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Angela is a full time yoga teacher and doctoral student in George Washington University’s department of professional psychology. She sees clients individually for yoga therapy, and offers workshops in yoga for anxiety, insomnia and trauma. Angela has spent the past six years studying the therapeutic application of yoga and is certified in Life-force yoga for mood management and restorative yoga. She has also trained extensively in yoga nidra/iRESt for post-traumatic stress disorder and in trauma-sensitive yoga under direction of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk at The Trauma Center in Boston. more»
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Angela began her dance career at the age of nine studying ballet, jazz, tap, and Hawaiian. Her passion for dance and moment led her to study intensively with Alvin Ailey, Frank Hatchet and Fred Benjamin. Angela is especially attracted to folklore dance and she frequently travels to Brazil and Cuba studying Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Cuban folklore as well as samba and rumba. Angela's love for teaching is evident in her classes. more»
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April Puciata is an E-RYT 500. She completed her 500 hour certification under the guidance of Alan Finger of Ishta Yoga and has taught in NYC for almost 10 years. Recently she has moved to the DC area and is part of the the Ishta Teacher Training Team. April has taught at Ishta Yoga, Yoga Works, New York Yoga, as well as privately throughout NYC. Before teaching yoga, April worked in publishing for 6 years and also completed an MFA in Creating Writing from the New School. Her work has been published in literary journals such as New York Quarterly, Salamander and The New Orleans Review.more»
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Brittanie has studied many styles of yoga in her 12+ years as a yogi: Ashtanga, Jivamukti, Kundalini, Anusara, Vinyasa, Restorative, etc. Oddly enough, when she met her teacher, Sri Dharma Mittra, in 2010, she couldn’t figure out what she had been doing until that point! Being in the loving presence of Dharma (as often as possible, she goes to New York at least 2 times a month for classes) has helped her evolve into a calm, steady and even more joyful teacher. He has also made her keenly aware that Self-Realization is possible in this lifetime! Amongst the many lessons Dharma has bestowed upon her, the following are most important: “The greatest cause of suffering is ignorance of your Real Self,” “Make every pose an offering to the Lord and surrender the fruits of your actions,” “Always copy the teacher,” and “Your organs are like your employees. If you don’t treat them well, they will go on strike.” more»
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Caroline, MA, RYT, first learned sun salutations as a teenager, then took a long and rocky detour before yoga called her back as a grown-up. She received her 200-hour teacher training at Flow Yoga Center and has completed more than 100 additional combined hours of training with Max Strom and Doug Keller. An editor and former literary studies scholar, Caroline's deeply rooted love of language, poetry, and philosophy drew her to Georg & Brenda Feuerstein's Traditional Yoga Studies 250-hour Yoga Sutras study course, which she expects to finish in 2011. more»
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Clare’s classes incorporate the Fuse Pilates method, a low-impact, high-intensity blend of Pilates, yoga, dance, and barre exercises. Her Pilates and yoga career began in 1999 as a complement to her various athletic activities – running, rowing, rock climbing, surfing dancing, and even a (somewhat accidental) stint on the Costa Rican national aerobics team’s kickboxing squad! A climbing injury led Clare to better appreciate the physical, emotional, and spiritual benefits of Pilates and yoga, qualities she hopes to channel to her students. She draws on a wide range of activities to help students of all shapes and fitness backgrounds build core strength and grace for long, lean, and flexible bodies integrated with energetic but peaceful minds. more»
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Cory is a 2008 graduate of both the Flow Yoga Center (200 hour) and the Jivamukti Yoga School (350 hour) teacher training programs. He first experienced the transformational teachings of Sharon Gannon and David Life shortly after 9/11 while living in NYC. Life has not been the same since. Cory truly believes that yoga can and is changing the world in a positive way and aspires to live by the words of his beloved teacher, Sharonji, “together we can create a world which is not based on the old paradigm of our culture which tells us that ‘the earth belongs to us and exists for us to exploit’ --- to be political is to care for others who you live with. We have no problem with being labeled ‘political yogis’. We encourage our students to dare to care about others. As yoga practitioners, we cannot be content to live in our own little ‘I-me-mine’ bubble while the rest of the world deteriorates.” Along with Agatha Glowacki and visiting teachers Alanna Kaivalya and Jill Abelson, he hopes to impart the spirit of Jivamukti yoga to the Flow community. more»
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Debra's dream came true when she opened Flow six years ago. She first began practicing yoga while living in San Francisco. She has studied a variety of yoga traditions including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Bikram. Debra is a graduate of the renowned Yoga Union teacher training program in NYC through which she is formally certified. She embraces the interdisciplinary approach to lineages that she has experienced under the guidance of her teacher, Alison West, to whom she is forever grateful. Debra believes yoga is a powerful way to free the body and mind from the self limitations we impose on our selves and that through practice we are able to get in touch with the very essence of who we are. Her goal as a teacher is to help students uncover their own personal truth enabling them to live consciously, in touch with their hearts and finding a practice on sukha sthira (relaxed effort). more»
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Gail has been teaching yoga for over 26 years. She began her practice in 1974. In 1978 she went off to Canada and became certified as a Sivananda Yoga instructor. Gail has always had a vigorous teaching style and found herself drawn to Ashtanga in 1994. After taking a number of workshops with nationally recognized teachers such as Richard Freeman, Gail made Ashtanga her primary practice. Gail has studied directly with Pattabhi Jois on his last three world tours in New York as well as senior Ashtanga teachers Dena Kingsberg and Lino Miele. “What I find appealing with an Ashtanga practice is the opportunity for the mind to gel with the body and become suspended, even while the body works. Eventually, with practice, one can have a strong physical workout while the mind is still. Ashtanga, simply put, is "meditation in motion". more»
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Gopi is an Experienced Registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance (ERYT 500). She lived in an ashram for 8 years where she studied and taught Indian philosophy in-depth, vegetarian cooking, ayurveda and mantra meditation. She is the founder of Yoga Mandali in Saratoga Springs NY, she has been practicing yoga for more than ten years and has been teaching since 2002. She first trained in Astanga Vinyasa, she further trained extensively with Shiva Rea and completed an advanced training with Ana Forrest. Gopi has furthered her studies in yoga therapy, completing her certification for trauma sensitive yoga. She is certified in Thia yoga body work, completing her training with Micheal Buck. She specializes in privates as she incorporates marma point’s (accupressure), and Thai yoga massage techniques.
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Greg was first introduced to yoga while attending a theater summer camp as an adolescent. Struck by the way sun salutations made him feel focused yet mentally expansive, he continued to come back to asana practice throughout his teens and early twenties. After the rigors of a dance and movement theater career, during which he helped to found the Helen Hayes award-winning Synetic Theater, he rededicated himself to yoga as a way to begin bringing his body back into balance. Developing a regular practice quickly evolved into asana becoming a spiritual gateway to walking a more peaceful, compassionate, and loving road – something he hopes to share with everyone he meets in all situations. Greg completed his 200-hour yoga teacher training at Flow Yoga Center and views his role as one of deep service to yogis of all backgrounds. Spellbound by the power of the body to unlock spiritual awakenings, Greg also studies bellydancing and has taken workshops in ecstatic dance traditions of Northern African and Southern Italy. more»
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Gregory Stuart found in yoga a means to more deeply understand his physical body, his mental tendencies and his spiritual connection. Having been engaged in personal development from a young age, he has come to see that a major thrust of his life has been to realize his personal potential. He has learned to be deliberate and persistent in this quest. Along the way, he has become a teacher who, with compassion for the process, encourages his students to realize their potential. Gregory's mission is to co-create a world of self-actualized people by sharing his gifts with others and by fearlessly taking steps towards his own heart's desires.more»
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Hari-kirtana's interest in yoga and yogic mysticism surfaced early in his life. The devotional philosophy of bhakti yoga eventually provided the foundation for Hari-kirtana's spiritual practice, and he was formally initiated into the Gaudiya Vaisnava tradition of Krishna bhakti, with its emphasis on kirtan, mantra meditation and the study of spiritual philosophy, in 1978. He spent the better part of the following four years living in ashrams and spiritual communities. Hari-kirtana expanded his yoga practice at the Jivamukti Yoga School in New York City in 2007 and dedicated himself to becoming both an accomplished practitioner and teacher of the Jivamukti method. In 2009, He became a certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher in 2009 at the 300-hour level and completed the Jivamukti 800-hour apprenticeship program in 2011. more»
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<p>Hugh has studied and practiced Buddhism (in the Theravadan and Zen traditions) in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Hugh is a contributing Buddhist minister at Georgetown University and a co-founder of the Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship. He is a member of the teachers council of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW)--a large and growing Sangha (community) whose senior teacher is Tara Brach--and teaches classes on Buddhism and meditation in the Washington area. Hugh is committed to sharing the wisdom and compassion of Buddhist meditation and mindfulness practices to help individuals find peace and awaken to their true potential and to help transform the suffering in our world. Hugh directs Flow's Meditation Program and offers a weekly class plus monthly workshops and has been recognized and honored as DC's top meditation teacher. more»
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Jen is a native New Yorker who moved to DC in January, 2009 (on Inauguration weekend!), after 14 years of living in NYC. She began her journey into yoga in late 1996 to help combat the stress of life as a NYC public school teacher, and since then has made yoga an integral part of her world. While continuing to work in the NYC public school system (until December, 2008), she completed her 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher training at Sonic Yoga in NYC in 2006, under the amazing wisdom and guidance of Lauren Hanna and Jonathan Fields. She was trained to teach in both Prana Flow yoga and Power yoga styles, reflecting her teachers' diverse backgrounds. The variety in her training has served her well, and made her practice and teaching style well rounded. As a new mother (she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Zack, in September, 2009), she is ever more thankful for yoga, which not only was invaluable both physically and mentally throughout her pregnancy, but also in her recovery and new role as a mom. more»
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Jen has been practicing yoga for over 8 years. She has completed the Flow Teacher Training (200-hour) as well as the Jivamukti Yoga (300-hour) teacher training with Sharon Gannon and David Life. After exploring many styles of yoga she has settled into a rhythm that comesfrom combining a committed Ashtanga practice with Jivamukti classes-giving her practice both discipline and devotion. She has recently completed training in Fuse Pilates, a system of pilates which creatively blends exercises from pilates, yoga, dance, fitness and the Lotte Berk method to develop core strength. She is very grateful to the DC yoga community which includes many wonderful teachers and students from whom she has learned so much and continues to do so. more»
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Jen began practicing yoga in this lifetime in 2003 and teaching in 2005. She has completed nearly 500 hours of teacher trainings in various styles of asana including Ashtanga, bhakti flow, and hatha, as well as Pilates and fitness. In 2008 and 2009 Jen spent nine months at the source of yoga; living and studying in Mysore, India. She practiced the primary and second series of Ashtanga yoga in the presence of her guru, Sri K Pattabhi Jois and under the guidance of Sharath. During this time in India, Jen had many teachers and embraced many different yogic studies - including Sanskrit, meditation, philosophy, chanting, pranayama and anatomy. more»
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Jessica began practicing yoga 14 years ago, while living and working in Israel. Daily life in a war zone drove Jessica to a weekly class, where she explored the peaks and valleys of the meditative mind for many subsequent years. The power of the practice took hold, and Jessica soon found herself on her mat every morning. Today, Jessica is still a daily practitioner of yoga, chanting, and meditation. Her practice has given her a strong, flexible body, a calmer mind, and a deep sense of practice as prayer through prostration.
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Jolene found yoga while living in New York City. Yoga provided the balance and grounding needed to offset the busy city lifestyle, a severe back injury and a professional career characterized by competition, ego and stress. Jolene is inspired to share and teach the benefits of yoga and a healthy lifestyle with others based on her teachers and her own experience.
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Joline's teaching centers around utilizing yoga as a gateway to physical and emotional well-being. She endeavors to integrate the power of the breath, the mechanics of alingment, and the presence of focus and intention to help students achieve their potential on and off the mat. Joline found yoga nine years ago and has remained amazed by its power to heal and transform. Joline has concentrated on alignment, breath, and san kulpa (intention) with master teachers such as Doug Keller, Shiva Rea, Ana Forrest, Desiree Rumbaugh, Amy Ippolitti, Susie Hurley, and Amy Weintraub.
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Juliet is an ACE Certified personal trainer, with additional certifications in Spinning and Body Pump. She adores exercise and becoming an instructor was a natural progression. She feels sharing her knowledge, time and energy with others is positively addictive and oh so satisfying! Her yoga practice began 5 years ago, initially as another form of physical exercise. She immediately became aware that it was also a powerful mental and spiritual exercise.
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Leah teaches alignment-based vinyasa classes, and focuses on creating a comfortable, non-competitive space where students can safely explore their practice while challenge themselves. Leah has studied ballet and modern dance and loves the dance-like quality of vinyasa yoga. She completed her 200-hour teacher training at Flow in 2006 and has continued her studies with Flow teachers. Her teaching and personal practice have been influenced by additional training with Susie Hately Aldous, Alison West, Doug Keller, Jenny Otto and others.
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A former acrobat, dancer and tumbler who turned to yoga for healing and balance , Leticia is an Argentinian native living in Washington, D.C. Her classes offer a style that is at once powerful and fluid, helping students discover their innate power through a more receptive and softening approach, rather than a rigid and resistant way of moving.
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Megan is an E-RYT with Yoga Alliance and a member of The International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT). Her study and practice of yoga are informed by her experiences with rehabilitation after knee surgery and after a car accident that injured her neck, back and hips.
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Mimi began her yogic journey at 12 years old in Baton Rouge Louisiana. A ballet dancer since age 4, Mimi began exploring yoga in her teens then reconnected with it after moving to DC in her 20s. Mimi is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance (2003) and received her yoga certification from the Ashtanga Yoga Center under her teacher David Ingalls in addition she is also received Rocket Vinyasa Yoga under David Kyle, Its Yoga Puerto Rico.
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Rob has been practicing yoga of many forms for ten years. He completed his teacher training in 2004 here in DC. After years of trainings with other great teachers, Rob found his home in the Prana Vinyasa Flow community with Shiva Rea, and assists her workshops regularly. Rob loves to get off his feet and turn the world upside down whether it be through inversions or arm balances -- he loves to see the world from a different point of view.
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Scott began studying yoga seriously in 2004. When he did, he knew that it was the perfect counterpoint to a lifetime immersed in technology. The physical practice of yoga served as a starting point for a deeper journey into Eastern philosophy and ancient history. Scott's practice today combines elements of vigorous flow with mindfulness, meditation, and poetry, and pays homage to the many incredible teachers he has worked with along the way. He completed his teacher training at Flow Yoga Center and is a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance (RYT200).
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Shawn began to practice yoga at 12 years old, and it has been the guiding force of her life ever since. Today, her life is a tapestry of sacred learning – weaving together over a thousand hours of teacher training in multiple lineages, an academic foundation in poetry and religious studies, continuous immersion in the ancient traditions and contemporary innovations of yoga, and the daily light of living yoga.. more»
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Sierra was first drawn to yoga in 2001 as a way to maintain the flexibility and strength developed through her lifelong love of dance. She discovered early on, however, that there was a mental and spiritual side to this practice that she wouldn’t find in a hip hop or modern dance class. That early knowledge has deepened over the years as Sierra has personally experienced the power of yoga to carry her smiling through injury and illness, inspiring her to complete Flow's 200-hour teacher training program in 2007. Through her classes, she seeks to help all students befriend their bodies and themselves, learning to honor each moment and cultivate gratitude for whatever it might bring. Sierra's teaching style is influenced by her trainings with Sarah Powers, Sharon Salzberg, and Alison West, and offers students an opportunity balance to their fast-paced active lives (and yoga practices) with a slower, gentler combination of asana and meditation. Off the mat, Sierra is an environmental lawyer, currently working to protect our nation's wildlife from the impacts of a world not living mindfully. more»
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Vanessa has been studying yoga since 1998. She has been honored to share the empowering teachings of yoga with seniors, professional athletes, troubled teenagers, power execs and all those in between. On her journey, she has learned that yoga offers something special for each of individual, regardless of background. She teaches Anusara-inspired yoga and which encourages students step into the currents of their own greatness. Vanessa is deeply indebted to her many teachers, past and present and continues to be a grateful yoga student.
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