Burlington Yoga's instructors are all Yoga Alliance certified, many through our own Teacher Training program.

Piper Candra Prabha

Piper (E-RYT-500+, IYT, YACEP, IAYT, Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Yoga Practice and Therapy) began her lifelong study of yoga as a psychology student at UVM in 1993. She sought the balancing and meditational aspects of this ancient practice as a compliment to academics, running, climbing and skiing. 
She was immediately impressed with the ability to calm and focus her mind, and has been a deeply devoted student ever since. 
​@burlingtonyoga
@candra_prabha

Cassie

Cassie (RYT-200) began practicing yoga in 2010 as a college student in New York City.  Now pursuing a doctorate in Clinical Psychology at UVM, she specializes in trauma and supportive relationships. In Hatha Yoga, Cassie found a union of her professional and personal passions for mind and body wellness.​​
​@cvanstolk

David

David Curtis (RYT-200) has practiced yoga in Burlington off and on for over twelve years. The insight, strength, sincerity and technique of the teachers who have taught at Burlington Yoga have all influenced his practice. Though not a fan of too much self-improvement, after years of navigating the downtown obstacle course of clueless texters and oblivious shoppers, he has decided that cultivating non-judgmental awareness is a good thing. For everyone.

Emily

(E-RYT-500) Emily’s yoga practice evolved from a lifelong pursuit of motion. She was a three-season college athlete in college, became a competitive runner in graduate school and now makes space daily for recreational running, biking, or swimming. Her yoga practice began in 1996 when her sister gave her yoga videos and a mat for Christmas.
@emily_be_vt

Elizabeth

Elizabeth found yoga in 2001 after a painful running injury made walking difficult. She found Buddhism around the same time, and these two great spiritual traditions continue to inspire her towards greater patience, kindness and steadiness in life’s most difficult moments​

Jonah

Jonah Moos / Jivanmukti (RYT- 200) was drawn to yoga asana as a gateway to meditation. Through effort you find relaxation, through movement you find stillness, through challenge you find peace. This balance of opposing forces forms the core of his philosophy on yoga and teaching practices.
@jivanmukti42

Karen

For Karen (RYT-200), yoga was a natural evolution from a youth spent practicing gymnastics, diving and dance. After college, she became interested in practicing yoga to seek balance between mind and body while serving in the Peace Corps in El Salvador (1994-1996). Her practice took off once she returned to the states, where she started a more formal yoga practice with Kali Ray Tri Yoga in Santa Cruz, CA ...
@klnordstrom

Kari

Kari Stevermer (RYT 200) started practicing yoga as a natural extension of her love for dance and movement. After graduating from the University of Minnesota-Morris she came to Vermont to teach dance at a summer camp. During the winter when she wasn’t dancing she began to look for a physical outlet which led her to Burlington Yoga. 

Lara

Lara has been practicing yoga for over ten years and deeply attributes the practice to her own health and well being not only in body but also mind. She recognizes the transformative power of yoga and wishes to share that with her students.​
​@lila_nalu

Rachel

Rachel Leslie Morrison (RYT-200) first discovered yoga in her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA in 2007 and was immediately drawn to the deep, spiritual and emotional connection she found on her mat. While working in several high-stress jobs after college, she struggled to maintain balance, but always found refuge in yoga. 
​@rachel_leslie

Rhiannon

Rhiannon Kim (E-RYT-500) has been teaching at Burlington Yoga since she completed teacher training in 2012. She is continually deepening her study and experience of yoga, meditation, and mindfulness: attending workshops and retreats with Vasant Lad, Thich Nhat Hanh, Candra Prabha, and others. @rhiannonmkim

Sakshi

Sakshi, RYT-200 (Registered Yoga Teacher), PRYT (Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist), IAYT (International Association of Yoga Therapists), has been a dedicated student of yoga since 1992. She first engaged with a path of meditation, service and study, which grew to include a full embrace of Yoga Asana Practice. ​
@sakshikeeton

Tori

Tori (RYT-200) discovered yoga during college as a way to reduce stress and balance an active lifestyle. Having grown up playing sports year-round, she was initially drawn to yoga by the physical challenge it offered and quickly came to appreciate the mental clarity and peace found on the mat.
@vfscarzello

Nick

Nick Caycedo (RYT-200) has been practicing yoga since 2009. He was introduced to traditional yogic phrases in an acting movement class in college and immediately found its benefit to him as an actor. It was not until a deeper practice in New York City and eventually getting certified at Burlington Yoga that he learned of its benefit to him as a human.

Anna

Anna Riley (YT-500) Anna discovered yoga through an Iyengar yoga book of her mother’s while in high school, and began to play with alignment and holding postures. Her first yoga class was in college where she learned about sequencing and the stress-relief that guided yoga could offer. Since then, Anna has pursued the mental clarity and energetic connection found in the grounding quality of yoga asana and breathwork.