Regardless of background, ability or circumstance, everyone begins each yoga practice from the same place: Where you are today. Our highly qualified teachers know this to be true and use their experience to help you find that place each time you join them in the studio. With an attitude that binds compassion to encouragement, they seek to move you forward and to see you bloom.
Kristen Butler
Kristen began practicing yoga at the age of 16. In 2001, she took a leap of faith, left a 10-year, New York career in advertising and became certified with 500 hours of training at Bikram's Yoga College of India in Los Angeles, CA. In the years that followed, Kristen owned Sat Nam Yoga in Stuart, FL and has explored many yoga disciplines, including Iyengar, Vinyasa Flow, Anusara and Yin Yoga. She endeavors to share her love of yoga with clients each day and to inspire them toward a life of proactive health and well-being.
Tanya Fischer
Tanya holds three yoga certifications and has seven years committed teaching experience. She is an avid student of Iyengar Yoga, studying with senior Iyengar teachers regularly. Tanya is a member of several yoga associations, including the International Association of Yoga Therapists, Iyengar National Association of the United States, and the Arizona Yoga Association, of which she is Editor. She is also the Assistant Yoga Director at Scottsdale Community College and an artist.
Noel Merkel
Noel has studied yoga since 1999, completed several teacher trainings and instructed throughout the world, including North America, Costa Rica, India, Nepal, Austria and Spain. She encourages students to use yoga as a tool to explore one’s inner landscape, cultivate compassion and deepen inner body awareness. The discipline and alignment of Iyengar, the therapeutics and breath of Viniyoga, the art of surrender in Yin yoga, and the dynamic creative flow of Vinyasa may all be found within one of Noel’s classes. Noel is also a Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula.
Tamara Buschel
Tamara has been practicing yoga since 2002. While recovering from a rare neurological syndrome she used yoga as one of the tools to help regain her balance, coordination, and strength. Tamara is passionate about taking care of her body and wants to inspire others to do the same. She received her teacher training from Yahweh Yoga in Chandler, AZ and is registered as a 200-Hour Level teacher (RYT-200) through Yoga Alliance and is also a Certified Christian Yoga Teacher (CCYT).
Greg Burney
There is a reason yoga has been practiced and taught for so many centuries: It works! Having personally embarked on a path of self-discovery six years ago, Greg began the practice of Ashtanga yoga. At the time, he could not fathom the depth of yogic knowledge that lies beneath the surface of asana practice (postures). Today, Greg has experienced much physical, emotional and spiritual growth as the result of a consistent yoga practice. He emphasizes breath as the first thing you learn in his class. So simple, so beautiful, yet so profound. Greg received his 200-hour teacher training certificate from Inner Vision Yoga in Chandler, AZ and is currently pursuing 500 hours of certification.
Sara O'Connor
Sara's approach to yoga is strongly influenced by her background in dance and movement arts. She strives to impart a sense of grace and fluidity to her flows, while building safe and stable alignments. Sara believes that yoga asana practice is an individual experience - both a journey inward for the mind, and an outward expression of the spirit. She hopes to empower others, through her classes, with the tools to have a greater understanding and acceptance of their own unique bodies. Sara has been teaching movement arts for several years and received her yoga training from Innervision yoga here in Arizona.
Miles Beccia
Miles began martial arts training with Freedman’s Method of Ketsugo Jujutsu in the early 1990’s to improve his performance in sports. Then in his course of study at UMASS-Lowell for a B.S. in Health Education, he began his journey by studying Tai Chi with Professor Lam while also participating in both the football and track & field programs. Afterwards he began teaching Tai Chi in many setting from health clubs, the PGA Academy programs, and to assisted living facilities. He strives for all to learn the principles handed down through this incredible exercise program.
