Certified Yoga Instructor and teaching since 2010. My goal as a teacher is to make every one feel that they belong no matter where they are on their yoga journey. I want people to know that they are enough, that it is okay to be challenged, that they are part of something wonderful and that they can show up for their community and themselves no matter how they feel.

DeShawn is a multidisciplinary performance artist who trained at Cleveland School of the Arts, Columbia College Chicago, and Berklee College of Music. After spending time in Tokyo and New York as "DAJ", they now call Portland home, continuing to create across theater, visual art, podcasts, music, and live performance. They earned their Y200 certification in 2023 Y7 Yoga.

I started teaching yoga a couple years after graduating from PNCA in 2004. My favorite style to teach is Vinyasa. I love it because it allows for so much freedom and fun for both teacher and practitioner. It can allow space for fluid strength, flexibility and breath. I feel like the yoga mat levels the playing field for all of us. In addition to yoga I am a Reiki and Quantum Light Wave practitioner. I love connecting and talking with people about common interests.

Katie Zink (she/her) is a community facilitator and creative writer living in Portland, Oregon. She works in Education Publishing by trade, has a Bachelor of Science in Women and Gender Studies with an emphasis in Human Sexuality, and is a trauma-informed, lineage-rooted yoga teacher and ritualist. A student of yoga for almost 20 years, Katie has completed 300 hours of Foundational Yoga Teacher Training with Audra Carmine and The People's Yoga.

Annie Rosen has been practicing Patanjali’s 8 limbed Yoga for 25 of her 47 years. Through careers in education, social work, and the performing arts, Annie noticed that the most constant and liberating aspect of her life, Yoga, assisted her in all other areas of life. It also helped her learn to help others without harming herself. Sharing Yoga’s remarkable philosophy and practice has become her life’s work.

My ongoing passion is to bridge the ecology of healing traditions with yoga, combining breath, relaxation, meditation, nutrition, community and open-hearted dialogue to create spaces in which we support each other in becoming healthier and happier in all ways..

Sunray (they/he) is a genderqueer Filipino-American traveling yogi based in the Pacific Northwest. He is a community builder, yoga teacher, retreat leader and nature enthusiast. He has facilitated and taught at various retreats in the US, Canada and Mexico. He shares his unique perspective of Eastern wisdom and spirituality from a Western point of view, combining elements of Tai Chi and Qigong in his teaching styles.

Named Best Sound Bath Experience by Willamette Week’s Best of Portland Readers’ Poll 2025. — A lifelong musician & spirit seeker, Graham has spent the past five years immersed in sound baths, emerging as a master of the form. His background in music, creativity, and spiritual inquiry converge to shape a style that’s as heart-centered as it is skillful. Expect a passionate, playful, and deeply thoughtful guide who brings warmth, curiosity, and authenticity. Creator of the Aloka — Sound Bath House

Certified sculpt instructor focused on functional fitness and intentional movement. I have practiced yoga and strength training for ten years, in various forms and modalities. My goal in this class is to make everyone feel strong and capable in their bodies and to remember that movement can be powerful and playful. My approach to teaching is lighthearted and energetically driven by my students.

Leanne is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher with 300 hours of meditation training, specializing in somatic-led practices and creative sequencing. Her classes blend mindful movement, breath, meditation, and self-exploration, inviting students to connect with their bodies in meaningful and accessible ways. She's also a retreat leader who loves creating experiences rooted in movement, nature, and community. She enjoys hiking, camping, traveling, drinking tea, and exploring Ayurveda.

As a Yoga teacher, educator, and mindfulness practitioner, I help people reconnect with their body, breath, and their inner superpower. I bring a grounded, intuitive approach to every class that blends movement, music, and mindfulness into a powerful, inclusive experience. My Vinyasa-based flows are joyful, rhythm-driven, and for all levels, often infused with storytelling and breathwork. it’s not about doing it perfectly, it’s about showing up, tuning in, and unlocking the magic!

Certified Yoga Instructor with additional certificates in Pranayama (traditional yogic breathwork) and Essentials of Ayurveda (yoga’s “sister science”). My goal and promise as a yoga instructor is to help my fellow yoga students sift through the nearly infinite opportunities that yoga offers to find the practices, tools, and mindsets that empower them to embrace their birthrights of contentment, peace, and joy.