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Featured Teacher: Christie Pitko

As part of our merger with Moxie Yoga, we are excited to welcome Christie Pitko to the team! Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? Hmm...I share a lot with my students, so there probably isn't too much they don't already know. But, I trained at the Second…

Featured Teacher: Saeeda Hafiz

As part of our merger with Moxie Yoga, we are excited to welcome Saeeda Hafiz to the team! Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? I am published author - 'The Healing: One Woman's Journey from Poverty to Inner Riches, a food, family, and yoga memoir' How did…

Featured Teacher: Rosa Lynley

As part of our merger with Moxie Yoga, we are excited to welcome Rosa Lynley to the team! Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? I moved to San Francisco when I was 19, and even though I had to eat cereal every night for dinner because our…

Featured Teacher: Wipawee Morris

As part of our merger with Moxie Yoga, we are excited to welcome Wipawee Morris to the team! Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? I love nature and the outdoors! Going to the beach and hiking are two of my favorite things. How did you become interested…

Featured Teacher: Denelle Numis

Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? I have been teaching yoga for more than a decade and have studied extensively with renowned teachers Gina Caputo and Jason Crandell. I also graduated with an MBA from University of Colorado - Leeds School of Business and often credit my…

Featured Teacher: Maija Waris

We are excited to welcome Maija Waris to the team as part of our merger with Moxie Yoga! Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? I was born in Sweden to Finnish parents, and have spent most of my adult years traveling between the US and Scandinavia. I…

Featured Teacher: Darren Main

We are excited to welcome Darren Main back to the team! Darren was one of the original founders of Castro Yoga, now Yoga Garden SF, and he will be leading our Restorative Yoga teacher Training. Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? I'm a single gay father. How…

Featured Teacher: Harpinder Kaur Mann

Please share a warm welcome to Harpinder Mann who is a guest teacher in our Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Training. Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? My practice is rooted in my spiritual background of Sikhism and Buddhism and ancestral roots in Panjab, India. My name “Harpinder”…

Featured Teacher: Maria Zhao

As part of our merger with Moxie Yoga, we are excited to welcome Maria Zhao to the team! Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? I have a dog that I spoil too much, a black English cocker spaniel. How did you become interested in yoga? As someone…

Featured Teacher: Melylah Botté Smith

Please give a warm welcome to Melylah Botté Smith who is the lead teacher of our Prenatal Yoga Teacher training, as well as a support teacher for our Kids and Teens Yoga Teacher Training, and the Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher Training. Tell us about yourself! What are some things that your students might not know? My…