Anaswara

For me, yoga means moving consciously through life, and making decisions that are evolutionary. It means dancing through every element of life, and recognizing every event as your teacher. I have been practicing yoga for over 15 years and have been teaching for more than 10. I have studied Bikram, Ashtanga, Kundalini and Bhakti yoga, and combine some these styles in my practice. My style of power yoga combines intensively physical, psychological and spiritual elements.

Jerome Mercier

Simple, approachable, and challenging. In my 20+ years of teaching, this is how I describe my classes today. I believe my style evolves similar to how I evolve - from rigid to flexible. I've discovered this kind of approach allows every individual a unique experience and opportunity to create space, comfort, and confidence within their own body and mind. I like to get creative and mix it up with my sequences through a combination of flow, strength, and pranayama. You can expect to sweat. Expect to enjoy. All are welcome.

Dan Ward

The first class on my first day of college, drum roll please, YOGA! and I hated it. Well, actually, my reaction was a bit more mixed.Perhaps the challenges were a bit too intense for me at the time. But the seed was planted. After graduating, I moved to Santa Monica with my girlfriend, now my wife, Lesley. It wasn't but a few weeks after that I discovered Bryan Kest's Power Yoga Class. It was what I liked to a "LIFEQUAKE."Bryan's intense style of Vinyasa changed my life. Now with four beautiful daughters and 10,000 hugs later, I realized teaching yoga is a dream!

Vytas

My vinyasa flow style classes are strong and demanding linking breath and movement through a dexterous sequence of sun salutations and postures. The continuous flow deepens breathing, increases endurance, and will allow you to test the edge of your balance and flexibility. I often include advanced postures such as handstands, arm balances, or backbends.

Rudy Metia

In 1999 at the request of Power Yoga founder Bryan Kest, I started teaching yoga. For the next 23 plus years I taught at the Power Yoga studios, Yoga Works, and others. In that timeframe I’ve taught nearly 300 thousand students worldwide and have accumulated over 20 thousand hours teaching yoga. 

Since the covid pandemic I’ve invested another 10 thousand hours coaching strength & conditioning at my private gym, SquatBox Gym in Santa Monica. However, now I’m back to yoga and that vast experience combined has helped me master the art of a safe, injury free, fun, yoga practice. I invite you to come practice and find your mental and physical freedom from one breath to the next.

Ashley Hawkins

Miss Ashley, creator of the holistic program the Hawk Method, turned to meditation, yoga, and reiki driven by a deep-rooted desire for sustainability and wellness. Her journey began early in as a competitive athlete and performer, coupled with her natural inclination to nurture. She now calls her practice JOGA, meaning “action" in Sanskrit. Her classes interweave elements of vinyasa, hatha, kriya, pranayama, yoga therapy, and yin. Under the guidance of esteemed mentors, Ashley inherited these ancient teachings and began creating spaces for others to experience them as well. As an educator, she writes and conducts teacher trainings, children's programs, and private yoga therapy sessions that address well being through integrative practices. Her integrative approach fosters a gentle unfolding of qualities that connect us all amid life's chaos. Ashley holds many certifications and is filled with glee to launch her very own RYS certificate training in 2025 to support the making of yoga accessible for all. Come JOGA with Ashley!

Megan Kenson

Megan enjoys body, mind, soul studies and guiding others to unite with their experience of such. Dance has been a through line in her life and naturally led her to the conscious arts. She has been teaching 17 years. Her offerings are rooted in awareness, connection, and balance. Megan’s classes are physically invigorating - a combination of power holds, flow, and elements of other energy practices. She gives attention to alignment and provides space for feeling. Classes explore intention, pranayama, meditation, and spirituality. Her teachings invite a loving reverence for existence and participation with life. 

Blake Krause

The class is inspired by my training in Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Yin Yoga and meditation with a keen understanding of the sacred space that is being held in practice.

You can expect a physically challenging sequence with an intention to open the body gently towards peace. We will attune to the tightness, stress. and contractions often found in the body that prevent stillness in the mind. My intention is to meet the students as my teachers and offer mindful physical assists when welcomed. Together we will explore what we cannot uncover on our own. My interests include Tea, Buddhism, Thai Chi,, Qi Gong, Kundalini Yoga and Kirtan. My intention is to weave these experiences into the warm and safe container of a yoga class and allow for all students to have their own individual experiences with the support of the collective.

Many call me by my yogic name Sevā which means selfless service. This being a constant reminder to stay in my dharma and light of helping without expectation and letting go the result of my action.

Sarah Costanza

Sarah was a nationally competitive gymnast, All-American springboard diver, and triathlete with 22 years of athletic experience. 
Expect physically demanding classes with high attention to detail, arm balances, handstands, and core work, but also empathy that differentiates between acceptance of real limitations and exploration beyond perceived limitations.

She has a Jeet Kune Do approach to movement, inspired by Bruce Lee, believing that there is no one perfect way to move, but that we can learn from many styles of both movement and non-movement based disciplines. 

Sarah began her career as an architect before transitioning to a new path as a strength & conditioning coach and yoga teacher, specializing in mobility and breath work, applying the principles of building buildings to building bodies.

Arjuna Wedman

Yoga is the foundation upon which I have built a multidisciplinary approach to healing and movement. Motivated by near-death injuries in my youth, yoga revealed itself to be key in healing myself, and saving me from a lifetime of physical limitation. It is through the contrast of injury and pain with the freedom and joy that came through consistent practice, that yoga reinforced itself as an essential cornerstone of my life. 

 

My inspirations come from dance, martial arts, sports, and strength training, while simultaneously honoring the classical traditions of asana and the teachers I have studied with over the past fifteen years. I look forward to seeing you in class!