Meet All Teachers

Gabriela is a RYT 200 hrs Certified YogaWorks Instructor trained by Laurel Beversdorf in 2014 and a Certified Yoga Tune Up Instructor trained by Jill Miller in 2015. She is also a The Roll Model Method Trainer and Practitioner and a Craniosacral Therapist by the Upledger Institute. Gabriela started her yoga and movement journey in 2009 after dealing with some emotional issues such as the loss of family members, anxiety and body pain. 

Gina began the practice of yoga 20 years ago. A doctor had recommended she look into yoga to gain more flexibility. She went on to teaching yoga and later to teaching others how to teach this amazing practice. Gina has been teaching in the Inland Empire since 2001. She completed her 200 level teacher training with Devi Yoga in Claremont, Ca. After completing two other teacher trainings including YogaWorks and YogaFit, Gina received her 500 level teacher training with Cloud Nine Yoga under the direction of Erika Faith.

Shortly after moving to Boston in 2009, I experienced my first of many Hemiplegic migraine attacks that left me with temporary paralysis and chronic neck/back pain. With my hectic, anxiety-ridden life as a Real Estate Broker only adding to my body’s discomfort, I desperately searched for answers and relief from the pain.

Gretchen is constantly exploring and studying different styles of movement and exercise and loves to share these discoveries with her clients. She enjoys helping people find their body blind spots and muscle imbalances so that they can improve their body awareness and feel more at ease in their bodies.
 

Heather came to yoga to relieve her back and knee pain she was having from running. After experiencing the positive and powerful healing benefits of yoga, Heather was compelled to take the teacher training program at Kushala Yoga in 2011. Heather believes yoga is for everyone and finds great personal joy in helping students discover what is right for them. She feels blessed to be surrounded by a beautiful community of teachers and practitioners who give so much, and are a constant source of knowledge, guidance and inspiration. 

I am a 200 HR RYT who loves helping people increase mobility while also decreasing stress.  I discovered yoga several years ago and immediately fell in love with it when the teacher literally relaxed every muscle in my body simply with her voice during savasana. I had to learn this magic!!  Several years later, my favorite asana to teach and to practice is still savasana.

Heather Stoken has been teaching Yoga since 2007. She enjoys teaching in schools and studios throughout beautiful Portland, OR. In 2013 Heather trained in Yoga Tune Up®, which has helped to bring a deeper element of self care, body awareness and play to her teaching. It is with thoughtfulness and enthusiasm that she helps each student feel a deeper and more empowered connection to the way their body moves.

Heather is passionate about bodywork and movement.  She has been an nationally certified massage therapist thought the NCBTMB since 2008 and is a California certified massage therapist (CMT).  Over the course of the last eight years of her bodywork career Heather's philosophy on movement has evolved through the teachings of people like Perry Nickelston, Kelly Starrett, and Jill Miller. Constantly looking for answers to help improve the quality of life of her patients is what drives Heather as a bodyworker.