Susan is a certified Yoga instructor (RYT500) and certified Relax and Renew restorative yoga teacher. She has been practicing yoga since 1995, trained for 22 years in the Iyengar tradition (a form of hatha yoga based on the primacy of physical alignment of the body in the poses using props (blankets, blocks, straps, pillows, chairs, bolsters, etc.) to assist the student attain proper alignment . She has modified the Iyengar approach using the principles of Viniyoga training (since 2012) to adapt the various means and methods of practice to the unique condition, needs and interests of each individual - giving each practitioner the tools to customize the process of self-discovery and personal transformation .

Susan has been teaching since 2004. She teaches Hatha, Hatha Flow, Restorative styles of yoga, and pranayama (breath work). Her main teachers include Anne Wutchiett ,and other senior Iyengar teachers at Unity Woods and Maryam Ovissi at Beloved Yoga.

I am dedicated to guiding you in your discovery of your body-mind-spirit connection through alignment, breath,  movement, and meditation.  I think of myself as more of your guide than your teacher  to adapt the many tools of yoga to your interests, unique condition and therapeutic needs   - giving you the tools to customize your journey on the yoga  path toward self-discovery and personal transformation.

Cindy has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 10 years, having completed her first 200-hour teacher training with Bhekaji Lynch in Washington, D.C. Wanting to deepen her yoga training, she completed her advanced 300 hour training with Beloved Yoga in 2012. Over the years, she has studied with different master teachers, but her primary teachers are close to home: Maryam Ovissi, Jafar Alexander and David Ingalls. It is her students, however, that are her inspiration.

It is her hope that in her classes students will be able to cultivate a comfortable relationship with their breath, and settle into a slower, deeper physical practice.

Lisa’s journey into the study of yoga goes back many years. She first signed up for a 90-day trial at “It’s Yoga” when she lived in San Francisco back in the 90s and has been practicing ever since. In 2016, Lisa found her opportunity to dive a little deeper through the teacher training at Beloved Yoga. Eager to share her passion for yoga, she was determined to hone her understanding so that she could communicate, “why yoga!” This inquiry of “Why” guided Lisa through Beloved’s 200 hr and 300 hr teacher trainings. It was a deep dive that grounded her practice through the exploration of traditional teachings, and reaffirmed their value in our modern world. Whether understood as sattva or homeostasis, Lisa is dedicated to sharing the wisdom of yoga, as it offers essential tools of self-regulation. She firmly believes that yoga is for everyone. Her experience has made her adept at meeting students where they are, offering the customizations that help to build a relationship with the body, breath and mind. Lisa is a 500 RYT through the Yoga Alliance. Her training includes Pranayama, Yin, Senior, Trauma Informed and Accessible Yoga.

Sanderijn fell in love with yoga at her very first class at the Reston YMCA taught by Devra Kudeviz. What was to be a six week session turned into a nineteen  year obsession. In October of 2005 when there was a scheduling snafu, she came forward to teach and became enthralled  by being on the other side. She immediately enrolled in the Health Advantage 200 hours Yoga Teacher Training with Doug Keller. Since then she studied with Maryam Ovissi for an additional 300 hours, and finally finished Beloved’s 800 hour Yoga Therapeutic Training in 2014. Sanderijn loves to teach yoga in a way that is grounding and relaxing and she does not take herself too seriously. It is important to her that students feel safe, have fun, and not feel that they have to have a bendy body or fancy yoga pants in order to get the full benefits of the practice. Relax, it’s just yoga!