Jody received her 200 hour yoga certification and she is also a Massage Therapist. This combination of these two healing arts has given her a deeper understanding and compassion of people and their different body types.

Coming from a family who always emphasized health and wellness, it seemed like a natural progression to become involved in the healing of yoga. Her teaching style is Hatha Flow. She teaches Vinyasa Flow, Gentle, and Moderate classes. Jody would like her students to receive a positive, caring experience, leaving class with a feeling of accomplishment, self-satisfaction, and relaxation.

Jody creates a safe place and empowers her students to release, let go, and discover themselves. With incredible clarity, and honed communication skills, she has the unique ability to reach everyone. Her classes are insightful and inspiring and some challenging, that focus on integrating breath with movement. She emphasizes that yoga is about your inner experience and the inner effects - the positive long term influence on your life's energy and overall health. Her unique ability to draw out the light from within every student is her gift.

Joell

Joell  credits Racquel Welch for starting her on her yoga journey at the age of 15, after finding a book the actress wrote on yoga at the Ocean County Library in the late 80s. She then begged her mom to find her a yoga video for Christmas, which produced a VHS by Alan Finger featuring naked men and women spray painted gold, performing Sun Salutations in the desert.

And so began her home practice, continuing until the age of 34, while living in the frozen north of Vermont, her close friend opened up a Bikram yoga studio and after much asking, finally persuaded Joell to feel the amazing heat of hot yoga. She immediately fell in love with practicing yoga in a class room setting, as well as the progress her own practice was making with the guidance of a teacher. Seeing herself in the mirror, sweating like crazy in unflattering clothes, trying to bring her foot over her head, brought such peace and a love for how fun, funny and challenging life can be.

Yoga has taught Joell gratitude, acceptance, love for herself and others, calm and strength through difficulties, body awareness and that the innermost self really has a great sense of humor. While at a crossroad in her life last summer, Joell made the decision to move her and her little black Pit Bull back to their hometown of Toms River, to persue the 200 hour teacher training program at the Center for Health and Healing and has never been happier. She is in proccess of getting her 500 hour certifacatio with Raughau.

She wishes to share her love for life and yoga with all who come to her class, hoping to make the challenges of the asanas fun and exhilarating as well as encouraging smiles, laughter and a light happy heart.
 

Jennifer is a certified Sivananda and Children's Yoga instructor. She has a 200 & a 500 hour certification. She has practiced with many Yogis around the World in order for her to broaden her yoga skills and techniques.

Jennifer’s adult and children's classes begin with a relaxing warm up, followed by breathing exercises, then move into more heat-building asanas. Class ends with visualization exercises and relaxation poses. Breath awareness and pranayama are major components of her classes.

She utilizes her experience in various yoga styles to create a welcoming class for everyone. Jennifer believes that teaching is a gift that allows an exchange of energy between people.

If you want strength, courage, balance, joy and if you need to reduce stress, she believes yoga is for you. Jennifer is a living example of what she teaches.

Erin found yoga after experiencing panic attacks while commuting to NYC for work in fashion. She ended up in the basement of Ashtangi Wendy Green where she began her practice to ease anxiety. She then started asking those questions "Why am I here? What is my purpose?" and decided to attend a Teacher Training.

Her first 200 hour training was in Sivananda Yoga. She taught this style for several years then upon turning 30 she moved to California to experience the west coast. She then began to enjoy a more vinyasa flow style and won a scholarship to a 200 hour training with Yogaworks where she taught for over a year. Then a lone trip to India in 2010 introduced her to Tantra Yoga in Rishikesh, India where she studied for a few weeks before traveling the country.

This past winter Erin has lead her first Yoga Retreats in beautiful Tulum, Mexico and taught locals and tourists Gentle Yoga with Meditation in a hut on the beach. Her classes infuse flow with breath, alignment and fun! She believes Yoga generates a feeling of "Oneness" we all crave and that's what keeps us coming to our mats. Erin is also a Wellness Consultant through IIN. Visit her site for more info www.thezenchick.com

She is a mother fo three. She is a 200 hour RYT, obtained her certification at the Center for Health and Healing. Maura first approached Yoga as a means of exercise and improving her physical and emotional well-being
 
She feels that Yoga is available to all, no matter what the experience, and physical ability. Everyone can benefit from the practice of yoga .There was a significant change in her reaction to stress and the way She looked at life in general. Due to the huge impact yoga has had on her life, She wanted to share this knowledge and help others.

She strongly believes through yoga you can help everyone experience the bliss of becoming their most vital, centered and dynamic self. She feels that her students experience and growth is her sole focus. She believes and encourages the study of their strengths and weaknesses carefully with joy in a gentle fashion.

Erika

Erika began her yoga practice in 2009 as a way to find personal balance amongst the hustle bustle of her 14 year career in Retail Management. She credits Yoga with helping her achieve this balance and transitioning her gracefully into this new phase of her life.
Erika's yoga practice quickly became her passion and now, her way of life.

Her first Hot Yoga class was the most challenging she had ever experienced but was amazed when she realized she had never felt more in tune with herself. She knew there was no turning back. After deepening her practice, she decided to pursue her 200 hour instructor certification, which she attained at The Center for Health and Healing.
It has truly been an amazing journey as she continues to learn more about herself every day.

Erika looks forward to the opportunity to share her journey and the benefits of yoga with her students. She finds there are endless benefits to hot yoga, both mental and physical. Believing that it is important in our busy modern lives to slow down and make time to reconnect with ourselves.

Pat discovered yoga 10 years ago. Yoga made her feel calmer, and more balanced. She needed to learn to de-stress and relax. Through her first contact with Yoga she realized that this was the path for her... It felt right, like coming home.

In addition to learning how to relax and pay attention to her body, she was pleasantly surprised to find her physical strength growing, her flexibility improving, and her mind expanding shifting. And, as her practice and love of Yoga deepened she decided to enroll in the 200 hour teacher training program. Originally, she took the program to expand her knowledge and practice. However, by the time she graduated she knew she wanted to teach yoga to others.

She is also a floral designer, and patient care technician. She continues to live her Yoga - thru her kindness to all that she encounters.

Patti has practiced yoga since 2000 and completed the 200 hour teacher training program through the Center for Health and Healing. She began her practice as an exercise program unaware that yoga would become such an integral part of her life. Beginning a yoga practice is the beginning of a life-changing journey, she now realizes. The practitioner connects to the body through the postures, opening the mind and the heart to one’s inner strength and intrinsic worth. This discovery works its way into all aspects of one’s life leading the student to self-awareness, self-trust, better health, and a much calmer state of mind.

Patti is interested in the philosophy of yoga as well, including breathing and meditation techniques especially the meditative quality one can experience in a yoga practice. She hopes to share this journey of yoga with her students through her teaching.  Her favorite to teach is HOT Yoga.

Jessi has had a strong Yoga practice for the last four years. She has her 200 hour certification in Hatha Yoga and is registered with the Yoga Alliance.

Jessi is a high school Math teacher and loves to ispire her students on the matt and in the class room. She believes the peace and strength that Yoga brings to one's body and mind allows for her to approach each teaching experience with a renewed energy, creativity, as well as a calm mind and spirit. Jessi continues her study of Yoga on a consistent basis to bring her students fresh, superb selections of flowing sequences.

Her classes build strength, flexibility and a deeper awareness of how Yoga can affect the mind, body, and spirit. She is a firm believer in the power of Yoga to awaken the body's own healing process and empower individuals in all areas of their lives.

Kristy V.

Kristy  began practicing yoga in 1998 in Los Angeles. Since then, it has been an integral part of her daily life. She obtained a MA in Education and taught elementary school for several years, but has decided that sharing the gift of yoga with children and adults is her calling. She loves meditation.

Kristy loves helping others find their own yogic path and students of all levels appreciate her warm and friendly teaching style.Yoga helps her find ease and comfort in her heart, mind and body, and she hopes to share the joys and benefits of her experience with her students.

She strives to bring a sense of fun, freedom, and kindness into her the classes.

Samantha

Samantha is a world traveler and a passionate yoga instructor. She was trained on the Jersey shore in many forms of yoga such as, hot, vinyasa, gentle and kids yoga and practices intensely. She has found yoga to be a meditative and healing gift in her life and has traveled the world taking classes everywhere from Australia, Hawaii to Ireland. She spent time working on a yoga retreat in New Zealand in 2011 and continues to build and cherish her asanas and meditation practices daily.

Samantha believes yoga, mindfulness and nutrition can transform your life and body and loves being able to share her inspiration with her students.

MaryAnn is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance. She received her 200 hour certification from the Dharma Yoga Center in New York City, where she continues to attend weekly master classes with Sri Dharma Mittra and his senior teachers. She is a graduate of Monmouth University in West Long Branch NJ and also studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City and at the University of Seville in Spain.

She is currently studing and in process of her 500 hour certification with Raughau.

Jen M. is known for her innovative and mindful approach to movement and yoga. Acknowledging the body as the teacher. She is still enjoying her yoga, she is still falling in love with the practice. She obtained her Hatha flow 200 hour RYT certification from The Center For Health and Healing. She has had  the opportunity to experienced many influential mentors, leaving her with a solid foundation and a healthy understanding. Your own personal practice is your journey.

Yoga is for everyone, as you relieve stress, it helps create peace and balance and increasing awareness of where you are in this moment. It helps not only strengthen and tone muscles and vital organs, it increases and sharpens focus and lung capacity. Using the breath, opening your heart, trusting yourself, you find balance as you are constantly evolving. With the practice you learn, everyday to listen to your own truths, and accept changes that may affect your life. The practice is yours to enjoy, with no competition, as we learn to be present on our mat, and take that into our daily lives.

She feels yoga is a practice of acceptance, patience, and compassion (for yourself and others). Her yoga classes facilitate the unfolding of the body, mind, and heart of her students into the beauty of wholeness.

Registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level (RYT) in the YogaWorks Method, Nicole is inspired by the quest of finding presence, acceptance, and balance in each moment. Ayurveda, pranayama, and asana with emphasis on alignment and mindfulness are integrated into all her classes. As in the YogaWorks method, Nicole's classes combine the Ashtanga series and the school of B.K.S Iyengar through the use of props and proper alignment. Modifications are offered to the asana portion to truly make her classes accessible to all levels of strength and flexibility.

Synthesizing a lifelong interest in wellness and self-awareness with her love of movement, yoga naturally became a tool to unify her life and to find peace of mind. Nicole brings forth her experience as a Childbirth Educator (CBE), Lactation Counselor (CLE), and Birth Doula (CBD) registered with CAPPA, and Certified Prenatal Yoga Teacher (PRYT) registered with Yoga Alliance. Her prenatal yoga classes offer a sense of community and friendship, laughter, and support.
 

Kerry

Kerry's journey to yoga started as a healing process seven years ago when she lost her mom. She came to yoga as a way to heal and coup with her sadness never expecting it to turn into her number one passion in life. She believes yoga can heal and transform any situation whether it be physically, mentally or emotionally. Kerry encompasses the positive changes that yoga can have on one's life and would like to share that with others. Yoga has brought Kerry back to feeling like your old self laughing, smiling and happy again. She has always said "yoga saved me".

Always bringing a lot of good positive energy into all of her classes making them fun, energetic and safe also allowing everyone to get their sweat on! Also having a strong passion for travel, Kerry has been on several yoga retreats all over the world bringing back more knowledge and passion each time. She enjoys teaching all types of yoga from a soothing gentle class to a challenging vinyasa. Her hope is to help people discover what yoga has to offer them since it had such a strong, long lasting impact in her own life. Kerry always looks forward to meeting new smiling faces in her classes!! Kerry has completed her 200 hour certification at the center for health and healing.

One of Kerry's favorite quotes " A positive attitude opens you to the flow of life. It defines the energy you send out and shapes your circumstances." ...unknown
 

Suzie enjoys spending time with her family and being outside as much as possible. She loves the peace , confidence and overall sense of well being in body, mind and spirit that yoga has given her.

She feels that yoga has been an exciting and educational path along which she has been blessed to meet many truly wonderful people from all over the world. She is grateful for her continued opportunities and personal growth, and hopes to share her experiences and knowledge with her students in order to help them find comfort and strength as they heal and grow. She is a loving mother to four beautiful daughters, fitness therapy instructor for special populations for over 10 years now, a volleyball coach grades for girls 4-12 also for over 10 years now.

A yoga teacher 200 hours (Yoga Alliance) Dawn Keen Center for Health and Healing
She loves nature & animals particularly the Catskill mountains where she frequents with her family. She is a good hearted and good humored person with a strong belief in loving kindness and patience.

In her practice she tends to favors detoxifying twists, tension releasing hip openers and meditative Pranayama her understanding of the benefits of yoga is clear. Yoga is the ultimate self healer.

She has found that yoga has made her feel better mentally and physically than any other type of activity and is eager to share her love of the practice with others. Suzie is excited to teach the joy, balance and peace that can be brought to any life though yoga and believes that yoga is for everybody and can fit into different lifestyles in small or large ways. She is eager to share her teaching and practice with all.

Amber

Amber received her 200 hour certification with Dawn Keen at The Center for Health and Healing. Kim’s belief is that yoga is so much more than a workout. For her, it has been a sense of self discovery, a time of learning about her mind, body and beliefs. According to Kim, it was the impetus that made her feel truly grateful for this journey we call life.She feels that her practice of yoga has given me the tools to manage the daily stresses of life's encounters. My toolbox consists of proper breathing techniques, daily meditation and listening to my intuition."

As an instructor, Amber, places emphasis on Ujjayi Pranayama breathing as the primary means to develop mindfulness, proper alignment, and to facilitate physical safety and healing. Students are encouraged to practice with a balanced sense of ease and discipline, and to encounter challenges in their practice with an open heart and playful spirit. Ambers Yoga classes generally feature gentle,moderate to vigorous flowing sequences, attention to alignment, and an appreciation for community and connection

She is passionate about yoga, and continually seeks to grow as a teacher and student of yoga. She is honored to serve her students and is committed to teaching with safety and body awareness. There are wonderful benefits to a yoga practice, clarity, spacious opening, lightness, free-flowing energy, well-being, flexibility, and strength among many - she is delighted to share this powerful and healthy practice with you. Om Shanti.

Avita began practicing yoga in 2003. She instantly connected with yoga and felt the need to share this gift with others. In 2007, she earned her 200 hour yoga certification at the Center of Health and Healing.

Yoga was one instrument in transforming Avita’s life. Through practicing, she found healing, self acceptance, and a deeper connection with a Higher Power and others. Through teaching, she hopes to return what was given to her by inspiring teachers. In Avita’s Vinyasa style classes, students are encouraged to practice compassion and gratitude while building strength and increasing flexibility.

Avita is also a middle school educator in Asbury Park, NJ where she also teaches yoga classes after school. She feels blessed to bring yoga to her adolescent students at such a transformative time in their lives.

Avita is eager to learn and continually expands her personal yoga practice. She is honored to share what she learns with others so they can also experience yoga bliss.

Carolyn has studied Yoga for over a decade and is a registered Yoga teacher. She is certified with the Yoga Alliance (200 hour and 500 hour) and has been teaching throughout Ocean and Monmouth counties.

She was trained in the Sivananda style of Hatha yoga and is particularly interested in Buddhist studies and philosophy. She is our Sutra and Meditation teacher in our teacher training program.

Carolyn holds a Medical Anthropology degree and has a thorough understanding of the human body, its systems and anatomy. She incorporates this knowledge into her instruction, gearing classes to students' individual needs.

Carolyn is also a practicing visual artist who exhibits her work throughout the state and the country. She views Yoga as both an art and a science and employs her creativity to make each one of her Yoga classes fun and different.