Daily Yoga Instructors
ZOE WELCH
Zoe is a professional yoga instructor and dancer, whose daily intention is to uplift those around her and help empower others to find joy in the beauty of movement and their own unique self-expression. Each of her Power Classes infuses an element of dance-inspired flow and will leave you feeling fierce and blissful, while her Vinyasa offerings are sweet and grounding. Zoe is an E-RYT 500 certified instructor and NACEP Lead Yoga Training Facilitator with Yoga Alliance who loves teaching teachers and is committed to being a student first, a student for life. Come to class ready to sweat, find joy, shake up your energy, and go back into the world with all the love and bliss you are meant to feel! You can practice with Zoe online with Wanderlust Yoga, through her mindbodygreen movement videos, or through her weekly live stream yoga and dance classes!
PETER WALTERS
‘I remember coming back from that first savasana in a puddle of my own sweat and tears. Everything was the same, but somehow completely different -- something indescribable had shifted. It was as if I had awakened from a decades-long slumber. So I just kept coming back, every day.
Since then, I have tried to remain a student of Life — of “my” life, “your” life, our life. I have become not only a student of breath, body, thoughts and feelings, but also the flutterings of leaves in the wind, waves in the sea, and sweet tail wags of sweet golden retriever puppies! I try to treat each and every day as its own independent and wondrous adventure. I try to learn, love, forgive, pray, surrender and offer up everything I can muster—to lean into life, especially when it’s tough, and hopefully do just a little bit better than the previous day. While I do stumble and fall short of my best (quite often), I get back up, dust myself off and begin again… and again.
Finally, I am forever a student first, and at the feet of my dear teachers whose wisdom is always in my heart, often on my mind, and usually on my tongue when I teach.’
BRITTON DARBY
Health & Wellness Business Consultant / Strategist / Teacher Britton Darby is a multidimensional creative entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the Health & Wellness Industry. She specializes in building
brands from inception, managing talent, and establishing and overseeing quality control systems in wellness companies. Having co-founded, operated, and consulted for successful businesses in highly competitive markets, serving everyone from celebrity clients and artists to wall street bankers and politicians.
Britton deeply understands what is required to make wellness companies thrive.
JACOB MANNING
Born in Healdsburg California, now residing in San Clemente California, Jacob has always been about fitness. From football, wrestling, and baseball, fitness has always been a huge part of his life. He played college baseball for Sacramento City College and finished playing for Irvine Valley College as a pitcher. Later learning the key to keeping up in the best possible shape of the body and the mind was in fact yoga.
Jacob brings a sincere yet professional attitude towards teaching yoga. He practices many different styles of yoga which include: Ashtanga, Iyengar, Hatha, and Vinyasa. His hope for each of his clients is that they can find the inner peace he has been able to achieve through the art of yoga.
BEAU CAMPBELL
Beau Campbell is a professional dancer, yoga instructor, and holistic health coach originating from Southern California. She has danced for several professional companies including Ballet Arizona, Post: Ballet, Quixotic-Cirque Nouveau & Momix. Beau has toured the world sharing her love of dance and yoga. She is the creator of the YogarinaFLOW™, a dance inspired yoga practice focused on personal expression and creative movement. Beau has taught at several different studios and festivals across the United States and Canada, including the Wanderlust Festivals, Arise Festival, and Le Studio de Yoga Wanderlust Montreal, YogaSix, and Wanderlust Hollywood. Her goal is to help students find their unique voice and artistic outlet in a safe and open environment. Through her online courses & private coaching, she empowers women to connect with their bodies, express themselves creatively, and breakthrough to confidence & JOY.
310-795-4876
LIZZY CASTILLA
Lizzy is a Yoga Instructor, certified by the Yoga Alliance. She was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and is currently living in Los Angeles, California. She has over 13 years of experience in dance and other performance arts. Her specialties include movement & mindfulness in: Ballet, Ballroom dancing, Yoga, Hand balancing, Acro-Yoga, Contortion, and Aerial Pole. Lizzy’s most recent studies are Stretch Therapy & Breathwork. Her aim is to help others connect with their potential.
The practice of yoga is about tension and relaxation; strength and surrender. In her Unique Flow class, you will continue to build a relationship between mind and body and cultivate your intention. We will collectively build heat, breath, flow, and hold postures to create a deeper opening in the body. This class gives you flow FREEDOM so you can discover your natural rhythm while strengthening through inversions and arm balances.
You will be challenged and you will sweat.
“My mission is to share what I have learned through my extensive studies and experiences in the hope that it will pave the way for others as they find their own unique path.”
ARIA CRESCENDO
Aria has a background in Dance and started yoga with an Iyengar school followed by an Ashtanga school and a YogaWorks teacher training. After so many years of teaching, she decided to expand her passion for sharing yoga in to Teacher training through her Warrior Flow Yoga method. Aria’s classes will take you on a powerful and transformational journey. Aria has headlined at Wanderlust Festivals and has represented brands like Nike, Oysho, and Loreal. She is the author of two books about yoga “le yoga de ma vie “ and “the healthy book “ She is spending her time traveling and teaching while spreading the good vibes through yoga and music.
She has a background in Dance and started yoga with an Iyengar school followed by an Ashtanga school and a YogaWorks teacher training. After so many years of teaching, she decided to expand her passion for sharing yoga into Teacher training through her Warrior Flow Yoga method. Aria’s classes will take you on a powerful and transformational journey. Aria has headlined at Wanderlust Festivals, and has represented brands like Nike, Oysho and Loreal. She is the author of two books about yoga “le yoga de ma vie “ and “the healthy book “ She is spending her time traveling and teaching while spreading the good vibes through yoga and music.
GIGI SNYDER
‘I practice yoga because it is an amazing alchemical process that continues to transform my experience here on Earth. I believe I speak the sentiments of many when I say that I am truly in love with yoga and simply cannot imagine my life without it!
I teach because of the inspiring changes that come about for the practitioners; there is something magical that happens when one devotes themselves to the practice and study of the ancient art and science of yoga. It is an honor to be of service to others on their journey!
ASHLEY RIDEAUX
Growing up, Ashley lived everywhere from New Zealand to Saudi Arabia before settling in Los Angeles. Through a series of serendipitous events, she found herself in her first yoga teacher training. She spent much of that training sweating, shaking, crying, and waiting for someone to show up and kick her out for not looking like what she thought a yoga teacher should look like. About halfway through, something amazing happened to her—she started getting stronger; physically, yes, but more importantly, mentally. She stopped judging herself, and instead embraced her imperfections. Her hope is to help illuminate the path for others to do the same. Her classes are challenging and playful, ranging from therapeutic work to advanced vinyasa flow. She aims to offer a balance of the physical and the philosophical, inviting the body and mind to unfold through the detail to alignment, breath, meditation, laughter, joy, and always a bit of sass.
JONAH KEST
While his early interests included basketball, boxing, and running track, it became very clear that strength without flexibility would be a hard path. His breath became the very partner that he sought in every activity, every relationship, every moment. Enter Ashtanga Yoga. At 17, Jonah trained under his father to become a teacher. His passion and grace were evident. His equanimity strengthened with a daily meditation sit and it was a natural evolution to teach.
The mind-body connection influenced his life — sharing the practice changed it.
Today, Jonah is a well-traveled ashtanga/vinyasa teacher whose classes are both graceful and intense. Impermanence, compassion, and humility are just a few of the elements that Jonah seamlessly weaves through each healing practice. His plant-based diet and love for creating raw, rich, vegan meals have also become a passion and healing modality.
EKA EKONG
‘My practice meets me where I am and nurtures me. Yoga changed my life and every time I practice I am inspired, supported, and learn something new about myself. Through yoga, I feel more at home within myself.
I believe in the healing and transformative power of Yoga. I learn so much from students and it is amazing to watch them as their inner light shines even brighter. I am grateful to teach and be of service to the world.’
CALEY ALYSSA
“Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve been obsessed with love in all its forms: romantic love, friendship, self-love. The answer for me has always been love more.”
Caley Alyssa is an internationally recognized yoga Nidra guide, yoga teacher, and female entrepreneur business coach. She has dedicated her life to sharing ancient wisdom gained from some of the most powerful living teachers of our time. Her specialty is to teach the art of self-love and embodiment to live the most meaningful life possible.
ANDREW SEALY
Driven by his profound passion for self-healing, Andrew Sealy’s Yoga journey began soon after his college education of microbiology ended. From a young boy exploring the beaches of Barbados, Andrew has always had a profound connection with nature and its healing properties. After completing his 200 hr. Yoga Teacher Training at the Yoga Centre’ in San Luis Obispo his path of health education continued with his High Honors Graduation from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. With his profound curiosity of body-mechanics and human potential he set on a path to build his temple through the devout practice of Yoga.
When you ask Andrew why Yoga? He answers with a smile; “Yoga is a complete science of self discovery that is not a competitive sport or mere challenge of wit. Yoga is the only practice I have found that truly challenges me to embody positive change while integrating all aspects of self discipline to bring forth harmony within the body, mind, and soul.”
KALI SAMPSON ALEXANDER
A beloved Los Angeles-based yoga teacher, licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, wellness expert, and mama of three, Kali has the unique ability to make the “woo-woo” approachable to the yoga novice, fence-sitters, seasoned practitioners, and the everyday Jill and Joe.
Her capacity to apply her knowledge of ancient Eastern modalities and make them relevant and effective for contemporary living in a Western world creates a unique synergy that resonates within a modern lifestyle. As staff acupuncturist for Altamed Health Services, she works alongside medical doctors in the treatment of infectious diseases, pain management, and emotional imbalances. Applying her knowledge of energetic channels, esoteric and gross anatomy, as well as practical mother wit, Kali’s yoga classes are marked by creativity, community, strategic effort, and smart practical application to help her students build a sustainable yoga practice that endures a lifetime.
RAEA BRAUER
Raea Brauer is a yoga instructor and health coach based out of Los Angeles. As a health coach, Raea emphasizes the interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit, while also working to transcend their limitations. She is mostly known for the meditative qualities of her Yin Yoga and Vinyasa classes, but she also has a passion for fitness and plant-based foods. She offers lessons in yoga, guided meditation, personal fitness training, and plant-based cooking demos. Join Raea on a journey towards harmony with your inner self.
PATTI QUINTERO
Hello, I'm Patti Quintero, mama of two + founder of UMA MOTHER . I have been teaching Yoga + Meditation since 1998, and have worked as a Birth Doula in the Los Angeles area for the last decade. I was born in California and raised in Colombia and Miami. I have had a lifelong passion for teaching and working in the healing arts.
As a child, I sought out moments to express myself and find magic through movement, dance, music and quiet spaces of stillness in nature. I connected with others through teaching and practicing what I would later discover as Yoga and Meditation. After completing my Masters in Education at the University of Miami, I moved back to Los Angeles to teach Kindergarten. It was there that I discovered the importance of sharing the practices that had illuminated and brought so much joy into my life with children and with every human. In 2000 I transitioned to teaching these mindful practices full time and became part of the Yoga Works family where I have taught for the last 20 years.
In 2003, during my first pregnancy, I shifted my focus to working with Mothers and specializing in Pre + Postnatal yoga. My practice and teaching have served as the greatest tools for me to embrace and navigate the powerful metamorphosis into Motherhood from pregnancy to present day. Since having children I have continued to create projects that help support Mothers as they too serve as the lighthouse of their families. I launched SoulShine Colombia, a nonprofit project designed to bring Yoga, Meditation and Clean Water to underprivileged adolescent mothers and their children, created Pre + Postnatal trainings, and am part of the faculty in the Loyola Marymount Yoga Therapy Program.
A few years ago I created UMA MOTHER, a company dedicated to elevating consciousness in mothers lives. UMA is Mother of the Universe. This feminine essence is within EVERY Woman and is expressed through our creations, our devotion, and our innate spiritual knowledge. This essence reminds us that when we stand grounded in love, unified in diversity and higher consciousness we can transform and ignite change and growth in every situation.
VINNIE MARINO
Vinnie Marino is one of LA’s most popular Vinyasa flow teachers and a senior teacher at YogaWorks. His Challenging classes blend alignment with music from trance to rock, and he has been praised in publications from the New York Times and Italian Vogue. Body + Soul magazine describes his following as "huge, devoted, and celebrity-studded."
ANA HERNANDEZ
Ana Hernandez practices yoga to discover the depths of who she is and what she’s capable of sharing with the world and to fall deeper into love. ‘Yoga has given me so much and helped me grow in my life. I wish to share the gift of yoga with everyone.’
BIANCA AMELIE
‘I practice yoga because it helps me connect with myself on a physical/mental/emotional and spiritual level, like a mirror the practice of yoga shows up any imbalanced and unhelpful tendencies that arise on a day to day basis in my attitude to how I connect with myself, others and broach situations .. like an unbiased guide the canvas of yoga draws me back into a state of balance. When I practice I feel more present within, connected to my inner intelligence, and peaceful.
WHY I TEACH
Because it is my dharma to help others become stronger and yet softer, generous to themselves. I teach because I believe yoga helps cultivate a richer fuller existence on this journey that is "Life."
Simonee Chichester
Simonee has been practicing yoga for nearly 20 years and teaching for almost a decade. She began her practice in the hot room with Bikram and moved over to Moksha/Modo, upon its creation, under the teachings of co creators Jess Robertson and Ted Grand.
Simonee did her 500-hour teacher training in October 2011 in Montreal. Since that time she’s remained curious and committed to being a life long student, continuing to build on her love for yoga by exploring subsequent teacher trainings in Yin, Vinyasa, Yoga Sequencing and Yoga therapy. She has a passion for bringing folks together and also regularly leads yoga retreats that aim to get back to basics by delving deeper into yoga on and off the mat.
In addition to her love of yoga and film Simonee is also a lover of animals, she runs an Instagram page called Animals I Meet.
Najla Coury Barile
Najla will inspire you to move through asana sequences with grace and ease. Through her alluring voice and cueing, she opens you up to the most unique expression of you and your higher vibration. Her music selection is indulgent and her sequencing just feels good in your body. Najla’s flow class highlights the connection between asana and breath, leaving you consciously aware of their coexistence. Najla Coury is an ERYT 200 and owner of Harmony Yoga.
http://harmonyyoga.com/harmony
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