To Eileen, Reiki is magic. A Usui Reiki Master, she has spent much of her life immersed in natural healing and energy work, building a strong belief in the body’s innate ability to heal. Since becoming certified in Reiki in 2014, she has shared this work with clients seeking relaxation, emotional balance, pain relief, and a deeper connection to their own healing capacity. Eileen’s yoga journey began in 1998 as a way to support her through debilitating anxiety, and the practice quickly became an essential part of her life. She earned her RYT-200 in 2019 and later completed Yin certifications with Travis Eliot and Sally Miller. Her classes often blend Yin and Reiki, offering a grounded, calming space where students are supported exactly as they are.

Tiffany Cooper began practicing yoga in 1997 while living in Santa Monica, California. After moving to Yardley, Pennsylvania, she found a supportive yoga community and felt called to share the gifts the practice had given her. She is certified in Vinyasa Flow through Prancing Peacock and Bhakti Yoga through the Bhakti Center in New York City. Tiffany’s work is deeply rooted in spiritual practice and includes study of sacred texts, Reiki, shamanic healing, energy reading, and herbalism. Her classes are infused with joy, reverence, and love, creating a space for strength, self-discovery, and positive intention. Tiffany encourages students to listen to their bodies, make the practice their own, and connect more deeply to themselves and the energy around them.

Emily is a Chicago-born yogini whose personal practice has been rooted in yoga for more than a decade. In 2022, she completed her 250-hour teacher training with Open Center Yoga in Lower Bucks County and stepped more fully into sharing the practice with others. Inspired by the wisdom of yoga, Emily creates classes that feel like a journey inward. Her sequences blend traditional postures with fluid, modern movement, while also incorporating mantra, sound, and quiet reflection. She is passionate about helping students connect more deeply to body, mind, and breath. Guided by the mantra Om So Hum—“I am that”—Emily teaches from a place of interconnectedness, encouraging students to release what no longer serves them and carry the benefits of yoga into everyday life.

Wren is a certified yoga instructor who earned her 200-hour teacher training through Lahari Yoga in 2020. Her path into yoga and mindfulness began while traveling for work with Olympic-level show jumping horses, when she started taking classes to support her mental health and create a physical release from stress. Over time, yoga became a profound source of healing, peace, joy, and self-understanding. Wren brings warmth, playfulness, and compassion to every class, creating an experience that celebrates the body while encouraging students to move with awareness and care. Her teaching emphasizes breath, alignment, self-love, and the belief that yoga extends far beyond the mat. She hopes students leave class feeling calmer, more connected to themselves, and reminded that the real practice lives in everyday life.

Debra has been studying Tai Chi since 2015 and teaching since 2018, with a focus on breath as the foundation of movement and presence. Her classes emphasize the natural pairing of breath and motion, helping students calm the mind, improve focus, and cultivate greater harmony. In addition to Tai Chi, Debra incorporates meditation, chi gong, and inspiration from yogic philosophy into her teaching. She has earned her 1st Degree Black Sash and continues to study under Sifu Tony Jackson and Grand Master Norman Smith, training in a wide range of Tai Chi forms and weapons practice. Debra is also a certified yoga teacher, having completed both 200-hour and 500-hour teacher trainings. For her, both yoga and Tai Chi are not simply practices, but foundations for living with greater awareness and balance.

Barbara returned to the Yardley area after many years in Boston, where she raised her two daughters. She earned her 200-hour yoga certification and Level 1 Meditation training in 2019, first coming to Seva as a student before soon transitioning into teaching. Barbara brings an honest, grounded presence to her classes, often sharing personal experiences of how yoga has supported her through daily life and difficult moments. She hopes her teaching helps students feel less alone and offers them time to clear the mind, refresh the spirit, and reconnect with themselves. Her favorite part of teaching is witnessing the transformation that can happen over the course of a single class, from the first breath to the stillness of savasana. Outside the studio, Barbara works at a plant nursery and continues to deepen her practice through ongoing study.

Lucas Kelly is the owner of Seva Yoga in Yardley, Pennsylvania. His path to yoga began through a longstanding interest in meditation and mindfulness, but it was a serious back injury that made practice central to his life. He is an RYT-200 and YACEP who has completed advanced training in Yin Yoga with Bernie Clark, along with extensive study in Yin and meditation with Sally Miller. He has also trained in trauma-informed yoga, yoga for recovery, and related practices, and has taught Yin teacher trainings and led numerous workshops. Outside the studio, Lucas’s work brings together art, education, and neuroscience. An artist whose work explores memory and perception, he has exhibited widely and served as the first Artist in Residence at Penn’s Center for Neuroaesthetics. He currently serves as Dean of Arts and Communication at Mercer County Community College.

Jess began practicing yoga at age 15 as a way to ease anxiety and quickly discovered that the practice offered both physical and emotional support. In 2014, she completed her 200-hour Vinyasa training, followed by a 300-hour advanced training at Prancing Peacock in Yardley. She has also studied Yin, Restorative, meditation, and Yoga Nidra. In addition to yoga, Jess has explored martial arts and is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor currently developing a yoga program for BJJ practitioners. She believes the stillness cultivated in yoga offers an essential balance to the pace and intensity of modern life. Jess is also a Reiki Master and subtle body energy worker whose studies include the chakra system, koshas, and yamas and niyamas. Her teaching invites students into deeper self-study, clarity, and connection to spirit.

Kristin Leung is a certified yoga instructor, SEL facilitator, and fitness professional with a deep commitment to holistic well-being. Her path began at West Chester University, where she studied Geosciences and minored in dance, first discovering yoga as a complement to movement and balance. Her connection to the practice deepened through her work with cancer survivors in the Livestrong at the YMCA program. In 2017, Kristin completed Mindful Yoga for Cancer Training at Duke Integrative Medicine, an experience that strengthened her understanding of yoga’s therapeutic potential and the value of evidence-based healing practices. With additional certifications across yoga and fitness, she brings a thoughtful, inclusive, and compassionate approach to teaching. Kristin is passionate about helping students build resilience, connection, and a greater sense of well-being both on and off the mat.

Judy Moncrief began her yoga journey nearly 24 years ago in a YWCA class in Pennsylvania. Though she did not feel naturally skilled at first, she was immediately drawn to the calm focus and transformative potential of the practice. What began as curiosity gradually deepened through intensives, trainings, and private study, leading her to discover yoga’s benefits far beyond the physical. Along with strength and flexibility, she found greater mental clarity, self-esteem, endurance, and inner peace. Judy became Yoga Alliance certified in 2008 through Kula Yoga Shala with Scott Feinberg and later completed a second 200-hour certification in 2012 with Mark Stephens in Oregon. She has taught consistently since 2008 and remains deeply grateful for the opportunity to share yoga with the communities she has called home.

Gabrielle was first introduced to yoga in her childhood living room through Rodney Yee DVDs her father brought home one day. Yoga continued to reappear throughout her life until it became a steady practice, eventually inspiring her to deepen her study and teaching. In 2024, she completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at The Movement in Allentown, New Jersey. For Gabrielle, yoga is about connection: breath to body, mind to movement, and self to community. She designs her classes to foster a collective sense of calmness and strength, encouraging students to use their breath as a steady guide through both movement and stillness. Outside the studio, Gabrielle holds a BA in Earth Science and a PhD in Plant Biology, and she brings that same curiosity and attentiveness into her teaching.

Chalise Saunders began her yoga journey at age twelve after her doctor recommended it as support for scoliosis. She practiced at home with yoga videos for years before eventually stepping into her first hot yoga studio. Although that first class was not love at first sight, the way she felt afterward stayed with her and kept her coming back. After two years of consistent practice, Chalise decided to become a teacher so she could share the benefits of yoga with others. Her path has been shaped by curiosity, commitment, and a belief in the accessibility of the practice. Chalise believes yoga is truly for everyone and is passionate about continuing to study its many lineages and approaches. Her teaching reflects that openness, with the goal of helping students feel supported, capable, and welcome in their practice.

Rebekah’s love of yoga began in 2005 during a Women’s Studies program in India, where the practice first became part of her life in a meaningful way. Over the past seventeen years, yoga has remained a steady part of her wellness routine, offering both grounding and renewal. Motivated during the COVID-19 pandemic to deepen her commitment to self-care, Rebekah completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training with Ace of Cups in Austin, Texas. Her classes blend vinyasa, pranayama, and meditation to create a balanced and approachable experience for students of all levels. Rebekah aims to cultivate an inclusive space where students can connect with breath, movement, and presence in a supportive way. Outside the studio, she balances full-time work with family life alongside her husband and two boys.

Ginger Solomon is an E-RYT 200 and Yoga Alliance Certified Education Provider who completed her 200-hour training at Yogasphere in 2012 and founded Blossom Yoga that same year. She also holds a master’s degree from Penn State University in anatomy and physiology and began her professional life as a pharmaceutical research scientist. After many years in pharmaceutical sales and marketing, she and her husband built a diagnostic sleep center in Newtown, Pennsylvania, where she served as director of operations and marketing. Throughout those years, yoga remained the calming and grounding force in her life. Today, Ginger is dedicated to teaching yoga full-time. She also completed Ayurvedic Health Counselor training through the Kripalu School of Ayurveda in 2022 and is certified by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association to offer diet and lifestyle guidance within that scope of practice.

Michelle Stein began her yoga journey more than ten years ago at a boutique studio near her home in Pennington, New Jersey, after realizing that years in a gym setting were no longer giving her the deeper sense of connection she was seeking. Her first class was humbling, but the energy and presence of her teacher drew her in and inspired her to continue. Michelle completed her 200-hour teacher training at Honor Yoga in Pennington in 2015 and later earned her 300-hour training in Atlanta in 2018. For Michelle, yoga is about balancing ease and effort, strength and flexibility, exertion and release. Her classes combine strength and mobility in a dynamic Vinyasa flow style. Students can expect to move, breathe, sweat, and explore the practice as a way of becoming more fully themselves.

Lindsay began practicing yoga after graduating from college as a way to bring balance to her mind and body. The effects were immediate and lasting, and yoga has remained an important part of her life ever since. After years of practice, she expanded her knowledge through teacher training, earning her 200-hour certification with Cathy Frank at Yogasphere in 2018. In 2021, she completed an 85-hour Prenatal Yoga certification through Arhanta Yoga Academy. Lindsay has also received Reiki One and Reiki Two attunements and weaves energy work into her classes. She holds space for yoga as both a deeply personal and communal practice where students can support their physical and emotional well-being. Her classes feature creative sequencing and a safe, lighthearted atmosphere that encourages students to focus less on perfection and more on feeling good.

Originally from Arizona, Kirsten Wilms-Turner began practicing yoga at age sixteen. After spending more than twenty years as a hairdresser in Arizona and New York City, she moved to New Jersey in 2013. In 2020, she completed her 200-hour teacher training and decided to make yoga her full-time profession. Kirsten is also certified in Yin, Pilates, and cycling, giving her a broad understanding of movement and body awareness. She especially enjoys teaching faster-paced Vinyasa flow classes, while also appreciating the discipline and focus of 26+2 in her own practice. Kirsten brings energy, experience, and a strong commitment to helping students feel both challenged and supported. Outside the studio, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons, hiking with her dogs, and visiting family back in Arizona.

Sharon has been practicing yoga and Pilates for over 15 years and has been teaching for more than a decade. A Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500, she began her teaching journey after traveling to India for her 200-hour certification and returned the following year to complete her 300-hour training. She has continued to deepen her studies through Yin Yoga certifications with Sally Miller and Ryah Dekis, as well as an Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist certification through the Himalayan Institute.

In addition to yoga, Sharon is a Balanced Body Comprehensive Pilates Instructor, trained in mat, reformer, and mixed apparatus, and is currently continuing her studies in Classical Pilates. She teaches Vinyasa, Yin, and Pilates with a focus on mindful movement, accessibility, and honoring the body. Drawing from her own experience practicing with a back injury, Sharon offers thoughtful modifications and encourages students to discover both strength and possibility in their practice.

For more than ten years, Battle Witherington has been teaching an uplifting style of yoga to students of all abilities. A lifelong dancer, she developed a strong physical awareness that naturally led to a deeper interest in fitness, wellness, and yoga. She completed her 200-hour teacher training with Sri Dharma Mittra in New York City in 2011 and later earned her 500-hour certification with mentor Sheryl Light at Open Studio NC. As she began sharing the practice with others, yoga took on an even deeper meaning in her life. Battle’s classes offer a strong Vinyasa flow delivered with energy, humor, and encouragement. She loves helping students build strength, increase flexibility, and grow in self-awareness. Her teaching style fosters a sense of laughter, kindness, confidence, and joy both on and off the mat.

Since beginning her yoga journey in 2016, Karolina has been dedicated to exploring the balance between strength and stillness. She earned her 200-hour yoga teacher training through Yoga Renew in 2022 and further specialized her practice in 2023 with a 30-hour Yin Yoga certification under the guidance of Sally Miller. While she leads a variety of styles—including Vinyasa, Hatha, and Yin—she remains a lifelong student, frequently fueling her own practice with Pilates and Power Yoga. You can currently find her teaching free community classes every other Thursday at Mercer County Community College where she works as an adjunct professor and exhibitions coordinator.