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.  Her classes are intelligently sequenced to encourage moment-to-moment awareness, optimal breathing, and the flow of vital life force energy.

​@burlingtonyoga
@candra_prabha

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

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. 

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.

Melissa

Melissa grew up in Central VT and has always been an active person; a lover of sports, exercise, and outdoor activities. As a young girl she received Light on Yoga the book by B.K.S. Iyengar as a gift from her Aunt. That book is where her yoga journey began. Melissa was soon teaching herself poses in her room doing her best to emulate the printed black and white images. While initially drawn to yoga by the intricate postures, yoga evolved into something much deeper than a physical practice for her.

Saja

Saja (RYT-200) first dove into yoga in April 2020, but immediately fell in love. It combined the flow and grace of her dance classes with the challenge and discipline of the martial arts of her childhood. Yet, nothing else she has pursued in her life has brought the inner and outer strength that yoga has gifted her.

Grace

Grace (RYT-200) first used yoga as a therapy for recovering athletes. She studied athletic training and nutrition at UVM and found yoga as a gentle way to improve flexibility and alignment throughout the healing process. She began to deepen her personal practice in graduate school, studying exercise physiology. The ability of the mind and body to work together to reach new goals was inspiring. ​

Karl

Karl found the practice of yoga in his late twenties. It took him only one class to realize how much he had been neglecting his body, despite years of movement through sports, and he became consumed with understanding what it was about yoga that was so effective at nourishing the entire system.