Baxter Bell, MD

Baxter has been studying Hatha yoga since 1994 and teaching since 1999, both public classes and specialty back care classes. He is a graduate of the Piedmont Yoga Studio's Advanced Studies 2000 program, and has studied regularly with Rodney Yee, Patricia Walden and Erich Schiffman. He teaches a nurturing style of yoga, with a strong emphasis on re-awakening our innate curiosity about ourselves and our world.  Baxter offers periodic workshops and retreats, with more info available on his website at www.bellyoga.info . He also offers  private yoga instruction, as well as incorporates yoga asana and pranayama in his medical acupuncture practice.

Carolyn Brown

Carolyn has been practicing hatha yoga since 1989 and teaching since 2003. She leads a lively, heart-centered practice that builds core strength, flexibility and ease. She teaches the Anusara principles of alignment with a focus on individual discovery and expression. Over the last 15 years, Carolyn has found yoga to be the most powerful way to develop and maintain physical vitality, mental clarity and a joyful engagement with life. She has trained extensively with John Friend, Noah Mazé, Carlos Pomeda, Hanneli Francis and other senior Anusara teachers, and previously with Barbara Voinar and Manouso Manos. Grounded in Anusara principles, Carolyn's teaching is also influenced by Iyengar method, Vinyasa/flow, somatic healing, transformative dance and authentic movement, as well as her experience with back/neck pain, scoliosis, office ergonomics and active sports. Carolyn meets each student where he or she is, and helps each person find their own ideal alignment and unique beauty.

Sadie Chanlett-Avery

Sadie Chanlett-Avery is a certified yoga teacher and has taught since 2003. She received her teacher training from Ana Forrest and participated in the Glenn Black Yogi Training Project in the jungles of Costa Rica. Sadie holds a personal training certification from the American College of Sports Medicine and works as a trainer in the employee gym at Clif Bar, Inc. She is pursuing a Masters Degree in Holistic Health Education from JFK University which enables her to place yoga and fitness within a larger context of holistic health.

Having taught novice to advanced students, she can adapt the class to a range of ages and a variety of abilities. With humor and compassion, she applies the ancient practice of yoga to individual needs and modern lifestyles. She infuses her classes with a playful, energetic attitude while challenging students to open, strengthen, and relax. Sadie teaches yoga in gyms, private companies and yoga studios around the East Bay.

Michelle Cordero

Michelle brings over ten years of yoga, bodywork and fitness experience to her yoga teaching.  Her teachers include Ana Forrest, Maty Ezraty, Lisa Walford, Shiva Rea and Roger Cole.  She is a graduate of both the Yogaworks, Los Angeles and the Ana Forrest Teacher Trainings. Over the years, Michelle has taught several styles of hatha yoga including Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Iyengar based.  Today, her primary influence and inspiration is Ana Forrest and the Forrest Yoga method.   Deeply commited to high quality instruction and to evolving her practice, Michelle continues to study with and assist Ana at workshops around the West Coast.  In her classes Forrest Yoga techniques, core strength and breath awareness combine to help students of all levels develop greater strength, flexibility and inner awareness.  Michelle's classes are dynamic yet mindful, challenging yet fun.  "I hope I can inspire students to deepen their relationship to their spirit, and offer a space for physical and emotional healing through the practice of yoga.  I am propelled by my own fascination for the gift of yoga and grateful to be able to share this powerful practice." Michelle is also a Level 3 certified Yamuna Body Rolling Therapist/Educator and Teacher Trainer.  She had the good fortune to apprentice with Yamuna Zake, creator of Body Logic and Body Rolling, for a year in New York City.

Cynthea Denise, R.N.

Cynthea is passionate about yoga as a discipline for the body and soul. She has practiced with Rodney Yee at Piedmont Yoga for over a decade. In 1996, she graduated from the Piedmont Yoga Studio's Advanced Studies program and has since taught in the Bay Area. Since childhood, she recalls the urge to twist and fold her body into 'funny' poses. As an adult, she personally witnessed yoga's transformative power while using it as a means to rehabilitate a broken arm. Cynthea delights in sharing the insights of her practice with students of all ages. Visit Cynthea's web site at www.shaktimoon.com.

Sean Michael Hall

Sean began his practice of yoga in 1996.  Inspired by the dramatic shifts that took place in his life as a result, he quit his career as a software engineer to embark on his path as healer.  In 2000, after a year-long private apprenticeship, Sean began teaching Warrior Yoga - a vigorous, heart-filled approach to yoga based on vinyasa yoga, capoeira, and the martial arts.  In 2002, Sean continued his education as a student in Piedmont Yoga Studios Advanced Studies program with Rodney Yee and Richard Rosen.  This program was largely inspired by Iyengar yoga, with an emphasis on alignment and mindfulness. Currently, Sean studies with two of his favorite teachers, Kofi Busia and Ramanand Patel as often as possible.  Sean's classes blend the full spectrum of approaches he has practiced and studied.  They tend to be physically challenging and vinyasa-based, but with a strong emphasis on correct alignment and cultivating the mindfulness needed to find and experience the deeper states of awareness that proper alignment allows.  Sean is also a licensed acupuncturist specializing in musculoskeletal complaints and women's health, and is co-owner of On Point Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine.  More information about
Sean can be found at his website, www.onpointacu.com

Simmin Joy Holland

Simmin Joy Holland is a Certified Anusara Yoga teacher who began studying Anusara in 1998.  She has completed numerous teacher trainings with Anusara founder, John Friend, as well as with senior teachers, Jim & Ruthie Berneart.  She has spent summers in residence at the Omega Institute (NY) and the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Farm (CA), as well as three years as a massage therapist at the world-renowned Canyon Ranch Health Resort (AZ).   A decade of experience as a certified massage therapist brings a deep understanding of anatomy and therapeutics to Simmin's teaching.  Also a visual artist, she encourages students to find the creative possibilities of their own bodies, and beauty of their own experience. She teaches with an emphasis on alignment and heart purpose, inspiring a class both deep and light-hearted, simultaneously focused and fun.  Simmin has a special interest in Anusara therapeutics and works with individuals in private sessions to begin or expand their practice, or to clear therapeutic challenges and injuries. Please see simminjoy.com for more info.

Naushon Kabat-Zinn

Certified by the Mount Madonna Center in classical Ashtanga Yoga, Naushon’s
challenging yet compassionate Vinyasa and Power Vinyasa classes are a wonderful
way to cultivate strength, serenity, flexibility and balance. Inspired by her studies with
Baba Hari Dass, Shiva Rea, Baron Baptiste, Angela Farmer, Jai Uttal, Krishna Das, and
the teachings of Vispassana (Insight) Meditation, Naushon’s vigorous classes are a
journey towards healing, cleansing and strengthening.

Kimber Simpkins

Inspired by the beauty and grace of yoga, Kimber Simpkins teaches fun, heart-centered Anusara classes, vigorous but nurturing.  Kimber has studied extensively with Katchie Ananda and has been strongly influenced by the Anusara principles of alignment and their use in helping students fully experience the balance between freedom and strength. She integrates music and self-exploration into her classes, emphasizing the vital connection between breath and movement in every pose. For more information, see Kimber's web site.

Domonick Wegesin, Phd, RYT, LMT

Domonick is a yogi-neuroscientist-dancer with a bent towards meditation and the healing arts. He recently moved to the Bay Area from New York City with his husband and their schnoodle. In New York, Domonick conducted neuroimaging research focused on the aging brain, as a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Columbia University. Domonick now trains the brains and bodies of his yoga students, helping them wake up to their mental, emotional and physical experience in a way that cultivates awareness, acceptance and ease. Domonick is also the creator of Yoga Hikes. To read more about Domonick and Yoga Hikes, visit www.YogaHikes.org.

Yogananda (Nicholas Evertz)

Yogananda received his 500-hour teacher training program in Interdisciplinary Yoga from the Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica. Yogananda has recently returned from Costa Rica where he taught Yoga and assisted teacher trainings. Yogananda 's yoga is inspired by the flow of an enlivening vinyasa linked with a playful attitude. His enthusiasm and light-heartedness permeate each session he leads creating a welcoming and safe environment in which to practice. His flow cultivates awareness of the fluid body, linking breath with movement to consciously liberate prana, the life source and conscious intellegence that moves our life. Join Yogananda for classes that integrate mind, body, and spirit to awaken the true essence of the self- Bliss.