Jennifer Leigh Aschoff

Jennifer Leigh Aschoff is a student and teacher of Anusara Yoga and Rajanaka Yoga. She will complete her teacher training with Sianna Sherman in September 2011 and is currently working towards her Anusara Inspired teaching status. For her, the exquisite alignment principles of Anusara Yoga woven together with the philosophy of Shakta Tantrism offer an endless expansion of self discovery, challenge, growth, affirmation, fun and creativity. She believes in living authentically from the inside out and offers the teachings with a soft heart and an astute awareness of biomechanics. Jennifer loves mountains. She also loves self empowerment through biological and philosophical self-awareness. She offers deep gratitude and respect to all her teachers and compeers. omayari.org [photo]

Tina Chappel

Tina Chappel has been studying yoga and meditation for more than 25 years. Her own practice incorporates several different styles, including Ashtanga, Iyengar, and flow. Certified as a yoga instructor by eminent yogi Ana Forrest of the Forrest Yoga Circle, she is Yoga Jones’s owner/director. Her classes emphasize realization of yoga’s potential for unlocking each student’s physical, mental, and spiritual capacities. [photo]

Daniel Chin

Daniel Yoshimi "Chin" is a capoeirista, capoeira instructor, musician and a co-founder of Ginga. A native of Brazil, he began his training there under the direction of Prof. Eros. He began teaching in 1995. After moving to the United States, Chin opened a Santa Barbara school and has continued teaching capoeira to children and adults for the last five years. In 2004, he started teaching in Ventura at Yoga Jones. He has dedicated part of his time to teaching low income children since 2002. In January 2005, in partnership with Vanessa Isaac and Jessica Elledge, he opened Ginga Multicultural Arts Center in Santa Barbara which now serves as the official Capoeira Sul da Bahia home. [photo]

Nicole De Leon

Laughter, play and compassion are what Nicole De Leon tries to infuse into her energetic yoga classes. This Ventura native and surfer of 17 years received her 200 hour Hatha Yoga RYT with Yoga Alliance from Maribeth Hammond at the Yoga Channel. She has traveled throughout the world on surf adventures and has recently found herself back to her hometown roots. In February 2011 Nicole had the honor of teaching surfing and yoga at the Suave Dulce Surf and Yoga Retreat in Nicaragua. Having graduated from UCSB with a Masters in Education, Nicole now teaches art part-time to local high-school students while maintaining a regular yoga practice and yoga teaching schedule. She feels that yoga fills the cracks that emerge inside of us, and re-strengthens the foundation of our mental and physical lives. [photo]

Charley DeLisle

Charley DeLisle has been a member of Mahakankala Buddhist Center (MBC) in Santa Barbara for 15 years (meditationinsantabarbara.org). MBC is one of over a 1200 centers worldwide that form the New Kadampa Tradition, an international association of Mahayana Buddhist study and meditation centers that follow the Kadampa Buddhist tradition founded by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. Born in Tibet, Geshe Kelsang is a fully accomplished meditation master and internationally renowned teacher of Buddhism. He is the author of 21 highly acclaimed books that transmit perfectly the ancient wisdom of Buddhism to our modern world. Since first meeting Geshe Kelsang in 1995, Charley has received numerous blessing empowerments from him and performed many meditation retreats, including a 3 month silent retreat at Tharpaland International Retreat Center in Scotland. He has taught meditation classes since 2001.

Tricia Durni

Tricia Durni began working with children nearly 20 years ago. She is a Practitioner in Jikiden Reiki and Koryo Hand Therapy, has a Bachelor's in Health Science and has studied herbal medicine, homeopathy, chinese medicine and other natural healing alternatives. Tricia began practicing yoga in 2010 and immediately saw the benefits in her life ~ mind, body and spirit. It was then that Tricia decided to pursue teacher trainings in Kids Yoga. She has certification with Zenergy Yoga Therapy for Kids developed by Loraine Rushton and will complete certification with MiniYogis developed by Shana Meyerson in Jan 2012. Tricia is passionate about making a difference in the lives of the children she meets. [photo]

Katrina Durocher

Katrina Durocher is a 500 hour registered Yoga Therapist. She works with people of all ages. Her intention is to hold sacred space for each individual to experience the art of meditation in motion. Her group classes cultivate your inner resource, personal intention, body awareness, and connecting moments of mindfulness. www.katrinadurocher.com [photo]

Craig Holloway

Craig Holloway, a former ultramarathon runner now finds his endurance on the yoga mat. He is a graduate of Lulu Bandha’s Yoga School and also a 200-hour registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. He teaches with gentle kindness and supports personal growth. Craig continues to practice and study yoga, the internal arts and Traditional Chinese Medicine with his teachers. [photo]

Pixie Kastrup

During the last 11 years, Pixie has made studying yoga not only her profession, but her life. She was drawn to yoga due to the balance it provides of internal quiet and external strength. Just as practicing yoga is an important part of Pixie’s routine, teaching it to others comes naturally.

Pixie holds a degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in exercise science focusing on health and wellness. During the course of Pixie’s college career, she began to study yoga. She is very comfortable with the anatomy of the body and loves to learn about the body’s moving patterns.

Pixie currently studies yoga with Shiva Rea and is working to achieve her 500 hour certificate. Pixie also serves as a private wellness coach, where she can tailor programs to meet clients’ nutritional and fitness goals. She previously lived and studied in India, where she received a yoga therapy certificate. She also worked as a private wellness coach at Green Mountain at Fox Run in Vermont. [photo]

Tori Lund

Tori was first introduced to yoga at the age of 12 after being diagnosed with scoliosis. After experiencing a dramatic improvement in her condition, she continued to practice for the health benefits as well as the sense of confidence and empowerment it instilled. Years later her passion for music led her to pursue a graduate degree in vocal performance at San Diego State University where she studied opera and classical voice. During this time her practice deepened and after graduation she traveled to India where she studied at the Himalaya Yoga Valley Center and received her teacher certification. Tori enjoys practicing different styles of yoga but she primarily teaches traditional Ashtanga and Vinyasa classes, integrating sound, music and the spiritual and philosophical teachings. She is committed to a safe, creative practice that illuminates our individual potential and beauty. Before moving to Ventura, Tori also taught workshops for performers at San Diego State University and the University of San Diego. She also teaches kids yoga as well as voice and piano. [photo]

Sat Nishan Kaur

Sat Nishan Kaur first fell in love with Kundalini Yoga because of the Heart Opening mantra based music. She soon discovered that in a short amount of time of practicing Kundalini Yoga she could reach states of presence and awareness that she had never experienced. On a journey of self-discovery she enrolled in Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training at Golden Bridge Yoga with Gurmukh, Tej, Gurushabad, and Harijiwan. Since completing the training in 2008, she has been guiding people to higher levels of awareness and consciousness through this powerful technology. Also a Spiritual Songstress, Sat Nishan released her album, “Surrender” produced by Thomas Barquee (producer of Snatam Kaur) in 2011. For more info: www.satnishankaur.com Sat Nishan is also a mom and Reiki Master. [photo]

Sopurkh Kaur

Sopurkh Kaur has been practicing and studying Kundalini Yoga and meditation since 1990 with beloved teachers, Guru Singh and Yogi Bhajan. She is certified by the International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association (IKYTA) and the Kundalini Research Institute (KRI). She completed her teacher training at Yoga West in Los Angeles and has received intensive cross instruction from many of Yogi Bhagan’s senior instructors. In addition to teaching yoga, Sopurkh is a musician, artist and mother. [photo]

Anyez Klevecz

Anyez Klevecz is a certified yoga instructor through Yoga Alliance. She has also been trained by Robin Gruver, a renowned prenatal yoga teacher and childbirth educator in this area. Anyez has deepened her studies through her own practice and her two pregnancies. Yoga is a quiet place to connect with your baby and pregnant body. A yoga and meditation practice strengthens the physical, emotional and spiritual acceptance of pregnancy. Anyez's regular yoga practice has helped her experience the strength, flexibility, and focus of breath work, as well as the ability to flow with labor. [photo]

Maxwell Miller

Maxwell Miller did his yoga teacher training at Yogi Hari Ashram in Miramar Florida. He was initiated as Yogi Hari's disciple at the end of his stay at the ashram, and received the title Yoga Acharya (Professor of Yoga). His classes emphasize flowing with the breath from pose to pose. [photo]

Valerie Pike

Valerie Pike has practiced and studied yoga since 1999. She has received certification as a “yoga for kids” teacher through the Mini Yogis program developed by Shana Meyerson. [photo]

Shanti Rae

Shanti is the student and protege of world renowned Grand Master Paulie Zink. Professionally trained as a contortionist and dancer, Shanti accepted Taoist Yoga as a holistic path to retain superior flexibility, strength and vitality. Having studied exclusivley with Master Paulie Zink, Shanti teaches the pure art of Taoist yoga. This unadulterated style is the "flow" yoga that was originally developed by Taoist priests in northern China and directly passed onto Master Paulie Zink. [photo]

Anna Spanopoulos

Anna Spanopoulos began studying yoga in the early '70s. She started teacher training in hatha and Ashtanga yoga in 1994 and began teaching the following year. Since then, Anna has been studying the Iyengar yoga system, and has taken Iyengar teacher training and yoga therapy training. She also teaches prenatal yoga, children's yoga, and workshops for back, neck, shoulders, hips, knees, and carpal tunnel syndrome. [photo]

Lynne Thurston

Lynne Thurston has practiced yoga and meditation for over 35 years. She has an extensive background in dance and theatre arts, as well as psychology and education, all of which she incorporates in her classes. She creates a compassionate and supportive teaching environment directed to both children and adults, including older adults. [photo]

Vishnuprem

Vishnuprem is a certified Sivananda yoga teacher who has practiced and taught for 20 years. Trained by Swami Vishnu-devananda, he was a staff member of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers (ISYVC). He teaches authentic classical Hatha Yoga, including breathing, a balanced set of postures, and deep relaxation. [photo]