About Our Teachers
Dr. Makaya Roma D.C.
began her practice of Chiropractic and rehabilitative therapies as well as her Yoga instruction in 1988. Makaya is the founder and director of this center. The primary intention of her healing work as well as her yoga instruction is to assist individuals on their path to a higher level of health and well being. Each of her yoga classes is unique and has a theme or focus. The pace is gentle and rhythmic, connecting breath with movement. She encourages students to honour their own needs. To insure that her students are able to find that place of comfort and balance in each pose, she provides alternatives and or modifications. Makaya is available for private yoga therapy and chiropractic bodywork sessions.
Learn more about the Chiropractic and rehabilitative therapies offered
by Dr. Makaya Roma.
Joyce Anue MS, PT
has been teaching yoga for over 24 years and training yoga teachers nationally since 1996. Joyce utilizes her extensive background in physical therapy, anatomy and manual medicine to help students work safely and effectively in their asana practice. She is the founder and director of the YES (Yoga Educationasl Seminars) Yoga Teacher Trainings and Advanced Yoga Studies program.
Joyce is committed to yoga as a physical and psychospiritual practice and helping her students and private clients develop compassion, mindfulness, health and self awareness.
Ruth Caudell
has long believed in the connection of the mind, body, and spirit. She has a B.S. in physiological psychology and is a graduate of the Iyengar Institute in San Francisco. Encouraging precision of alignment and mindfulness, she helps students harmonize inner and outer planes, leading towards grounded lightness. Ruth believes that the practice of yoga increases our self awareness and generates love and peace from within.
Joan Donato L.C.S.W.
has almost 40 years experience as a student of yoga. She has been teaching yoga since 1994. Joan teaches in a relaxed manner with emphasis on the breath and breathing the movement. Joan believes that movement is life as breath is life and that yoga gets you moving and breathing. She believes that the practice of yoga cultivates self-love and healing.
Megan Hawk,
yoga teacher, dancer, and musician, has been a student of various styles of yoga since 1991. A certified Vini yoga teacher since 2002, she received her prenatal teaching certification with Collete Crawford at the Seattle Holistic Center in 2010.
Inga Knudson
brings 10+ years of personal yoga practice to her teaching endeavor. She completed her teacher training with Joyce Anue's YES Yoga Educational Seminars in June 2010 and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. Inga is passionate about offering support and encouragement to children and families and to aid in the path of self confidence, self discipline, and integrity for young women.
Leah Sue Weiss
has over 25 years experience in various forms of movement, dance, and yoga. Her style reflects a deep understanding of body/mind/spirit alignment and awakening through Asana. Classes begin and end with breath and chant.
Linda Zecca
is a certified yoga instructor and massage therapist. Her classes include gently flowing and comfortable sustaining postures with an emphasis on alignment and breathing awareness. Linda works with students of different ages and abilities and encourages her students to access their own inner guidance and natural wisdom.
Mary Zehr
is a certified yoga teacher and registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 200-hour level. Mary draws on influences from Anusara and Ananda yoga in her teaching and is currently enrolled in a 100-hour Anusara immersion. In addition, she has completed trainings with the Insight Prison Project, the Prison Yoga Project, volunteers her yoga teaching to women in addiction recovery, and has taught yoga and writing workshops for homeschooled pre-teens and teens.