Meet All Teachers

Began yoga practice in 1968 in the Sivananda style taking workshops with swami Vishudevananda. Spent 71-77 at Shasta Abbey Zen Monastery, where I practiced from Light on Yoga. 1988 began study of Iyengar yoga with Lisa Schwartz a long-time student of Iyengar. Travelled to India in 1992 to study with Iyengar at Puna. Completed three-year teacher training with Lisa Schwartz in 1993. 

I've continued to explore many other teachings including Ana Forrest(2003), Ashtanga Yoga with Richard Freeman, and Anusara Yoga workshops with John Friend (2008), ... Read More

Alex Iglecia, MA guides is a teacher, trainer, mover and shaker (and lifelong student) of practical mindbody practices that generate insight, change and connection. He encourages an integral embodiment of body, mind and spirit so that you get what you ask for and much more.

Alex's passion is the transformative and healing benefits of movement and his background includes research during an MA in Conscious Evolution and advanced studies in Yoga, Yoga Tune Up®, UZAZU Energy Dynamics, Freediving, Personal Training, MAT, Clubbells, Kettlebells, Self Defense & Martial Arts. Alex is also ... Read More

It was love at first Sun Salutation for Amanda Tripp ...who was introduced to yoga as a teen when her mom brought home a video. Eventually, she sought out living, breathing teachers to help direct and deepen her practice. Her teachers have been inspirational; her yoga practice: transformational. Amanda felt the call to share the healing benefits of practice with others and completed a 250-hour teacher training program at the Yoga Centre of Burlington.  Continuing studies led her to the work of Jill Miller and certification as a Yoga Tune Up® teacher.  Amanda's classes speak to the body, breath, mind and heart as she guides students toward greater ease of ... Read More

Amy Loftus has been doing yoga most of her life. After completing a teacher training in 2003, she tripled the class attendance of her very first assignment within a month. She has been teaching private and group classes ever since. Amy is the primary instructor for the One on One yoga program she developed for Equinox Fitness in Century City. Amy is also a published songwriter (Appletree) with four albums available on I-Tunes. She is known for lending a lighthearted, humorous spirit to her teaching practice, and ends all of her classes by playing guitar and singing while her students ... Read More

Andrea Penagos is a bilingual, certified 200-hr Hatha Yoga, Yoga Tune Up® and Khalsa Way® prenatal yoga instructor dedicated to making the practice accessible and inclusive for the entire community. By integrating elements of Iyengar and Vinyasa styles into her classes, she holds space for students to safely and playfully explore their physical and energetic bodies. When she’s not teaching, Andrea studies acupuncture and Chinese medicine, tends to her garden and takes walks with her dog Monita.

A former nerd, I used to think that the body exists as an encasement for the brain, until the body got hurt, and hurt some more.  Through my own journey, I've learned that the key is to face unconscious patterns not only in movements and the body, but also in the mind and emotions.  Everything is inter-related.  I teach from this perspective as I co-create experiences for students to gain deeper insights into themselves.

Tia Ukpe has been a devoted student of yoga since 2001 where she was inspired to give it a try while in college. She has found the yogic journey very eye-opening and tries to instill the lessons she has learned on the mat as well as through encounters and challenges in her life. Tia has focused on practicing and teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa, a style of yoga which she finds to continually challenge and humble her. Her distinguished teachers include David Williams, Tim Miller, David Swenson, Saul David Raye, Jill Miller Judith Hanson Lasater and Alice Joanou. She received her 200 ... Read More

Annette started practicing yoga 7 years ago. Few years later, she felt the urge to start teaching it to others. So, as a fitness evangelist and instructor, Annette has been teaching a variety of fitness as well as mind/body classes. She is certified in Yoga and Pilates, and has studied with Jim Gallas, Jillian Glikbarg, Julz Arney, and Lawrence Biscontini.

Her curiosity about the therapeutic aspects of Yoga led her to Jill Miller’s Yoga Tune Up® teacher training, and in September 2009 she successfully passed her Yoga Tune Up® Level 1 teacher training.Independently, she learned Shiatsu and relaxation massage techniques.

Her group Yoga ... Read More

Ariel Kiley is an avid yoga practitioner and marathon runner living in Los Angeles. She completed her 200-hour teacher training through YogaWorks. She is also a certified Yoga for Runners specialist with Toronto Yoga for Runners master Christine Feldstead. She has recently (and joyously!) delved deeper into the study and practice of yoga therapy by becoming a licensed Yoga Tune Up® teacher.  Ariel’s classes emphasize precise physical alignment, an openhearted attitude and absolute self-acceptance.  Her primary intention as an instructor is to help each student merge with the truest teacher possible – the unfailing guide within.

After almost a decade of climbing the corporate ladder, and six years of casually exploring my yoga practice, I realized that the only time I was truly at peace was on my mat. I finally surrendered to the fact that my life was not working for me, and decided to take a leap of faith, leave my career, and start on a journey toward becoming my best self. One of the most important steps on that journey was taken at a studio near my home in Massachusetts called Open Doors, where I continued to practice, and enrolled ... Read More

Bonnie joyfully shares the work of Yoga Tune Up®! She also holds her 200 hour RYT certification from Tias LIttles’ Prajna Yoga where she also achieved her specialized “Yoga for Pregnancy” training. She has completed Relax and Renew® training with Judith Lasater and Roger Cole. Her 30 years of teaching adults is infused with her  love of lifelong learning, and she will always be a student of yoga, meditation, and life.  She is constantly inspired by her Tucson teacher Chris Coniaris, and other wonderful  teachers in her Yoga journey including Natasha and of course Jill Miller. She’s a wife, a ... Read More

Bridget has a life time experience in various forms of dance and moving arts including the disciplines of ballet, modern, pilates and earning her B.F.A. in dance from Cal State Long Beach. She has done her yoga teacher training with Karrin O'Bannon in Iyengar Hatha Yoga, Saul David Raye in Holistic Yoga and recently became a certified Yoga Tune Up® teacher with Jill Miller. She has also studied with Gary Kraftsow’s American Viniyoga, Shiva Rea's teachers practicum, and Zhandor Remte’s Shadow Yoga. 

Her yoga background began 15 years ago with an interest in the ... Read More

Brigitta has always combined many modalities to help her students experience better health. Certified with Polestar Pilates, she is also a certified Spinning, and Yoga Tune Up® instructor. Holding a degree from the Royal Conservatory of Music for classical piano, Brigitta's teaching career began on the keys.  Teaching piano for eight years allowed her to meet many people - young and old - and to see first hand how music can be such a healing practice for us all.  This is her passion - helping others feel their best.

Learning the fundamentals makes for a great Pilates student as well ... Read More

 I’m proud to be the only Los Angeles fitness professional bringing expert Kettlebell training with the healing techniques of Yoga Tune Up® straight to your door!

I offer private and group training in the comfort of your home, backyard, apartment gym or favorite park!

BALANCE IS THE KEY:

My Kettlebell routines destroy fat and maximize strength while Yoga Tune Up® heals and enlivens your body to continue maximal fitness for a lifetime. Yoga Tune Up® tunes the body not just for yoga but to create a balanced, pain free and energy filled life for anyone and ... Read More

A native of France, Céline has been living in New York City since 2000.  Passionate about traveling and learning about new cultures, she first discovered yoga during one of her journeys to India. She instantly fell in love with the philosophy of yoga, embracing both its spiritual and physical aspects.  She has been a dedicated yoga practitioner ever since and has committed herself to a conscious exploration of Yoga.  After several trainings in Rishikesh, India with Karin O'Bannon, an Intermediate Senior Level III Iyengar yoga instructor, Céline went on to obtain her 500-hour Yoga Alliance registered certification in New York.  A ... Read More

My name is Chris Miyachi and I've been doing all kinds of yoga for thirty years. In the summer of 2006 I completed a 500 hour Forrest Teacher Training Foundation course and in  2007 I completed the Forrest Yoga Advanced Teacher Training (75 hours).  I've assisted Ana Forrest at a  weekend workshops, teacher training intensives and the Yoga Journal Conference in Boston since 2007.  I've also completed an apprenticeship at Back Bay Yoga in Boston with Lynne Begier where I have taught, and I continue to practice and assist.    I've always had a strong interest in Iyengar Yoga ... Read More

Christine found Yoga as the next logical evolution to a life time love of dance and movement. Realizing the universal benefits to the ancient practice she opened a studio in Glendale, "Blink to Light" to share the wonder with the world. Certified in Yoga Tune Up®, an engaging & fun approach to health and wellness, she leads her classes with patience and grace, wanting every student to discover their own potential. She leads her classes with an emphasis on spiritual ascendance and physical and mental healing in order to promote the greatest health. The added skill of a Reiki Massage, ... Read More

I believe most people who end up in the fitness profession are trying to heal themselves. Fifteen years ago I sought out SPIN to rehabilitate a full knee reconstruction. Ten years ago I started Pilates to help me recover from a horseback riding accident. More recently, as still-young age and old injuries caught up with me, I began a restorative and Kripalu yoga practice. In every instance, with every discipline, I've experienced a moment of “ahhh....I want to make everyone feel this good.” And so began my path toward fitness studio ownership where I could keep my classes small ... Read More

Before he was a yoga practitioner, Claiborne was a tennis player who was developing strength imbalances.  “Racquet sports tend to overdevelop muscles on one side of the body, so I realized it was important not to neglect my left half!”  A friend convinced him to attend his first yoga class.  “After that one session, I was hooked.  I had the idea that yoga was passive, but soon realized it’s actually an active and precise way of tuning the body, both physically and mentally.  It’s done wonders for my tennis game and for my life in ... Read More

Dagmar Khan started to explore Yoga in her early twenties as a way to utilize her highest potential.She specializes on working with injuries,such as back pain,shoulder injuries,arthritis and fybromyalgia.With humor and compassion,Dagmar applies ancient Yogic principles to individual needs and modern lifestyle.She brings her love and enthusiasm for Yoga Tune Up to her teaching,leaving her students feeling glowing with a new sense of connection to their own bodies. Her steady pace of classes combined with creative sequencing helps students to create profound changes within their bodies and mind and support them on ... Read More

Dawn is a structural and alignment based yoga teacher interested in helping people explore their body while cultivating and awareness of how their muscles and joints are functioning on and off the yoga mat - which are being overused that require release and stretching, underused that need to be engaged and strengthened or misused that are at risk of injury . This awareness coupled with conscious movement and breath creates a practice that can be physically challenging yet safe, relaxing and fun. While Dawn has completed Ashtanga, Kundalini, Restorative and Yoga Tune Up® Teacher trainings, she has also studied Yin and ... Read More

Dawn has been practicing yoga since the mid-1990s. She took her first class at the Alameda Yoga Station in 1996 and has since studied under experienced teachers such as Sandy Blaine, JoAnn Lyons, and Donald Moyer. Dawn graduated from the Advanced Studies Program at the Yoga Room in Berkeley in 2009 and she continues to deepen her personal practice. Yoga has become an integral part of her life, especially because of its nurturing and centering aspects. Through practicing yoga, she has found that undoing is just as important as doing. In her teaching, she hopes to instill a sense of ... Read More

I am a YTU Level 1 certified teacher. I'm a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher in NYC via Be Yoga/Yoga Works since 2001.  I am also a Holistic Health Coach, studying Nutrition and Holistic Medicine.

Drew is a licensed massage therapist and myofascial bodyworker with a passion for anatomy and kinesiology. He came to yoga in 2004 realizing it would be the ideal complement to bodywork in assisting his clients to heal and maintain freedom and balance in their bodies. A Yoga Tune Up® Level 1 Teacher also certified in Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga™, Drew draws primarily from these styles in his public and private classes. He is a dual citizen of America and Australia, being born in Santa Monica, raised in Australia, now currently living in Kansas City, MO.

I’m a lifelong athlete and healthy lifestyle enthusiast.  A registered nurse by background, my yoga practice began 16 years ago and I received instructor certification and registered with yoga alliance in 2002. Since then I have been teaching various styles including Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, and Yoga Tune Up.  My other endeavors include Qigong (ongoing teacher training), Taiji, Krav maga, and underwater photography

Yoga found me while I was going through great deal of difficulties in my personal life. I have experienced the benefits of my practice physically, mentally and emotionally. Since then I’ve completed the 200 hours teacher training program, and the 70 hours Yoga Tune Up teacher training program. Currently I’m involved in a Meditation Facilitation Teacher Training program, and the Yoga Tune Up Therapy Ball Instructor program. I am registered with the Yoga Alliance and certified by Yoga Tune Up.

Freddie is a 500-hour E-RYT and has been teaching yoga in the New York City  area since 2001. He received his initial 200-hour and subsequent 500-hour teacher training and certification in ISHTA Yoga at Yoga Works. Freddie is also a certified Yoga Tune-Up teacher and is a graduate of the Anatomy Studies For Yoga Teachers course at Zenyasa Yoga with Jason Brown. He is currently a senior teacher at Yoga Works and teaches classes throughout lower Westchester County New York. Freddie is a Bhakti Yogi whose creative, challenging and flowing classes include a wonderful blend of imaginative sequencing and a ... Read More

Heidi is a 200 hour YA-RYT and Level 1 Yoga Tune Up® teacher.  She earned a degree in Communication Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.  After living and working in NYC for many years as a graphic designer, she moved to Nyack, NY with her husband and then 10-month old son.  In 1998, she discovered Yoga in an attempt not to lose her “new mommy” mind and was totally hooked.  Heidi’s yoga exploration has included Kundalini, Iyengar-inspired yoga, Vinyasa and Hatha yoga.  She was drawn to both the physical aspects of asana and ... Read More

"Holli delivers instruction blending breath inspired movement with precise alignment to open channels of energy, release tension and introduce you to your "new normal." 

Utilizing the techniques of Yoga Tune Up, we will educate your muscles and connective tissues, strengthen your body in support of excellent posture and mobility within the context of your own intentions for a deeply personalized experience. Creative and specific instruction signature Holli's classes with a vibe that settles and engages the mind, inspires, juices and stimulates. In community, we practice together in support of revealing what is already there inside of you, waiting for you ... Read More

Jason is a certified personal trainer and Black Belt Nia Teacher. He teaches daily stretching classes, self healing movement classes called Nia Five Stages, private yoga and Yoga Tune Up classes, and occasionally offers group Yoga Tune Up® classes in a series of eight.  His passion for creating a perfectly balanced and proportionate body is reflected in his work. Jason has the ability to infuse precise attention to detail with playfulness. The result is a fun intensity that leaves you glowing with a new connection to your body and a sense of feeling muscles you didn't even know you had.

Completing Jill Miller's Yoga Tune Up® Level I & II teacher trainings have given Jeff the necessary knowledge for transforming the body in a systematic, accessible, and safe way.  Jeff is on the leading edge in helping to develop and spread Jill's methods.  Jeff's articles and blogs can be foundon the News & Community page of the Yoga Tune Up® website.

Having grown up playing hockey, baseball, and strength training the physical aspects of yoga drew Jeff into the practice.  However, after 7 years of yoga, Jeff still came to study with Jill supporting many injuries and imbalances.  Since beginning his ... Read More

Jennifer Cook is a Yoga Tune Up®  teacher in the New Haven area, as well as a Massage Therapist . She found yoga about 13 years ago and was hooked. Never before had she flet such a connection to her body. Jennifer received her 200 RYT from YOGAspirit® in 2005 but didn't stop there. Although not teaching full time, she continued to learn and grow. Jennifer quickly realized that she needed to disect every pose, every muscle action to understand what was happening when instructing given to students to turn the right foot in and the left foot out. She became an "anatomy junky." She found Yoga Tune ... Read More

Jessica Lesley is a certified 200-hourYoga and Yoga Tune Up ® Instructor.  Yoga Tune Up® combines Yoga, Calisthenics, Corrective Exercise and Body Therapy. Jessica uses her expertise to put together a fun yet challenging class.  Her intimate knowledge of both anatomy and asana allows her to meet her students wherever they are in their practice. Her specialty is in helping people push beyond the mind’s limitations so they may enjoy new stronger, lighter, leaner experience in their own bodies.

 Jessica is also a Group Fitness Instructor specializing in TRX® Suspension Training and Strength Training.

Jillian was drawn to yoga at the age of 16 to help her rehabilitate a neck injury.  She not only found physical healing in yoga, but also emotional and mental healing as well. She practiced yoga throughout her college years and graduate school as a way to calm her overactive mind. After graduating with a Master’s degree in Psychology, Jillian completed her first training in Vinyasa Yoga. It was then that she decided to share her love for yoga to others through teaching. She completed her second 200hr training in Forrest yoga with Ana Forrest in 2008.  After teaching for ... Read More

As an ethnobotany graduate student, I began to explore yoga as a form of exercise. I had no idea that I was dipping my toe into a river that would sweep me away on a current of thousands of years of tradition and wisdom about the human condition. Since then I’ve had the good fortune to practice with incredibly gifted and patient teachers. Their brilliance and my willingness to sink in and learn to articulate and identify with my anatomy (the gateway to the ethereal!) have been powerful guides on my yoga journey. 

I am committed that ... Read More

Jochen comes to Yoga with a background in gymnastics, dance and tai chi. In all his endeavours he combines flow and strength. Jochen teaches classes ranging from Yoga TuneUp to traditional Vinyasa flow, focusing on developing a playful asana practice, graceful transitions and strong alignment.  He encourages laughter and emotional honesty in class. Jochen is certified in Vinyasa Flow, Power Yoga and Yoga TuneUp.  His own practice continues to grow through daily practice and study with teachers such as Shastri, Dharma Mittra, Rusty Wells and Jill Miller.

Kate Duyn Cariati started practicing yoga without formally realizing it at a very young age.  She began dancing at the age of nine and continued her study of dance and film with a BA at Mills College.  In 2000 she traveled the world, then settled down in New York to perform with various modern dance companies and choreographers.  While in NYC she completed her instructor certification with Laughing Lotus Yoga Center.  For the next five years Kate taught in Manhattan, Brooklyn, sometimes Central Park, and the Bahamas.  In the fall of 2007 Kate assisted in opening the Laughing Lotus ... Read More

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Kristen Lowell is thrilled to be a part of Yoga Tune Up®.  Kristen began practicing yoga in 1997 after trying a class she had never heard of before called power yoga.  This class led to an interest in dynamic, powerful styles of yoga which reminded Kristen of the aerobics and fitness classes she taught.  After practicing many years of vinyasa and power classes, injury required Kristen to seek out other ways to practice yoga.  Kristen is grateful to have found Yoga Tune Up® which is both dynamic and therapeutic.  Kristen looks forward to sharing her ... Read More

Kyoko Jasper (ERYT-500) was born and raised in Japan. In 1985, she moved to NYC to become an actress and for over two decades, she has been performing in Musical Theatre, TV and Film.  After the devastating day of 9-11-2001, led by an undeniable calling in her heart, Kyoko went through a dramatic shift which led her passion to a Yogic way of life. Now she is dedicating herself to spread peace and healing all over the world through Yoga and other healing methods. Kyoko travels to Japan and other parts of the world regularly to teach at conferences ... Read More

Larry Watanabe is a professor of physical education and head wrestling coach at Mt. San Antonio College.  He is coordinator of the martial arts and yoga programs at the school.  Larry has certifications in Yoga Tune Up and Prime of Life Yoga.

Lashaun Dale began teaching fitness classes as a teenager  in Whitefish, Montana and now offers workshops, seminars and master-classes nationally and abroad. Lashaun holds degrees in International Relations, Philosophy and Applied Anthropology, and an MPH from the School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York. She also teaches group and private classes and is Creative Manager of Group Fitness at Equinox Fitness Clubs. Lashaun is certified and by NSCA, IYCA Yoga-Tune Up and CHEK specializing in yoga, core strength, flexibility training and youth fitness. She represents Team Body Bar and is featured in the Master Your Body videos: ... Read More

Lillee Chandra’s approach to yoga and movement is founded upon her incredible fascination with understanding anatomy and using that information to feel and then heal the body intuitively.  Each class weaves self-massage techniques and corrective exercises together in order to rehabilitate tight, tired, damaged, or forgotten tissues. With a light-hearted touch, Lillee encourages students to practice looking inward, to listen to themselves, and to respond authentically to whatever they find.  As a result, her classes are therapeutic, imaginative, and unpredictable. 

Lillee is a former competitive gymnast, dancer, and acrobat.  She is a licensed massage therapist, a certified yoga instructor and ... Read More

Liz came to Hatha Yoga—by way of her meditation cushion.

When her Zen center offered yoga classes, she fell in love with the twisty, sweaty Hatha sequence created by Shri Swami Bua, disciple of Sivananda of Rishikesh.

Liz took her first Jivamukti Yoga class six years later—and found in it the perfect marriage of rigorous Hatha ... Read More

Louis's  love of yoga emerged  in the 1990s after receiving a copy of B.K.S. Iyengar’s Light on Yoga.  After pledging to learn all 202 poses by himself, he injured his back and sought tutelage at Julie Lawrence’s Iyengar Studio in Portland, Oregon, where he learned to cool his fire and practice with impeccable alignment.  In the Bay Area, he began studying with Master Iyengar Instructor Ben Thomas, who mentored him during his teacher training at Avalon Art and Yoga and taught him how to breathe.  Under the guidance of both Jill Miller’s Yoga Tune Up and Master Teacher and Sanskrit ... Read More

Forever learning, and sharing...

By age 10, I was a two-time junior Olympian in gymnastics. Fast forward to the University of Colorado at Boulder where I won my first of two natural body-building titles. I also began personal training as a way to make money while earning my B.S. After graduating, I became a professional fire fighter. 

Having enjoyed a successful career in the fire service, I relocated to Southern California and started practicing Hatha Yoga, while training in Mixed Martial Arts and a new Zen art called Budokon.  I soon earned the rank of Sensei, Blue Belt and went on to become Director ... Read More

Melanie Sloane is a Yoga  Alliance registered Yoga Teacher, a NYS licensed Massage Therapist and a retired NYC Special Education teacher.

Melanie has always been fascinated by the workings of the human body. While teaching in NYC she practiced Yoga and studied Massage Therapy at the Wholistic Health Center in Manhasset. In 1985 she received her NY State Massage Therapy License.

In June 2002 Melanie studied with Alan Finger and completed the Be Yoga 200 hour ISHTA ... Read More

Nina’s focus is the use of physical movement to access and relieve points of tension, evening out the breath to provide strength and balance.

Her passion for movement has taken her through many styles of yoga and other physical disciplines. A practitioner of Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow and Shadow Yoga, Nina has studied with many inspiring teachers including Jill Miller. She received her 500 hour teacher training under the guidance of Matt Huish Yoga. She is a certified Yoga Tune® Up teacher and also certified with the Yoga Alliance.

Nina believes ... Read More

Orlando been teaching Yoga for around 4 years after retiring from a successful online marketing business. He has a love for many styles of Yoga Asana. Most recently YogaTuneUp has become his favorite. For someone like Orlando that has been a Vinyasa head for many years to say that YogaTuneUp is the greatest house on the block is a big thing. Although there are several official  YTU classes on his schedule, his new found love for YogaTuneUp and its stress on alignment is interwoven into the fabric of all of Vinyasa classes and Ashtanga classes as well. You can find ... Read More

Owen has been passionate about moving his body through space and time his whole life and began his movement career as a National-level competitive cyclist and Nordic skier.  His interest in Yoga began 15 years ago with the study of Iyengar Yoga at Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland and has led him to a full-time career as a Pilates and Yoga instructor in the Bay Area since 2002.

Once he discovered yoga, Owen realized the benefit of balancing his yoga practice with his passion for cycling, nordic skiing and other outdoor pursuits.   In 2002, Owen added Pilates to his movement ... Read More

Patty Wortham believes working out and creating strength in the body should be a joyful experience. In both group classes and private Yoga Tune Up sessions, Patty keeps the tone light while working the body hard. With a background in dance and movement, Patty is a firm believer in using music to enhance the experience and sharing knowledge to deepen the client's understanding of how the body works. Join her for an experience that will lighten your load - body AND mind!

Petula is a certified teacher in vinyasa yoga, Yoga Tune Up®, and the art of Budokon®. Since embarking on her yoga journey a decade ago, she has been blessed with the opportunity to study with a number of loving and inspiring teachers throughout California, most notably Ganga White and Tracey Rich, Cameron Shayne, Saul David Raye, Shiva Rea, and Jill Miller. She has received over 500 hours of professional training in the arts of yoga, meditation, Budokon®, Yoga Tune Up®, and Thai Yoga Massage Therapy, and has assisted both Budokon® creator Cameron Shayne and Yoga Tune Up® creator Jill Miller ... Read More

I believe in working smarter, not harder.  The tools of Yoga Tune Up empower me as a teacher to give pointed instruction to my students that help to clarify and remedy the issues that ail them.    I’ve been teaching yoga since 2003, having studied with Jill Miller, Sarah Powers, Tias Little, and Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.  My style of teaching is informed by years of experience as well as my massage practice, which helps me understand the anatomical underpinnings of pain and restrictions in the body.   My graduate studies in Somatic psychology allow me to guide the yoga sessions with ... Read More

Regina Santos is a Certified Yoga Tune Up Practitioner and Pilates Instructor who leads students in fitness by focusing on proper postural & joint alignment and core conditioning.  She has made a name for herself as an attentive and creative teacher who leads lessons that emphasize mind-body control in the strengthening, rehabilitation and mobility of well-being and physical form. In addition to her private teaching practice, Regina is a Senior Pilates and Group Fitness Instructor at the elite Equinox Fitness Clubs. Regina values life-long learning and is passionate about sharing her ever-expanding knowledge in body work with her students.

After 20+ years of gymnastics coaching, yoga has become a welcome shift into a loving and nonjudgemental view of myself and my body.  I love teaching yoga; it has allowed me to open up to a greater potential than I thought possible while sharing a journey of awareness and self-discovery.  I hope to share this journey with those curious and willing to open their minds and bodies to the essence of themselves.  Sandy is also a licensed Massage Therapist.   

In her yoga classes, Sara combines classical asana and vinyasa wth innovative Yoga Tune Up® exercises to increase awareness, restore physical imbalances and improve mental clarity.  In one-to-one sessions, Sara creates a personalized program of yoga, massage and other bodywork as a means to repair damaged tissue, enhance flexibility and build strength.  Her intention is to deepen students' connection to mind, body and breath and enhance overall wellbeing and ease in daily life.

Sara has been practicing yoga for 17 years. At Yale University she studied yoga as a complement to acting, exploring asana to increase the versatility of the body ... Read More

Sarah Court is an Integrated Yoga Tune Up® Teacher and IAYT Yoga Therapist, also trained in Anusara and Jivamukti Yoga, who draws from all of these styles in her teaching. She teaches weekly Yoga Tune Up® and Vinyasa classes at various locations in Los Angeles, and trains yoga teachers in anatomy and in Yoga Tune Up® across the country. Sarah is a regular columnist at exercise.com, and both writes for and edits the Yoga Tune Up® blog. She has been featured in the New York Times and is one of nursingschool.net's 100 Incredible Yoga Teachers Who ... Read More

Shelley Piser has been teaching yoga since 1972. Her teaching and studies have taken her to Australia, Europe, and India. Living, studying and teaching at a Zen Buddhist monastery for a year in Upstate New York, she practiced intensive meditation while teaching yoga to visitors and students.  She has completed 3 teacher's courses, and holds advanced certificates from The Ohashi School of Shiatsu and Jin Shin Jyutsu acupressure. Shelley's teaching style is inspired by 30 years of extensive study of Hatha yoga in the Iyengar tradition, Zen Buddhism and meditation as well as her deep understanding in the art of ... Read More

One of Sherri's earliest memories includes taking her first after-school tumbling class at the JCC in Chicago, Illinois.  While bouncing across the mat to Captain and Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together," that inner child's awareness of the body and fascination with body movement inspired a lifetime of enthusiastic athletic endeavors, including participation in biking, dance, kickboxing, and competitive gymnastics and volleyball.  Although she never followed in her ballerina mother's footsteps "sur les pointes," Sherri found herself drawn to the softer, supportive expression of yoga in search of relaxation and momentary escape from the high tech world.  Her exploration of ... Read More

Sherry Smyth-Matwe, has been practising yoga for 9 years and has been a 'gym rat' for many more. The last few years Sherry has been practising at www.bodyinmindyogastudio.ca in Moose Jaw SK, where a variety of classes are held with wise instructors that continue to learn and be inspired by Anatomy.  This community we are building in our small Friendly City is meant to benefit our Family and Friends. We embrase all safe, fun, forms of movement and cross train Yoga Tune Up to make sure our Community is safe, healthy, educated, and happy.  Sherry is Certified in Level ... Read More

Fitness professional for over 20 years.  ACE certified in group fitness and personal training. Managed and supervised the group fitness department in 20 locations for Bally Total Fitness.

Maintained and taught a Bally Group Fitness Instructor Training program in the New York Region for 15 years

 Trained in over 20 formats.  Currently teaching YTU, Cardio Kickboxing, Pilates and Cycling.

Primary focus as co-owner of a new studio: Body in Balance Yoga - Pilates is to bring all aspects of YTU to our new students.  All but few Yoga classes will be a YTU variety of flow, ball, and YTU classes offered on the schedule.

Suzy Nece is the owner of Yoga Loft Manhattan Beach where she offers weekly Yoga Tune Up class(yogaloftmb.com).  Suzy brings playful humor to her athletic yoga classes, which challenge your body, open your mind, and uplift your spirit. Suzy is one of the original Yoga Loft teachers and has been teaching yoga in the South Bay for nearly a decade. Recently, she was the Group Fitness Manager of Equinox Fitness Club in Palos Verdes, where she had the privilege of teaching all levels & styles of yoga, mentoring a staff of over 30 talented teachers and creating signature programming. Influenced ... Read More

Movement training and development includes prior work in classical ballet and cross country track.  Influenced by Ana Forrest's vision on healing the spirit through core awareness and strength, Theresa completed the Forrest Yoga Foundation Teacher Training in 2004.  She currently continues to teach Beginner through All Levels Forrest Yoga.

An interest in pain relief, healing physical injuries through joint rehabilitation movement and stabilization inspired the completion of Jill Miller's Core Integration Teacher Training in 2007 and Yoga Tune Up® Level 1 Teacher Training in 2008.  Theresa is  K-8 YOGA Ed. certified.

Studying Taoist Yoga with Paulie Zink, her prior yoga instructor experience also ... Read More

Tiffany brings 20 years of experience in various yoga practices. As a teacher, she is influenced by anatomy, dance, movement, psychology, aeriel arts, meditation, hands-on energetic healing and gymnastics. Tiffany brings a caring presence to the classroom, which provides for a supportive and safe environment allowing space for the individual's healing process. Among others, she has studied with Jill Miller, Bryan Kest, Ira Rosen, Heather Tiddens and Ana Forrest with whom she completed her teacher training at The Forrest Yoga Circle. Tiffany's classes are dynamic, challenging, and connect her students to their inner wisdom and ability to heal one's self. ... Read More

I love physical fitness, whether it's running, hiking, kayaking, waterskiing, whatever - preferably outdoors. Most mornings I see the sun rise while running on a trail somewhere.

Several years ago a physical therapist I was seeing for a minor repetitive stress injury suggested I start practicing yoga. Although I was a bit intimidated at first (I'm not what you would call flexible), I learned to love it.

A favorite teacher asked me to take over a class for her, one thing lead to another and I began teaching. Another favorite teacher told me "you've got to meet Jill Miller" - ... Read More

tracy crooksabout me ... well I own a beautiful yoga studio in the downtown core of my hometown. I am fortunate to know the most wonderful and uniquely interesting women and gifted yoga teachers.  Our team of creative and talented women are a blessing to this yoga community. I am a yoga teacher, wife, mother and a interestingly creative individual :) Tracy began a career in fitness 20 years ago as a certified fitness instructor and personal trainer. Her yoga journey began in 1999 as a means to heal injuries and find balance in a very busy life. Tracy is a Certified Yoga Teacher ... Read More

Trina Altman, E-RYT, is a STOTT PILATES® certified instructor, Integrated Yoga Tune Up® teacher, and a graduate of YOGAspirit Studio's 500-Hour Yoga Therapy Program. She is on the faculty of Kripalu, one of the nation's premiere yoga institutions and is a presenter at yoga conferences.

Her teaching fosters ... Read More

Via Page, RYT 500, is double-certified by Yoga Alliance to teach both Hatha and Gentle Hatha Yoga. She trained with Lanita Varshell at A Gentle Way Yoga and Joyful Movement Center in La Mesa, CA and completed her 500 RYT certification with Erika Faith Hattingh of Cloud Nine Yoga, Huntington Beach, CA. Via has also trained with Sarah Powers, Rod Stryker, Judith Lasater, Paul Grilley, Paulie Zink, and Jill Miller (Yoga Tune Up®). Her speciality yoga certifications include Yin Yoga, Yoga Tune Up®, and Yoga in Chairs for MS. Via is also a Certified Pilates Instructor (CPI), trained and certified ... Read More

YuMee is a former securities lawyer who left behind a busy practice to engage more deeply with life. Since taking her leap of faith, she opened and operated a yoga studio, toured internationally, and launched the Passport to Prana, a multi-studio yoga pass that operates in more than 20 North American cities. Today, she is a yoga teacher, entrepreneur, writer and spiritual seeker. Her work and teaching take her around the globe, but she is happiest at home on the shores of Lake Simcoe with her musician husband. YuMee teaches heartful, flowing classes infused with a generous dose of yoga ... Read More