Chelsea Martin | Jamie McMaster | Marle Angelic Hernandez | Vanessa Tung | Sayrah Garrison

Chelsea Martin

Chelsea Martin has studied and practiced yoga for over 7 years, and has been teaching for four. Her passion for yoga and a healthy lifestyle has driven her to study Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Nutrition. Chelsea received her 200 hour Teacher Training Certification through the Soul of Yoga, located in Southern California in 2005. Studying Hatha yoga with Anusara principles, leads her to focus on strengthening and lengthening in poses with the breath, while leaving a space for students to grow in their practice.

Jamie McMaster

Jamie McMaster practiced Iyengar Yoga in Asia where he lived for many years before returning to the U.S. and discovering Bikram (Hot) Yoga four years ago. He enthusiastically trained in Oakland, Houston, and Vienna, Austria and then studied with Bikram Choudhury in Los Angeles where he earned his certification in 2002.

More recently, Jamie completed Advanced Teacher Training at It’s Yoga in San Francisco and earned certification to teach the “Rocket Series,” Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. Jamie teaches at a variety of Bay Area studios, leads Intermediate and Advanced Workshops, practices Aunsara Yoga, Vipassana Meditation and Kundalini Yoga with Guru OmDasji. Jamie’s emphasis is in the physiology of the asasnas with particular attention to breathing in the practice. He has a 14-year-old son, name Brooks.

Vanessa Tung

Vanessa has been a student at Hot Box Yoga since 2008 and had studied Pilates and yoga in Bay Area studios since 2002. Her passion for the mind and body connection and yoga grew over the years from a mere exercise to a part of her lifestyle. She recently completed the 200 HR training with Yogaworks in San Francisco a style that is a blend of teachings from the classical Ashtanga and Iyengar traditions with an emphasis on thoughtful sequencing. Vanessa plans to continue her yoga education and complete a 300HR training in 2012 with a special emphasis on prenatal yoga.

Marle Angelic Hernandez

Marle is a 3rd generation Intuitive born into yoga and meditation. She began to teach Yoga at 13 years of age and has studied in India Thailand and USA in the Hatha Vinyasa flow, Ananda modalities. She also has a background in massage therapy, hypnosis, and healing therapies. She infuses her students with a sense of strength ease and well-being by bringing presence and focus into the asanas with emphasis on breath.

Sayrah Garrison

Sayrah Garrison has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and teaching for 3. In 2008, she completed her 200 hour teacher training in Hawaii with Julie Radar of Mukti Yoga. Since then, she has completed a 50 hour Chakra Vinyasa Module with Julie Radar and a weeklong intensive with Aadil Palkhivala, who has studied extensively with B.K.S. Iyengar. Sayrah is a firm believer in continuing education and will be studying with Ana Forrest at the end of January to further her path as a skilled, informed and dedicated instructor of yoga.

Sayrah holds a Masters Degree in Social Work and recently completed a Practicum in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). Sayrah teaches a mindfulness based vinyasa class with a strong emphasis on using the breath to help students remain present in their practice moment by moment. Each month she will be focusing on a different theme to support the current needs of her students. Come regularly to Sayrah’s classes and begin to feel more confident and connected to yourself and the world around you.