Pamela trained at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram, Val Morin, Quebec, in 1987 with Swami Vishnudevananda. Increasingly focused on the therapeutic aspects of Yoga, Pamela completed Yoga of the Heart: Cancer and Cardiac Certification Training; Life Force Yoga Certification: Yoga for Anxiety and Depression; Yoga of Recovery Counselors Certification: Helping to Heal Addictions; and training in Structural Yoga Therapy and Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy.  She has been guiding groups and conducting workshops in Meditation and in Yoga Nidra since 1995. View her website here.

Paul infuses his class with deep knowledge gained through personal practice and a sense of humor and play. His Hatha classes mix background in Iyengar alignment principles with Vinyasa flow sequencing. The result is a class which is challenging yet accessible. Paul was the Yoga Center Director for ten years, and currently serves as Administrator and Board Chair. He has been teaching at St. Mark’s since 1993.

Ganeya trained at the Sivananda Ashram in Val-Morin in 2009 in Hatha Yoga, completed her Laughter Yoga Teacher Training with the Katharia Institute in 2011, and her trauma-informed restorative yoga teacher training in 2022 at Yogamour. She has taught both adults and children at varying levels of practice. Her classes are deeply meditative and restorative. Ganeya also provides a free podcast, "Golden by Gigi" on Spotify, where you may find free guided meditations of varying durations.

With a background in medicine and psychiatry, Ganeya specializes in trauma and trauma-related disorders, bringing a deep awareness of the mind-body connection to her teaching. Her classes, rooted in classical Hatha yoga, integrate pranayama, guided relaxation, Yoga Nidra, and sound healing through frequency music and mantras. Her teaching style is compassionate and grounding, inviting students of all levels to find resilience, release, and connection—both on and off the mat.

As a practitioner, Simone loves powerful flow yoga that ends in a deep and relaxing meditation. The best way to handle what is going on in her head is by first exhausting her body.
As a teacher, Simone loves working with beginners who are just finding their way. She tries to keep the mood light because, after all, a pose is just a pose. She completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training at Be Here Now Yoga. One class became two, which then became three. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Prajñā discovered Integral Yoga after a Silent Retreat in 2014. She’s completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at the Yogaville Ashram in Buckingham, VA with the intention to deepening her personal practice with the added goal of sharing the benefits of Integral Yoga to the intersection of local DMV communities including people of color, women, and youth. She also teaches Restorative Yoga and Meditation: Theory & Practice.

Prajñā’s approach to Yoga remains ever focused on experiencing the Peace within by balancing the mind, body, and breath. Her classes focus on a complete practice for an easeful body, a peaceful mind, and a useful life.

Trish Tillman has been teaching yoga since 2013. In addition to her original yoga teacher training, she has completed advanced training, including yin and restorative yoga modules, and has also trained and mentored other yoga teachers. Her classes are influenced by her background in martial arts and fitness, which provides her with insight into how various body types move, as well as by her academic and spiritual studies of Bhakti yoga. You can expect a vinyasa class from Trish to be creative yet intuitive, featuring sequences of poses that are accessible to both beginners and long-time yogis, always with reverence for the breath as the origin of our movement and energy. 

Mike and Jilian teach the Alexander Technique, a modality in which we cultivate body awareness, and experiment with how increased embodiment can create more freedom and ease. Classes are taught via conversation, gentle movement, and optional light touch. No prior experience with Alexander Technique is required.

Katie Rutterer (RYT-500) has been teaching yoga for 15 years and is also a knitting teacher and a Personal Trainer. She originally studied Anusara but has also trained with Jill Miller, Jules Mitchell, Christina Sells, and Darren Rhodes. Katie lives in Capitol Hill with her husband and cat and can often be seen hanging out in Lincoln Park, riding her bike, and frequenting all the great bookstores in town.

Theresa has taught an Iyengar alignment-inspired yoga practice since completing the first of many teacher trainings back in 2008. She has taught in studios, corporate gyms, churches, and hospitals, and currently teaches over Zoom.

Theresa is an Urban Zen therapist specializing in yoga for oncology patients, a certified Reiki Master, and a Brain Longevity Specialist through alzheimersprevention.org. Her practice is rooted in years of study with renowned teachers, including Joanne Carter, Rodney Yee, and Colleen Saidman. She currently continues her training with senior Iyengar teacher Kevin Gardiner, located in Budapest. Theresa is thrilled to be teaching in a space as gracious and storied as St. Mark's Yoga.

Angela Shanti (RYT200) is a certified Integral Yoga instructor. She completed her basic teacher training at the Satchidananda Ashram, Yogaville, in 2015. Additional certifications include: Adaptive Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yoga for Arthritis, Teaching Adaptive Yoga for Multiple Sclerosis, Yoga for Recovery, and Yin Yoga. She is a certified SilverSneakers instructor and provides yoga classes to seniors on Medicare in the DMV. Her teaching style is gentle and encouraging, and she is inspired to convey a sense of inner peace and self-acceptance in her teachings.

Chris started doing yoga as a form of accessible movement while coping with injury and chronic pain. Yoga helped them find functional mobility and healing in their body and they were amazed at how it also brought positive changes to their mind.

Chris wanted to share what they had learned and experienced so they completed their 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2016 at Yoga District. They followed it with Mat Pilates (2019), Pre/Postnatal (2020) and Group Fitness (2020) plus trainings on yoga for autism, TBI & trauma. 

Jessica Woodburn, RYT 200, is passionate about sharing yoga’s Mind, Body, Spirit benefits, helping to cultivate outer and inner strength, flexibility and balance. Jessica's classes are light-hearted, tailored to students' needs and infused with Mindfulness. Her dynamic teaching style, sense of humor and deep sense of caring keep students coming back to the mat. Jessica passionately shares yoga, mindfulness, self-compassion and non-violent communication practices across the DC area.

Narayani began teaching in 2006, and holds advanced Sivananda Yoga certification. She enjoys working with seniors, children and everyone in-between. Her classes focus on relaxation and renewal. Narayani is also a trained meditation leader, Thai Yoga Massage practitioner, certified in Energy Medicine and Touch for Health, and trained in Non-Violent Communication.

Welcomes all levels and abilities to her class, which emphasizes finding Peace through asana, pranayama and meditation, helping students distinguish between effort and tension, and bringing ease to their poses. Her practice began at St. Mark's in 1993, and she served as the Center's Director from 2008-2021. She is a C-IAYT Yoga Therapist and holds Integral Yoga Advanced Hatha, Raja Yoga, Laughter Yoga, Stress Management, Meditation, Yoga of the Heart: Cancer & Cardiac certifications. Rev. Brahmi is ordained with Integral Yoga Ministry and is an Accessible Yoga Ambassador.