Ahnna Goossen

Ahnna began taking Qi Gong Classes 14 years ago while studying for her Master’s in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Five Branches Institute in Santa Cruz, CA. Her Qi Gong teacher, Lee Holden was also attending Five Branches and over the years she followed him and underwent his teacher training program. Ahnna brings her own unique style to the practice utilizing essential oils and music along with affirmations and positive self-awareness. Ahnna's love for sharing this practice as well as her love for Yoga inspired her to open Yoga Bella Studio in August 2008.

Aimee Buffum

Aimee has been a yoga practitioner since 2007, discovering the benefits through Power and Vinyasa formats.  Aimee completed her PiYo certificate training in 2010 with Powder Blue Productions.  PiYo is all about strength training and core conditioning for people who want to sweat their way to sculpted abdominals, increased core strength and greater stability.  This class is for those who color outside the lines!  It is the perfect fusion equaling strength building, rhythmic movement and power with a foundation in Pilates and Yoga that burns calories while transforming the body.  It includes modifications so everyone can participate, yet offers progressions to challenge the more advanced.  PiYo is a unique class designed to build strength and gain flexibility.  The moves fit perfectly together to form a class filled with intense choreography that's fun, challenging and will make you sweat.  Aimee also teaches Zumba, Bootcamp, Core Training and Strength classes.

Barb Voss

Barb received her teaching certification in Power Yoga from Yoga Source inLos Gatos, has completed a teacher training bootcamp with Baron Baptise, and most recently spend a week in Italy immersed in the teachings of Nicki Doane and Eddie Modestini.  Her teaching style is spontaneous and high energy, and her classes are a fun mix of movement and relaxation.

When not teaching or practicing yoga, you may find Barb out and about training for the next triathlon or marathon.   Find renewed energy and strength with Power Yoga.  This intense yoga class is perfect for anyone with a desire to add strength, flexibility, and balance to their everyday lives.  The continuous flow of poses is designed to work your entire body, with greater emphasis on strengthening and coordination.

Brooke Leslie

Brooke completed her Pilates certificate training in 2002 with the PhysicalMind Institute.  She spent her first year as an apprentice instructor under the mentorship of master Pilates teacher Tom McCook.  Since then she has instructed hundreds of students both on the equipment and off.  In addition to Pilates Mat, Brooke teaches private, duet and group equipment classes by appointment.

Dawn Culp

Dawn is Certified in Hypnotherapy and Guided Imagery and  a variety of techniques to assist her clients in improving their lives by harnessing the power of the mind. Guided Imagery can be used to strengthen characteristics you want, like confidence, patience and talents using all of the senses to fully experience scenarios as personal situations; like a living dream. You are mentally able to rehearse life the way you want it and commit your activity and positive feelings to memory. And because the subconscious mind cannot differentiate between what is real and what is imagined, these guided sessions will influence your reality.

Dolores Kent

Dolores is an Anusara-Inspired certified yoga teacher. She started her  yoga practice in 1995 and has been in the fitness industry since 1989.  She studied Ashtanga, Iyengar and Vinyasa yoga until she found her home in Anusara Yoga. Her mission in her yoga classes is to create a peaceful, safe and healing environment so students of all ages and abilities can have fun, feel good and cultivate self awareness in their practice. Dolores classes integrate body movement with breath awareness, flexibility with strength and  relaxing into the moment. She brings profound enthusiasm and knowledge into her teaching.

Jessica Kent

Jessica brings a playful and grounded awareness to her classes while emphasizing presence and self-acceptance. She started her yoga training in Los Angeles at the Center for Sacred Movement while earning a Fine Art degree at Loyola Marymount University. In both art and yoga (and in life itself) Jessica strives to look for light, to look for the good in every thing and every one. The creativity in her yoga comes from studying with some of the best Vinyasa and Anusara teachers in the world.  At the Center for Sacred Movement she trained with Max Strom, Shiva Rea, and Hala Khouri.  Jessica has also traveled nationally and internationally to study with many of the top Anusara Certified teachers including Kenny Graham, Sianna Sherman, Darren Rhodes, Amy Ipoliti, Desiree Rumbaugh, John Friend and many more. Jessica offers each class as a gift in honor and in gratitude of the gift that was offered to her by her teachers. Jessica likes to blend all of her teacher's styles into one to create a unique and healing yoga practice. Teaching yoga is her favorite thing to do!

Jennifer Logsdon

Jennifer has been a yoga practitioner since 2003.  As a dancer she became inspired in college when she took her first yoga class.  She was reminded of her body awareness and of the feeling of vitality in the essence of the movements that was created by the postures and breath.  Jennifer took up residence in 2008 for one month at The  Mount Madonna Center of Yoga in the Santa Cruz hills.  There she studied the classical Ashtanga Yogic teachings of Baba Hari Dass and became a certified Yoga Instructor.  Jennifer is a RYT with the Yoga Alliance and continues her studies through workshops and retreats.   Jennifer finds great joy acting as a conduit to help guide those on their path to remember their own divine nature as she teaches to learn.  It is important to Jennifer to maintain the intrinsic nature of Ashtanga Yoga in the community, yet she holds a humble mind and embraces a modern perspective that allows us to remain flexible in these times of infinite change.

Julie Franco

Julie is a certified yoga therapist, completing a 500 hour advanced teacher training certification with Ananda Seva.  Yoga therapy is a self-empowering process that works with the individual, implementing a personalized and evolving yoga practice.  Other certifications Julie has earned is a pre and post natal certification at the Iyengar Institute with Judith Lasater.  This type of yoga prepares Mom’s to be for childbirth as relaxation techniques are taught which can help to manage labor pain.  Another popular class she teaches is “chair”yoga for people with less mobility.  Julie has continued her education recently completing “Yoga of the Heart” cardiac and cancer training with Nishchala Joy Devi.  Using specific yoga routines that help people recover from cardiac and cancer treatments.  Julie enjoys teaching students to love and understand their mind, body and spirit in a quiet, gentle way.

Karin Larsin

Karin just happened to walk into a yoga class one day in 2003 and fell in love with the feeling of peace, lightness and joy that stayed with her. In 2006, she took the 200 hour Advanced Studies and Teacher Training at Yoga High Studio in Salinas, intending to deepen her own practice, not to teach.  But, after repeatedly being asked to teach, she began.  Now, she can’t imagine not sharing the beauty of yoga. Her classes are a celebration of life, kindness and self-acceptance. She continues to further her knowledge by attending many yoga conferences and workshops from a variety of gifted teachers and yoga styles, most recently at Yoga Teacher Training and Advanced Studies at the Yoga Center of Carmel. In addition to her adult classes, she enjoys introducing the playfulness of yoga to children and teaches in several schools. She is also certified in PiYo and Mat Pilates. She hopes to encourage others to listen to their inner teacher, their inner wisdom and to bring balance, energy and peace to their lives through yoga, discovering the beauty within.

Kimberly Engelhardt

Kim began practicing yoga in 2003, finding the practice to be a harmonious blend of physical, expressive movement with mental calming and clarity.  She completed her teacher training in 2009 at the Mount Madonna Center, learning the traditional system of Ashtanga Yoga.  Kim is continually inspired by the realizations on the mat that transfer so naturally to how we live our lives off the mat.  She teaches a vinyasa flow style class, moving through postures with the timing of the breath, and welcomes all levels of students.

Miki Guastamachio

30 mins of asana (yoga) will prepare you to sit for basic breathing techniques, followed by meditation. Deepen your practice of Yoga, and experience the benefits of meditation, which include calmness, a deeper sense of self, lowered blood pressure ,and less stress.

All levels welcome

Paula Goldsmith

Paula Goldsmith is a certified Kali Ray TriYoga Instructor who first experienced TriYoga in 1987, and immediately recognized the transformational nature of TriYoga Flows. She has been teaching since 2001, after completing training with Kali Ray and staff at the TriYoga Centers in Santa Cruz and Malibu.She is honored to share the flow with her students.