JACQUELINE WEEKS

CERTIFICATION & EDUCATION:

• Yoga Alliance E-RYT 200

• Usui Reiki Master Certification

Jacqueline has dedicated herself to the practice, study and teaching of yoga since 2006, is a certified Reiki Master and has a 200-hr Hatha Yoga Teacher Certification through YogaWorks. Her love affair with yoga began from the first time she stepped onto her mat and will be forever a devoted student of the practice as she believes the practice is what helped her overcome body image issues, and health challenges, keeping her grounded, healthy, and positive. Jacqueline teaches with a warm,light-hearted spiritual approach, weaving into her classes philosophy, breath work, alignment cues and sequences of postures that integrate a balance of both precision and flow. She believes in offering her students a safe and well-rounded practice that builds strength, flexibility and balance, leaving students with a level of stillness,improved self-awareness and rejuvenation. Jacqueline makes her classes suitable for every body and respects where each individual is in their body by offering the use of modifications and props. She enjoys sharing with her students the beautiful practice and unique ability of yoga to benefit the mind, breath, body and spirit-creating an integrated whole. “Health is wealth, Peace of mind is happiness. Yoga shows the way”

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MIA HERNANDEZ

CERTIFICATION & EDUCATION:

• Yoga Alliance RYT 200

Mia fell in love with yoga immediately after taking her first yoga class. Being so passionate about yoga she decided to study and share her love for the practice, completing two 200 hour teacher trainings from Saddleback College and CorePower Yoga. She believes that connection of body, breath, and movement is so healing and so important in life . She hopes that everyone is willing to have an open heart to give yoga a chance, “If you can breathe, you can do yoga” -Krishnamacharya.

Julie Murray

Certification & Education

Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 Hr

Julie Murray has been teaching yoga professionally at various studios throughout south Orange County for 8 years. She has studied different modalities of health and fitness extensively for 35 years and discovered Yoga in 1998. She graduated from her 200Hr training in 2012 at All About Yoga and went on to complete her 500Hr training at Be the Change Yoga in 2019. Julie has alsostudied in depth with Annie Carpenter and Judith Lasater. She is a happy wife and mother to three teenagers in Mission Viejo. Her favorite hobbies are hiking, camping, running, gardening, crafts, writing and baking. She has taught over 3,000 classes in styles such as vinyasa flow, yin, restorative and gentle yoga. Her passion is creating an experience for her students that leaves them feeling mentally relaxed, physically energized, happy, peaceful and content.

Kevin Starnes

Certification & Education

Yoga Alliance RYT 200 Hr

Kevin was a high school teacher for 31 years. After retiring from education he felt a need to come back into teaching and his path this time was yoga. He continually works on his personal practice and teaching skills daily. He has been practicing yoga since 2010 and teaching since 2018. He earned his 500-hr teaching credential through Yogaworks from 2016-2018. He further was certified in teaching Yin Yoga in 2018. He loves what he does and tries to convey that feeling with his students through each session. Yoga means union and his teaching emphasis is continually on the mind-body connection and self-reflection through physical and mental awareness. He makes his classes suitable for all levels by adding as many modifications as necessary to accommodate all of his students.

Janet Kuhn

Certification & Education

Yoga Alliance E-RYT 200

Some people’s paths go straight, mine never has. Whether it has been my education, career, home, or family, I have always taken a different route than most. Yoga has been one of the only constants in my life for decades. It was only within the past 7 years, however, that I realized my deep passion for yoga and what I am learning from it each day. Over the years yoga has given me tranquility in my chaotic life, energy when I was beyond exhausted, balance in what can be a stressful life, and more strength each day in my physical and emotional body. In 2011 I did my first 200-hr RYT teacher training with Ubuntu in Napa, Ca.  In 2017 I decided to go a step further and completed another 200-hr Teacher Training in Annie Carpenter’s Smartflow under the direction of my teacher, Tiffany Russo. In my teaching I believe  yoga is an inquiry into the self. My classes are about strengthening from the inside out and discovering what each pose can teach us in that moment.  In addition to teaching, I took ownership of this wonderful studio in March 2021 and feel lucky to have found my new home among such great instructors. You can always reach out to me at janet@shaanti.yoga if you have any questions.

When I'm not on the mat, you'll find me hiking the hills with my two dogs or hanging at the beach with my daughter.