At the start, Yoga was a purely physical practice for Stephanie. It wasn't until she found Beloved Yoga in 2009 that she began to know the full depth of the practice. She completed her 200HR teacher training at Beloved in 2016. She mentored with Alyson MacLatchy and discovered the joy of sharing her Yoga practice with fellow practitioners. Maryam Ovissi continues to be a major influence on her teaching style and an inspiration in general.

Stephanie teaches a strenuous flow style of Yoga where the focus is on aligning breath with slow movements, holding asanas and moving with awareness. She truly believes that there is a Yoga class that will suit every person and that Yoga can help each practitioner find the tools they need to live in harmony with their body, their mind and their emotions. She often counsels practitioners to try multiple styles of Yoga until they find the one that resonates deeply in them.

Yoga is not a practice for the flexible, it is a practice to gain flexibility in the body and resiliency in the mind.

Stephanie also loves exploring the world with her family through travel, food, hiking, books and film.

Ileana Gonzalez, Board Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner and 200 hr RYT, is the Founder of Apurva Wellness LLC. Ileana received most of her Ayurvedic training in a traditional gurukula-style setting in India, including clinical studies with Dr. Vasant Lad in Pune, and Panchakarma therapeutics at Arsha Vidya Peetam Trust in Coimbatore. She has been a yoga practitioner for over a decade. Her formal yoga training was done under Neva Ingalls (Inner Domain), completing the 200-hour "5 Elements Ayurveda & Yoga Fusion" Teacher Training in May 2020, and 300-hour “Svastha Yoga Therapy” training with Ganesh Mohan (Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda). 

She spent 9 years in private practice specializing in Panchakarma Therapeutics. Since March 2020, Apurva Wellness is an online boutique offering numerous educational programs, lifestyle counseling, yoga classes, and other experiences to support your learning and self-discovery journey. 

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Jill Stock first began to practice yoga as part of a regular fitness routine. As a schoolteacher, she was always looking for ways to manage stress and energy levels. She began to realize that yoga offers not only physical benefits, but can also enhance one’s health mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. She completed her 200 hour teacher training in Columbus, Ohio, where she taught both Hatha and Yin style classes. Since moving to northern Virginia in 2015, she has earned an additional certification in Yin through Beloved Yoga.  

Joelle is an E-RYT 500 hour and YACEP from Yoga Alliance, and holds an C-IAYT certification from the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and received her 800 hour  therapeutic yoga practitioner training at Beloved Yoga. She is excited by structural and functional anatomy and the Krishnamacharya, Desikachar,  Mohan linage, is inspired by Peter Marchand, and has many hours of advanced training in these traditions. Joelle loves her private teaching where she collaboratively creates individual practices designed to meet the needs and goals of each student. She also loves the energy of her classes and sharing a joyful practice integrating alignment, movement and breath to find strength, flexibility and greater balance within each practice. Joelle believes that everyone comes to the mat with everything they need to experience yoga fully and to progress on their own journey, experiencing ease, stability and joy along the way. Sharing this path, and simply being present to the beauty in each day motivates her teaching. Reading ancient yoga texts and philosophy is an anchor for Joelle, as she finds joy in deepening her own practice so that she may share more fully on and off the mat. Joelle is grateful to the many teachers who guide her and looks forward to sharing with many more. Joelle has practiced yoga and meditation for over 30 years and is always awed by its teachings and how every practice is new and lifts us in our daily lives. Joelle loves to connect with her son and daughter, loves the companionship of her loving dog, Luna, and nature always absorbs her in awe and wonder.  She is grateful for her mountaineering, rock climbing and kayaking experiences.

Lorena is a 500-hr Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. She is a graduate of
Washington, DC's Yoga District 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training, and received the 300-hr
Advanced Teacher Training Certification at Beloved Yoga in Reston, Virginia. Lorena also holds other certifications from Beloved Yoga, including Yin Yoga, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Compassionate Senior and Chair Yoga. She has also trained in Pranayama, Sound Meditation, and Ayurvedic Lifestyle, and holds a certificate of Reiki I from Reiki Center of Greater Washington. 

Lorena’s yoga journey started more than 25 years ago in her native Peru. Since then, she has been enjoying the benefits of the different types of yoga on and off the mat. She is excited to share the tools that yoga offers through her accessible and spiritually-oriented yoga classes. When participating in Lorena's class, you can expect a full intention, a meditative flow that can be done by everyone. She is open to all possibilities and is always willing to customize the session to the needs of the participants while cultivating their strength, equanimity, compassion, joy, and awareness of the body, mind, and soul. Her classes include breath, a mixture of flow and stillness, soothing music, and a fully guided final relaxation, with sound bath meditation and mantra music.

Lorena loves to connect with nature and enjoys exploring possibilities with the use of the imagination in a creative and intuitive manner. She loves people of all ages and welcomes every opportunity to build a better world through Yoga.

She currently guides online sessions at Yoga District and is part of Beloved Yoga’s
Private Team.

Lorena is a graduate of the Washington Conservatory of Dramatic Arts and studied at the Music Conservatory in Peru. She enjoys the creative performing arts and is a company member at Gala Hispanic Theatre.