Our Instructors
Meet our amazing instructors who are passionate about the student experience. We offer a diverse selection of classes for students of all levels.
Alka Kaminer
About Me
I have been a dedicated student of yoga for the last 15 years, during which I became a certified teacher in multiple areas. I practice several styles of energy healing and received certification in Reiki 9 years ago. I use various types of meditation (breathe, mantra, mindfulness) that I learned starting at an early age. I am forever a student of life and always practicing to be the best person I can be.
Get to Know Alka
Certifications & Accomplishments
E-RYT(500), LVCYT, YFA, YACEP, Ayurveda Yoga Teacher (Kripalu)
Favorite Pose
Wild thing (Camatkarasana)
Wild thing (Camatkarasana)
Favorite way to de-stress
Having fun in whatever I do! Love to sit on the beach and watch the ocean waves 🙂 & Meditation
Having fun in whatever I do! Love to sit on the beach and watch the ocean waves 🙂 & Meditation
Music I enjoy
Classic rock and roll and pop music when I can dance!
Classic rock and roll and pop music when I can dance!
When I am not on the mat or teaching
I am spending time with family & friends, planning a trip, reading, cooking, watching any Marvel, DC, Star Trek or Star Wars movies.
I am spending time with family & friends, planning a trip, reading, cooking, watching any Marvel, DC, Star Trek or Star Wars movies.
Favorite books
CLASSES
Chair Yoga
Chair yoga offers you the ability to improve your health through an amazing form of adaptive exercise. While supported by a chair you can receive yoga’s healing and restorative benefits that have been known for thousands of years. Yoga relaxes your body and mind, improves your musculoskeletal fitness and flexibility, and elevates your overall health and well-being.
Meditation
Take a mid-week mind break to cultivate better health, greater happiness and a balanced life. We explore a variety of meditation techniques.
Yoga Nidra
Restorative Yoga
Restorative yoga is a type of yoga known for its relaxing, calming and healing effect. It has its roots in the yoga of B.K.S. Iyengar, who developed a yoga that allows students to practice without any strain or pain. This was developed into a whole style of yoga which was considered ideal for those recovering from injuries or illnesses, or anyone looking to promote healing.
Palma Manners
About Me
As a Montessori Teacher, Palma brought yoga into the classroom as a fun way to engage with students. She saw the benefit of students connecting to their body and their senses: listening to cues externally as well as internally. Yet it was not until 2005 that Palma became a regular yoga practitioner. When physically she could no longer run she turned to yoga to heal. Through yoga she learned the importance of working the body as a whole, and moving with intention. Her practice is inspired by mindful transitions while engaging the breath – the dance between effort and ease, control and surrender.
Get to Know Palma
Certifications & Accomplishments
E-RYT(500), YACEP
E-RYT(500), YACEP
Favorite Pose
Dancer Pose (Natarajasana) because I just love back bending.
Dancer Pose (Natarajasana) because I just love back bending.
Favorite way to de-stress
I love taking my dogs on a walk, or rather as my family says, the dogs take me on a walk; I feel I need it more than they do.
I love taking my dogs on a walk, or rather as my family says, the dogs take me on a walk; I feel I need it more than they do.
Music I enjoy
Indie folk rock like The Lumineers or The Head and the Heart
Indie folk rock like The Lumineers or The Head and the Heart
When I am not on the mat or teaching
I know this sounds super geeky but…I am watching yoga videos.
I know this sounds super geeky but…I am watching yoga videos.
Favorite book
One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in a Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in a Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
CLASSES
Yoga Core
A quick paced sequence for total body conditioning while isolating and strengthening core muscles. This class will not only make you sweat but integrates stretches to reset and release muscles.
Designed to combine spinal mobilization with spinal stabilization to build better alignment and communication between your curves. In this class, we will stabilize the curves by stacking them and strengthening the supporting structures around them, and mobilize them by moving them together and independently in all main directions – forward bends, backbends, lateral bends, twists, and axial extension postures.
Stretch & Align – Recovery
Ease into yoga with a sequence of poses to facilitate the muscles to relax, stretch, and lengthen. This class aims to move the joints and strengthen supporting muscles.
Hatha Flow
A mindful sequence organically flowing from one pose to another. Integrating breath with movement this class will focus on alignment, strength and stability.
Nannette Wasserman
About Me
Nannette has practiced yoga and meditation for over thirty five years. As a teenager, long before yoga was popular, Nannette joined her artist mother in yoga and meditation classes. Together they studied Iyengar and much later, ISHTA yoga. Nannette received her certification in Hatha yoga through Yoga With Intention and is a Registered Yoga Teacher with nationally recognized Yoga Alliance. Her teachings focus on building flexibility and strength within the proper alignment while cultivating an open heart. Nannette consistently provides modifications as well as progressions so that all students, from beginners to advanced, are able to find their edge and breathe fully while moving through the poses.
Get to Know Nannette
Certifications & Accomplishments
E-RYT(200), RYT(500), YACEP
E-RYT(200), RYT(500), YACEP
Favorite Pose
Cow Face Pose (Gomukhasana)
Cow Face Pose (Gomukhasana)
Favorite way to de-stress
Music I enjoy
Pop music
Pop music
When I am not on the mat or teaching
I am caring for my family, walking in nature, paddle boarding, gardening, or reading yoga/spiritual books, journals and articles.
I am caring for my family, walking in nature, paddle boarding, gardening, or reading yoga/spiritual books, journals and articles.
Favorite book
Fiction: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Non Fiction: Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart, by James M. Doty M.D.
Fiction: Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver
Non Fiction: Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart, by James M. Doty M.D.
CLASSES
Yoga for Healthy Bones – Series
A 4 class series of yoga poses, sequences, breath work and relaxation techniques specifically designed for postural alignment, neuromuscular awareness, muscle and bone strength, and coordination and balance, all key components of fall prevention, reducing risk of serious fractures and building healthy bones.
Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga uses bodily postures (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama) and meditation techniques (dyana) to cultivate a sound, healthy body and a clear, peaceful mind. A consistent Hatha practice develops a supple spine, strong core, and increased flexibility and balance. Pranayama and meditation help to improve respiratory function, boost the immune system, reduce stress and anxiety levels, and promote an overall sense of well being. All levels welcome.
Marla Sukoff
About Me
Movement and healing have always been the cornerstones of Marla’s life. An unfortunate knee injury ended Marla’s professional Modern Dance career in NYC, but opened up a new door to a healing profession in Physiatric Medicine. Years later, that worsening injury led her to Yoga, as a physical practice safe for injured joints. She quickly realized its benefits encompassed much more than toning & flexibility, extending into higher and more subtle realms of healing of mind, body & spirit. Marla combines her passions for breath, energy, imagery, chakra’s, Nature and Qigong, with her fund of anatomical and therapeutic knowledge, her love of movement flow, and her sense of wonder. She hopes to inspire, move and heal others from both within and without, with compassion and grace.
Get to Know Marla
Certifications & Accomplishments
RYT(500), MD(BC-PM&R)
RYT(500), MD(BC-PM&R)
Favorite Pose
Revolved Triangle (Parivrtta Trikonasana)
Revolved Triangle (Parivrtta Trikonasana)
Favorite way to de-stress
Hugging my pets, being in nature, sipping warm teas
Hugging my pets, being in nature, sipping warm teas
Music I enjoy
Soft piano solos
Soft piano solos
Favorite book
Epic historic fiction that transports me to another time & place ( “The Weight of Ink”)
Epic historic fiction that transports me to another time & place ( “The Weight of Ink”)
CLASSES
Women’s Pelvic Floor Health
Learn pelvic floor anatomy, function & dysfunction. Practice both deep pelvic breathing & mind-body techniques for relaxation & toning. Integrate Pelvic Floor Balancing into gentle core work & yoga postures.
Breathe, Align & Flow
A dynamic class, that balances energizing and finding calm, focusing on alignment and letting go, finding the joy in movement, as well as in just being. Using techniques of meditation, imagery, energy (chakra’s & Qigong) and breathing, along with asanas sequenced to stretch, tone, center and flow, while integrating pelvic floor, balance and core.
Gentle Yoga
A slower paced alignment-based class geared towards those who need modifications due to aches & pains. This practice includes meditation, imagery, energy and breathing techniques along with asanas sequenced to stretch, tone, center and gently flow, while integrating pelvic floor, balance and core.
Barbara Dunn
About Me
Barbara’s yoga training is in Anusara (school of Hatha yoga emphasizing principles of alignment) and Kripalu (inward focus, self discovery & compassionate lifestyle). With 500 hours of teacher training in this combination of yoga schools, she can help you cultivate the tools & perspectives to navigate life’s storms and find ways to connect with what is meaningful and important in our lives. She is also trained in Pranayama (breath practices), Pelvic Floor Yoga, and is a certified Chair Yoga Teacher. Barbara enjoys working with both groups and individuals.
Get to Know Barbara
Certifications & Accomplishments
RYT(500), LVCYT
RYT(500), LVCYT
Favorite Pose
Half Moon (Ardha Chandrasana)
Half Moon (Ardha Chandrasana)
Favorite way to de-stress
Yoga, painting, reading a good novel, binging a tv series
Yoga, painting, reading a good novel, binging a tv series
Music I enjoy
Most anything from late 60’s, 70’s, 80’s – Grateful Dead, Beatles, Stones, James Taylor
Most anything from late 60’s, 70’s, 80’s – Grateful Dead, Beatles, Stones, James Taylor
When I am not on the mat or teaching
I am selling a house, painting, creating jewelry
I am selling a house, painting, creating jewelry
Favorite book
Yoga category: How Yoga Works (Michael Roach)
Other: The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
Yoga category: How Yoga Works (Michael Roach)
Other: The Nightingale (Kristin Hannah)
CLASSES
Mindful & Meditative Flow
Perfect for those with an existing vinyasa style practice: Give yourself one hour of relaxation and rejuvenation. Weave breath and movement into warmups and graceful sequences for a flow that feels like a meditation. You are cued through principles of alignment and encouraged to explore boundaries within your personal level of strength and flexibility. Build heat, increase flexibility, and body awareness.
Gentle Kripalu
Relax and rejuvenate. Coordinate movement with breath to flow through a sequence of gentle poses, soothing the mind, increasing flexibility, and building strength. Release stress and anxiety and increase body awareness.
Manjula Khanna
About Me
Yoga asanas, Pranayama and Meditation had been part of Manjula’s upbringing in India. Mathematics and Computer Science along with Hindi and Sanskrit literature were part of her formal education. After retiring, she is following her passion to share her knowledge of the ancient Vedic and Yoga wisdom with the community. She has used yoga, pranayama and meditation for her personal healing after an unfortunate accident, causing traumatic brain injury. She established a non-profit organization, Holistic Cares, to educate and bring awareness to the community in ‘holistic’ methods of healing and managing stress, thus enhancing quality of life.
Chopra Meditation Instructor to teach Primordial Sound Meditation and other meditative techniques including Pranayama. Chopra Education is a global organization established by Deepak Chopra, M.D. Since 2006, she has been practicing Pranayama and Meditation at retreats and ashrams of Art of Living Foundation, a global organization led by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shanker and recognized by United Nations.
Get to Know Manjula
Certifications & Accomplishments
Favorite yoga pose
Easy Pose (Sukhasana)
Favorite way to de-stress
Yoga, Meditation, Cooking and spending time with grandchildren
Yoga, Meditation, Cooking and spending time with grandchildren
Music I enjoy
Indian classical music
Favorite book
Total Meditation by Deepak Chopra, The Power of Vital Force by Rajshree Patel.
CLASSES
Primordial Sound Meditation Workshop
Pranayama and Mantra Meditation
This class focuses on both breathwork (Pranayama) and Mantra meditation. Pranayama are various breathing techniques to control and enhance lifeforce (prana) within the body. Pranayama practice is also a stepping stone to achieve a meditative state of mind. Mantras are sounds or vibrations that are ‘instrument of the mind’ to allow us to enter a deep state of meditation to heal the body and mind by promoting relaxation, stress reduction, mental clarity and deeper connection to one’s inner self.
Chakra Meditation
In this class you will get a complete understanding of seven main Chakras and how to energize and balance them with Pranayama and Meditation. In yoga tradition, Chakras are commonly understood as energetic anatomy hidden inside our body. They are recognized as 7 dynamic energy centers lined up from top of the head to the base of the spine.
