Meet The Lineup
Get to know the incredible local teachers sharing their practice
Alison McGehee
Baton Rouge, LA
Alison McGehee is a 500-hour registered yoga instructor (E-RYT 500) and certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT) with over 17 years of experience teaching both group classes and personalized sessions. She currently teaches vinyasa at Grace Yoga + Pilates in Baton Rouge, offers in-home yoga therapy, and leads wellness sessions for the St. George Fire Department. Rooted in her own transformational experience, Alison believes yoga is a powerful tool for healing and growth—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Her classes are accessible, nurturing, and infused with good-natured humor, inviting students to find balance, resilience, and joy on and off the mat.
Andrea Watson
New Orleans, LA
Andrea Watson is the founder of Soft Landing Sanctuary and a devoted facilitator of inner child healing circles. For more than six years, she worked one-on-one with various therapists in a dedicated effort to heal the trauma of her childhood and young adult life. While each modality offered support, it was inner child work that reached the deepest layers and created lasting transformation.
This practice became the foundation of Andrea’s own healing journey, and for several years now, she has been guiding groups of men and women through this work. Her circles are designed to provide a soft place to land—a sanctuary where people can release what holds them back, connect with their authentic selves, and experience the clarity, peace, and renewal that come from tending to the inner child.
Andrea brings compassion, depth, and lived experience to every gathering, offering a grounded approach that welcomes all backgrounds and levels of experience. Her work continues to open pathways for growth, self-acceptance, and community healing.
Anne-Compton Lambeth
New Orleans, LA
Anne-Compton Lambeth (she/her) has been teaching yoga for over sixteen years and is trained in Anusara, Vinyasa Flow, Bhakti Yoga, Sattva Integrated Yoga, Himalayan Kriya Yoga, mantra, and meditation. At Wild Lotus Yoga, she has led workshops on asana, mantra, meditation, and yoga philosophy, including teachings on the Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras, Ramayana, and Vijñana Bhairava Tantra. She is the founder and lead trainer of Wild Lotus Yoga’s 200-hour Living Yoga Teacher Training, and became the owner of the studio in 2025. In addition to public classes, she works with private clients and groups, weaving her deep knowledge of yoga with her background as a published author of novels and short story collections.
Baba & Sunflower
Jackson, MS
Sunflower and Baba Prem Das are heart-centered teachers devoted to guiding others on the path of healing, self-awareness, and embodied presence. Partners in life and teaching, they weave yoga, breathwork, meditation, and life coaching with a foundation in Tantra, Gestalt theory, trauma-sensitive approaches, and neuroscience-based mindfulness. With over two decades of shared practice, their work blends spiritual depth and lived wisdom with grounded compassion, creating spaces where transformation unfolds naturally. Sunflower brings the fierce grace of a mother, survivor, and intuitive guide, while Baba Prem Das shares grounded insights shaped by both trauma and spiritual awakening. Together, they remind students that the body is a sanctuary, and that healing is not a destination but a path best walked with love, breath, and an open heart.
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Amy Leefe Jones
New Orleans, LA
Amy Leefe Jones is a transformational life coach and Kundalini Yoga teacher who guides students through deep inner work to release limiting beliefs rooted in childhood stories. Through her signature process, The Belief Breakthrough Guide, she helps clients uncover subconscious fears, rewire emotional patterns, and reclaim their authentic power. Her approach combines coaching and self-inquiry with somatic practices like Kundalini yoga and meditation. With compassion and clarity, Amy creates a supportive space for growth, healing, and authentic self-expression.
Brenna Barzenick
New Orleans, LA
Dr. Brenna Barzenick is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, yoga instructor, author, and co-founder of Downtown Yoga in her hometown of Hammond, Louisiana. A certified SmartFLOW teacher under Annie Carpenter, she leads workshops on biomechanics, anatomy, and orthopedic conditions for yoga teachers and medical professionals, and developed Louisiana’s first evidence-based continuing education course on integrating yoga into healthcare. Brenna previously taught Anatomy and Kinesiology at Southeastern Louisiana University and continues to bridge the gap between yoga and science in her teaching. Deeply committed to community service, she serves on the board of the Land Trust for Louisiana, co-created the Yoga in the Sunflowers fundraiser, and has supported organizations like Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. Guided by the belief that “we must tend to the garden where we can reach,” Brenna brings her passion for service and wellness to both her teaching and community leadership.
Chloe Moon
New Orleans, LA
Alison McGehee is a 500-hour registered yoga instructor (E-RYT 500) and certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT) with over 17 years of experience teaching both group classes and personalized sessions. She currently teaches vinyasa at Grace Yoga + Pilates in Baton Rouge, offers in-home yoga therapy, and leads wellness sessions for the St. George Fire Department. Rooted in her own transformational experience, Alison believes yoga is a powerful tool for healing and growth—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Her classes are accessible, nurturing, and infused with good-natured humor, inviting students to find balance, resilience, and joy on and off the mat.
Dominic Luke
Covington, LA
Dominic Luke is a veteran, entrepreneur, and disruption coach who brings a wealth of experience from his 10 years of service in the Air Force Special Operations as a Pararescueman. He and his wife are the founders of Love More, a yoga and wellness studio in downtown Covington, Louisiana, built on the values of movement, community, and connection. As a disruption coach, Dominic mentors CEOs, founders, creatives, and entrepreneurs, helping them identify patterns and create processes for meaningful growth. His coaching emphasizes vulnerability, honesty, trust, and grit, offering tools to manage mindset and bring clarity to decision-making.
Faith Hunter
New Orleans, LA
Faith Hunter is a global wellness leader, author, and teacher known for her integrative approach blending meditation, breathwork, yoga, and soulful movement to support healing and embodiment. With over 20 years of experience, she is a certified meditation and mindfulness teacher, Reiki Master, and trauma-informed guide trained in multiple yoga and somatic practices. Faith is the author of Spiritually Fly: Wisdom, Meditations, and Yoga to Elevate Your Soul and leads the Spiritually Fly membership, an online sanctuary of practices and workshops for women’s healing and manifestation. Featured on the covers of Yoga Journal, Om Yoga & Lifestyle, and Origin Magazine, and in outlets such as Essence, Women’s Health, and Shape, she has also collaborated with brands like Athleta, Lululemon, and Weleda to curate powerful wellness experiences. In all her offerings, Faith creates sacred spaces where softness meets power, inviting every person to rise, release, and live spiritually fly.
Gabriella Pineda
New Orleans, LA
Gabriella Pineda is the founder and lead teacher of Ruka Yoga, whose journey with yoga began unexpectedly in New Orleans in 2014. Initially resistant to the practice, she found herself returning day after day, discovering a quieting of the mind she hadn’t thought possible. After moving to Vietnam to expand her photography portfolio, she was introduced to new styles beyond Bikram and fell in love with the depth of Anusara and traditional Hatha. Her studies eventually led her to Rishikesh, India, where she completed multiple teacher trainings that deepened her reverence for the practice. Today, Gabriella shares yoga as a lifelong path of self-discovery, balance, and transformation.
Janae Holmes
New Orleans, LA
Janae is a 1200-Hour Tier 3 Certified Baptiste Power Yoga Influencer and co-owner/co-founder of Free To Be Power Yoga, where she also co-facilitates the studio’s 200-hour teacher training. Trained in Baptiste Yoga Levels 1, 2, and 3, along with advanced assisting, leadership, and kids’ yoga certifications, she brings a challenging, playful, and real approach to every class. Known for her unstoppable commitment and love of a good challenge, Janae inspires students and parents alike to become the best versions of themselves. With sweat, laughter, and empowerment at the core of her teaching, she invites students into classes where anything can happen—and where transformation always unfolds.
Jaaz Thomas
New Orleans, LA
Jaaz Thomas is an Integrative Life and Wellness Coach with a mission to help women reduce anxiety, build coping skills, and thrive in both business and daily life. A licensed massage therapist, certified yoga instructor, and holistic practitioner, she draws on over 20 years of experience blending ancient teachings with modern wellness practices. Rooted in her New Orleans upbringing, Jaaz’s work reflects both the challenges and cultural magnificence of the city, inspiring her belief that healing individuals helps heal communities. Her unique approach, which she calls Wellness for Women in Business, combines her background in business management and holistic healing to empower women as the center of strength for families, communities, and beyond.
Jessica Haley
Covington, LA
Jessica Haley, owner of Peace by Practice, has been on a fitness and wellness journey for nearly three decades. She holds a B.A. in Kinesiology, is an RYT 500 yoga teacher, and is certified in a wide range of fitness modalities and personal training. Jessica specializes in holistic well-being through Neurokinetic Therapy, using muscle testing, release work, and corrective exercise to address imbalances and relieve pain. Her approach is dynamic, kinesthetic, and deeply practical—helping students discover safe movement, lasting relief, and transformation for body, mind, and spirit.
Julie Davis
New Orleans, LA
Julie has been teaching yoga for more than seven years, offering classes that balance strength, artistry, and fluidity. Since completing her teacher training in 2018, she has guided hundreds of students, assisted in multiple trainings, and discovered a passion for mentoring new teachers as they grow into their practice.
Her creative sequencing and flowing transitions invite students to explore movement as self-expression, while her strong foundation in anatomy—supported by over 100 hours of study—ensures that each class is safe, intentional, and skillful. Julie’s style blends discipline with playfulness, encouraging students to build strength, release stress, and connect more deeply with themselves and their community.
Outside the studio, Julie’s creativity comes alive through painting, DIY projects, and bringing new ideas into form. That same spirit of curiosity and artistry infuses her classes, creating space for students to ground, expand, and discover new dimensions of their own practice.
Kathleen Barry
New Orleans, LA
Originally from Arlington, Virginia, Kathleen left a 13-year career in management consulting to pursue the path of yoga and now resides in New Orleans, where she teaches weekly classes and leads retreats around the world. She has been teaching since 2018 and is inspired by the depth of yoga’s tools—sadhana, bhakti, pranayama, meditation, and asana—as guides for modern life. Her teaching emphasizes presence, reverence for the small moments, and devotion to daily practice while honoring the roots and lineage of yoga. With warmth and authenticity, she encourages students to show up fully, knowing that being human is challenging, and that showing up is enough.
Kerrie Lee
New Orleans, LA
Rooted in the study of bhakti and alignment, Kerrie brings a creative, soulful approach to teaching yoga. Her classes blend music, meditation, and intuitive flow, guiding students to explore strength, freedom, and self-discovery within the framework of ancient tradition. For Kerrie, yoga is both playful and grounding—a practice that softens while strengthening, and teaches us to breathe into both discomfort and joy. Beyond the studio, she works in schools teaching children connection through gardening and cooking, and she finds inspiration as a creator, dancer, star seeker, and Gulf Coast native.
Kaitlyn Clement
New Orleans, LA
Kaitlyn began her yoga journey in 2006 as a path of personal healing and self-discovery, and became a certified teacher in Thailand after a decade of dedicated practice. Since 2016, she has taught vinyasa full-time in New Orleans, offering classes that blend intuitive movement, breath, and soulful presence. A lover of the moon and all things celestial, she often weaves astrological wisdom into her classes, guiding students to align intentions with the stars. Rooted in presence and empowerment, her teaching invites each student to explore their own rhythm and return to center. Kaitlyn also serves as the Yoga Ambassador for lululemon New Orleans, uplifting and growing the local yoga community through conscious connection and creative expression.
Met Salih
New Orleans, LA
Met Salih is a healer and transformational guide with over 17 years of experience in energy medicine, holistic wellness, and spiritual growth. Born in the UK with Turkish Cypriot roots, she is the founder of Iridescence Healing in New Orleans, a sanctuary for deep healing and soul remembrance. A Reiki Master, Intuitive Shamanic Healer, Sound Healer, Yoga Teacher, and retreat facilitator, Met creates sacred spaces that weave sound, energy work, visualization, and intuitive channeling for multidimensional healing. She also serves as a Ceremonial Cacao Facilitator, using this sacred plant to support heart-opening connection and emotional release in couples sessions, rituals, and retreats. Through all her offerings, Met empowers individuals to cultivate self-love, awaken their life force, and align with their highest potential.
Rebecca Crenshaw
New Orleans, LA
Alison McGehee is a 500-hour registered yoga instructor (E-RYT 500) and certified yoga therapist (C-IAYT) with over 17 years of experience teaching both group classes and personalized sessions. She currently teaches vinyasa at Grace Yoga + Pilates in Baton Rouge, offers in-home yoga therapy, and leads wellness sessions for the St. George Fire Department. Rooted in her own transformational experience, Alison believes yoga is a powerful tool for healing and growth—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Her classes are accessible, nurturing, and infused with good-natured humor, inviting students to find balance, resilience, and joy on and off the mat.
Shanda Domango
New Orleans, LA
Shanda Domango is a certified personal trainer, ancestral medium, and movement healer with over 20 years of professional dance experience. She is the founder of Domango Training, where she guides women—especially mothers—through healing journeys that combine dance, ancestral wisdom, and embodied wellness. Her diverse certifications span AFAA Personal Training, Brain Gym, Schwinn Cycling, Barre Above, Yo-Chi, and Pre/Postnatal Movement. Shanda’s signature approach, Healing Movement, was born from her own transformation through grief, motherhood, and spiritual awakening, and today she helps others release trauma, reclaim joy, and come home to their bodies.
Sky Lopez
New Orleans, LA
With over a decade of dedicated practice, Sky is a Reiki practitioner trained in the Reiki Tummo lineage, a distinctive system that emphasizes pure energy channeling and full kundalini activation. Unlike traditional Reiki systems that rely on symbols, Reiki Tummo connects directly with Divine energy through the open heart and awakened kundalini, allowing for deep energetic healing and spiritual growth.
Sky began her journey in Los Angeles, where her compassionate approach quickly attracted a devoted client base. Over time, her work expanded internationally, offering both in-person and remote sessions to clients across Europe and beyond.
At the core of her practice, Sky channels high-vibration energy to support inner peace, emotional release, and spiritual awakening. She meets each client with empathy and presence, whether they are navigating stress, emotional blocks, or seeking a deeper spiritual connection. Passionate about the transformative power of energetic healing, Sky is honored to guide others toward clarity, freedom, and connection with Divine Love.
Scarlet Saravia
New Orleans, LA
Scarlet Saravia is the visionary founder of Brave Heart Healing Center LLC, where she blends ancient wisdom with modern healing techniques to guide others toward holistic well-being. A Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Yoga Instructor, and Shamanic Practitioner, Scarlet brings over a decade of experience in integrative healing arts to her practice. Her approach is heart-centered and rooted in deep connection—combining the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of healing. Through therapeutic bodywork, mindful movement, and energy medicine, Scarlet creates a sacred space for transformation, empowerment, and self-discovery.
Drawing on her extensive training and her own personal healing journey, Scarlet offers clients a safe and supportive environment to release trauma, restore balance, and awaken their inner wisdom. Her mission with Brave Heart Healing Center is to inspire others to reclaim their power, live authentically, and walk their path with courage and compassion.
Scott Roos
New Orleans, LA
Dr. Scott Roos is a lifelong student and teacher whose path integrates ancient wisdom with modern education. With degrees in Classics from Stanford and San Francisco State and a doctorate in Educational Leadership, his academic work culminated in a dissertation on the benefits of pranayama for school principals. Based in New Orleans, Scott is the founder of Teacher Scott, LLC, where he works as a Jyotishi, Ayurvedic Practitioner, and Yoga & Qi Gong instructor offering classes, consultations, and energy healing. His studies have taken him from Pune, India, to San Francisco, with training in Ayurveda, Viniyoga, Shamanism, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong. A published author and community leader, Scott brings yoga, philosophy, and healing practices to diverse audiences, including through his nonprofit Farming New Orleans and as Yoga Director for Stonewall Sports New Orleans.
Seán Johnson
Asheville, NC
Seán Johnson & The Wild Lotus Band (with Alvin Young and Narada Wise) blend sacred chants from yoga and global traditions with roots, rock, gospel, and world grooves to create a soulful cross-cultural sound. They are the first mantra music band to perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and have been featured on Putumayo World Music compilations; their latest album Mystery was named one of Louisiana’s best by Offbeat Magazine. Seán is also the founder of Wild Lotus Yoga, home to New Orleans’ longest-running yoga teacher training, and serves on the leadership team of AyurPrana and the Asheville Yoga Center. Holding a Master’s degree from the Naropa Institute, he apprenticed in chant with South Indian teacher Russill Paul and continues to share yoga music and Celtic spirituality gatherings worldwide. Through all of his work, Seán invites people to open their hearts, voices, and creativity in a playful, tender, and brave space.
Steph Smith
New Orleans, LA
Steph is a KRI-certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher and Trainer (500 RYT) and a SRY-certified Hatha yoga instructor who has been teaching Kundalini yoga since 2011. She is also an award-winning filmmaker, blending her diverse background in environmental science, herbal nutrition, and the arts into a holistic approach to wellness. Steph serves as the lead organizer for the upcoming New Orleans Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training beginning in October 2025, open to all who wish to deepen their yogic practice. In her teaching, she weaves metaphysical themes with physical practice to inspire perspective shifts, authentic self-discovery, and a higher quality of life. At the festival, she will also be offering a rejuvenating gong relaxation session.
Tara Loftis
New Orleans, LA
Tara Loftis graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Women’s & Gender Studies and has since dedicated her life to guiding others through diverse healing modalities. She is a yoga teacher, certified hypnotherapist, Reiki healer, and plant medicine apprentice who creates communities of connection and transformation wherever she goes. In addition to her wellness work, Tara manages her family’s real estate business, Reese & Co, while also traveling, attending festivals, and caring for her beloved rescue dog, George. Her approach blends grounded professionalism with soulful exploration, helping students and clients find balance, healing, and joy.
Zoë Thibeault-Stone
New Orleans, LA
Zoë has been teaching yoga in the New Orleans area since 2018 after completing her 200-hour training with Free To Be Power Yoga, a Baptiste-inspired studio. She has since expanded her training to include Himalayan Kriya Yoga, Yoga for Arthritis, and Yoga for Acquired and Traumatic Brain Injury. Her yoga journey began in 2005 at a Sunday morning YMCA class with her mom, sparking a lifelong connection to the practice. Zoë now teaches an integrative style that weaves asana, meditation, pranayama, and kriya, with the hope that students leave feeling more deeply connected to themselves and the world around them.