200 -HR VINYASA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
Sept 2021 - Feb 2022
300 -HR VINYASA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
PRENATAL YOGA TEACHER TRAINING
OUR TEACHERS
Angie Poon, E-RYT, Director of Yoga Teacher Training
Angie began her yoga journey in 1998 shortly after graduating from University of California, San Diego in the Sciences. While taking a sabbatical from work & traveling, she decided that she needed to find ground and connect back with what surrounds her. This is where Angie fell in love with Vinyasa and received her primary 200-hour teacher training certification, and is currently an E-RYT with Yoga Alliance. Angie never intended to teach yoga, but her true calling came to her when a fellow yogi asked her about a pose and she was able to share her experience from the heart. Angie teaches in the Hatha Vinyasa style at her community yoga studio she opened in June 2010. Angie was the Vice President of Interchim Inc. and is classically trained in analytical & separation sciences. Nowadays, you can find her with her two little yogis, Sloane & Ronin in and around the neighborhood, and doing what she loves most, being a student of yoga. Angie hopes to share her beliefs with her fellow yogis that yoga practice can offer opportunities to discover the gift and strength of the body and to open the heart to love from within.
Lisa Jang, E-RYT, Faculty {Yin Yoga}
Lisa Jang, 500 RYT, 200 ERYT, YACEP is known for her educational functional approach to teaching yoga. Through her own practice and studies, she discovered that there is no “one” right entry way to enter an asana, or to access the mind, body and spirit. Lisa encourages her student to customize their practice using as many tools as they need with the emphasis that one asana does not fit all. Applying this functional approach is what allows for personal growth and wisdom. Teaching Yin Yoga and facilitating Yin Teacher Trainings is her passion. all. Her second love is the Vinyasa practice with a playful approach to creating a strong building block practice. Lisa currently resides in the East Bay and teaches at several local studios and gyms
Erica Johnson, RYT, Faculty
In 2006 Erica Johnson moved to the Bay Area from her childhood home in Yosemite National Park. She found refuge in yoga after a severe knee injury in 2009 that took her away from her first loves; teaching and performing as a dancer. Movement and artistic expression through the body in motion has always been a large part of her spirit. During her recovery, Erica dove head first into yoga, falling in love with the power of the mind and body connection. She found she was doing things that her doctors had told her she most likely would never do again. Yoga healed her internally and externally, and since then she has worked hard to share her passion and love for yoga with everyone. Erica completed her 200-Hour Hatha-Vinyasa certification with Angie Poon and Noell Clark at Just Breathe Yoga @ Rivermark.
Carly Columbres, RYT, Faculty
Carly is a Certified Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga Teacher, RYT-200 and a Bay Area Native. She began teaching yoga in 2010, while living in the desert in Southern Arizona. She discovered Baptiste Yoga during a very difficult time in her life. This practice, she believes, inspired her to live an empowered life, to embrace self-acceptance and love and helped her gain access to be a fierce and courageous Woman.
As a teacher, she believes it is important that classes be challenging yet accessible for all levels. Her students are empowered both physically and mentally by stretching the limits of their comfort zone and opening up to possibilities in their practice and in their life. She is known for her authentic teaching style and classes that combine a passion for the practice, inspiration, and of course, fun!
She loves to see students light up when they realize their own power and strength and believes yoga has the ability to stretch both bodies and minds on and off the mat. Her happiest moments on the mat are watching her students experience a challenging pose for the very first time!
Carly has completed multiple Baptiste programs including Levels 1, 2 and 3, Art of Assisting and the Baptiste Apprentice Program. Carly is currently working towards her RYT-500 and continues to assist at Baptiste Programs throughout the US. When she's not teaching yoga, Carly enjoys spending time outdoors and crafting with her two amazing daughters, her husband and their two dogs.
Vandana
Growing up in India, Vandana had a spiritual upbringing, but not very athletic. She realized the importance of fitness when she fell in love with hiking in the beautiful Sierras in California. The meditative quietness of hiking in the forest is the same quality she found when took up yoga. She immediately fell in love with connecting breath with movement. Vandana fully believes that yoga is essential for the well-being of both the mind and the body in equal measure.
To deepen her knowledge of yoga, Vandana finished her 200-hour yoga teacher training with Angie Poon at Just Breathe Yoga in 2019. Subsequently for the 2020 YTT session, she led the discussion of the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita. Vandana loves to infuse a meditative quality in to both her Gentle Vinyasa as well as Power Vinyasa classes and remind practitioners once too often to connect with their breath during the class!
Petra Neiger, RYT, Faculty {Ayurveda}
I've spent many years working in technology marketing for companies of all sizes, making me deeply familiar with today’s high-pressure and fast-paced work environments. Inspired by my own and loved ones' experiences, I embarked on a lifelong journey to study and share Ayurveda with like-minded people. In that spirit, I founded Red Pantz to help people live well and thrive with sanity, and created MY24/7 TM, a premium ayurveda-inspired self-care collection for skin, body and mind.
I hold a Masters Degree in Ayurvedic Medicine and an MBA. I'm a national board-certified Ayurvedic health practitioner; a yoga teacher and a gymnastics coach.
COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: I want to take the training, but I haven't been practicing yoga for that long. What if my practice is not strong enough?
A: You do not have to be a yoga master to take a teacher training. In fact, there are no masters in yoga. We are all students, even the teachers. Yoga is a relationship that is ever evolving. There is no graduation from the practice of yoga. We are never "finished". You do not have to be able to do every pose, or know Sanskrit, or have been practicing for 10 years. A teacher training is designed for both those who want to teach, and those who want to deepen their knowledge and understanding of yoga.
Q: I have a vacation planned for June. I will miss one of the weekends. Can I still participate?
A: Yes, we will offer make up hours for those who need to miss training sessions due to travel plans or other extenuating circumstances.