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.

Marisa is passionate about teaching yoga and helping people practice yoga in a way that is appropriate for them.  She has been studying yoga over the past fifteen years.  She learned traditional hatha yoga, the teachings of Krishnamacharya, from Mark Whitwell, and she completed the Moksha Yoga Teacher Training in Canada with Ted Grand, Jessica Robertson, Frank Jude Boccio, Dr. Laurier-Pierre Desjardins, and Michael Stone.  Marisa is also a student of Ana Forrest, and has completed the Forrest Yoga Teacher Training.

She was born and raised in Victoria, in Beautiful British Columbia, where her mother first introduced her to yoga as a young child.  At age three she began a study of classical ballet, and later various other forms of dance.  She was reintroduced to the practice of yoga as a young adult during her performing arts years as a professional actress, and it has remained a big part of her life ever since.  With the death of her dear father, Marisa found clarity and courage to fully pursue a path of service in holistic health.

Marisa understands that through asana practice, by remaining connected to breath and the flow of her thoughts, she is relaxed and at peace, she can better accept life’s challenges as they arise, and best of all, enjoy the beauty and wonder of life.

Marisa is deeply grateful for life, for her loved ones, and for all her teachers. Visit Maris'a website at www.marisazink.com.

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.

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.

Christopher’s formal Vipassana meditation training began with Noah Levine, Buddhist teacher, author and founder of Dharma Punx, after close to a decade of independent study and practice. Originally having come to meditation by readings of traditional as well as modern Zen and Ch’an teachers, Vipassana, or Insight mediation, was the first time that Christopher came upon a system of meditation that explained clearly and intellectually the philosophies and technical dynamics of cultivating a practice. In addition to studying directly with Noah for two years, Christopher has sat with teachers such as, Thannissaro Bhikku, Sharon Salzburg, Robert A. Johnson and Thich Nhat Hanh.

Christopher is also a Yogasana instructor having trained under the tutelage of Jolie Cash and Anne Nowell.

Christopher defines himself as a father, loves to climb and surf, eats seaweed ricecakes and genuinely believes in the transformative abilities of a yogasana and meditation practice.

After seeing subtle transformations through her own practice, Amy Jo began studying the philosophy and benefits of yoga. She teaches a Vinyasa Flow Yoga class which focuses on healing the body and nurturing the spirit through breath, mindfulness and unconditonal love for self. Yoga allows us to open our hearts and minds, tear down the walls we continually build, recognize our personal truth and free ourselves from fear and destructive behavioral patterns while creating strength and grace on and off the mat.

She has studied with various teachers including Ganga White and Tracey Rich at White Lotus Foundation, Ana Forrest, Jonathan Bowra, Paul Dallahgan, Seane Corn and Vinnie Marino.  Visit Amy Jo's website at www.followyourownway.com

Leora is a Certified Nia Black Belt who brings passion and precision and inspires playfulness, grounding, and athleticism. Leora has been teaching the Nia Technique since 2003, and teaches a classic seven-cycle class in a way accessible to newcomers and experienced movers alike. Nia ignited Leora's dancer who had gravitated toward 1980's aerobics, running, weight training and who had even completed a marathon and triathlon. Leora has over 20 years of dance training, and performance. Leora noticed her Nia practice spilled outside of the studio preparing her for life, not performance, an experience she describes as being a "warrior dancer" where dance and athleticism coincide.

In 1996, Leora initiated her personal Yoga practice at the L.A. Center of Yoga, and in 1999, she began her Pilates path at Long Beach Dance Conditioning. She began teaching with Pilates in 2001, and her first Nia class was 2002. In 2003, Leora obtained her White Belt from trainer, Holly Curtis. She received advanced Nia Belts from Nia co-founders Debbie Rosas and Carlos Rosas.She supports her Nia practice with Yoga, swimming, hiking, and Tai Ji, as well as continuing education workshops led by master instructors. Leora brings what she has learned about her body and offers these tools to her students. A Los Angeles native, Leora lives in San Diego, California and is webmaster of www.NiaGirl.com, connecting to Nia dancers in San Diego and beyond.