It was the gift of chronic back and neck pain that brought Alison to her yoga practice 14 years ago. After the first class she knew she had found a powerful tool to return her body to its natural state of health. As her practice unfolded, she also found that her body would provide a roadmap to emotional, energetic, and spiritual healing as well.

Inspired to share yoga with others and a desire to go deeper in her own practice, Alison completed her 200hr certification in 2006 at the acclaimed White Lotus Foundation with Ganga White and Tracey Rich. Following her passion to share the healing qualities of yoga with others, Alison has gone on to pursue her Professional Yoga Therapy certificate from Integrative Yoga Therapy with Joseph & Lillian Le Page and received her 500hr certificate in April of 2009.

Over the past six years, Alison has seen the world as she has taught internationally as a professional swing dance instructor. In need of a more rooted lifestyle, she is excited to shift her focus toward offering dynamic yoga classes and working with individuals in a therapeutic capacity. Her perspective on yoga as a holistic experience inspires her to teach awareness of the physical, energetic, emotional and spiritual elements in her classes. She views yoga as a way of life that connects us with our innate inner wisdom and endless capacity for compassion and self-love.

* Formerly Alison Plys

Simone’s passion for yoga began in 2003, dabbling in different styles of Hatha, Bikram, Inyengar, Kundalini, and Acroyoga until she fell in love with Vinyasa’s flow technique of dancing with your breath. Like so many others, she turned to yoga at first for the physical benefits when she incurred low back injury. Over time, her appreciation for yoga grew deeper into a philosophy that applies to every aspect of her life. She is grateful for all the wonderful influence that was channeled through teachers, friends, and family. And following that gratitude and thirst to know more, she expanded her practice to teaching privately to help those with physical therapy needs and to guiding expecting mothers. In 2007, her trip to India deepened her respect for and practice of the ancient art of yoga.

Simone’s classes offer a non-competitive and nourishing environment for students to explore their breath work, flexibility, and strength. She believes not only that yoga is healing for the body, but that yoga opens doors to lessons about acceptance and gratitude which allow you to experience the joy of life through being present. Yoga is so much more than poses - it's about breathing through moments, on the mat or off it and then thanking yourself for showing up.

Simone is currently studying traditional Chinese Medicine with aims to further channel the ability to help and heal.

Marguerite has been traveling the yoga path as a teacher and student for the past 35 years. She has found that yoga serves as her base for physical fitness, mental and emotional stability, and spiritual connection. Her teaching approach favors the Iyengar style in the use of props and attention to alignment and detail. She also emphasizes the conscious use of breath to facilitate the natural opening of the body.

In addition to teaching yoga, she is a registered dietician, passionately exploring what's new on the nutrition scene, and offering classes and personal consultations in nutrition and weight management.

Marguerite's yoga classes draw from decades of training across many styles of yoga. So her classes provide extensive variety and ample opportunity to draw from her depth of wisdom and experience.

One of my greatest joys is bringing the gifts of yoga to my students and watching them delve deeper into themselves to create their own physical, mental and spiritual healing and well-being. I strive to make my classes a balance of challenging strength building, graceful fluid movement, deep stretching and calming meditation. I emphasize the importance of staying focused on the relationship between the breath and body and maintaining a compassionate, loving attitude towards one's self.

I ventured onto the yoga path in 1999 and haven't looked back since. I am constantly fascinated by the discoveries I make as I continue to explore and grow as both a student and teacher. Yoga has brought wondrous healing to my body, mind and spirit and I am thrilled to be able to share what I have learned.

From a very early age my life has been driven by music and movement. I spent most of my childhood in ballet classes and performing on stage. In 1988 I moved from San Diego to New York City to pursue my dream of turning my passion for dance into a career. I had the good fortune of studying at the Joffrey Ballet School as well as performing as an apprentice to the Joffrey Ballet company. My career path led to many opportunities to work with various freelance choreographers and then to Ballet Hispanico of New York, a troupe fusing elements of modern and Latin dance.

After retiring from my dance career I wanted to stay active and healthy so I decided to give yoga a try since it was becoming increasingly popular. From my very first sun salutations, I was hooked! I loved the rhythmic flow of Vinyasa Yoga and the emphasis on synchronizing movement to the breath. I floated out of class feeling calm, blissful, aware and alive. As I continued to practice I began noticing not only the physical changes of healing years of overuse from my dance training, but subtle mental and emotional shifts as well. Shifts that brought me closer to the truth of who I really am, the truth of my spirit. I enrolled in an 8-month long teacher training course, studying all aspects of yoga with a variety of gifted mentors and began teaching in 2002. I attend numerous workshops and trainings with my Guru, Shiva Rea, to continuously expand my knowledge and skill as an instructor.

Amber has been practicing yoga for 10 years. Born and raised in Colorado, first came to yoga when she was 19 years old inspired by the need to move her body. For many years prior, she would often meditate and lie in savasana as an effective way to unwind and relax naturally preparing her for what would be a life changing class at a Bikram studio in San Diego California. This class gave her so much of what she hungered for in life that she instantly became a daily practitioner. Practicing yoga fostered a deeper connection to the core of her being giving her the sense of coming "home".

The workshops, trainings and classes of amazing instructors such as Richard Freeman, Ana Forest, Shiva Rea, Amy Ippoliti, Rodney Yee and many others have influenced Amber's heart and teachings over the years. Amber has completed both Hot Yoga Certification in 2004 and Power Yoga Certification in 2005 with CorePower Yoga. Amber illuminates her love for deep connection to one's self and one's truth through her precise alignment cues and balanced sequencing. Amber enjoys coloring outside the lines creating a unique playful yoga experience leaving the body with a new understanding of itself.

"When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure." ~ Peter Marshall