Wyland is a compassionate teacher who believes deeply in the healing aspects of yoga.   She earned her teaching certification in Hatha yoga from Darren Main, and has studied Vinyasa yoga with Seane Corn.  Rosey completed the It's Yoga Kids Certification Course.

She has a Masters Degree in Social Work and offers counseling to children and families throughout the Bay Area.  She is dedicated to teaching yoga to those who do not have traditional access; to that end, she has created a yoga program at the Hamilton Family Center through Street Yoga, a non-profit dedicated to serving at-risk youth. She blends aspects of social work into her yoga teaching creating a nurturing, supportive style of yoga.

She has taught in a teen drop-in center, homeless shelters, schools and yoga studios all over the Bay Area as well as led yoga classes to families at the 2007 San Francisco Yoga Journal Conference. Rosey relocated to Portland, Or with her husband Bill Wyland (of Bernal Yoga!). They just opened a new yoga studio - Sellwood Yoga, in Portland. 

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Truka is inspired by the sparkle and spontaneity kids bring to movement and mindfulness. She creates a playful, non-competitive space for self-discovery in which kids can challenge themselves in balance and concentration. Through story, connection to nature, song and cooperative movement, she offers kids yoga's many tools to anchor awareness in the body as a source of wonder, strength and agility.

She has been teaching mindful movement and breath to kids since 1994, including two years at rural Japanese pre-schools, elementary and middle-schools. She received her Hatha certification in 2005 at the Integral Yoga Institute and completed the Street Yoga, it's Yoga Kids and Full of Joy Yoga teacher trainings in 2006. Kate also teaches Hatha yoga to adults, specializing in restorative yoga which focuses on calming the nervous system -- an element she also incorporates in the energetic kids' classes. Above all, Kate hopes to cultivate in her students a deep kindness towards themselves and others through yoga.

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Gekas, a Spanish bilingual elementary educator, brings her passion for movement-based learning and dedication to yoga directly into the classroom. She recieved a BCLAD teaching credential from Mills College. She has studied yoga in the traditional lineages of Swami Satchitananda, Baba Hari Dass and Sri Santosh Puri for over ten years in California & Haridwar, India. She completed her Diploma in Ayurveda Lifestyle Counselor at the Mount Madonna Institute and two—200 hour Yoga Teacher Trainings, a 108 hour Clinical Yoga Course, & taught the Asana portion of the Clinical Yoga Course in India. She just completed the Full of Joy Yoga teacher training.

Currently she teaches asana (postures), pranayama (breath awareness) and meditation to students ages 3- 55 at: schools (independent, public), an ashram, after-school sites, studios, community centers, and privately in English and Spanish. Eleni is working on her Master's in Ayurvedic Medicine at the Mount Madonna Institute. To contact her directly, please e-mail her at yoganaki@gmail.com.

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Copeland, a former elementary school teacher, has witnessed the positive impact that classroom yoga has on students. She was amazed at how much fun her students had during their “yoga breaks” and how a sense of calm and focus lingered in the classroom.

Since completing her Full of Joy Yoga training, she has used her enthusiasm to create a cheerful, noncompetitive atmosphere in her yoga sessions, allowing children to freely/safely explore balance, concentration, and the breath. Katie integrates storytelling, games and music with the practice of yoga.

Katie received a Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and a Bachelors Degree in Liberal Studies including minors in computer science, psychology and wellness. She practices Hatha and Kundalini yoga. Katie hopes to inspire children to apply the joys of yoga in all areas of life!

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Charne combines her passions, children and yoga, to provide a play-based, child-led, fun-filled yoga class. She believes that experiencing yoga at a tender, ripe age brings a strong connection to the self, awareness of the body, positive self-esteem, and a respect for the importance of health, of others and for the world around them. There is no opportunity richer than a child’s inquiry and exploration into their own yoga. Her classes offer practice in mindfulness, meditation, breathing tools, energy sources, yogic philosophy and postures by incorporating traditional and creative yoga poses, stories, songs and fun! To Amber, yoga provides children with techniques to find peace and quiet in this busy world. It also helps to increase concentration skills, to maintain a healthy body and lifestyle, builds self-love, and so much more.

Amber is a former pre-school teacher and has worked with children throughout her entire life. With a BA in Anthropology, the study of people, Amber is thrilled to be working in what she loves to do! She attained her Kids Yoga Certification with Full of Joy Yoga in 2007 and her 200 Hour Certification with Nosara Yoga Institute in Costa Rica in 2008. She currently lives in Berkeley and enjoys being involved with the community as much as possible, teaching yoga to children ages 3 though 13 at various schools, with Niroga Institute, a local NOG, and teaching adults at various yoga studios around the Bay Area. You can find out more about Amber on her website.

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Robkin was drawn to teaching yoga to kids because it combines so many of her passions: children, healing, movement, creativity, play, body acceptance, and a sense of the mystery. From her own experience in forming a positive relationship to her body, she feels strongly about helping children feel good in and about their bodies and she believes that yoga is a wonderful means to do so.

She received her BA from NYU in 2004 in a self-created major, which focused on the use of movement in healing. There she studied a wide range of disciplines such as Dance Therapy, Buddhism, Psychology, and Choreography. Her interest in exploring body practices lead her to her first yoga class at Jivamukti in NYC, which soon after turned into an independent study.

During her first year in San Francisco, she was an assistant teacher at the Helen Diller Preschool and also taught creative movement at Dance Mission. Corinne is currently studying at the San Francisco Clown Conservatory. Corinne has her Kids Yoga Certification from Full of Joy Yoga.

Corinne’s yoga classes vary depending energy of the class—while she’ll come in with a loose lesson plan, she often lets the kids determine what they are in the mood for, which is something Corinne picked up from one of her favorite SF Yoga teachers. She enjoys incorporating dance, circus, storytelling, body awareness, and guided meditation in her classes.