Juliette comes from an extensive dance background, including performing with the American Ballet Theatre and Jofferey II. Yoga is an extension for her love of connecting movement with breath. Juliette is also very passionate about moms and perinatal health and has an MSW degree in Social Work , working towards an LCSW in Maternal Mental Health.

Since co-founding Silverlake Yoga in 1995, I have specialized in teaching beginners. I give clear, concise instructions for getting in and out of poses and continually stress the importance of focusing on the breath to stay relaxed. I also focus on posture and proper alignment, and can adapt poses for students with special needs. I try to create a relaxed, meditative environment in which students explore their own experience and arrive at their own unique understanding of this ancient tradition.

Vera came to the United States by way of the Russian Far East. As a mother of two, she knows firsthand the chaos and bliss of pregnancy. Vera's heart is in nurturing, supporting, and empowering women through yoga and postpartum doula work. She has a professional background in linguistics, journalism, and harm reduction.

Tori began practicing Pilates as a young dancer and has been teaching at Silver Lake Yoga since 2012. She teaches a classical Pilates-inspired class with precision and humor, and loves to tailor her classes to her students' needs. Outside the studio, you can find her next door at her holistic health practice, Lark Acupuncture+Wellness. www.larkacu.com

Susan moved back to her hometown of Los Angeles after her last professional job as a dancer for the Cleveland Ballet. The veil of ballet eventually dissolved and after 6 years of practice, she became a teacher. Channeling the teacher from within now for 25 years, she has helped many students to connect with their bodies and their own healing.

Sam Graham began practicing yoga sometime between the New Wave and New Age eras, and has been teaching at a variety of Los Angeles area centers (including Silverlake Yoga, where he's been an instructor since the center opened in 1995) for longer than he'd care to remember. He specializes in beginners classes, but is experienced at teaching all levels. And while he takes his yoga very seriously, he also tries to inject some humor and irreverence into his classes.

LeTania discovered yoga by way of her modern dance career and was immediately drawn to the incredible sense of awareness and freedom that is provided by this beautiful form. She received her certification in Vinyasa Yoga at Laughing Lotus Yoga Center in New York City and began teaching immediately. Her classes are a Vinyasa flow greatly influenced by her movement background as well as the philosophies and form of Iyengar and Ashtanga Yoga.

Jewel uses travel, conversation, story, teaching, and film to deepen our understanding of the world, ourselves, and each other. Following a background in theatre, film, and yoga, she became an apprentice under Mela Gaskins Butcher at the Center for Ayurveda, a beekeeper, and chicken mom. Her classes blend yoga, seasonal practices, and the occasional personal story through the lens of Ayurveda.

I teach Yoga with a trauma informed lense and strive to keep the practice simple and engaging so that practitioners can reconnect to the essence of teachings in their own pace and time. I have been teaching and guiding Yoga spaces since 2011 and am a practicing somatic trauma therapist since 2017. I am currently studying eastern medicine and spend life dancing, sitting and learning with the elements.

Laura relocated to LA after 10 years of living in NYC working as a dancer, choreographer, and yoga instructor. She is inspired by movement and practices yoga as a way to cultivate balance and ease in her everyday life. Her classes are fluid and accessible to all levels, and emphasize both effort and release. Laura's vinyasa classes are infused with elements of Qi Gong, Katonah Yoga, and somatic awareness.

Lila is a 500hr E-RYT and is thrilled to share her knowledge and love of yoga, pranayama, meditation, ayurveda and sound healing with students of all ages and all experience levels. Insatiably curious, she enjoys being the forever student as well as the teacher, and continues to bring new ideas, philosophies and healing modalities into her classes with enthusiasm, excitement and playfulness.

A former competitive runner and avid traveler, hiker, and skier, Andrea found her passion for yoga in 2015. Her inspiration and mentors have been Susan Priver and Sabina Weber. She has been teaching yoga to her high school students since 2020 and completed her RYS 200hr Yoga Teacher Certification in the fall of 2021.

Lea Lion discovered Ashtanga yoga in Asheville, NC at the end of the last millennium. Her travels took her to Los Angeles where she lives, practices and teaches yoga in Echo Park. Her training includes the Agni Kundalini Intensive and Yoga as Therapy teacher training with Pranamandir Yoga and the Bhakti yoga training Power of Love. Lea’s all-levels vinyasa classes offer an energizing flow of poses for joy, balance and prana followed by deep relaxation.

Mason Gray is a lifelong dancer since the age of three, classically trained in all forms. Movement has always been at the center of her life. She found yoga as tool for physical and spiritual wellness while studying Dance and Health & Human Sciences at Loyola Marymount University. Yoga is an extension of her love for movement, breath, strength, and release.

My yoga journey began as a Hatha Raja practitioner in 2009. I completed my first 200hr Teacher Training in 2012 under the guidance & instruction of Sri Dharma Mittra & his Devotees. I'm a certified meditation teacher under the guidance of Micheal Pascal focusing on incarcerated Peoples. I've received my second degree (Okuden) attunement in Reiki from Sonya Enchill & Jennifer Lakhmi Chand Kelly.

In addition to being a yoga instructor, Cassie is a full-spectrum doula and childbirth educator. Her classes combine a strong physical practice, mindfulness and humor to help prepare for birth and postpartum.

Emmett began his yoga journey in 2015, while living and working in San Francisco. In 2017, Emmett left his corporate career behind and completed a 200-hr teacher training in traditional Tantric Hatha yoga at The Practice in Bali, Indonesia. He returned home to Boston, where he taught for several years while also pursuing a degree in songwriting from Berklee College of Music. Emmett has recently returned to California with a renewed focus on his two passions - yoga and music.

Constance is a prenatal yoga teacher, Āyurveda educator, and doula. Using the wisdom of these healing modalities, her aim is help others uncover their inner light. Outside of teaching, Constance loves cooking, spending time in nature, and reading cozy mysteries.

A Los Angeles native, Talia started her own yoga practice while living abroad in Tel Aviv where she started teaching Vinyasa and Ashtanga. She’s extremely passionate about helping students strengthen their bodies and ease their minds while receiving the calming benefits of yoga.

Description Sabina’s classes provide a deep vinyasa style practice that encourages a more internal exploration of the poses, utilizing music to create a sense of rhythm and a flow that draws students into their bodies, linking breath with movement, creating a moving meditation in the body. Her classes are challenging but Sabina encourages everyone to work at their own pace and to be mindful that the practice of yoga is an evolution, not a destination; “Ultimately, the desire is to become the person off the mat that you are on mat; strong, flexible, balanced and able to face the world in a more present way.”goes here