Jo is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level. She is affiliated with the Krishnamacharya Healing & Yoga Foundation, having trained with Fran Ubertini. Jo currently teaches at River's Edge Yoga in Garrison. She has practiced yoga for almost 20 years and continues her studies with Mia Azcue.

Jo is one of a handful of teachers certified nationwide by the American Sanskrit Institute. Like many others, Jo first read the Yoga Sutras and the Bhagavad Gita in translation. Fascinated by the beauty of the words and concepts, she sought a direct connection to meaning. She began study with Vyaas Houston and now finds new delight in familiar chants and texts. More at www.yogaforawareness.org.

Over the past two years, Michael became more involved with the Yoga Club eventually holding the positions of Treasurer and President. During that time, when the teacher was unavailable, he took over and he taught some of the classes. That is how he became interested obtaining his yoga teacher certification. Michael began teacher certification training in September 2003 at the New Age Center in Nyack under the tutelage of Paula Heitzner and expects to be certified by January 2005. Since February of 2004, he has been teaching a yoga class at his office after hours and has recently added an additional class.

When not teaching yoga or working, he spends time with his family, including his wonderful wife Nancy, son Michael, and daughter Catherine. Among is other goals are learning to play the piano. Michael hopes that by teaching yoga he can help people improve their lives and work towards the good of our planet.

Lucille has taught yoga classes to her fellow Master Rowers in The River Rowing Association bringing together the yogic art of breath, concentration and poses enhancing flexibility specific to the sport, to improve their skills for competition. She is also currently creating and will be teaching yoga classes for the rowers on the Clarkstown School Rowing Team.

Lucille brings many skills to YTA to effectively hold the position of Membership Services from her recent years as a Union Leader for the New York State Nurses Association representing the members at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Lucille lives in Tappan, NY.

Paula is a certified advanced Kripalu Yoga teacher and is skilled in Iyengar, Siddha, Integral, Kundalini, Sivananda, Bikram and Ashtanga Yoga. She has studied, in-depth, western mind/body modalities including Reichian work, Alexander Technique, Ido-Kenesis, Polarity, Bio-Energetics and Continuum. Her classes are a synergy of East and West. In addition to teaching yoga, Paula has taught dance for more than 50 years and developed a Fitness Dance Program based on jazz that is as unique and original as her yoga classes and presentations. She still dances and choreographs.

Robin has been a yoga practitioner of yoga for the past 12 years and has been teaching at the New Age Center and the YMCA, in Nyack, N.Y. since 2000. Robin is also an Education Coordinator for the Head Start Program in Westchester County. She brings her passion and joy of yoga into all aspects of her being.

For the past three years Sloane has been a board member of the Yoga Teacher’s Association. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. An artist and graphic designer by profession, she contributes her graphic skills to the design and layout of the monthly YTA newsletter.