2025 Teachers & Guides
L-Z
We are deeply grateful to welcome such a vibrant mix of styles, missions, and energy to Floyd Yoga Jam! As we breath through 2025, we eagerly anticipate the joy, inspiration, and meaningful connections this year will bring. Together, we create a diverse space of growth, creativity, and community—celebrating the magic that makes FYJ so special.
Her Sacred Circle
As founder of Her Sacred Circle, Leah consciously curates circles, ceremonies & retreats. She weaves a global virtual sisterhood space and also trains others to facilitate circles.
Yantra Healing Arts
Leia is an artist, dancer and yoga teacher. She has a 200 hr certification in Hatha Yoga and a 300hr certification in Therapeutic yoga. Leia has a BA in Dance and Choreography. Her unique soulful teaching approach emphasizes breath, heart alignment and intention.
RYT 200 Hatha Yoga, RYT 300 Kunga Therapeutic Yoga, Thai Massage Certificate
Positive Health Solutions
Dr. Mala is a national and international teacher and trainer in Neuroscience and Yoga, Health Psychology, and Medical Yoga. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, the President of Positive Health Solutions, and the Founder of Cardiac Medical Yoga, Neuroscience and Yoga, and Mental Health and Neuroscience.
Ph.D. Psychology, Certified in 3 levels of Hatha Yoga, C-IAYT (certified Yoga Therapist), Hypnotherapist, Certified in Neurotherapy and Biofeedback.
Marni Sclaroff is an art and movement educator with over 30 years of experience in the holistic, visual and movement arts. She holds a Master’s Degree in Teaching in Visual Art, 3 certifications in yoga, and she is a certified Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach.
Jivamukti Yoga 300 hour certified. Anusara Inspired, Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach, 100 hour Ayurveda, Tibetan Heart Yoga, & Master of Teaching in Visual Art
Certified Yoga & Meditation Teacher Extended Hours in Yoga for Depression & Anxiety.
Ohm & K Mindheart Creative
Monica & Kendall are wayfinders and believe that freedom is attainable in this lifetime. They created Ohm & K Mind Heart Creative with the aim of unveiling a more profound, potential-centered yoga framework that delves into the core of our motivations and who we are.
Registered Yoga School, E-500 RYT , YACEP
In Balance Yoga Studio
Nicole LaFon, ERYT 500, EEM Clinical Practitioner, Compassion Key Facilitator and Energy Codes Coach.
Her studio, In Balance Yoga located in Blacksburg, VA is a service entrepreneurship business.
Nicole loves making the practice accessible with focus on grounding, calming the nervous system & balancing energy for optimal wellness and inspiring joy.
3 500 Hrs with Sri Dharma Mittra, Jimmy Barkan, and Kunga Yoga School, Clinically Certified Energy Medicine Practitioner, Energy Codes Coach, Compassion Key Facilitator
Narayani
Noelle (Narayani) is Floyd Yoga Jam fam since 2015 with live music Yoga, dance, and Kirtan. Noelle created Soul Alchemy Course, an online dharma coaching program, she is the owner of Kunga Yoga School Yoga Teacher Trainings, and the co-founder of Body and Soul International Yoga Retreats. Let’s connect in Love!
500ERYT, YACEP, Thai Yoga Massage, Author of “Morning and Evening Meditation Journal” Mentors: Kristin Cooper-Gulak, Ashley Ludman, Bill Mahony, Girish, Thomas Ashley-Farrand
Mountain Pose Boone
Rebecca guides alignment-based classes that are steeped in imagery and metaphor to evoke the imagination and tune the instrument of the body. She employs the physical practice of yoga as a way to embody archetypes that make one more poised, pliable and powerful, both on and off the mat.
200 hr RYT, 135 hrs toward 200 hr Katonah Yoga certificate, 90 hours additional anatomy training.
Rick Tan
Rick Tan teaches Leadership at Radford University. He practices at Sweetgrass Yoga in Christiansburg and In Balance in Blacksburg. He co-developed a series of yoga-drama fusion workshops, adapted from award-winning simulations that he presented at an international conference in Lisbon. He received his RYT 200 with Satsang Yoga in 2016.
Jagadisha & Sarah McCarthy
Radiant Heart Yoga
Jagadisha studied with Swami Nadabrahmananda, a master of North Indian Classical Music in the U.S and Rishikesh, India. He has been carrying on his master’s tradition of Nada Yoga, the yoga of sound, for more than 40 years: practicing, giving concerts, and teaching.
Sarah is a RYT 200 and mindfulness teacher and Soto Zen student with Great Tree Zen Temple.
Living Light River Studio
ShirleyAnn Burgess- Woods Walker, River Dancer, Yoga Instructor, Kripalu Certified Outdoor Guide, Certified Rolfer™ , LMT,Movement Facilitator, Facilitator of Yogic Breathing Techniques, space holder & tea server
Jack Howard- A nomadic space holder and facilitator of Sound Healing, Cacao and Tea Ceremonies, Shamanic Energy Medicine, Breathwork, and Lucia Light.
500 yoga certification CMC
Vibrant Thang Wellness
Owner of Vibrant Thang Wellness LLC; yoga and wellness initiative. With joyful intention, she currently offers all levels yoga classes and workshops around RVA. Leading with her heart, the intention is to continuously create peace of mind around the city; improving mental and physical health through breath, movement and mindfulness.
250 Hour YTT, Aura Wellness 200 Hour YTT, White Lotus Yoga Foundation How to Build & Host a Yoga Retreat, Yoga Renew.
Great Abiding Yoga
Practicing with Tara, you get more than a teacher on the mat; you gain guidance for daily life. No two experiences are the same. Students are not told what to do, but empowered to listen to their bodies. Tara is an ERYT500, RCYT, YACEP, self-published author, and Certified Life Coach.
ERYT500, RCYT, YACEP
