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.

Carmen believes yoga is a system that invites us to walk with clarity and attention to that inner place we call home. This way, we can experience a state of being and presence. Yoga offers us the opportunity to sense a peaceful and quiet mind through tools that will empower our will, attention, and goals in life, guiding us always to the liberation of the mind from its fluctuations.

Her first encounter with yoga was in her late teens, in the Andes of her native Venezuela at the Universal Great Brotherhood. She received her 200-hr Certificate in 2012 in Orlando, Florida at the Yoga Teacher Training of Central Florida, School of Hatha Yoga. She began to teach at studios, wellness centers, senior living communities, summer camp programs, and gyms. She also received training in Kids Yoga by Kidding Around Yoga, and also trained in the method of Creative Relaxation for Children with Special Needs. In 2019, she received her 300-hr Certification from Beloved Yoga Sanctuary. She also attended Beloved Yoga’s Trauma-Informed Yoga training, as well as Pranayama and Yin Yoga Training.

In 2017 she participated as a yoga instructor for adults and kids at the Floyd Yoga Jam Festival in Willis, Virginia. She also had the opportunity to lead one-week retreats in the Dominican Republic at Caribe Yoga in 2017 and 2018.

Carmen’s approach and orientation is friendly and welcoming, where participants are provided with practical and accessible tools to be able to experience wellness, but most importantly, a calm and peaceful mind.

Carmen is also a former professional contemporary dancer with more than 15 years of experience. She was a resident member at the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Venezuela, and she had the opportunity to participate in several international festivals around the world.

Carmen also holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

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!

As a counselor and marriage and family counselor , Larry is thrilled by the ways Yoga helps raise your mood and calm the mind. He has completed his 200 and 500 hour teacher training program at Beloved Yoga and also studied extensively with Amy Weintraub on how how to use Yoga to transform the mind, gain energy and relax the body. He enjoys having all levels of students in his classes and helping them have a practice that is a moving meditation, challenging and invigorating. He especially enjoys helping those who are new to yoga.  Larry Uman is a certified RYT 500 with Yoga Alliance.