Brianna Taylor

Brianna is a multidisciplinary movement artist, teacher, choreographer, performer, and investigator. She brings together over 12 years of experience teaching yoga and dance to people of all ages and abilities, along with a wealth of experiences facilitating creative performance events, classes and workshops. Her on-going study of various dance styles, tai chi, somatic practices, Thai massage and Reiki inform her yoga practice and teaching, and she blends these sensibilities into an alignment-based vinyasa class or quiet deep stretch and restore. She holds an MFA in Choreography from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, as well yoga teaching certifications from the Laughing Lotus in San Francisco, and the Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram in Colorado, totaling over 500 hours. Brianna was an adjunct professor at various NC universities, instructing courses in Yoga, Contemporary and West African Dance, and choreography, and has taught yoga in studios around Greensboro, Boulder, CO, and San Francisco, CA. Brianna’s intention as a teacher is to hold space for her students to find openness and joy in their bodies, through movement, breath, alignment, and sound, and she encourages an environment of listening and nurturing, playfulness and love.

Christie Roe

Teaching for 12 years, Christie is inspired by the diverse inquiries of her students and her own daily personal practice. A Los Angeles native, she has studied and trained with Erich Schiffmann and others in the tradition of (late) Krishnamacharya, in which a yoga practice is adapted to the individual, not vice versa. Christie is also certified in prenatal yoga with Integral Yoga Institute, and attuned in Reiki at Level II. From restorative to vigorous, all of her classes hold space to develop and harmonize the unique forces of breath, focus, and balance within.

Christina Mattus

Christina was first exposed to yoga when she was 8 years old and knew that it was something that she would continue to do whenever she grew up. Later, after practicing on and off over the years primarily for exercise, Christina embraced a fuller and more regular practice upon moving back to New York in 2006 when she experienced the healing aspects of yoga and its tremendous impact on her life. She then found the steadiness and discipline of Ashtanga Yoga. In 2010 Christina spent some time studying with Yogis from all over the world in various places in India, and later that year in New York completed the Savitri Yoga Shal teacher training in the Hatha Yoga tradition with Yogi Charu. With gratitude to all of the teachers who have led her to her present path, Christina currently finds freedom in the flow of Vinyasa inspired by principles of the Hatha and Ashtanga traditions. Continually renewed by the depth and interconnectedness of yoga and all that there is to discover, Christina hopes to share this journey with you.

Diana Xecu

Diana started her yoga journey in New York after moving from her native Kazakhstan. After experiencing the pressure and tension of this great city she has discovered the benefit of numerous methods of inward mindfulness including meditation, Reiki, and various styles of yoga. Yearning for a deeper understanding, she has completed her 200-hour teacher training at Usha Veda Yoga under the guidance of Margherita Tisato and Christina Mattus. She has also received her Reiki First Degree certificate from Master Brian Brunius, who continues the tradition originated by Mikao Usui. Diana sincerely believes that yoga asana, conscious breath, and meditation can help you to discover and release the tension in your body and mind.

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Erika Mehiel

Erika believes that Yoga is a process of self-discovery and transformation that is totally unique and personal to each one of us, and loves helping others develop their own relationship with Yoga, both on and off the mat. She draws on the practices of Ayurveda, TCM and Aromatherapy, as well as the latest research in neuroscience, coupled with a playful curiosity, to create classes designed to inspire, inform, and empower. Erika began her practice in 2001, and earned her Yoga Teaching Certification at the Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica under Brahmananda Don and Amba Stapleton. Erika has completed advanced trainings in Self Awakening Yoga Therapeutics, Ayurvedic, Restorative & Trauma Sensitive Yoga. She is an herbalist, an Integrative Wellness Coach and member of the National Association of Drugless Practitioners, recently undertaking the study of Shamanic Reiki.

Erik Hinton

Erik Hinton is a recent graduate of Usha Veda’s 200 hour yoga teacher training program under the guidance of Margherita Tisato and Christina Mattus. Having spent over a decade studying religion and philosophy, he tries his best to weave his academic work and interests into his athletic and yoga practice.

Gina Pulisciano

Gina began her yoga practice over 10 years ago initially seeking physical relief as her work as an esthetician was strenuous on her body. The mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits that unfolded sealed her commitment to her practice. After two life transforming trips to India she decided to delve further into the world of yoga by obtaining her teaching certification in 2011. Gina believes that yoga has made her a better listener and a more positive and confident human being. Her experience has proven to her that yoga is truly its definition: the union of mind and body. Gina’s background as a holistic esthetician informs her approach to teaching yoga: she is passionate about helping people and she believes that mind/body wellness is essential and individualized. Gina is a certified Reiki practitioner and also studies Ayurveda and aromatherapy.

Jan Orlando Go

Jan takes a personal and individualized approach to teaching yoga, influenced by his own experience as a practitioner of Vinyasa and Ashtanga Yoga. He is a RYT-500, ERYT-200, receiving both from Three Sisters Yoga. In addition he has 120 Hours of Advanced Anatomy Training, and 85 hours of pre/post natal training and restorative training. The basis of his teaching philosophy is that yoga can benefit all body types: if you can breathe, you can benefit from yoga. In class with Jan you will experience a breath and alignment based exploration of familiar asana while exploring challenging and often untapped asana. Always committed to being intuitive, compassionate, and free from judgement, the cornerstone of Jan’s practice is a joyful exploration of challenging and new asana with modifications offered for all.

Jarrod Byrne Mayer

Jarrod is a KRI certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor and Brooklyn based musician, writer, and artist. All of his work and practice is a reflection of his inner vision and experience through Kundalini yoga and survival arts. Jarrod has studied with naturalist and master survivalist Tom Brown Jr. in the pine barrens of southern New Jersey and believes that a connection with the earth and nature is essential to expanding within the infinite. Jarrod incorporates this awareness into his classes with the intention to help students access the expansiveness that is both within and beyond their immediate surroundings. Through chanting mantras, meditation, pranayama, and kriya Jarrod shares the laughter and tears that may accompany the practice of Kundalini yoga.

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Margherita Tisato

Margherita’s yoga practice spans over more than a decade and includes Hatha, Vinyasa and Kundalini traditions. She received her 200 hr certification in Vinyasa yoga from Lea Kramer at Prana Mandir, and her 300 hr certification in yoga and Ayurveda from Summer Quashie and Leigh Evans of Yoga Sukhavati. Further training includes yoga for incarcerated youth with the Lineage Project and trauma sensitive yoga/yoga for PTSD with Bessel A. van der Kolk M.D. founder of the Trauma Center and Hatti Figge, RYT, LCSW. Margherita believes in a challenging practice to awaken the body, find and accept our limits, and see the potential that lies beyond them. In her classes you can expect a combination of movement, breath, spiritual philosophy, stillness, and passion, to encourage each individual to find their own potential. Aside from yoga Margherita studies, performs and teaches Butoh and modern dance around NYC and beyond. She is forever indebted to all her Teachers, who showed her how to engage with mystery and awe.

Marion Mahima Jackson

Mahima (Marion Jackson) is an eternal light-worker, seeker of the truth, and a lifelong student of movement. She began her yoga practice in 2000 and has been teaching since her 200 hour certification at Integral Yoga NYC in 2005, additionally completing Vinyasa training with Shiva Rea and a 300 hour Jivamukti training. Drawing great inspiration from Buddhist and Vedantic philosophy she hopes to spread the ancient knowledge and to help awaken the inner teacher residing in all of us. Her carefully sequenced classes focus on organically aligned movement, integrated breath, energetic connection, sound and mantra, creating a peaceful, nurturing, and non-competitive space. Mahima is grateful to Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati and the Ananda Ashram, a yoga retreat and spiritual center where she lived, worked, and studied for the past 3 years. She extends humble thanks to all of her teachers, human and non-human. She has been a Gyrotonic trainer since 2005 and continues to teach this intelligent movement system in NYC. Also a sound healing practitioner, Mahima most recently studied Tibetan singing bowl therapy with 3rd generation Master Shree Krishna Shahi in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Miho Nozawa

Miho has discovered non-competitive and non-judgmental philosophy through yoga. Growing up in the competitive and demanding dance world, the philosophy of yoga has been completely refreshing and renewing for her. In embracing a yogic lifestyle she has learned to be more mindful of herself and her body. In her teaching she seeks to share this experience with her students. Miho teaches yoga to students of all ages including Vinyasa, Restorative, Prenatal, and Postnatal.

Rebekah Nagy

Rebekah received her 200- and 500-hour yoga teacher certifications in the Krishnamacharya tradition under Guta Hedewig and has been teaching yoga and leading workshops since 2010. Since 2013, she has studied anatomy and somatics via a Body-Mind Centering approach with Amy Matthews at the Breathing Project. In her teaching she provides detailed and unique alignment instructions in a creative flow that balances vigor with rest and introspection. She has taught yoga philosophy, anatomy, teaching methodology, and beginning Sanskrit in teacher trainings throughout New York City and in Northern California, where she currently resides.

Sasha Ginnetti

Sasha challenges her students to move from the gross to the subtle and to investigate ways of drawing inward. She believes that consistent yoga practice helps strengthen the body and soften the mind. Her classes emphasize clear alignment, thoughtful sequencing, facility of breath, and the ongoing reciprocity of effort and ease. Sasha moved to New York City in 1997 from New Haven, Connecticut, and fell in love with yoga shortly thereafter. Yoga has helped her become a stronger and more flexible person both on and off the mat. She holds a 200-hour certification from Om Yoga directed by Cyndi Lee and a 300-hour certification from The Shala led by Kristin Leigh and Barbara Verrochi.

Saskia Thode

Saskia was introduced to yoga in 2003, practicing on and off initially. After moving from the German countryside to New York City in 2006 yoga became an essential and substantial practice helping her to find stillness, peace, and clarity in this big city. She completed the first Sarva Yoga Academy teacher training at Go Yoga with teachers Lilia Mead, Michael Hewett and Matthew Lombardo. Saskia has studied various lineages of yoga, the wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, Indian Yoga, and the Fourth Way. She was also certified as a Therapeutic Yoga Practitioner by Cheri Clampett and Arturo Peal at Integral Yoga and is a certified Reiki Practitioner of the 2nd degree. For Saskia yoga is not a physical practice but rather a combination of mind, body and spirit; and the healing powers of the unity of these elements. Saskia teaches both Therapeutic & Restorative Yoga and Vinyasa Flow, in which she aims to combine the inner and outer methods of healing simultaneously in motion.

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Taylor Jeanne

Taylor began her yogic journey as a means of expression, creative movement and ever-evolving discovery. She completed her 200-hour Teacher Training at Abhaya Yoga in Brooklyn under the guidance of Tara Glazier and is also a certified instructor of Chair Yoga and Radiant Child Yoga. Taylor aspires to cultivate a space where students feel empowered to move in their own unique way and hopes to inspire others to find a sense of lightness and playfulness in their practice. Through mindful movement, meditation, breath work, and a continuous practice of self-love, Taylor encourages her students to follow the guidance of their own inner teacher.