Laurie            

Yoga & Meditation Instructor, Reiki Master, Yoga Teacher Training, & Studio Owner

After a near death automobile accident in 1972, Laurie began her personal path of healing. Her practice of yoga and meditation supports her and has alleviated the pain as well as preventing her from living her life in a wheelchair. Her journey has and continues to add to her compassionate teaching style. In 2004 Laurie opened Inner Strength Yoga and Healing Center where she enjoys sharing yoga from her heart with others that are looking for, beginning on, or continuing to explore their own personal paths to well being. 

Laurie is a Certified Yoga Instructor with Yoga Alliance, an international registry for yoga teachers. She is also certified in "The Lebed Method," a therapeutic exercise program for cancer survivors, seniors and people with special needs. In 2002, Laurie began her training in Healing Touch and discovered Reiki. Following her heart, Laurie became a Reiki Master and a DivinePeaceHealing Practitioner and incorporates this into her classes. Certified in Meditation, Laurie leads group meditations at Inner Strength Yoga & Healing Center on an ongoing basis.

Mary   

Yoga, Meditation, & Belly Dance Instructor, Yoga Teacher Training

Mary teaches Kelee Meditation, Hatha Yoga, Belly Dance and Journal Writing. She is certified with Yoga Alliance at the 500 Hour Level (E-RYT 500). Some of her personal accomplishments include: being the author of Heart Wide Open, Inspirational Poems for Healing 2004, outlining a Yoga Teacher Training Program at the 200 Hour Level that was submitted to and approved by Yoga Alliance and being a Choreographer for Mariah's Marouyan, Troupe Jaleh, and Elemental Sisters.

There are many promising roads in the outside world that may lead us astray.  The way is within.  Taking time each day to get still inside our heart can bring real results for healing body, mind, and soul.

"The doors of self-realization are within everyone; they are passageways to love. Yield to your own beautiful self-acceptance and the door of love will open itself." -The Silent Miracle by Ron W. Rathbun

Richard                                                                                              Yoga Instructor

Richard teaches the community class at Inner Strength Yoga. The class is for all levels and he teaches a class that is suited to the group. He enjoys the kripalu style. Kripalu is meditative and calming, incorporating flowing asanas and breath to bring one into stillness. He is registered with Yoga Alliance and completed his training with Laurie Mort and Mary Griffith at Inner Strength Yoga in 2007.

He has been practicing Yoga regularly since 2002 and has explored many studios and styles. Though the practice of Yoga he has found greater inner peace.

I'm the same person, I just know myself (my soul/my ego) better. The mind calming effects and the physical benefits of my practice have helped me take off some of the "rough" edges.

April                                                                                                    Yoga Instructor

After five years of working as a massage therapist and one year of regular yoga practice, April completed 200 hours of Yoga Teacher Training in the fall of 2008 with Danielle Osicki at True Nature School of Yoga in Vista, CA. Bringing the same passion and experience she had with massage therapy, April has dedicated herself to interdisciplinary Hatha Yoga practices with the utmost care.  This passion and caring reflects in her teaching style, with sincere attention paid to each individual's needs and desires.  Unlocking each student's full potential through Yoga practice is her goal and life's dedication.  In her spare time, April teaches both teen and children's yoga classes at Casa De Amparo's children's shelter in Oceanside,CA.

Madeleine                                                                                 Thai Yoga Therapist

Madeleine is a White Lotus Foundation Certified Yoga Teacher, Thai Yoga Therapist, Reiki II Practitioner, and Assistant Artistic Director of Bliss Dance Company.  She has shared her art through teaching and performing widely in Los Angeles, New York, San Diego County, and the Bay Area.  After graduating as a certified Holistic Health Practitioner, she plans to pursue a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine.  The movement of body and spirit is her passion; it is where the marriage of art and science emerges within her to fulfill a calling to serve as a healing conduit for others.

Jan                                                                            Yoga Instructor

Jan has been practicing yoga and meditation for more than 40 years.  She is a Certified Yoga Instructor through Yoga Alliance and is a Reiki II Practitioner.  She has been working in special education for 17 years and is a Stained Glass Artist and Studio Owner for 25 years.

Jan believes practicing yoga means nurturing the light within.  Focusing on that calm place through poses and breath awareness.  Allowing the chakras to balance for better flow of energy.  Living yoga is living in the moment, which takes constant practice.

Nettie                                         Reiki Master,  Reflexology, Raindrop Therapy

Cindy                                                                                                 Yoga Instructor

Cindy believes that through the synergy of nutrition, movement and positive intention we all have the power to heal ourselves. Her approach in a yoga class is one of "ahimsa" or compassion, first for yourself and then for others.

Cindy is foremost and always a student of yoga and secondly an instructor. She had invested 15 years into a successful career in fashion and marketing when a family tragedy shifted her focus from business and finance to health and spiritual pursuits. Yoga became the center of a holistic passion for health and healing, realizing that for her true happiness was to lead a simpler lifestyle and share her joy of yoga.

Cindy received her 800 hour Hatha Yoga teacher certification from Moksha Yoga Canada (member of the Yoga Alliance); pioneers of environmentally conscious hot yoga studios. Cindy is honored to be one of the instructors in the Natural Healing Institute's (Encinitas, California) Yoga Instructor Certification program as well as assistant instructor in their Massage Technician program. She continues her yoga education through studies in the ancient yoga texts, participating in trainings, workshops and a daily personal practice. Cindy combines her yoga instruction with other healing modalities including Reiki, aromatherapy, energy work, massage and Thai yoga therapy. With a smile in her heart, she touches all that cross her path.