INSTRUCTORS
Laurel Beversdorf - Guest Instructor
AM Courses: Virtual 200HR YTT, Virtual 300HR YTT
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, Laurel co-creates movement therapy tutorials with physical therapist, Sarah Court, to help teachers help their students bridge the rehabilitation process to get back to the activities that give their lives meaning. She also works out of her home, and runs her Virtual Studio with over 150 members. Each week Laurel produces multidisciplinary content that blends strength training, rehabilitation practices, self-massage, and yoga. Laurel helps people feel better and live better in their bodies using the combined tools of yoga, strength, and evidenced-based body science. You can find her articles online for Yoga Journal, Shut Up & Yoga, and the Tune Up Fitness blog, as well as her own personal blog. When she’s not taking care of her daughter or teaching, you can find Laurel on long walks in the forested foothills of the Appalachian mountains.
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OTHER TEACHERS
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 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 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
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 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
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...
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...
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...