INSTRUCTORS

Jenni Rawlings - Guest Instructor

Jenni Rawlings - Guest Instructor

Jenni Rawlings, E-RYT has completed a wealth of trainings & learning in the fields of yoga, anatomy, biomechanics, and human movement. She is the co-founder of Strength for Yoga, which is a digital book (Strength Training for Yoga) and an ongoing, interactive Remote Group Training for yogis interested in enhancing and supporting their yoga practice with structured strength programming.

Jenni is also the co-host of the Yoga Meets Movement Science podcast.

Jenni completed a 6-month mentorship with Chris Beardsley, director of Strength & Conditioning Research and an expert on the science of strength training. She also completed a 500hr YTT with her main yoga mentor Jules Mitchell, MS. She writes regularly for Yoga International and for her own body geek-focused yoga blog. She is also a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP®).

Jenni owned Drishti, the nation’s first stand-alone yoga clothing store, from 2002-2017. She also taught regular yoga classes for many years at Santa Barbara’s most beloved yoga studio, Yoga Soup. Jenni graduated with B.A.’s in both Religious Studies and Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara.

Jenni is originally from California, spent a couple of years in Chicago, and now lives with her husband and two dogs in Durham, NC.

Jenni teaches yoga & continuing education content for yoga teachers via her website. She also offers daily yoga & movement ideas, tips, and educational content on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter feeds. You can also find educational videos from Jenni on YouTube.

OTHER TEACHERS

Laurel Beversdorf – Guest Instructor

Laurel Beversdorf – Guest Instructor

Laurel is a YACEP, E-RYT 500, international yoga educator, certified kettlebell specialist, the creator of Yoga with Resistance Bands classes and trainings, and Resistance Bands 101 with Yoga Journal. A mom and a New York City transplant living in Huntsville, Alabama,...

Stevi Gongora – Lead Teacher

Stevi Gongora – Lead Teacher

Stevi Góngora (@casa_colibri) is a movement and aerials teacher and educator based out of both Uvita, Costa Rica and Asheville, North Carolina.  An athlete her whole life, Stevi practiced gymnastics, dance, and track throughout her youth and became immersed in the...

Sean Michael Imler – Guest Instructor

Sean Michael Imler – Guest Instructor

Sean is an ICF certified Coach, Advanced BodyTalk and PaRama Practitioner, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Certified Sound Healer,  Level 2 Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) practitioner (Past Life Regression), Licensed Minister and Astrologer.   Sean uses...

Davina Davidson – Guest Instructor

Davina Davidson – Guest Instructor

Davina is a Houston-based teacher leader and trainer who founded Melanin Yoga Project in the spring of 2017 as a means to addressing the need for a safe space for BIPOC yogis to explore the practice of yoga and experience the benefits of the practice for themselves....

Anthony Difiglio – Lead Teacher

Anthony Difiglio – Lead Teacher

My name is Anthony DiFiglio. I wanted to be as present as I could throughout this training and thought the best way to do that would be to offer up my services just as I do for in-person trainings at affordable and accessible rates. Alongside my lectures, I help...

Sam Vetrano – Guest Instructor

Sam Vetrano – Guest Instructor

Sam was introduced to yoga when she was in high school and continued a love affair with different asana and meditation practices through college. Sam first trained in yoga asana on the Jersey Shore and received her 200 hour certification in 2012. Within a year Sam...

Dheepa Sundaram – Guest Instructor

Dheepa Sundaram – Guest Instructor

Dr. Dheepa Sundaram (she/her/hers) is scholar of performance, ritual, yoga, and digital culture in South Asia at the University of Denver which sits on the unceded tribal lands of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe people. Her research examines the formation of Hindu virtual...

Zac Cupples – Guest Instructor

Zac Cupples – Guest Instructor

 Zac Cupples is a physical therapist, performance coach, and nutrition coach. He graduated from St. Ambrose University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program in 2011 and completed an orthopedic residency in 2013 to attain his OCS, and became a certified strength and...