that is what is needed. In the midst of working hard or pursuing a goal, I like to ask myself or my clients, "Can we soften into that a bit more?"

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Jen began her teaching career in Cleveland, OH in 2008 after 15 years in nonprofit management. She is honored to practice with extraordinary teachers yet she maintains that the most exceptional teacher continues to be life itself. Jen believes it is a privilege to teach this ancient & sustaining life practice.  Jen is currently the co-owner of The Atrium Yoga Studio in Houston, TX.

Born in Santa Cruz California, I was lucky to have so much yoga at my fingertips at a young age. I attended my first yoga training in 2004 right after high school and started to travel the world and teach where I could. Eventually my feet landed me here in New Zealand in 2007. I went home the summer of 2008 to visit family and attend my first Wanderlust in Squaw Valley. All my yoga friends said you have to take Janet Stones class. So I did and all I remember is getting goosebumps within the first few minutes of Janet chanting. After that class, I continued to following Janet, bought her CDS and sold them at the studio. Eventually I went to India with her and Jody Greene in . Later she gracefully came to NZ to run a teacher training.  I have ran two successful yoga studios in NZ and on top of all the yoga adventures so far, I have two wild children, an awesome and supportive husband and a dog named Maverick who knows nothing but unconditional love.

Look forward to sharing yoga with you!

I have been practicing:

Since 2004 with Bikram yoga in Santa Cruz. My first class with Janet was at the Wanderlust in 2008 with my best friend, Jody Greene encouraged us to go.. all I remember is getting goosebumps within the first few minutes of Janet chanting. that class lead me on the path to vinyasa and more yoga Philosophy.

I am most experienced in:

Hatha, Yin, Vinyasa, Nidra

I am most committed to:

I love yoga philosophy, so much to learn and relearn. keeping an open mind and heart. As well as listening, and connecting the dots where I can.

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I have been practing for:

7 years

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Jessy began her yoga journey back in 2005.  The curious nature of the physical practice coaxed her along, until a teacher opened up her world to the 8 Limbs of Yoga.  At that moment it was as if the transformative journey she'd been on finally had a foundation to grow from.  In 2014 she dove into her first RYT.  By the end of the first weekend she knew she needed to extend these teachings to many.In the spring of 2015 she launched Ventura Pop Up Yoga, Ventura's first and only outdoor yoga studio.  The elements of nature woven with the ancient teachings of yoga created a platform that has reached 1,000 of individuals; both new and seasoned to the practice.Jessy has gone on to continue her education with The Janet Stone School of Yoga where is is completing her 500 hour RYT.  She has over 500 additional hours in yoga + healing modalities including: Breathwork, Meditation, Life Qi Renewal, + Trauma Informed Yoga.  She hosts both private bodywork sessions, public offerings, workshops and retreats around the world through Venture Well Yoga.

"I look forward to the relationship that we can build through our shared experiences"

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I am most experienced in:

Yoga Asana, Breathwork, Meditation Techniques.  I love weaving the teachings of yoga philosophy into everything I create, to help others explore what these ancient lineages can truly open up for us.

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I am committed to:

I live through this practice and it's opened up a world of possibilities for me.  I've kept a daily Sadhana since our Bali journey back in 2018.  It keeps me grounded and rooted into my truth.  In addition, I'm in a committed mentorship with my Life Qi renewal teacher.  We continue to open up the spiritual path and its possibilities to overlay the teachings into the modern world.

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My mentoring style is:

I love both 1:1 and group work.  My passion is seeing the gifts an individual has within them and with permission we open that up for them to explore.  In my private practice I often help individuals overcome blocks + challenges they're facing both on the mat, in their studies, and in everyday life.

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You can learn more about me at:

www.venturewellyoga.com

Can I adjust myself serenely to what is? Can I find contentment with where I am at?

My yoga journey began in 2000 with the integral yoga institute, looking for a way to connect and escape. A safe place to stretch, meditate and simply be. After 3 years of weekly practice and scheduled study, I paused my yoga program. Still attending classes at random studios, every now and then dropping in for a "feel good about myself" practice.
In 2014, I came to Yoga Tree and started practicing Dharma Yoga with an inspiring teacher. The memory of having a strong foundation, a regular meditation practice and an ease in movement, I felt connected to myself, like coming home. It became clear that I wanted to share this feeling with other people.
I completed teacher training with Yoga Tree in 2017 and very soon afterwards I took my first class with Janet Stone. Soon after I took my first immersive class, 5 Deities in 5 Days and a clear path opened up. It was simple to sign up for the 500 hr program with Janet, guiding me towards owning my own expression of yoga and acceptance of it.

In 2019 I had an injury in my lower back, an accident from my childhood that finally caught up to me. It was a difficult journey, my physical yoga practice had to modify. With the tools of yoga that I've learned, it's been a learning to ask myself; where am I at today, what is possible and can I adjust myself to where I am today. Love, compassion and tolerance. Finding a new depth and a beauty in the different expressions of yoga has been a wonderful surprise.

I have been teaching of assisting for ______.

4 years

I am most experienced in...

Assisting, meditation, yoga as a diagram for living, philosophy.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in ...

Meditation and therapeutic yoga

My mentoring style or approach is...

Meeting people where they are at and listening.
Reflections and sharing experience, strength and hope regarding the yoga journey.
Sharing the similarities and differences; learning together.
Take what you like and leave the rest.

The best way to learn more about me is through...

talking... :)

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I’ve been teaching for: 8 years and going

My name is Jolisa, but I invite you to call me Joli. I am a holistic health practitioner, teacher, and lifelong student currently based in California. I was introduced to yoga postures and mindfulness practices at 8 years old and I've been teaching yoga, meditation and breath work since 2012. My own healing journey catalyzed my deep dive into yoga and formal study of related mind-body practices.

My enthusiasm in exploring Eastern traditions led me to pursue degrees in South and Southeast Asian Studies and the academic study of Religion (Buddhism and Hinduism) at the University of California, Berkeley as well as intensive classical training in Sanskrit language and literature at Deccan Postgraduate and Research Institute in Pune, India under fellowship at the American Institute of Indian Studies.

I am an active and passionate advocate for preventative care, clinical applications of traditional healing arts and holistic wellbeing of mind-body-spirit. This led me to study Ayurveda under Dr. Jayarajan Kodikannath, BSC, BAMS, Usui Reiki energy healing under Reiki Master Lara Elliott, M.S. LAc, medical Qigong under Dr. Peter Caughey, DTCM as well as applications of trauma-informed yoga with Zabie Yamasaki, M.Ed, under whom I piloted the first holistic healing and yoga program for survivors of sexual-related trauma at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz supported by the institution’s Title IX funding.

My approach to the practice combines personal experience and classical eastern medicine with research, science-driven methodologies across integrative fields. The focus of what I offer is based around building trust and understanding to inspire a genuine commitment to personal health, growth and well-being. My purpose is to help individuals meet daily challenges with greater ease and facilitate a return to balance, harmony, and wholeness where healing is possible.

I am most grateful to my teachers Janet Stone, Edna Barr, Maty Ezraty, Sri Dharma Mittra, and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman for their generosity, wisdom, guidance and support along my journey. Thank you could never be enough.

I am most experienced in:
integrating ancient wisdom with contemporary teachings and modern science. Translating difficult philosophical concepts into relatable, practical, and relevant working knowledge. My experience is mainly working with classical Sanskrit texts (The Ramayana & Upanishads especially), all things Ayurveda, subtle body energetics (mahabhutas, vayus, chakras, koshas, nadis...), practices of meditation as well as trauma-informed approaches to yoga as a psychosomatic healing practice.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
Yoga as a healing art and science. Exploring the body as a vessel for human potential. Studying the physical, emotional, cognitive and spiritual aspects of Yoga for better understanding of self.

Ayurveda, physiology, philosophy, self-inquiry. Deepening my relationship with chanting which has led me to pick up the harmonium with childlike curiosity! Again and again the practice brings me back to finding presence through connection to breath.

My mentoring style or approach is…
empowering! Dependent upon on your needs and learning style; in-person or virtual. My intention is to hold safe space for open communication, exploration, reflection and integration. Practically speaking, I can offer goal setting and personalized assignments to bring you deeper into your area of focus as well as support you in studying the primary texts. Sanskrit pronunciation, understanding subtle body, mythology, history and spiritual philosophy are my strongest areas of support. Most of all, I am here to be of service and embody the practice the best way I can.

"I am only here to share my knowledge with others and to help them make rapid progress on the path of yoga." - Sri Dharma Mittra

Learn more about me at: dailyritualyoga.com / @dailyritualyoga

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I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 5 years

Katie Jacobson is a Registered Yoga Teacher and Certified Ayurvedic Health Consultant based in her hometown, Santa Cruz, CA.
It was her love for movement and fascination with the mind-body connection that first sparked her interest in yoga. As a State Champion runner and avid soccer player, she appreciated the profound physical benefits, but it was during her challenging college years that the yoga mat became a place of refuge and she discovered the deeper transformative powers of the practice.
Katie studied with Yogrishi Vishvketu at the Anand Prakash Ashram in Rishikesh, India and continues to study with Janet Stone in San Francisco. She teaches Hatha Flow and Yin Yoga, and her classes are typically seasonally inspired. As an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor, Katie intertwines her knowledge of this ancient system of healing with the Yoga wisdom tradition to promote balance of body, mind, and spirit. She is passionate about empowering people with the tools to harmonize with the rhythms of the Earth and return to their true Nature.
Katie’s warm presence creates a nurturing environment in which she encourages students to explore with curiosity, return to their breath, and listen to their inner wisdom. She brings compassion to each posture, inspiring students to look inward and move with authenticity and ease. After facing sports related injuries, Katie embodies sincere empathy and concern for students’ safety. Currently, Katie is deepening her studies as she works towards her Master’s in Integral Counseling Psychology at California Institute of Integral Studies.

She loves hiking in her redwood sanctuary and swimming in her ocean temple – Nature is her greatest teacher!

I am most experienced in:

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…

My mentoring style or approach is…

Learn more about me on: http://www.katiesjacobson.com

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Born in rural Germany I grew up with a very performance-oriented mindset, functioning always the priority, kickboxing my movement-practice of choice and exhaustion the only way to get out of my busy mind. it was my body that showed me its need for more softness - first silently, finally screaming at me through a psychosomatic pain disorder.

When I found Yoga I slowly began my path of befriending my body, dealing with depression and finding lightness instead of fighting all the time. It´s a path I am still on, eternally the student of the practice in all its varieties.

Practicing with Janet for three years now I completed my 300hrs in 2020 and could not be more grateful for this amazing Sangha.

While I am not teaching myself anymore, as a corporate executive and systemic business coach I am now able to integrate my personal practice and hold space for people in the different realms of life.

I have been teaching of assisting for:

I taught a steady class in Cologne for a year, subbing for two years before that. I was able to assist Janet herself on a few occasions and regularly work with local teachers in Cologne.

I am most experienced in...

Yoga philosophy and the integration with other schools of thought in the realms of psychology and personal development

Vinyasa and physically challenging, flowing classes

Alignment-based practice and cueing

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in...

With my local teachers in Germany I am studying alignment with a holistic, sustainable focus instead of achieving the "right" look and steadily deepening my breathing practice.
My main practice and what I appreciate most about Janets offerings, though, is the integration of Yoga beyond asana, watching what happens on the mat as a mirror of all that is life off the mat and understanding my samskaras unfold, continuing the work of softening.

My mentoring style or approach is...

an attitude of servant leadership and the firm belief that you hold everything you need already within you. As a mentor I aspire to empower you to find your own voice, further develop your unique gifts and I hold the space for you to leave your comfort zone and believe in what you have to offer.

The best way to learn more about me is through...

@petrieowl

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I’ve been teaching yoga for 5 years; RYT500

Intuitive/Astrologer, Teacher, Writer

My journey with yoga has been long and meandering. I was drawn to it before cool yoga studios, when a tattered book of poses and Lilias on TV were my teachers until I discovered gym classes. I gave up a corporate career to follow a healing path, first as a massage therapist, and then as a psychic channel. This morphed into integrating astrology, hypnotherapy and psychosynthesis, a spiritual psychology. Throughout these years, my spiritual/meditation practice has been central to my life and teachings, and deepening the study of yoga brought it all together.

My first teacher training was at Innerstellar in Berkeley in Stellarflow, a vinyasa style inspired by Forrest Yoga. Then I discovered Janet. The chanting, the compassionate assists and the depth of the sangha touched my heart. I finished the 300 hour teacher training and will soon complete the JSY 1008 hour designation. My primary role in the world is as an evolutionary/spiritual astrologer, writer and teacher, offering a certification program and lecturing to professional astrologers. My first book, Soul Path Way was published in 2016. Two more books and two anthology chapters will be published in 2019. I recently gave up my weekly public yoga classes to focus on writing yet I still sub and teach yoga at retreats and conferences.

I am most experienced in:

• Mentoring. I have mentored countless individuals over the years, individually and in groups. You could say the very nature of my work as an intuitive/astrological counselor is mentoring people to find and develop their soul centered path.
• Assisting. I’ve taken several trainings with Janet and Jody and assisted Michelle Cordero in Oakland for two years where we co-created some true magic.
• Therapeutics/modifications/home practice.
• Writing. Writing can be an important part of spiritual practice. I would love to mentor individuals who are also writers.
• Starting and expanding heart centered, healing and creative businesses. I co-founded Dolphin Dream in Walnut Creek in 1988. I have been exclusively self employed for 34 years, including as a jewelry artist.
• Empathic love, spiritual philosophies, conscious parenting, and more love.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
yoga philosophy, meditation, awakening, chanting, harmonium, writing.

My mentoring style or approach is…
to listen empathically and to ask meaningful questions, to encourage you to follow your inner wisdom. I will tell you truth as I perceive it, advise you on choices to fulfill your unique calling and I honor that you walk this path. There is a part of you that knows exactly who you are and where you are called. I see the mentoring role as support to you as you choose the trainings, of course, but also to cultivate a rich inner life, self-care, balance and a spiritual practice that will sustain you and allow you to offer authentic teachings because you embody your practice.

Learn more about me on: www.kaytaylor.com

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My first practice was a donation-based Hatha yoga class on Florida's Gulf coast beaches led by a badass Deadhead. I remain grateful to her to this day (pun always intended) for providing me with a safe haven throughout my teenage years and inspiring me to travel to India for a 200-hour Hatha Yoga teacher training. After living abroad, I landed in California because it was the most affordable flight back to the States. Maybe everything happens for a reason because I found Janet and this beautiful sangha in an old Castro dancehall that became my church where many tears were shed. Janet’s 500-hour 5 Elements Vinyasa Yoga teacher training was a holistic game-changer. I shared the teachings throughout the South Bay and Santa Cruz area, founding the Ecology of Prana Yoga Teacher Training until returning to school to pursue a Juris Doctor. My life is dedicated to grappling with questions of alienation and inequality through the application of the Yamas and Niyamas. Our community has been the single most outside influence on this incredible path to advocacy.

My mentor style is best described as a reaction to your self-expression in combination with my own stories. I do my best to listen to what it is that a fellow student needs and wants at any given point in their practice journey because that journey is their own. But I also share what I have experienced with the hope of drawing supportive connections and encouraging a sustainable practice. I see mentoring as an act of building community—often times it is simply showing up, seeing someone, and meeting them where they are with compassion on any given day.

I'm most experienced in Vinyasa, Hatha, Meditation and the human condition.. forgetting my practice and coming back again.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in reconnection.. remembering why I practice in the first place. No matter how long we are in the practice, it is so easy to forget why we unrolled our mat in the first place.. and then the second. Usually, the easiest way for me to remember is by forgetting and seeing the absence ripple through my life. I remain committed not to forgetting, but to studying and deepening my practice in the act of remembering and returning, again and again.

Please, please email me anytime at kayla.m.mendez@gmail.com.

Keegan Mills has been an educator for over 20 years with a passion for women’s empowerment, leadership, and cultivating resilient communities. As an advanced yoga teacher, she believes yoga is a breathing movement meditation and an opportunity to be more connected to our body’s intelligence and higher self, creating a pathway for healing and transformation. Keegan has been directly impacted by the healing and transformational effects of Yoga—applying the practices to overcome a traumatic upbringing to healing from heartbreak to recovering physically, emotionally, and spiritually after experiencing a traumatic bicycle accident over 7 years ago.  Keegan’s teaching and practice draws upon the Bhakti & Hatha yoga traditions weaving in philosophy, mantra, breathwork, energetic alignment, and a connection to the divine. She specifically enjoys speaking, writing and teaching about resilience and overcoming challenging experiences in life, calling on her own personal journey of rising up from life’s greatest challenges.

the best way to connect with me is over tea and a nice chat or walk in nature :) Quality time is my love language and I love learning about others stories as well as sharing my own. I often write about my experience in life on my website and in my newsletter which is another way to learn more about me: https://www.awakenwithkeegan.com

I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 12 years

Founder and owner of Balance Health Studio, boutique health, and fitness studio in the Panhandle of Florida. Her unique teaching style incorporates a playful flow that challenges her students to find both their physical and spiritual best. Drawing from her experience as an Olympic athlete (1996) and business owner she inspires her students to find more of life’s examples within their practice. In every class, you will be sure to find a blend of Bhakti and hands-on adjusting.

Kelli spends her days “working” at her love and passion-teaching yoga, spin, and fitness classes. She is also the lead instructor of Balance Health Studio’s Vinyasa Yoga teacher training program. (Ryt 200/500)

When she is not at the studio there is a good chance you will find her in the backyard with her three English bulldogs (Bob, Daryl, and George) as she nurtures her garden of Jade plants.

I am most experienced in:
Putting the “practice” to work. Helping my students and future instructors integrate the yoga philosophy into everyday life. My experience as a business owner and athlete has helped me provide my students and instructors with the tools, mindset, and inspiration to LIVE their yoga …on and off the mat.

Being an owner of an alternative health studio for the past twenty years has given me an in-depth knowledge of how to incorporate the practice of yoga into living a healthy lifestyle and getting healthy.
I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
In all areas, so I can become the best version of myself.

My mentoring style or approach is…
To get real, to get raw, and to help my students break through their limitations and achieve their highest potential.

Learn more about me on: Kelli James Precourt on Facebook/Instagram and www.balance30a.com

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Kelli Norgaard is a retired school leader who served Texas schools for nearly 3 decades. Beyond her pedagogical knowledge in the field of education, she has always believed that the answer to the trauma and struggles that our schools are facing today can be found along the yogic path. Her retirement from public education coincided with her opening The Bridge Yoga, an inclusive and accessible yoga studio in her community that is committed to being a space where all are welcomed and given the chance to learn about the “yoga beyond asana”.   She is a Janet Stone 300-hr graduate and is currently completing a Masters of Wisdom Mediation certification with Davidji.  She lives in College Station, Texas with her partner, John, and spends most of her time teaching yoga at her studio, working in her yard and garden, and spoiling her 2 grandchildren as much as she can.

You can reach me at thebridgeyogabcs.com AND thepathtosantosha.complus the Instagram for each.

I’ve been teaching/assisting for: more than 16 years

Kelly is a certified senior Janet Stone and senior Baptiste yoga teacher, 500 ERYT++, Shiva Rea certified pre and postnatal teacher, former studio owner and devoted mama.

Her more formal yoga training took a natural course. As a college athlete in Texas, she dabbled in yoga. Her early adult years took her to Colorado where she took the very first ever CorePower Yoga teacher training in 2002. From there, she spent a decade training, studying, assisting and teaching alongside Baron Baptiste. During this ten years, she also opened a successful yoga studio in Vail, CO and supplemented her training with a regular Anusara practice with Jamie Turner Allison, Shiva Rea’s prenatal training, AcroYoga training, Thai Massage training, and a variety of amazing teachers and disciplines including Dharma Mittra, John Friend, Douglas Brooks, Deepak Chopra, John Doulliard, Saul David Ray and Rusty Wells just to name a few that opened her aperture in many different ways.

Nothing changed her practice and teaching as much as becoming a mother more than 9 years ago, and then again four years later after her second baby boy. Her passion within the practice lies in continuing to bring our focus and remembrance back to what matters most through asana, pranayama, mantra, mudra, meditation and how these practices provide a window into ourselves that help us transform our life.

Over the last 16 years, she has nurtured her own deep, personal practice, which has become her life’s passion to offer back out. She aspires not to teach but to allow the practice to emanate from her, letting awareness blend with movement and breath. She is currently enrolled in Janet Stone’s 1008 training module, and also trains teachers, leads immersions, holds workshops and more. Kelly is a Drishti a manduka ambassador and a former lululemon ambassador and Yoga Journal Conference presenter.

I am most experienced in:
The Yamas and Niyamas
Prenatal Yoga
Postnatal Yoga and Mom and Baby Yoga
The 5 Great Elements (Maha Pancha Bhutas)
Energetic alignment through the 5 Great Vayus (Pancha Vayus)

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
The great path of devotion (Bhakti) and remembering, when I forget, my connection to my consciousness, my heart, and the Oneness that I am already.

My mentoring style or approach is…
Deep, straightforward, tender, truthful and supportive.

Learn more about me on: www.kellyheath.com

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I’ve been teaching/assisting for: JSY, Radiantly Alive Ubud, Desa Seni, Embodied Arts Bali

Through a 10-year career as a ballet/modern dancer and an endless love of yoga, Kevin has come to know intimately the enlivening force of embodiment. His passion for empowerment through the creative body is based on traditions ranging from Tantric Shaivism to Vinyasa, musical theater to classical Indian music, ballet to martial arts.

With luck and discipline, he has had the opportunity to study and work regularly in San Francisco, New York, Germany, France, India, and Bali. All of these cultures weave their own imprint on Kevin’s creations.

His practice weaves modern artistry with the timeless wisdom of yoga, music, and dance, which support his infinite curiosity about our connection inward to our core, outward to a full, filling life, and all the wonder in between.

He is currently based in Bali but continues to share his offerings internationally.

I am most experienced in:
– Energetic movement and alignment
– Bhakti

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
Shadow Yoga
Meditation

My mentoring style or approach is…
Diverse, efficient, disciplined.

Real progress comes from showing up and practicing, again and again. While it can seem monotonous, I know firsthand the rewards and joys of discipline. Using the right tools and timing to make it enjoyable leads to a process of growth that maximizes the fruits of practice for the labor put in.

I also celebrate that we all come from different backgrounds and places. This continual devotion to celebrating our uniqueness is essential to maximizing personal growth and also what leads us to a deeper understanding of what unifies.
Learn more about me on: www.kevinyeechan.com

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Hi I'm Kimberley !!

I have been teaching for:

Teaching and assisting for 6+ years

I am half Balinese half Australian and first fell in love with Yoga over 15 years ago. As a wife and mother of three beautiful boys yoga is my calm in a somewhat chaotic, busy, noisy world. I've been living in Bali for the past 12 years and it is here where I took my love of yoga into teaching yoga. I feel blessed to have taken Janet's Earth and Sky training as a student and later an assistant ... I love everything about it !!

I am most experienced in:

Asana. I LOVE to flow and to teach creative intuitive sequences that bring people into the present moment. I equally love sharing restorative practices that help support the nervous system, pranayama, meditation and restorative yoga. I take great care in space holding, showing up for both students and myself on teacher trainings, classes, privates and retreats. I love hands on assisting. Svadhyaya is something I embody and weave throughout my teachings.

I am committed to:

I am committed to study and deepen my practice more in meditation this feels like a life long journey for me. Bhakti Yoga, trauma informed yoga, philosophy, story telling and anything that brings me joy. I will forever be a student receptive and open to learn and unlearn.

I will show up and meet each person exactly where they are in the course, or training and in life. I will ask what intention has been set and how this can be lived in the most authentic way possible. I will guide and co-create offering support, suggestions and questions for your own reflections.

The best ways to reach me are:

email: www.kimberleyutamayoga instagram: @kimberleyutamayoga

I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 4 years asana, 6 years meditation

I flirted with yoga my entire life (starting at age 4) but I could never quite get myself to commit. After college, I dedicated myself to a daily practice purely as a way to workout. Despite my initial objective, subtle shifts began to take place as I continued to roll out my mat. I started to slow down, get out of my head and into my body. That’s when my perspective of yoga shifted from a mode of exercise to a healing art. Each practice offers me the opportunity to hold space and to show up for myself, exactly where I am.

When people first find out I’m a yoga teacher, the first thing they ask is “what style of yoga do you teach?” Well… Sometimes I teach a sweaty flow. Sometimes we lie on bolsters for a while. Sometimes we get upside down. Sometimes we’re sitting for 20 minutes.
So, what style of yoga do I teach? Yoga. I teach yoga.

I have been teaching meditation for 6 years and yoga asana for 4. Mostly in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a teacher, I aim to guide students toward cultivating an inner-awareness while building stability and ease in both the body and mind. I strive to include an alchemy of intention and to create space for everyone’s dynamic creativity.

I am most experienced in:

-The ability to read the room and teach from the heart, from my intuition vs a script. I have never planned a class. Weaving in an intention that allows for each student to experience something relevant, curated, and authentic.

-Creating a container. A safe space that meets all my students exactly where they are. Teaching the whole practice as a meditation and using the 8 limbs as an anchor for the practice.

-Blindfolded practice! I’ve been teaching blindfolded classes and workshops for 3 years. Deep reverence to the practice of Pratyahara and to earth/ground that supports us.

-I also love creating a musical experience to coincide with my teaching. The only thing I plan in my classes is the playlists and it takes TIME. I build stories through sounds so that my students can tell stories with their bodies and breath.

My classes are very much inspired by the earth element – the idea of nourishing our roots and foundation so that we can find our greatest expansion. Infusing my flows with restorative and yin, I take my students beyond the physical aspects of yoga, and bring them into their own sacred space beginning with the breath.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
ALL OF IT.

I am always learning, growing, evolving. Each time I practice. Each time I teach. I am fully committed to this practice.

In terms of deepening specifics in my practice… I would say in story telling. The stories of the heart. Of Bhakti. Of India. By chanting, harmonium, and mantra. I don’t currently infuse them as much into my current offerings and really would like to. The practice continues…

My mentoring style or approach is…
I see the mentoring program as more of a collaboration. A partnership. A joining of mindful forces to retain the integrity of the teachings. As yogis and teachers we must be always willing to evolve – not only on the mat. We are not perfect. I definitely am not. I simply wish to be a part of the conversation, the growth, and be a container for you to retain the essence of the practice. Dialogue and communication is everything for me. I will make myself available to you however resonates best for you. In person, online, weekly, monthly. I want this experience to embody both stability and ease for us both. Your questions, concerns, creativity and vulnerability are absolutely encouraged. Just show up in integrity and I’ll do the absolute same.

Learn more about me on: Instagram – @lihiyogini, Website – lihibenisty.com

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I came to yoga in 2005 the old-fashioned way: to make myself do some stretches, because I was getting old (I was 25).  I can still remember the end of that first class, lifting out of janu sirsasana in a dimly lit room at the YMCA, like lifting up from a trance -- what kind of magic was that?  But it still took until 2011, and a series of teachers of Yoga Tree, for yoga to become something more for me.  I have such gratitude for Les Leventhal, Kerri Kelly, Diego del Sol, Dina Amsterdam, and Pete Guinosso for shining a light on what this practice holds -- asana as a microcosm of my life, a place to literally practice, and to see more clearly.  I began practicing with Janet in 2014, fell hard for bhakti, and jumped into sangha and study in 2019.  My teachers today are Janet Stone and Jason Bowman.  I've worked in the corporate world for over 20 years, in venture capital for the past decade.  I find it nearly impossible to navigate modern capitalism with integrity without the steady fire of this practice and strong roots in its teachings.  Can spirit be present in business?  Can capital serve humanity, rather than the opposite?  Can we yoke power to service?  This is my practice off the mat.

Drop a note and say hi! (lizrockett.com is under construction, stay tuned there, and @liz.rockett on Instagram...where you will find my social media presence to be rather spotty)

I’ve been teaching for: 10 years

I've been practicing yoga for over half my life and yet embrace the beginners mind everyday. I lean into kindness and truth, ahimsa and satya, to light my path. I have taught many "levels" and in many environments - from kids to seniors in memory care facilities, from yin yoga to power vinyasa. I have studied meditation and mindfulness under Rolf Gates and the path of Bhakti with Janet, whom I consider my primary teacher. My husband and I now own a yoga studio, Love Bird Yoga, in a small town just north of Bend, Oregon. I practice the practice to remember who I am. I teach yoga to guide others home to their truest self, to show them their own light inside, and to open and heal our big collective heart.

I am most experienced in:
Slow mindful flow, the 8 limbs, mindfulness, and meditation

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
I am committed to living yoga through the 8 limbed path, to breath work as a means of healing oneself and connecting to the divine, and to sharing yoga with all bodies, all ages, and all abilities.

My mentoring style or approach is…
I'm here to answer questions, listen without judgement, share from experience, and connect.

Learn more about me at: @lizskarvelis (Insatgram), @lovebirdyoga (Instagram) and lovebirdyoga.com

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I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 10+ Years

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I first became introduced to yoga in 2005 during my first year of college. I was coming out of the world of competitive sports and needing something that didn't involve competing against another person. After that first class, I knew I had found the remedy for all that my body and mind had suffered in the years prior. From then on, I immersed myself in all that I could. Books, classes, workshops, dvds (yes, it was THAT long ago) and youtube videos. I became fascinated with the spiritual and philosophical aspect but during that time, I was mainly practicing intense and vigorous styles of asana. Eventually, the pull towards teaching became such that in 2011 I applied for teacher training in my hometown of St. Petersburg, FL. Shortly after graduating, I moved out west and have since taught yoga full time, integrated decades of movement practice and education, taught thousands of hours of classes and workshops to help build our local yoga community; all while staying committed to my own studentship. My style is a unique culmination of lifelong study, sustainable practice and sincere effort, further shaped and influenced by my own teachers; Janet Stone, Kathryn Budig, Carling Harps, Bernie Clark, Judith Lasater, Vie Binga and Harvey Deutch PT.

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I am most experienced in:
-Being authentic. Teaching from the heart, with presence and curiosity. Listening. Creating a space for students to show up in whatever form or however vulnerable
and feel connected to the parts of themselves that have been forgotten, hurt, disempowered or completely left behind. I love to incorporate storytelling, readings, poems that take students beyond the asana. My classes are deeply inspired by natural cycles, the elements, the moon and cosmos, and any type of musical vibration. Since 2020 I have learned to play the harmonium and started to incorporate more Bhakti into my offerings.

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-Clear and effective cuing to a wide range of students in flow and especially in transition. Creative and Intelligent sequencing. Anatomy and Physiology. Language of Yoga. Regardless of style, I tend to sequence classes in a way that gives the entire class a pulse. Like one, big steady heartbeat. Whether we are workshopping inversions or melting into a restorative shape, there is always purpose. I often integrate energetic and subtle body systems, principles of Ayurveda and TCM into my teachings and study.

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-Curating an experience. Non-verbal communication. Seeing bodies, beyond the surface. Building studentship and trust. Being able to meet students where they
are, physically, energetically and emotionally. I love to teach and discover fun new ways to incorporate props and modifications for accessibility and awareness. Breaking the ice or challenging moments with a corny joke (to strengthen the funny bone).

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I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…

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Showing up. Compassion. Discomfort. Trusting the process.

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My mind and rhythms are constantly adapting, shifting and transforming. I am drawn in and drawn out and my practice is to keep showing up and keep disrupting the story. So my practice and interests ebbs and flows in terms of what I am committed to. Overall I am committed to healing and growth. And self love. Acceptance and gratitude.

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I would like to incorporate more subtle body work, maybe the addition of sound healing or live music. Meditation and Pranayama for anxiety and stress management. Post-natal Yoga and Birth support is always something I’ve been drawn to but have yet to explore.

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My mentoring style or approach is…
Supportive and Nurturing. Reflective and encouraging. Like a big sister, I strive to meet the intentions and desires of those that I get to work with while guiding them towards their own inner wisdom and voice. My approach is one that looks to celebrate and highlight our individual differences and uniqueness. To help disrupt the story and build confidence. With open dialogue and clear, effective communication. I meet people where they are and help them to find what works for them and what doesn’t. I like to create lasting, meaningful relationships and a space for growth, vulnerability and inspiration.

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I have been practicing for:

I have been teaching since 2015 and assisting Janet since 2017

Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Mario took on yoga to help him heal his body and overcome injuries sustained from years playing soccer. In his practice he not only learned how to better take care and heal his body but discovered the resources that helped him overcome his long battle with depression. He became so passionate about yoga, he made it his mission to study and teach it.

I am committed to:

Understanding grieve and suffering coming from attachment or death of a loved one.

I am most experienced in:

Observing, the endless back and forward of my mind, and the struggle to stay present in these uncertain time. Knowing I am always one thought away of being present and finding peace. Listening to what my mind and body need in the moment to navigate each day with greater ease. Finding humor when I fail trying to apply these things everyday and starting all over again the next day.

My mentoring style:

I like to listen what my students fears about teaching yoga are, and also what motivates them and excites them. I always go first hoping someone will relate and get the conversation going.My mentoring style or approach is about connecting through sharing.

You can best reach me at:

IG: supermarioyoga / Web:https://www.mariospyoga.com/

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I’ve been teaching/assisting: since 2017

I grew up in Idaho, but have spent my adult life in California mostly. I had a long career in the corporate world managing creative teams; this has allowed me to pursue my interests in yoga, writing, art, and traveling.

I am most experienced in:
Equal parts: modern vinyasa asana, pranayama, meditation, philosophy. I very much believe in the eight-fold path of yoga.

I've studied yoga philosophy for many years and teach workshops in meditation and pranayama theory and practice. I love comparing and contrasting different translations of the Yoga Sutras and The Bhagavad Gita.

I'm also an experienced writer: poetry, fiction, playwriting, non-fiction. I like public speaking too.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
Yamas, niyamas, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana. . . and maybe someday touching and sustaining samadhi, and holding it for more than a few seconds.

I have a daily meditation and pranayama practice, and 3-5 times/week asana practice.

My mentoring style or approach is…
I have a threefold approach to mentoring, honed over many years of mentoring people in professional settings mostly.

First, I believe in discovering and leveraging strengths. There's no need to focus on deficiencies or shortcomings when we are all blessed with such strengths as to completely render any perceived weaknesses as completely insignificant, especially as we're trying to accomplish something meaningful.

Second and closely related: I believe in positive reinforcement. I'll never point out what you're doing wrong. I WILL hold up a mirror for you so you can see what you're doing right.

Third, I believe in baby steps, setting small goals. These add up, and we don't need to be afraid of goals, because there's always a goal that is small enough that it's easily accomplished. That accomplishment makes us hungry for another goal. Sometimes the goal can be "just show up."

I guess there's one more--I ask that mentees set the agenda. Every time we're in dialogue, it's for you. I'm here to serve.

Learn more about me on: markmccormickyoga.com. Instagram: markmccormickyoga.com

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I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 12 years

I have been practicing yoga since 2005 and completed my first 200-hour teacher training in 2008. I first studied with Janet in 2010 and have been a devoted student since that time. I received my 500-hour certification with Janet in 2017.

I am most experienced in:
Asana – Hatha Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Vinyasa. Yamas and Niyamas.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
the embodiment of the 8 Limbs of Yoga in my daily life. Also as a yoga teacher, deepening my knowledge and understanding of offering yoga to those with disease, illness, and physical limitations.

My mentoring style or approach is…
holding space and being present (physically or via email/phone etc) as necessary; accountability – having scheduled check-in dates – weekly, monthly as appropriate. Being approachable and open to offer guidance.

Learn more about me on: Facebook and more recently Instagram for a glimpse of everyday life.

I have been practicing and teaching:

3 years

More than two decades ago I began my practice and study of yoga. In 2006, I completed my first yoga teacher training high in the Rocky Mountains in a beautiful place where meditation, yogic philosophy, and temple experiences infused with music and mantra were emphasized equally, if not more, than asana. The alchemy of that precious, fertile foundation continues to be my soft and stable ground as I move through this life with the nectar-infused flame of yoga warming my heart - lighting my path of connection with the world around (and within) me. In 2009, I experienced my first of many joyful experiences with Janet in the Castro. Since then, I have spent countless hours immersed in the tender embrace of our sangha through retreats and trainings all over the world (zoom zoom room included). The practices of yoga have provided the experiences, tools/methods, structure, inspiration, and community to bolster the dive into my deepest self-inquiry.It has been a great privilege to receive the unending benefits of the practice and I aim to share my interpretation and integration with the intention of contributing to the joy and equanimity of all.

I am most experienced in:

facilitating grief work from a somatic/mindfulness-based yoga therapy perspective.

I am committed to:

Arriving.Remembering.Experiential knowledge, assimilation, and embodiment - the integration of yogic practices/studies and real-time somatic experiencing/nervous system response. I am committed to remembering the possibility of the energetic free-flow of both a top-down and bottom-up approach in this life we get to live.

My mentoring style is:

I am here to meet you exactly where you are. It is an honor to hold a brave space - to be a witness and to reflect, with an open mind and heart, as you continue to cultivate your own inner wisdom. Overall, my approach is kind, humble, casual - holla! I'd love to connect.

You can best reach me at:

IG: @monica.bruzza

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I currently reside in beautiful Tahoe. I love to teach outdoors, to share movement and intentionality. My favorite aspects of yoga are breath, meditation, mantra and movement. I strive to teach an intuitive heart-centered class. My yoga journey began when I moved to San Francisco in 2004 to start my undergraduate degree at the University of San Francisco, and my friend brought me along to the Yoga Tree Castro where we attended a Rusty Wells class. It was incredible and that became my true introduction to the yoga practice and gave me access to amazing teachers. I had the opportunity to meet Janet and I knew I wanted to continue learning from her. I attended yoga training in Bali and Big Sur in 2016, and completed my 200 hour certificate. I joined the Virtual Sangha in 2020 and completed my 300 hour certificate in May 2022. The friendships developed through JSY and how much I’ve learned from other teachers throughout these trainings is a gift. The self study, sangha and lots of time and space for integration really helped develop my passion and confidence to allow the teachings to come through me. My goal is to share breath and movement, to assist others and to be a positive force in my community.

I'm most experienced in teaching vinyasa flow and kiddo yoga. I truly believe yoga is for every body and I strive to make the practice approachable.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in everything. I am forever a student. I’ve loved learning about the storytelling aspects of yoga, guided meditation, mantra and movement. In class, I weave mindfulness, body awareness, quotes and nature into the practice.

My mentoring style or approach is best described as kind and compassionate. Wherever you are on your journey, it is perfect. I will encourage and support you. You are exactly where you are meant to be.

The best way to learn more about me is through Instagram @morashaseraphina

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San Francisco based yoga teacher, world music recording artist and devoted student of yoga, Nat Kendall shares his wisdom of the teachings in a heartfelt and grounded way that will easily awaken beginners and re-inspire long time practitioners. Instantly accessible and relevant to our modern times, the grace of Nat’s teachings pour through in tangible practices, tools, techniques and insights that are sure to enlighten your spiritual path and yogic journey.

I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 10 years, practicing for 22

Nicole’s long yoga journey began in 1996 at age 18, when she was part of the first holistic learning program at NYU, and reached consistent and devoted study at 23, first with yin, hatha, and zen practice (Dina Amsterdam and the Green Gulch/ SF Zen Center circuit), then at CIIS in their pilot yoga philosophy program. In 2007, she came to class with Janet and found home. She has travelled extensively with Janet, earning both her 200 and 500 hour certificates with her. As an artist and practitioner whose projects, business practices and life are rooted in these beautiful and generous teachings, she has had the great privilege to work within this sangha to create artwork that has mutually informed her own art practice as well as visual designs for JSY. In 2013, she began working with the AcroYogis and has found tremendous connectivity through that practice, as well, primarily in the therapeutic practices. She is always grateful to offer healing through the simplicity of flipping a perspective, giving and receiving flight.

She believes that the life practice of yoga is not only just that, but also an applied life science that can connect us to ourselves, our community and the land. She is always delighted and amazed that the sangha born in the Castro studio has become a global community with tremendous integrity and closeness. This is a family, for sure.

I am most experienced in:
Taking the practice into relationship, with oneself and with others, and finding all the ways we can slip a flower into the trunk of our minds to keep ourselves upright. I enjoy stretching the parameters of the self through the daily practice, finding places in need of support, and dropping the sweet soul rasa of practice to strengthen our relationship to ourselves and our community.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
Meditation, daily practice, and social justice. The connection between these teachings and making art is also a main focus of mine, as it informs much of my studio work in art, design, and collaborations.

My mentoring style or approach is…
I have mentored trainees in this program in the past, and have space to do it again. I’m thrilled to be able to offer that up. Let’s meet online once every 4-6 weeks with some tea and talk all about it. If we live close to each other, let’s hike it out. My goal is to create a supportive framework for your engagement with your studies, with enough space to crawl down some rabbit holes and see what we find. I am here to support the stewardship of your path of discipline and discernment, without judgment. We are all moving together on our own journey. My call here is to support yours.

Learn more about me on: nicolemarkoff.com, nicacelly.com, @nicacelly

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I have been practicing for:

6 years.

Nikita Mehta is a writer, researcher, yoga teacher, educator and grey area drinking coach. She is a 3rd generation yogi from The Yoga School in Mumbai, India and spent her childhood living between the US and India. Her graduate research studied the interaction between the parasympathetic activations of yoga and meditation and their effects on the secondary manifestations of stuttering. The IRB approved study has deeper implications in today’s pandemic fatigued world and has influenced all of the practices that Nikita teaches today. Nikita is a grey area drinking coach, championing equal representation of Asian women in sobriety spaces. She also teaches corporate wellness and guest lectures for yoga teacher trainings.

I am most experienced in:

teaching and assisting in spiritually based vinyasa classes which speak to the Yamas and Niyamas. My practice and teaching always comes back to the 8 Limbs and the Bhagavad Gita. In addition, my specialization is in trauma based and addiction based practices and how we interweave movement and breath work into moving ourselves out of these hard spaces. Yoga for recovery does not only include those who are touching on addiction issues though, we are all recovering from something.

I am committed to:

all of the areas of this practice. My love for Sanskrit and the Gita will always be an area of study that I will dive into. This year I would really like to study and memorize portions of the sutras.

My mentoring style is:

Full transparency, one-on-one interactions, a back and forth learning style, where I am learning and growing from my students as much as they are absorbing from me.

@NikitaKMehta

Read more about her work at NikitaKMehta.com

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I’m originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico and spent the last 20+ years traveling the globe as an officer in the United States Air Force. I recently retired and settled down in Colorado to start a new adventure in nursing.

I have been teaching of assisting for

I have been teaching for 5 years.

I am most experienced in...

All of my teaching experience to date has been in asana and guided meditation. While on my last duty station in Okinawa, Japan, I had the privilege of incorporating both asana and guided meditation to fellow service members dealing with substance abuse. That experience not only sparked my interest in mental health and nursing, but a longing to delve deeper into understanding my own ‘addictions’ and ultimately, my own true nature.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in ...

…all aspects of my life. Whether it’s asana, meditating, chanting, or just doing the mundane things of daily living, all of them are potential opportunities for rediscovering and reminding ourselves of the joy of being alive.

My mentoring style or approach is...

I approach each and every encounter as an opportunity to not only share my own perspective and experiences, but to be equally receptive in listening to and receiving what others have to offer because after all..."we're all just walking each other home."-Ram Dass

The best way to learn more about me is through...

Instagram: pete_air; Facebook: Pedro Ovalle

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Peter leads powerful, fun vinyasa classes that build strength, create flexibility and inspire a joyous, grateful perspective. His playful yet caring approach to teaching makes yoga approachable and relatable for all levels of practitioner. His classes will move any willing student beyond pose aesthetic and shape to an experience that is deeply devotional, heart opening and an opportunity to ‘begin again.’

Practicing with Peter will allow you to explore how the physical practice influence your body, breath, mind and heart. Peter’s teaching will help you become more present in all aspects of your life and ultimately help you take the yoga practice off the mat and into the world. In his workshops and classes you can expect to chant mantra, twist, churn, invert, balance and flow through poses in a dance-like sequence that often inspires spontaneous smiles, tears and sometimes both.

Although based in San Francisco, Peter loves traveling the world leading public classes, workshops and retreats. Peter has studied extensively and is always drawing inspiration from his dear teachers Rusty Welles, Janet Stone and others. When he’s not teaching, Peter loves traveling, motorcycling windy roads, crossing oceans on traditional sailing ships and, as we all do, eating ice cream and snuggling with really cute puppies.

I am most experienced in:
Teaching vinyasa yoga, hands on assisting, bhakti/chanting and generally how to practice presence and authenticity as you teach and share the practice. How to put our stuff to the side as we show up for the beings that we are blessed to serve.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
Meditation, bhakti/mantra study, and also some asana. Really everything. I am committed to continuously studying yoga in all of its dimensions. It will evolve and shift and my interests will also shift over time. So, simply, Yoga.

My mentoring style or approach is…
Colloquial, dialogue. Student should come with questions, and I’ll respond with more questions 🙂

Also to remind the teacher that they are a student of yoga first– and how to maintain that seat over the years.

Learn more about me on: www.peteryoga.com // @peterwaltersyoga

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Born and raised in the magical land of Istria. A wandering soul, Half Croatian half Italian.  Nowadays I live in the flow of the Adriatic sea, skipper by vocation and Yoga practitioner for more than a decade. My immersion in the vast ocean of "yoga" begins in 2010, and year after year it leads me to a gradual and profound personal transformation. With yoga I began a journey of inner exploration, discovering that the world INSIDE is bigger than the one outside!  Over the years I have practiced with teachers of the Satyananda and Krishnamacharya lineage, but along the path I discovered my true passion: Vinyasa flow, and it is here that I deepened my studies. I first enrolled in the 200hrs YTT in 2020 and continued my education to 300hrs.  Meeting Janet stone yoga has been a big event in my life, a real change in my own practice and sadhana.  I practice vinyasa flow as a dance, a moving prayer. It allows me to express myself freely and unite with my deepest self, stepping out from a momentary drama.  With the study of the "8 limbs of Patanjali" I learned that the asanas are only a very small part of the yoga world, and that the real basis lies first of all in the behavior we must have towards ourselves and then express it in the world around us.  My classes are very much inspired by the 5 elements, as every element has its own dance and energy, and takes us to the place where we can feel nourished and connected to the nature outside and within us.  I also love to create musical experience that matches the intention and the flow, wether it is slow or vigorous.  In my classes I use pranayama not only as a separate practice but rather waving it into the movements, where our own breath shows up as a guru, as a teacher, teaching us the impermanence of every thing.

I'm most experienced in developing a deep relationship with my practice, and from here offer this support to others. 
Creating easy and intuitive movements, slow and vigorous flow. For more than 2 years,  pranayama/breath work has been my healing practice.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in all ways, everything related to Yoga, I truly believe that my growth is based on being an ongoing student. I am dedicated to lifetime of listening, learning and self-study.

My mentoring style or approach is best described as welcoming, supportive and engaged. I will show up and meet each person exactly where they are in the course, or training and in life. I always say to my student to not look at me as a teacher, but rather a student, exactly as they are. What I’m doing is just sharing what I have learned through the course and my experiences; practices that brought benefit to me and I hope will bring benefit to them. When i act as a student even my expectations changes, my fear of judgement dissolves, and the class become a playground.

The best way to reach me is via Instagram @romina_budicin but also through my business website www.sailingpulpa.com

I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 20 years

I fell in love with yoga in 1992 and have been leading classes and workshops and retreats for over 19 years.  Yoga helps me to fulfill my life’s mission which is to empower those around me to become physically strong through all stages of their lives; to lead them to connect to their minds; strengthen their spirit, and bring about a world where they have the courage to show up as their best self.

I am most experienced in:
– Vinyasa
– Teaching the 8 Fold path. Including philosophy in every class
– Teaching with modifications at all levels
– Teacher Training
– Meditation

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
I remain a constant student of yoga. I have taken most of Janet’s courses and do local continuing education with local teachers.

I have done over 1000 hours of conscious leadership
Training work and I am a certified life coach with Grace Clayton.

My mentoring style or approach is…
I take a coaching approach where I meet my mentee where they are and work with them to assist them in their path.
I see my mentees as powerful and capable and begin from there.

Learn more about me on: www.romyoga.com

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Sara Davis is an artist and educator whose work is inspired by the principles and teachings of yoga. She has a BA in Studio Art and a certification in Photography. Her 20+ year creative career journey has taken her from fashion photography and design to ceramics and mindful art. 

Sara is the president and co-founder of The Culture Farm, a pioneering non-profit dedicated to merging the arts, education, and sustainable agriculture. This initiative aims to harness the transformative power of these elements to stimulate community engagement, promote environmental stewardship, and enhance overall well-being.

Scientific research suggests that art is a beautiful and unexpected facilitator of wonder. Curiosity is a building block for flourishing and art is a vehicle for that curiosity. Art taps into our need to understand, be moved, and embrace ambiguity.  Like yoga, art expands empathy, strengthens relationships, and increases attention. 

Sara aims to blend art and yoga to spark joy while holding space for healing. With a fiery spirit, a love of nature, travel, and all things adventure, Sara calls on her courage ofter and hopes to inspire others to do the same.

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I’ve been teaching/assisting for: 4 years

Tanya lives in British Columbia and has been a student of yoga for 15 years. She has been offering yoga as a teacher for 8 years and is a former studio owner.

Tanya has been practicing with Janet for about 5 years. Tanya believes that the practice of yoga is a way of living with ourselves, as well as the world around us and not just a physical practice. She has a deep love for the practices of Bhakti yoga. Tanya enjoys inviting students into a felt experience in their own bodies, stepping out of the mind space.

Tanya teaches public classes, workshops, and retreats.

Tanya loves spending time in nature with her baby boy, husband and dog, hiking, skiing, biking and just breathing the fresh air.

I am most experienced in:
Yamas, Niyamas, Mantra and Asana

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in…
Life

My mentoring style or approach is…
Asking and listening

Learn more about me at: https://www.tanyaskokhobbs.com or on instagram @tanyaskokhobbs

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Yoga entered my life as I was searching to recover from a back injury and numerous sports surgeries. And my practice quickly shifted from healing my sports injuries to healing my heart. Yoga continues to be a place where I learn to let go of the past and embrace the present moment. The personal practice I share centers on awareness, acceptance and mobility.   I’m a former All-American athlete and have experience coaching basketball at different levels. My current teachings integrate yoga concepts to build sustainable athleticism.   When I’m not on the mat or the basketball court—I’m working as a program manager in wearable health technology.

My mentoring and teaching approach is centered around grounded awareness. I provide space for students to explore their connection with yoga from a steady and grounded perspective. Offering guidance and feedback based on every student’s unique circumstance and from my personal experiences.

My experienced lies in integrating yogic principles into daily life, the development of a sustainable practice and, integrating asana, pranayama and meditation into sports settings.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in pranayama, meditation and exploring the effects of yoga for holistic health.

The best way to reach me is through my instagram, @tawnyagray

I'm currently a student in Janet Stone’s 1008-hour teacher training. Deeply inspired by Zach Bush M.D., my area of focus is regeneration as it relates to soil health and human health, but also as a way of living in deep alignment with our Mother Earth. I see my purpose as a yoga teacher to raise our collective consciousness so we can thrive within - and not separate from - nature.

My 200h RYT is with YogaWorks in Los Angeles (Vinyasa Flow based on Ashtanga & Iyengar), and my 300h RYT is with Janet Stone Yoga (I'm a registered 500RYT). I'm also initiated as a Usui Reiki practitioner (Level 1 & 2). Music and mantra is a joyful part of my practice.

I'm based in both California (Los Angeles) and Sweden, where I own a yoga studio in a small coastal town. At my studio - which was featured as the “Prettiest Yoga Studio in the World” by Domino magazine - I teach mainly Vinyasa Flow, as well as a variety of workshops, sound baths, guided meditations, mantra singing, and yoga retreats.

I'm deeply devoted to life on the eight-limbed path and holistically living in alignment with our Mother Earth. I'm a mom of three kids ages 9, 11, and 14.

I have been teaching of assisting for...

I've been teaching yoga at my own studio for 5 years and practicing yoga (Ashtanga & Vinyasa Flow) since 1998 in LA.

I am most experienced in...

• As a yoga teacher running my own studio (employing other teachers as well), I'm rooted in asana, alignment, and many other very practical aspects of teaching yoga classes.

• I'm devoted to living the Eight Limbs of Yoga, so I'll be happy to help with that. I also do shadow work, mantra singing, yoga as food, yoga as it relates to parenting, and yoga as relationships (the relationship we have with ourselves, other humans, other living beings, and nature).

• I've taken most of Janet's online courses, so if you have questions during your online courses with Janet I'll be happy to help you with those and clear up any concepts you might be confused about (to the best of my ability!).

• If you're curious about soil health, growing your own food, living in alignment with nature, gut health, and how our connection to the Earth is intrinsically tied to our own health and survival, I'm happy to delve into that as well. I myself eat only organic, plant-based whole foods, but my interest lies in how we live in harmony with nature. I.e. my approach to regeneration means that I believe that sparingly eating animals that have lived life as an integral part of a thriving ecosystem at a biodynamic, organic farm is more in line with ahimsa than consuming GMO-soy-based "vegan food" that has been grown in former rainforests and sprayed with glyphosate and other harmful substances. As within, so without. My Mother is my Earth.

I am committed to studying and deepening my practice in ...

My work is to continue to awaken my own true nature of unconditional love and universal connection. I'm currently deeply committed to my own shadow work. To me, that means the courage to embody my own sovereignty by looking at my own shadows and question everything I've been conditioned to believe. To find my own deepest truth, instead of listening to outside sources. As I walk my path, I can guide others to do the same. Together we can feel safe and grounded within, bring more light into the world, and break the illusion of separation.

My deepest desire is to live in peace with others and with our Mother Earth, in a world where hugs, connection, love, and personal sovereignty are the norm we all strive for. I aim for a wider horizon than the one we can see with our own eyes. And I long for a life lived on a higher plane, where love and compassion and true community are the forces that fuel our soul and connect us all.

My mentoring style or approach is...

I'm so happy to meet you! I believe you and I are here on this Earth at this specific time for a reason. If you have found me, and you are here with an open heart, I bet we were meant to find each other. There are magical things happening right now, as we awaken as a collective. This is not an easy time to navigate, but it's an extraordinary time to be alive.

This time that we are experiencing right now, is an invitation for a deep dive into your own soul. This is yoga. So the fact that you're here, in Janet Stone's teacher training, is an extraordinary gift you've given yourself. It's a gift that changed my own life, so I know how big it is.

This is your time to use your discernment as a sword seeped in pure love. To finally awaken to who you are. To come home, to yourself.

As your mentor - if you choose me - this is why I'm here. I'm here to lovingly guide you through this journey, as someone who has walked the path and is still walking.

As for the practical, you can email me, we can do quick WhatsApp conversations or voice messages if you have thoughts or questions, you can shoot me questions via Instagram, and if you'd like to set up a monthly zoom call to go over things more in detail we can do so. I'm very open to being available if you need me, and I'd be honored to work with you as your mentor. Check out my personal Instagram account and see if you feel we'd be a good fit.

The best way to learn more about me is through...

You can find me on Instagram @ulricaforrestyoga.

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