Our Staff
Jonah Jensen LMT, RYT
Jonah has been a practitioner of yoga and meditation for over a decade. He lived and studied at the Sivananda Ashram in Northern India where he received his initial yoga teacher training. There he learned the many dimensions of the practice and the subtleties of being a yoga instructor. He has also studied and practiced buddhist meditation at various monasteries and retreats internationally as well as in U.S. Jonah has co-instructed Yoga Teacher Trainings in Flagstaff at the Southwest Institute for the Healing Arts. He believes in the efficacy of the oral tradition in which the practices are handed down from teacher to student in an unbroken chain that goes back thousands of years. Jonah is a Licensed Massage Therapist and owner of Earth & Sky Integrative Health located above Sacred Rites & Utopia in downtown Flagstaff.
Katie Brizendine
10 years ago Katie found Bikrim Yoga at 17 years old. She then moved to Vinyasa Yoga which quickly led to a love of Ashtanga Yoga. Unfortunately an old shoulder injury started acting up and the lesson of ego and listening to the body began. She strives to aid her students in increasing their internal awareness and discovering the mind/body connection enabling yoga to be led by ease not ego. Her classes contains mostly basic postures presented in a challenging way all the while maintaining a focus on the breath. Expect some flow to energize as well as holding poses for several breaths for focus. The goal: you’ll leave her class feeling physically challenged, mentally focused, and more in touch with your inner teacher.
Instruction: Energizing Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga & Yoga for Athletes
Katherine Princic
Having always led an active lifestyle, I was initially drawn to the physical challenge of a yoga practice, however after realizing the mental and spiritual benefits I was hooked. As a certified hatha yoga teacher I am thrilled to be able to help others find the balance, energy and joy that I have experienced from a regular practice. I enjoy looking for fresh approaches and new insights in my teaching and personal practice, and hope to facilitate new awareness in students through linking body, breath and mindful practice. I relocated from Phoenix to Flagstaff in fall 2010 to pursue a degree in physical therapy, and look forward to integrating this new learning into my yoga teaching and practice.
Instruction: Flow Yoga, Beginning Yoga
Laurel Clohessy
Laurel grew up with Kundalini Yoga throughout her childhood. In February of 2006 she completed her Khlasa Way Prenatal Yoga Teacher Certification at Golden Bridge Yoga with Gurmukh Kaur. Honoring birth and vauling breath are some of the things rooted in her love of Prenatal Yoga. In Janurary of 2008, Laurel completed the Radiant Child Yoga Teacher Training of which she integrates in the Kids Yoga classes.
Instruction: Kundalini Inspired Yoga
Maggie Hopson
Maggie has been a registered yoga teacher since 2001 having completed her training with Integrated Yoga Therapeutics. As a physical therapist she became interested in integrating Yoga practices with Western Medicine. Her focus is on teaching classes that include all aspects of a yoga practice, meditation, pranayama, asana and relaxation techniques. Her background in physical therapy is helpful in promoting correct anatomical alignment during the asana practice making this yoga practice one of healing and not harming. Maggie is also certified in Thai Yoga bodywork.
Instruction: Relax and Renew, Yin Yoga & Yoga for Athletes
Malisa Bobbitt
Malisa Bobbitt has been teaching from the heart since 1999. Her love for yoga awakened when she embraced the spiritual teaching’s of Paramahansa Yogananda. She was fortunate to receive her training from Tom Kelly, a Self Realization Monk of 25 years. Her yoga certification at The Soul of Yoga (2007) focused not only on Hatha Yoga, but included the sacred art of Raja Yoga. Malisa has a gentle, loving approach to her classes, and she believes that asana (postures) and pranayama (breathing) are ancient, scientific tools to help us remember our true essence, Love
Instruction: Beginning Yoga
Steff Revering
In 1995 Steph began practicing yoga in Flagstaff, his first exposure being Iyengar style classes. Ashtanga Vinyasa came next during two school years spent completing a BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Ashtanga Vinyasa remains his primary practice.
Instruction: Vinyasa Yoga & Ashtanga Primary Series
Sarah Sherry
Hatha RYT
A dedicated student of Anusara, Sarah appreciates the awakening of innate goodness that the practice offers. Sarah found yoga after an extensive pursuit in distance running. With little flexibility or fundamental experience in yoga she stumbled upon her first class at a local gym. She enjoyed the physical challenge of the practice; but more importantly the practice of awareness. With admiration and inspiration she is grateful for all of her life teachers both on and off the mat. Sarah received her teacher training at Yoga Village in Scottsdale Arizona from Barbara Adams, Inspired Anusara teacher; and Paulette Bodeman, Certified Anusara teacher. She also has a BS in Exercise Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Sarah is grateful for her life’s journey, honoring what is in the past and welcoming to what lies ahead.
Instruction: Hatha Yoga
Sara Foster
Sara has her yoga roots in the Iyengar and Anusara traditions and has been practicing yoga since 2000. She credits her love of using props and her focus on allignment to her Iyengar teacher in Idaho. Studying Anusara in the last three years has made her own yoga practice glow, and she loves to share that glow with others. Anusara’s focus on universal principles of movement, it’s acceptance of all that we experience, and it’s playfulness really speak to her. Sara enjoys helping people learn about their body and their strength, and so, as a self proclaimed learn-a-holic, she has now entered a path to integrate her massage and yoga work as a physical therapy student here at NAU.
Kelly Ingols
Impassioned by her uplifting experience of yoga practice, Kelley began her yoga teaching career in 2004 after taking a yearlong emersion and teacher training with two of the ‘great ones’ of the Anusara Yoga tradition, Noah Maze and Naime Jezzeny. A school teacher by vocation, Kelley quickly became a well loved yoga teacher to the Grand Canyon community. She taught regular classes there for six years until recently moving back to Flagstaff, Arizona, where she continues to teach yoga. Kelley others loves-community and nature-compel her to bring people to her ‘Grand Canyon backyard’ to combine yoga and hiking . She has been organizing and leading yoga classes and retreats there since 2003. As an Anusara inspired yoga teacher, her classes are transforming by the freedom of ease revealed through good alignment and by the profound transformation inherent in moving from the heart. She loves to make class playful and challenging, and she consistently invites students to embrace their lives as a vehicle to health, happiness, and vitality.
Instruction: Alignment Foundations Yoga
Fon Cordasco
Fon Cordasco recently completed the first 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training here at NAYC under the Vertical Soul Yoga College. She is a Certified ISSA Personal Trainer with a deep desire to help cultivate the potential in others and derive satisfaction from their improvements. Fon has coached cross country and developed a fitness program for grades 5th thru 8th grade. Fon and her husband , Billy, are Flagstaff natives and feel blessed to have raised their two children in this awesome mountain town. She has a long time passion for the outdoors and trail running, including rim to rim to rim runs in the Grand Canyon and running the Imogene Pass Run yearly. Fon is thrilled to have found yoga and hopes to guide and enrich others in their yoga experience that emphasises self awareness mentally, physically and spiritually.
Instruction: Full Body Maintenance Yoga
Dana Kjellgren, RYT-200
Dana began studying yoga over 40 years ago in France, training one-on-one with her teacher as yoga was formerly transmitted by teacher to student. After studying with many teachers in the States, and gaining exposure to a variety of practices, Dana trained to teach yoga. At this point on her own path in Yoga, Dana’s interest is in the meditative, stress-relieving, and healing aspects of Yoga experienced through gentle and restorative classes, as well as Yoga Nidra. She is also training to become a yoga therapist with the Integrative Yoga Therapy program of Joseph and Lillian LePage.
Instruction: Restorative Yoga
David Grandon
David has been practicing and teaching yoga for several years and recently graduated from the Vertical Soul Teacher training right here at the NAYC . His natural evolution, beginning with aggressive, contact martial arts to the playful, rhythmic physicality of Capoeira, all leading me to yoga. “I first saw yoga as a way to supplement my other activities. I realized that it was not just integrating into “what I do” but supplemented my life “ and became a part of “who I am”.
As a result, I have become a better person because of the practice of yoga.” Yoga is about personal growth. The practice invites you to allow a place for change to happen, to make room for your evolution towards a new season and to embrace
the tiny successes and achievements that lead you to a higher place. David’s teaching style is energetic and flowing. The class is challenging for our veteran yogis, but inclusive to beginners.
Instruction: Flow Yoga
Wyatt Brown:
Wyatt has been focused on Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga since 2009. Wyatt studies Ashtanga under the guidance of Steph Revering, as well as Tim Miller, and Tim Feldman. Because linking of breathe with movement is the Sanskrit definition of “vinyasa”, Wyatt’s favorite yoga principal is “no breathing, no yoga!” Wyatt holds a Bachelor’sof Science degree from Northern Arizona University in Recreation and Land Use. CRYing (climb.run.yoga) is Wyatt’s physical health focus is in life, allowing him to relate yoga asana to the athletically inclined.
Instruction: Ashtanga Yoga- Expedited Ashtanga First Series.
Meredith Potts
Meredith received her Teacher Training Certificate in 1997 at a Sivananda ashram in Southern India and her Sivananda Advanced Teacher Training Certificate in 2007 at an ashram in Northern India. She continues to take Sivananda courses as continuing education. Sivananda Yoga teaches the application of yoga principles to every aspect of life, not just exercise. For more than a decade, Meredith has followed the Sivananda teaching of “Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Medicate, Realize”. She has spent 7 months in India traveling, volunteering, studying and teaching yoga. In addition to teaching in India and Flagstaff, Meredith is an avid Karma yogi. She began volunteering at the age of seven. In her day job she is the Executive Director of FIRE – Flagstaff International Relief Effort, a local non-profit organization focused on public health intervention in Mongolia.
Instruction: Sivananda Yoga
Jennifer Musial
Jennifer remembers the first yoga class she ever took. It was 1997 at a women’s gym and she’s been hooked ever since, though developing a dedicated practice took a few more years. By the time Jennifer moved to Kingston Ontario in 2007, she discovered the wonders of a yoga community through the Samatva Holistic Living and Yoga Space. The yoga studio became Jennifer’s “happy place” and after working at the
studio for a while, Jennifer pursued a 200 hour Hatha Yoga Teacher Training with Mona Warner (Janati Yoga). By spring 2010, Jennifer completed the YTT program, Reiki Level 1 certification and her PhD in Women’s Studies from York University.
Jessica Fetzner LMT
Jess is an Arizona State Licensed and Nationally Certified Massage Therapist. Jess is a graduate of the Sedona School of Massage and the School of Shiatsu and Massage in Middletown, CA. She has training and experience in Swedish Massage, Connective Tissue Massage, Neuromuscular Therapy, Polarity Therapy and Cranial Sacral Therapy. Jess integrates these modalities to address each client’s needs.
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*For an appointment call 928-774-3144 or email massage@northernarizonayogacenter.com
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