Monica
Monica is RYT certified and certified teacher of Sri Dharma Mittra. Her teaching philosophy involves a deep respect for each student as an individual. She believes that each person is a unique construction of body, mind, energy and spirit. This can be addressed and enhanced through the offerings of yoga.

Her teaching style has evolved from her personal practice of yoga asana (physical exercises), pranayama (study of breath) and meditation as a spiritual discipline. Through the good grace of yoga shala - as directed by Veronica Zador - Monica was introduced to the meaning and application of Patanjali's yoga sutras.

Monica first approached yoga through a dedicated practice of the ashtanga-vinyasa system as taught by Sri Pattabhi Jois. In the summer of 2005, she trained along side Sri Dharma Mittra. She is the only teacher in Michigan who has completed Dharma's rigorous training program and has received certification to teach his practice sequence.

Jen
My role as an instructor is to guide and support you in finding your own practice, in beginning to see your own inner light. I come as a facilitator, creating a safe space for you to explore, teaching with compassion, integrity and creativity. Actually, I'm doing my best when you begin to notice me disappearing as you move into your own internal space.

My own personal practice over the years has shifted from being solely on the mat to encompass a 24-7 practice, on and off of the mat, trying to embody the philosophy of yoga all day long. Contact improvisation and authentic movement dance also inform my practice of yoga.

An aspect of my teaching that is important and satisfying to me is doing outreach work - bringing yoga to the underserved populations who don't have such easy access to yoga. I work/have worked with various groups of people, such as men in alcohol and drug recovery, adults with developmental disabilities, refugees and survivors of torture, people with MS, and at risk teens and young girls.

Amy
Ever since Amy began practicing yoga in 1998, it has been a necessary ingredient in her life. At first, Amy dabbled in all the various yoga practices. In 2000, she found Ashtanga and largely dedicated her practice to it. She now practices and teaches forms of Ashtanga and Vinyasa. Amy has found that breath, fluid movement and the memorization of each posture with a focus on every muscle group deepens both the knowledge of her body’s abilities and focus of the mind. Amy’s yoga philosophy is: “The best personal masseuse is yourself, and yoga is the best way to give yourself a full mind and body massage!”
  
After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School in 2002, Amy has been representing under-served children, families and individuals in the abuse, neglect and criminal justice system. She has also brought yoga to the under-served populations by volunteering her time teaching yoga to at-risk teenage girls in the foster care system in Washington D.C. and working one-on-one with several of her ADHD child clients as well. As a new mother, Amy has enjoyed watching the metamorphosis of her body and yoga practice throughout the various stages of motherhood/pregnancy. Now, after the birth of her first daughter, yoga is even more a necessary ingredient to keeping an able body and a calm mind. Overall, Amy hopes to help her students benefit from yoga the way she has - by building confidence, tolerance, strength and flexibility.