Sandy

Sandy first learned Bikram Yoga from a book while living in rural Montana as a young mother. She taught herself the postures from Bikram's first book, and found pain relief from shoulder and back injuries and a wonderful adjunct to running. Practicing Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class alone and with friends for many years, she kept a watch as Bikram began to develop his teacher trainings. In 2003, she completed training with Bikram and Rajashree Choudury in Los Angeles, then came to the Seattle area to teach and live near her sons. She purchased the yoga studio and established Hot Yoga of Woodinville in April of 2005. Sandy enjoys managing the studio, teaching Bikram yoga, and practicing with all the instructors and students. Her compassion and interest in each of her students is evident in her mindful approach to teaching.

Angeline

Angeline has been practicing yoga for 19 years, and decided to combine her love of teaching with her passion for yoga when she discovered power vinyasa yoga in 2006. She has studied with Baron Baptiste, Shiva Rea, Ana Forrest, Bryan Kest, Lisa Black, and others. Her personal yoga practice has included Iyengar, Bikram, kundalini, and vinyasa styles of yoga. Angeline was born and raised in Seattle and on Whidbey Island . She earned her Master in Teaching degree and certificate (k-8) from Seattle University , and also teaches kids’ yoga. Angeline thoroughly enjoys sharing her unending enthusiasm for yoga with the students she feels so lucky to work with.

Audrey

Audrey has been practicing yoga since 1997 and teaching since 2002. Her first yoga teacher certification was with Bikram Choudhury. In 2003 and 2004 she attended Power Vinyasa teacher trainings Level 1 and Level 2 with Baron Baptiste. She has continuously studied locally and with visiting master teachers in various styles. Audrey is passionate about teaching in a way that is equally accessible to all levels beginning through advanced simultaneously. Though teaching in very physical styles, she is also drawn to more passive practices such as Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra. One consistent piece of feedback Audrey has always received is about the quality of her voice. Yoga Nidra puts her voice to use in a new way. She has completed both a local training with Laura DeFreitas in Richard Miller’s iRest method and also the Level 1 training with Richard Miller.

Debbie

Debbie has been weaving a tapestry of yoga teachers into her life for 14 years. Her inspiration and learning comes from a diverse group of teachers including Mary Lou Weprin, Bikram Choudhury, Aadil Palkivala, Shiva Rae, Doug Keller, and Lisa Black. It is because of the work she has done with these inspiring teachers that she teaches from joy! Ever-evolving is the art of yoga. As with life, yoga postures are continually moving. You can hold them but are they ever without subtle movements and progression? She will lead you through these physical postures we call asanas and help you to discover and access new avenues using strength, focus, and breath.

Karen

Karen began teaching at Hot Yoga of Woodinville this year, and has been a hard-working student here since early 2007. Karen attended training with Baron Baptiste and Duncan Peak in Govinda Valley, Sydney Australia early this year, bringing both her yoga practice and her life approach to new levels. She has always enjoyed finding natural methods of pain control, fitness management, and stress control, and found all of these when she began practicing Hatha yoga in the mid-1990’s as a complement to running. She uses Hatha and Prana Vashya (PV) as an ideal balance for mind and body strength training. Karen’s management career with Nordstrom prepared her for her current work as a supply chain consultant.

Karen teaches a strong class with a beautiful voice. Look for her on the schedule early Tuesday and Thursday mornings and now on Sundays at 8:00 a.m. for a one-hour power class.

Kaydee

Kaydee has studied and practiced many forms of hatha yoga for 10 years. Kaydee originally practiced Bikram Yoga; later expanding her practice to include vinyasa flow, power vinyasa and restorative yoga. Kaydee is a graduate of the White Lotus Hatha Yoga Foundation in Santa Barbara, CA. She studied exclusively with White Lotus Founders Ganga White and Tracey Rich along with experienced yogis Kent Bond and Sven Holcomb. Kaydee has specific teacher training in hatha yoga, vinyasa flow style yoga, asana/posture modifications and safe posture adjustments. In addition, Kaydee is an avid equestrian competing at the amateur and non pro level with the National Cutting Horse Association. She also enjoys the sport of golf and believes strongly that yoga improves athletic performance. Kaydee specializes in customized practices for athletes, yoga enthusiasts and students dealing with injury or joint replacement.

Pamela

After her first Bikram yoga class eleven years ago, Pam knew she was on to something great. Gaining both spiritual and physical benefit from her practice throughout the years, Pam continues her devotion to yoga through her own practice, meditation and now teaching. With a degree in Behavioral Science, Pam is continually on the lookout for experiences in which physical well-being can affect both emotional and spiritual well-being. Pam has found the practice of yoga avails opportunity for healing and continued health on many levels. Pam has taken teacher training with Baron Baptiste, Lisa Black and lately Paul Grilley in Chicago where she learned to teach Yin or Tsaoist Yoga; a series of asanas which stretch ligaments and open meridians for energy flow. Inspired by her students, Pam’s classes are fun and high energy lending opportunity for release and nourishment for the soul.

Saiko

"As a teacher, I am forever a student. I am simply sharing what I have with fellow practitioners."

Born and raised in Japan, Saiko has been practicing "sitting still (Zazen)" since early ages of her life. After nearly ten years of Corporate America life in NYC, she moved to Seattle and started teaching yoga as a passion of her life. She has learned from and certified by Bikram Choudhury, Bryan Kest (Santa Monica Power Yoga) in the year 2003. Also she has sat ten days silent retreat at Vipassana Meditation Center in Ethel,WA, four times in the last 4 years. Her other certification includes Pre-Natal Teacher Training at 8-Limbs Yoga Studio in 2005, Pre-Natal and Post-Natal Training with Colette Crawford at Seattle Holistic Center in 2009, as well as Sound Healing Training with a renowned healer Tom Kenyon in 2009. In November 2008, Saiko took 6 months journey to India to study yoga and meditation, where she was influenced by Iyengar Yoga in Mumbai and several ashrams in Rishikesh, Northern India. During her trip in India, she had a blessing of teaching yoga at Tibetan Refugee Camp located in Mungod, South India.  She visited His Holiness Dalai Lama's residence Dharamsala, Northern India three times, where she encountered and enriched her experience with Tibetan Buddhism Meditation. Her teaching is authentic, caring, and mindful. Saiko is back to Seattle as of May 2009, and serving practitioners in PNW again.  She is also an active member and instructor of Yoga Behind Bars, a non-profit organization to teach and facilitate yoga and meditation for incarnated beings.

Additional Instructors:

Roxanne, Debbie