Michelle has been practicing yoga since 1996 following a life dedicated to classical ballet. Her style fuses her training in traditional Hatha yoga schools – Iyengar and Ashtanga – with her studies in dance and Pilates. She has trained in some of the top yoga studios in New York City and continues to train under some of the leaders in the field:  Dharma Mittra, Paula Tursi, Schuyler Grant, Sadie Nardini, Alison West and Tao Porchon-Lynch.  She is a graduate of Sadie Nardini's Core Strength Vinyasa Flow program and a 200-hour level RYT through the Yoga Alliance of America. Michelle’s commitment to wellness also extends off the mat to her charity work as the Board President of Concrete Safari - a Harlem-based, non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the joy of fitness and healthy eating habits to inner city youths. Michelle currently teaches at some of the top studios in New York and Los Angeles including Exhale, Golden Bridge, Levitate Studio and Fierce Club in Soho. Michelle also teaches yoga at Hunter College where she is the director of their yoga programming.

William Duprey, ERYT 500, is an initiate of Sri Dharma Mittra and teaches Hatha Yoga. His first yoga teachers were Jonathan Fields and Lauren Hanna at Sonic Yoga in New York, NY. In 2003, he graduated from their 200-hr. Teacher Training Program and began teaching at Sonic. Shortly thereafter, he began studying with Dharma Mittra, who was the first main independent Yoga teacher on the East Coast. Will moved to Los Angeles, CA. in 2003, where he began to study aspects of the Siddha medical system and philosophy. Will integrates his studies of hatha yoga and raja yoga into his teachings, as well as a solid knowledge base grounded in a seven-year personal practice. Viewing yoga as a system of personal transformation, he encourages students to discover inner awareness and reach new heights. He is known for his uplifting and humorous teaching style and his ability to integrate philosophy and subtle energy flow into his classes. Outside of his regular teacher training curriculum at Sonic Yoga, New York and Liberation Yoga, Los Angeles, Will teaches workshops, private instruction, international retreats and public classes in Santa Rosa, California.



Katie found Yoga while sitting behind a desk. Over time, she realized her practice made her job a little easier in curious ways. Eventually, Katie decided to take a leap into the unknown and deepen her spiritual practice through a Yoga Teacher training program. In 2005, she was certified through Alison West’s Yoga Union. She has attended workshops with Shiva Rea, Karin Stephan, Judith Hanson Lasater, Annie Carpenter, Nevine Michaan, and Sharon Salzberg. Katie continues her studies with Alison West and the crew at Kula Yoga Project. She strives to marry her need for alignment with her love of vinyasa through her classes.

Trained by Yamuna Zake and Bliss Yoga Center, Vicki has a keen sense of body awareness, appreciating the mind-body connection. Vicki's yoga training was drawn from Hatha, Ashtanga, Anusara and Iyengar. She became certified in all Yamuna Body Rolling modalities (YBR), a methodology where you lie over specially created balls and starting where the muscles begin, roll and elongate outward. Vicki teaches Foot Fitness, Face Saver and YBR Hands-on therapy to help students free their bodies of pain due to misalignment. A full-time practitioner at the Yamuna flagship studio in NYC, you can find Vicki teaching private and group classes. She can also be seen on the latest Yamuna 'Save Your Series' DVD’s such as Save your Upper, Middle and Lower Back as well as the soon to be released Yamuna Yoga Fundamentals.

Named 'most in demand' by New York Magazine—Best of NY, April is a native New Yorker who has forever been intrigued with movement and the mind/body connection. She studied with the Joffrey Ballet School, danced with the Eglevsky Ballet, and studied extensively at the Martha Graham School. She started studying the yoga discipline at the Jivamukti Yoga Center, and later received her teaching certification from Om Yoga Center. She has also studied with Duncan Wong, the creator of Yogic Arts. A NY State licensed massage therapist; she uses Swedish and Shiatsu techniques in her bodywork practice.  April has taught a range of students from celebrities to teens and she draws from all her movement experience, making her class fun, dynamic, and challenging both physically and mentally. She currently teaches at Life in Motion and Reebok Sports Club/NY, and privately. April is the former director of the Mind Body studios at Reebok Sports Club/NY.