As business partners with 20+ years of combined teaching experience and 9 years of business management (sustaining through a pandemic!) Jenifer Ruschell and Michael Piepoli will oversee the entire training experience to ensure you get the most bang for your buck!

Val Sklar discovered the Original Hot Yoga when she was 27 years old after months of discomfort from degenerative arthritis in her right hip joint (caused by a broken hip at the age of 13). As the founder of the OHYA and owner of Hot Yoga Pasadena in California, she'll teach a class and her signature Clinic: Effective OHY Teaching.

Not only has Chris been practicing and teaching the OHY at many studios across the country for many years, he is also the owner of Deep Root Massage in Austin, TX and the creator of this training's featured 20-hour Clinic: Key Anatomical Concepts for Yoga

Donna Rubin is a co-founder and instructor at bodenyc (3 locations in Manhattan.) She has been teaching yoga for 25 years and is certified in Bikram Yoga, Ishta Yoga, Barkan Yoga, Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra. Donna will also present her Clinic: How to Give and Receive Feedback as a Teacher, and IRL.

Born and raised in Peru, Fi found her passion for health and wellness at a young age and pursued her yoga certification in Fall of 2011 immediately after graduating from college. She loves to see how her students transform their bodies when consistent with the practice. Fi will teach both classes and posture clinics for this training.

Having taught, owned, and operated multiple successful yoga studios in the area, Antonia is a household name around Northern Virginia. Her yoga expertise is as informed as it is broad, ranging from Hot, Vinyasa, Rocket, and more. You'll definitely see her around the studio this Fall!

Emily is the owner of True Moon Yoga in Annapolis, MD. She's a fantastic teacher, a fierce practitioner, and an incredible mother. From the beginning of her teaching career, Emily has focused on developing her students’ and teachers’ physical strength as well as growing a supportive and caring community for all. Lucky for us, she'll be popping by the studio to teach an OHY class and Clinic: Strength and Flexibility Homework.

As an owner of BikramYogaWorks (3 studios in the DMV,) Kendra strives to provide an exceptional experience from the moment you walk into her studios until you leave their doors. She prides her team on making their tight-knit community feel like family. Kendra will be swinging by this teacher training to teach the Original Hot Yoga and will share her exceptional wisdom in a Clinic: Best Business Practices in 2022.

Jose is the neighboring owner of Beyond Hot Yoga in Centerville, VA, and he's popping in to teach a class at YogaSteady during this training!

Marsha excels in many things, and training teachers is just one of them. Her solid business, Pies Fitness Yoga Studio of Alexandria, VA has survived the pandemic and is relocating to a new space near Old Town! At this training, she'll be teaching a special Clinic: Yoga Therapy for the 26&2.

Not only is Angela a long-time OHY student, she's also a local therapist with a practice in Falls Church, VA. In her teacher training Clinic: Taming your Inner World, Angela will guide us through the multiplicities of our minds - those various parts of ourselves that seem to have competing interests. Some are cheerleaders, some are critics. Some make us anxious, others get us moving. Based on an empirically based treatment model, and the latest discoveries in neuroscience, this clinic will teach you how to begin to befriend your inner world—helping all your parts to work together for your greatest good. As you will learn, it’s all about secure attachment, both within ourselves and with others.

We can't say enough about Christine and her digital media firm, MtoM Consulting. Christine is a huge reason why YogaSteady is able to produce this premiere teacher training. She'll be dropping by the training to present her Clinic: Marketing Tools for the Digital Age, an incredible back-end view on how to easily represent yourself in today's rapidly growing social media landscape.

If you practice at YogaSteady, you've probably seen James sweating and stretching next to you with the smartest yoga apparel and accessories on the market. In James's Clinic: Building your Brand, he'll cover the basics of how the first 20-second impression of any interaction can make or break long-term success. 

Featured on NBC DC, Anita is a long-time holistic medicine practitioner with a practice that has spanned coast-to-coast and continent-to-continent. Her business, Empirical Grace Acupuncture, is home to many students of YogaSteady. She's floating by this training to present her Clinic: Meditation & Holistic Medicine.