Amber Acheson
Amber Acheson In 2007 I was given the opportunity to move to Asia to teach English as a second language. Without a doubt I knew I had to go. I knew there was a bigger purpose to this opportunity. I had been in search of something vital I felt was lacking from my life for a long time but I could never quite define what it was that was missing. Within just a short time of living overseas it seemed as though my search was finally over. I found yoga and through yoga I found what I had been unconsciously searching for my entire life, myself. I traveled through Asia learning the traditions and...
Read MoreAleen
I happened upon my first yoga class out of curiosity my freshman year in college and after leaving in tears of release I knew this was something I needed in my life. I kept going to more and more classes, feeling as if I had a deep-rooted void that needed to be filled with yoga. After just a few months I began teaching a couple classes a week, which quickly doubled as I was realizing my passion for lighting the same spark I experienced in myself for others. Taking the time to join a 9-month teacher training at my local studio was perhaps the best decision I made in my college career as I soon...
Read MoreAnna Elliott
Anna’s Class: Gentle Flow with Anna (Level 1) on Mondays from 8:00:9:30pm This is a gentle evening flow class that starts with a short mediation and some warm ups to release the strain of your day. We will then move through some varying sun salutations to bring some heat into the body. The class ends with restorative poses that will prepare you for sleep.
Read MoreAnna Ferguson
www.vibrantheartyoga.com Yoga found me at age 22, around 11 years ago. Yoga is my true north, the compass that guides me through all sorts of challenges I’ve faced including divorce, chronic illness and traumatic loss. Because of yoga, through it all I’ve been able to see the beauty in my truth, in my present moment and that has shown me the power that resides within me to live the life of my dreams. It has shown me that Compassion and Love are the True North stars of happiness, leading me to become the person I’ve always known was inside my heart. Come practice with me to learn how to...
Read MoreAnn Mundy
A graduate of Subtle Yoga Teacher Training in Asheville and The Thinking Body – The Feeling Mind in Los Angeles, Ann also studied at Continuum (Moving Medicine with Emilie Conrad) and Forrest Yoga in Santa Monica, and uses Viniyoga and Energy Medicine techniques. She recently took a break from years of yoga to do extensive research on the sacroiliac joint and low back problems. In the process, she developed Bluebird Yoga, a yoga practice that healed her chronic pain – from her neck to her low back. Ann is also an award-winning TV documentary producer-director whose work has been seen by...
Read MoreAubrey Schierbeek
I took my first yoga class during my freshman year at UNCA in 2004. I came to yoga figuring it would be a good workout and help reduce stress. What I didn’t realize is that yoga would fill a void that I didn’t even know existed. Yoga has allowed me to see the bigger picture. Connecting with my truest self, yoga helps me see past the whirlwind of thoughts that cloud my everyday life and find the divine within each and every being. And like all things in life, clearing these thoughts, being my most authentic self is a practice. A practice that I strive to come back to everyday with...
Read MoreBrian Winslett
Brian Winslett Brian has been practicing Yoga since 2001 and earned his 230 hour teacher training certification at the Asheville Yoga Center in 2008. He is now working on his RYT500 hour certification. His first and most influential teacher was in the Kripalu tradition but he has specifically made Yoga is own path and continues to study with a wide variety of teachers from differing traditions. He follows the path of integration of diverse styles of yoga and believes in personal innovation, as that was the path of the great Yogis of the past century. As an activist, entrepreneur, community...
Read MoreBlythe Brown
Blythe is excited to be a new resident of Asheville to share her love and balance of yoga and the arts.
Read MoreDoah Chabot
karunathaiyoga.com A graduate of the Asheville Yoga Center, Doah Chabot has been teaching yoga internationally since 2007. She has extended her training with Shiva Rea as well as many other extraordinary teachers that she has met during her two years in South Asia. Doah’s classes are based on Vinyasa flow and integrate elements of other styles such as yin, restorative, prana vinyasa and kundalini. Her studies of Thai Massage, Taoist healing arts, Buddhist thought and traditional dance further enhance her class offerings. Her intention, within a class, is to draw upon her training,...
Read MoreEric Seiler
Eric Seiler fell in love with yoga in 1999 when he started practicing every day at home, from a book, as an experiment, to see what would happen. He very quickly noticed positive effects in all aspects of his life. He was hooked and wanted to learn more. He began by immersing himself in yoga study through volunteering for several months at Kripalu, the largest center in the world for yoga and holistic health. He then pursued teacher-trainings and extensive studies with top-level Anusara teachers, where he learned powerful bio-mechanical alignment principles, and how to discover the pose as an...
Read MoreErica Campbell
After graduating with a BS in Education, concentrating in Philosophy and Social Sciences in 2006, I went to work for a doctor’s office in California. Here I saw the genuine need for a sustainable solution to chronic pain and psychological afflictions (along with so many other aliments that people struggle with daily). In my search for a natural, effective way of helping people I found asana, mantra and pranayama; immediately I knew that I was onto something big… something truly life changing. Celebrating in this amazing discovery, I spent a lot of time during these years traveling and...
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Jamie Moshe
Jaime Moshe is passionate about guiding a practice that has a focus on being present in the moment with the union of breath and movement. Her experience is in hatha yoga as well as kundalini, as she also teaches kids yoga..there is a playful essence to her teaching. Jaime’s classes are multi level, as her words guide the practice in a simple way that you can also take to a deeper asana practice. Her intention is to guide presence in the moment through breath and body awareness while injoying a sacred playful practice of movement in prayer. Jamie’s Class: Sacred Flow on Tuesdays...
Read MoreJeremy Cornish
Jeremy Cornish, LAc has been practicing acupuncture and teaching Jujitsu since 2009. His experience in these two fields has heavily influenced the way he approaches Qi Gong, combining martial arts principles of dynamic strength and alignment with the working energetic anatomy of Chinese medicine. “I love Qi Gong because there’s always something new to discover. I began teaching in 2009, and have never taught the same class twice!” Jeremy’s Class Qi Gong on Tuesdays from 10:30-11:30am Qi Gong is a meditative exercise designed to cultivate energy. The movements are slow and...
Read MoreKaoverii Weber
www.subtleyoga.com Kristine Kaoverii Weber, MA, RYT500 took her first yoga course from her hippy social studies teacher in Pennsylvania when she was in sixth grade and has been hooked ever since. She began sharing yoga with others in 1995. Kaoverii began training yoga teachers in 2003 and teaches workshops to yoga teachers and mental health professionals locally in Asheville, regionally and internationally. She is committed to creating opportunities for each student to discover and pursue his or her path to self-realization. Kaoverii graduated from Georgetown University with a BA/MA in...
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Kelly Gilmore
Kelly Gilmore is a dedicated, down to earth student and a teacher of yoga, a massage therapist, voice for the animals and lover of nature. She began her studies 12 years ago with a certification in Vinyasa Flow Yoga from White Lotus Foundation. Soon after was introduced to Anusara Yoga and completed a 200 RYT with Sarajoy Marsh in 2005, which is when she moved to WNC and enrolled in the Asheville School of Massage and Yoga. Having several trainings in therapeautic yoga, clinical massage and currently receiving her 500 RYT in Yoga Therapy with Subtle Yoga, she embraces the opportunity...
Read MoreKrystal Kinnunen
Krystal Kinnunen has been a yoga and meditation practitioner for over 10 years. After studying vinyasa under Shiva Rea, she went on to pursue her yoga teacher’s certification in Kundalini Yoga through IKYTA and trained with master teachers Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Gurushabd Singh Khalsa, Tej Kaur Khalsa, Harijiwan Singh Khalsa, & Nirvair Singh & Kaur Khalsa. It was during her training that she received her spiritual name Siri Gobind Kaur which means: one who serves, helps and sustains everyone. Krystal is also studying Classical Chinese Medicine. Krystal’s Class Kundalini Yoga on...
Read MoreKymber Owens
Kymber took her first yoga class ten years ago, and has been in love ever since. She knew from the very moment that she discovered this ancient, beautiful practice that it was her dharma to be a teacher of yoga.
Read MoreLeaflin Winecoff
When a friend casually showed me my first yoga asanas in 1998, it sparked a deep remembering, and sudden illumination of a path before me. Yoga would be a guiding force of my life, and in order to fully receive this gift, I had to share it. I completed my first teacher training with Diane Wilson of Portland, OR in 1999. Diane is a completely unique, authentic and indescribable adept yogini and teacher whose guidance provided an unshakeable foundation for my yogic life. In 2005, I completed a 200hr vinyasa training with John Tamayo and Sabina Stahl at Atmananda Yoga in NYC. During this time I...
Read MoreLewis Rothlein
www.ashtangaasheville.com Over the 20 years I’ve practiced yoga (and dozen years that I’ve taught), I have found it to be a fountain that brings gifts from so many directions, many of them unexpected. My yoga journey began with the Iyengar style, moved to Bikram and Anusara, but when I discovered Ashtanga, I found my passion. I loved it so much that I stopped running marathons (which I had done for years), and began focusing on the yoga, and it has not disappointed. I loved it so much that I began teaching it full time, and became a studio owner along with my wife (in Winter Park, FL) for...
Read MoreLindsay Eltinge
With a background in gymnastics and dance, I quickly fell in love with this ancient tradition as it challenged my body and mind. Since moving to Asheville and discovering Asheville Community Yoga and the bounty of inspiring teachers and classes, my practice has deepened significantly .
Read MoreLindsay Fields
For over a decade now Lindsay Fields has immersed herself in the practice of hatha yoga. Her first and most inspirational teacher is Jimmy Barkan, creator of The Barkan Method. Jimmy’s approach to Hot Yoga (in the lineage of Bishnu Ghosh) opened Lindsay up to the healing benefits of yoga practice. Within just a few months of regular practice, she experienced dramatic results with a life long struggle with allergies and depression. Lindsay has explored many styles of yoga since but eventually returned to Jimmy Barkan to complete her 200 hour teacher training in the Barkan Method. Now, as her...
Read MoreLisa Stendig
Lisa Stendig is an Inner Body Yoga and Embodiment instructor who has been working with world-renowned teacher, Angela Farmer, for 20 years. She has taught workshops and retreats around the country, including assisting Angela at Kripalu, and can be seen in Angela’s video Inner Body Flow, ranked by Yoga Journal as one of their Top 10 all-time favorite yoga videos.
Read MoreLiz Ridley
"I feel Tai Chi and Yoga work together so well. Both of these mind/body movement forms bring balance into my life and both put focus on giving back what I receive."
Read MoreMado Hesselink
trueselfyoga.com Growing up in the jungles of Hawaii, this bookworm never imagined that a physical discipline would have such a profound impact on her life. After discovering Marial Arts in college, Mado found her way to yoga in order to balance her body from the intensity of martial arts training. When pregnancy and motherhood required that she choose one or the other, yoga was the clear path. Mado has completed multiple teacher trainings in different styles of yoga including vinyasa flow, anusara, and therapeutic yoga since she first started teaching in 2005. Her classes include both mental...
Read MoreMargaret Kirschner
I have been trained in the Kripalu yoga tradition and have been teaching continuously and enthusiastically for 12 years. I teach prenatal yoga to promote a healthy pregnancy, labor and conscious mothering experience. I am also a spiritual birth doula, a trained companion during the sacred time of pregnancy, labor and early postpartum. I love teaching beginner, gentle, therapeutic yoga classes and meditation. Yoga is the foundational practice that helps me remember who I truly am. When I practice yoga, a vital connection to strength and spirit gets plugged in. Over time, the light of...
Read MoreMarilyn
Marilyn began her study of yoga and meditation over 35 years ago. She believes, ideally, yoga should be a life-long and ever-changing practice that keeps us healthy and balanced and that fosters conscious awareness of our spiritual growth and evolution. She is certified in both Interdisciplinary Yoga and Kripalu Yoga and is registered with the National Yoga Alliance. She has been teaching yoga and meditation for the past twelve years and recently finished her certification as an Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist. She teaches a non-authoritarian style of hatha yoga that emphasizes one’s practice as...
Read MoreMegan Munday
"Megan Munday’s yoga practice began in 1998. Upon leaving the class in a euphoric stupor, she knew she was on to something good. Megan has delved into yogic paths varying from gentle to flow, bikram to iyengar, sivananda to anusara and shravana to bhavana.
Read MoreMichael Greenfield
Michael has been in the practicing school of yoga for over 22 years. He began teaching yoga in 2003 & has been dedicated to serve others in the path of Yoga & relationship work. Igniting passion & demonstrating love are Michael’s two favorite subjects. Michael is the co-founder & executive director of the center.
Read MoreNikki Virgin
"yoga is 99% practice and 1% theory". Through the practice I hope each and every one of you can begin to cultivate direct first hand experience of the fluctuations of the body and mind, and begin to become masters of these!
Read MoreRamesh Bjonnes
Ramesh Bjonnes is co-founder of the Prama Institute (www.pramainstitute.org), a holistic retreat center outside Asheville, NC. He has written extensively on Tantra, yoga, culture and sustainability, and his articles have appeared in books and numerous magazines and newspapers.
Read MoreRaphael Mendel
Yoga for Seniors class involves revitalizing the body and clearing the mind through Yoga postures and movements, some simple breathing techniques and finishes with an easy meditation.
Read MoreRebecca Odom
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate and Certified Yoga Teacher, I combine clinical therapeutic methods with mindful yoga techniques to create a space for deep emotional, physical and spiritual healing. Yoga has helped me to find healing through hard times in my life. I have been practicing yoga for over 8 years now and it has been remarkable to witness my process of growth and self-exploration through this practice. After exploring a wide range of classes in various styles of yoga and completing my yoga teacher training at the Asheville Yoga Center in 2012, I have settled into a...
Read MoreRich Risbridger
I discovered power yoga at the gym in 1999 and thanks to the inspirational teaching of Jen Malone and David Vendetti in Boston, I shifted to a consistent practice of Ashtanga yoga. In 2004 I moved to New Orleans and then after the Hurricane to the San Francisco Bay Area where guided by Katrina inspired soul-searching I switched focus from web design to yoga, circus and fire performance, and storytelling. I completed my Yoga Alliance RYT teacher training with Clayton Horton and David Lurey at Greenpath Yoga in 2006 and I pursued additional Ashtanga training since then with David Swenson and...
Read MoreRobert
One of his greatest joys is watching the effects this ancient practice has on those who partake.
Read MoreRobin and Corey Costanzo
Corey Costanzo offered the Didgeridoo Meditation at the Esalen Institute’s famed hot tubs, every Wednesday night from 2003-2008. The acoustics in the space, along with the sound of the waves crashing on the shore below, is an ideal environment for experiencing the profound vibrations of the didgeridoo. Ken Dychtwald, best-selling author of Bodymind writes, “Corey Costanzo’s Didgeridoo Meditation is a transportive experience that has left me feeling deeply connected to the mystery of life. One of the best experiences I’ve ever had at Esalen!” Robin Fann-Costanzo began practicing yoga...
Read MoreRyan Kelly
I fell in love with yoga at first breath in 1995 and have been wearing the teacher’s hat since 2007, when I received my 230 hour certification from the Asheville Yoga Center. Currently, I am thrilled to be working on my 500 hour Yoga Therapy certification with Kaoveri Weber’s Subtle Yoga program. I don’t follow a specific lineage in the yoga tradition, but have been inspired by many of the amazing teachers and wide variety of yogic flavors whose practices focus on love and awareness.
Read MoreSarah Jean
My class at Asheville Community Yoga is an effort to weave together a love of traveling and exploring other cultures with a rigorous yet spiritual yoga practice.
Read MoreScott Varn
"As a father, educator, and youth leader I have found that children teach me as I guide them. As I attempt to give them knowledge they often give me wisdom. We grow together." I am glad to be working with Asheville Community Yoga, it warms my heart to be part of such a wonderful group giving so much to our community.
Read MoreSid Jordan
Sid Jordan Ph.D. has combined a career as a licensed clinical psychologist and yoga teacher since 1971. Presently he is working as the Executive Director of the Prama Institute
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Susan Campbell
Susan Campbell MSE, is an avid yogini, who holds masters degrees in Counseling and Acupuncture. Susan has extensive background working with women, couples, families and teens.
Read MoreSusan Rothlein
I moved to Asheville in December of 2010 from Winter Park, Florida where I taught yoga for over ten years and was co-owner of Full Circle Yoga along with my husband Lewis. I have taken trainings and workshops with teachers of many different styles of yoga on my path to becoming a Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance. I’m also certified in prenatal and postnatal yoga. From my first yoga class I knew that my practice would be a central and important part of my life and I love sharing the gifts I’ve received from yoga with others. Susan’s Class: Gentle Yoga from Everybody on...
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