Instructors
Drorit Rudin
Drorit started Agoura Power of Yoga because she loves yoga and all that it adds to one's life. It brings peace and harmony, clarity of mind as well as a physically fit body. Her class is geared toward new yogis as well as long time practicing yogis who will enjoy the challenge of power yoga and the music her class has to offer.
Drorit's training was an intensive one in Yoga Therapy by the incredible Gabriela Hansen in Ojai California. Through her training with Gabriela as well her life experience, she combines a very challenging music filled class with the traditional principles of hatha yoga focusing especially on the therapeutic aspects of the breath and the power of the mind.
It is very important to her that she helps guide both old and new into a deep meditation after a tough class that opens the body and prepares the mind to a place of nothingness. This is where the peace comes.
Alison Bristow
Alison Bristow has been a Yoga practitioner for over a decade and a spiritual seeker all her life. Her practice began in the sweaty rooms of a Bikram Yoga studio in New York City where she had the first glimpses of how the benefits of yoga extend far beyond the mat. She draws from a variety of Yoga traditions including Iyengar, Anusara, Ashtanga, and Vinyasa. Integrating breath awareness and a mindful asana practice, Alison sees Yoga as a gateway leading each student to a tangible experience of the divinity within. In her classes, she incorporates subtle metaphors that encourage students to take the deeper lessons of their practice beyond the studio door and apply them in everyday life.
Holly Umann
Holly Umann teaches a style of Hatha Yoga Vinyasa with a blessing of energized peace, and personal rejuvenation to bring the balance of your mind, body, and spirit into a position of attainment.
Through the honor of expert guidance of Paul Grilley and Scott Blossom, she has attained the understanding of the Anatomy of Yoga East-West Physiology. In an effort to always acquire a more in depth balance, and learning, Holly has mastered the Advanced Studies and Freedom Style Yoga with the instruction of Erich Schiffmann (world renown teacher, and author), and has studied The History of Yoga with Paul Muller-Ortega. Her love for Yoga and the personal path it opens to others gave her the calling to become an instructor. She continued in her pursuit of learning, in an effort to bring the transformation of Yoga to others, by training in Iyengar Yoga with Lisa Walford (Studies of Iyengar Yoga in India). Holly continued to further her instruction studies with Heather Tiddens at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center in the Yoga Teacher Training Program Practicum.
Holly comes to you with an open heart, mind, and an amazing energy. Namaste!
Zach Wagner
Zach’s classes are geared for any student desiring a deep level of physical and mental well-being, while promoting strength, flexibility and relaxation. He creates a safe and inviting environment where the beginning student will feel free to discover their ability, and the advanced yoga practitioner or serious athlete can realize their full potential.
A serious skateboarder since the age of eleven, Zach began his yoga practice in order to improve his physical balance and mental focus. He soon found that yoga had not only transformed his body, but his mind and spirit as well. He began his teacher training at the San Francisco Integral Yoga Institute, living and studying at the ashram. Later, he studied under Swami Asokanda at the Quinta De Calma Yoga Center near Faro, Portugal, expanding his knowledge of yoga philosophy, anatomy and physiology.
Zach teaches a variety of Hatha levels and vinyasa flow, providing students with personal attention and encouragement. He can modify each asana to fit individual needs and skill levels, and also provides instruction in pranayama (breathing practices), deep relaxation and meditation. In each session, Zach attempts to promote the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of his students, allowing each of them to come in touch with deeper and more subtle aspects of their being.
Lisa Carmichael
Lisa Carmichael is a Registered Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, through the School of Micheal Shea, Continuum practitioner, meditation teacher and movement specialist. She has been in private practice in Agoura Hills since 1996, and offers her gifts and skills as a support for healing. She has mentored with Marianne Karou, creator of Dance Alive for 13 years, and continues (for over 15 years) her
practical studies with Emilie Conrad, the founder of Continuum. By applying Biodynamic Craniosacral skills with movement principles, Lisa focuses on consciously opening the body/mind system to receive the true nourishment of deep relaxation, allowing the release of stress, trauma and rigidity.
Craniosacral Therapy gently unwinds the nervous system’s compression patterns into flow and ease. When living from hyper vigilance we are just trying to “manage” ourselves, from feeling exhausted and uninspired. With a desire and practice, we can move beyond our apparent limitations into an endless reservoir of trust and
true strength rooted in presence. The blessing is: we always have our personal breath, and that is where we start to bring ourselves out of our complexities into the beautiful simplicity of life!
In Lisa's classes you will experience a creative flow of guidance with the intention of entering into deep states of relaxation in order to
heal, rejuvenate and come back into balance. This class is easy, the only effort is attending with the desire to relax. All of this is
accompanied with ambient sounds, and sweetness of silence.
Jessica Anderson
Jessica Anderson, ERYT, found her personal practice of yoga in 1996 and has been a teacher since 2000. Certifications received from Sarah Powers and a 300 hour general and advanced teacher training from The Yoga Tree in her native city Seattle, Washington began her continued commitment as a student of yoga . In 2005, Jessica Co-Directed the first 200 hour yoga alliance registered teacher training held in the Conejo Valley.
As a student, Jessica's practice is rooted in the traditional Buddhist teachings of mindfulness and meditation as well as Patanjali's Ashtanga yoga. Her lifelong investigation of direct experience through svadhaya (self study) is the main support for her path but she continues to draws inspiration from master teachers, a minimum of four retreats a year and her sangha (yoga community). In 2005, Jessica became a second level Reiki energy practitioner to enhance her understanding of the subtle body. To balance the spiritual teachings of the East and develop an understanding of the human mind, she is currently a full-time student of Psychology .
Like a dance, Jessica's group classes blend physical alignment, core strength and mindfulness in a fluid rhythm using breath and intention as the underlying current for the practice. Through metta (loving kindness) and sharing her love of poetry, she encourages and empowers students? inner wisdom to guide them towards the gradual realization of their own inherent nature of body/heart/mind!
Ania Mechlinska
Ania Mechlinska is a Certified Yoga Instructor currently teaching Power Flow at Santa Monica Power Yoga and Asthanga Vinyasa Flow at Pacific Dance Studio in Los Angeles .
She has studied Yoga with amazing teachers like Bryan Kest, David Swenson, Ricky Tran, and currently practices Asthanga with Jorgen Christiansson.
Ania has been a competitive athlete since she was six. At the age of 17 she finished her first Training for Baywatch, and received 1 and 2 place two years in the row in tennis tournaments in Poland . She has been running races since her early school age and been continues on and off preparation for marathons.
She is a winner of the Catalina Buffalo Run 2008. And she is now getting her feet on pavement to reach her goal in San Diego Rock n' Roll Marathon, and Maui Oceanfront later this year.
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