Valerie is both charismatic and nurturing and infuses her classes with compassion, humor, intelligence and challenge. She sees each practice as an archetypal voyage and tries to lead her students into the meaning, story and power of each pose. Her class forms include dynamic lead ashtanga, creative vinyasa, and technical workshops. With over 30 years of teaching experience, her in-depth teacher training programs are highly acclaimed and to date, she has graduated with over 300 200-hour teachers and close to 100 teachers from the 300-hour program who now teaches worldwide.

Iva Emilova (E-RYT 800 +), Yin Yoga, Mindfulness & Meditation teacher Originally from Bulgaria Iva specialties include Yin, Mindfulness and Meditation, Chinese Medicine, AcuYin, and myofascial release. She has been part of the Plum Village Sangha (Thich Nhat Hanh) and has completed many long, intensive & specialist trainings with world-renowned teachers such as Sarah Lo (UK), Bernie Clarke (US), Yogacharya Lalit Kumar (India), Cyndi Lee (UK & US); Paul Grilley (US), Jack Kornfield and more.Iva guides students toward self-healing and self-care in an intuitive and caring manner.