This is a directory of yogis who graduated for Community Yoga Center’s comprehensive yoga teacher trainings (or other comparable non-phoga yoga teacher trainings) and share yoga in ways that are inclusive and accessible to all. Please contact the facilitators directly to connect with them.
DANIELLE ADAMS
HOW DANI SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2025
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
GENEVIEVE ALEMAN
HOW GENEVIEVE SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2025
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
VIVIAN ARIAS
HOW VIVIAN SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2025
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
KAREN ARMIJO
HOW KAREN SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
KAREN BAILEY
HOW KAREN SHARES YOGA
Karen facilitates ashtanga vinyasa yoga as part of Community Yoga Initiative.
She is experienced in facilitating yoga for elders and adapting yoga postures to make them accessible to every body.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, YOGA FIT WORLDWIDE I 2018
LA’TOYA BERTHIL
HOW LA’TOYA SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2021
INGA BUCHBINDER
HOW INGA SHARES YOGA
Inga co-leads 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher trainings at Community Yoga Center, in Riverside, California. She is passionate about instructing asana with energetic sensitivity and guiding pratyahara practice from the heart.
In 2018, she co-founded Community Yoga Initiative, a movement committed to expanding yoga access and inclusivity by offering yoga at no cost in an environment that welcomes every body. She currently facilitates ashtanga vinyasa yoga, yin yoga, and chair yoga as part of Community Yoga Initiative.
Inga serves as a licensed clinical social worker at the California Institution for Women in Chino, California, and has facilitated yoga for women experiencing incarceration and the staff who work at the facility.
She recently completed the triad of Insight Seminars in Los Angeles, California, all of which are rooted in the timeless teachings of love, acceptance, and personal responsibility. She has assisted the Insight I Seminar Awakening the Power of the Heart, and expects to complete the Insight Master Class in 2024.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
Insight MASTER CLASS, INSIGHT SEMINARS I expected Completion 2024
ASSISTED Insight I SEMINAR, INSIGHT SEMINARS I 2023
Insight I, II, & III Seminars, INSIGHT SEMINARS I 2023, 2020
500-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATIOn, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2019, 2018
CHELSEA CANO
HOW CHELSEA SHARES YOGA
Chelsea is founder of Tonal Temple, a collective of yogis, artists, and wellness providers who share their talents in inclusive ways. She facilitates sound baths, yin yoga, slow flow yoga, yang yoga, power yoga, acro yoga, chair yoga, and meditation in Southern California through the Tonal Temple collective.
Chelsea also founded SummaTime For Your Mind, an affordable, family-friendly summer wellness series in Corona and Riverside, California designed to promote well-being through a variety of fun and inviting movement and meditation sessions. She is also the main organizer behind Ananda Yoga Festival - a grassroots wellness event that brings people together to experience yoga in commUNITY. Ananda Yoga Festival is an immersive yoga exploration for everyBODY - a joy-filled day of movement, music, and mindfulness in Riverside, California.
She is a mentor to the yogis in the 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher trainings at Community Yoga Center and facilitates yang yoga and sound bath as part of Community Yoga Initiative.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
500-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATIOn, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2020, 2019
MARGO CHABOT
HOW MARGO SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2024
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
HANNAH CHU
HOW HANNAH SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, I 202?
TY DOBBS
HOW TY SHARES YOGA
Ty is an artist who creates in mediums of photography and videography. His passion is pausing life’s little moments, and capturing them to fully appreciate the many gifts the world gives us every day. He’s a sought-after photographer for yoga events and festivals as well as individual yoga portfolios.
Ty co-created and produced The Art of Meditation course and is currently growing his course catalog of videography, specializing in content related to health and wellness.
Ty is part of the organizing team for the Zion Yoga Fest.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
500-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2021, 2019
KATIE FELT
HOW KATIE SHARES YOGA
Katie facilitates individual yoga sessions and wellness retreats through Deva Sol Yoga. Her offerings are curated to serve individual needs and often include a unique balance of relaxing yin yoga, intentional breathing, guided meditation, mantra, and exploration of yogic concepts.
She is passionate about sharing yoga as a creative expression of self and especially loves sharing yoga music, sound baths, and chants. She is gifted in sharing yoga nidra as well as pre- and post- natal yoga. She also facilitates restorative yoga, yin yoga, slow flow yoga, chair yoga, yang yoga, and vinyasa flow yoga. She is adept at facilitating yoga for children, teens, elders, people living with cancer or chronic illness, and people living with mobility constraints. Katie does not turn anyone away due to lack of funds.
Katie serves a mentor to the yogis in the 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Community Yoga Center in Riverside, California.
Katie is part of the organizing committee for the Ananda Yoga Festival - a grassroots wellness event that brings people together to experience yoga in commUNITY. Ananda Yoga Festival is an immersive yoga exploration for everyBODY - a joy-filled day of movement, music, and mindfulness in Riverside, California.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATIOn I COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
20-HOUR PRENATAL YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATIOn I YOGA EDUCATION INSTITUTE I 2022
200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION I WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2018
SAVANNA FISHER
HOW SAVANNA SHARES YOGA
Savanna serves a mentor to the yogis in the 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Community Yoga Center in Riverside, California. She facilitates meditation as part of Community Yoga Initiative.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2019
LINA HOGAN
HOW LINA SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2024
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
JEANNETTE JAQUES ALI
HOW JEANNETTE SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2024
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2019
KIMBERLY JONES
HOW KIMBERLY SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2025
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
LORI JUAN
HOW LORI SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2020
AlLLISON HAGEN KENNEDY
HOW ALLISON SHARES YOGA
Allison serves on the leadership committee of the Big Bear Yoga Festival.
While working as an elementary school teacher, Allison initiated a program of sharing yoga freely with her co-workers and students.
She currently co-leads the 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher trainings at Community Yoga Center in Riverside, California. Her love of art and music informs her teachers that are centered around yantra and mantra.
She also facilitates chair yoga and meditation as part of Community Yoga Initiative.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
VIPASSANA MEDITATION COURSEs, S.N. GOENKA I 2019, 2018
CHAIR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, Valerie WILLIAMS BOOTH I 2018
500-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATIOn, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2018, 2017
CINDY LI
HOW CINDY SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2020
CASEY LOCKHART
HOW CASEY SHARES YOGA
Casey founded the Community Love Project in Riverside, California, a movement that helps create and nurture relationships through a variety of community gatherings and events.
Casey serves a mentor to the yogis in the 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Community Yoga Center in Riverside, California. She also facilitates yin yoga at Community Yoga Initiative in Riverside, California.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, A WORLD VIEW YOGA SCHOOL I 2019
ANDREW LOPEZ
HOW ANDREW SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
AMANDA MILLER
HOW AMANDA SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
TOBIAS MOYNEUR
HOW TOBIAS SHARES YOGA
Toby co-leads the 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher trainings at Community Yoga Center in Riverside, California. He currently facilitates ashtanga vinyasa yoga, yin yoga, and meditation as part of Community Yoga Initiative in Riverside, California.
Toby has served as a volunteer and yoga facilitator for the Ananda Yoga Festival and Big Bear Yoga Festival, offering an arm balance and inversion workshops, ashtanga vinyasa flow classes, and fun yoga for children.
Toby is part of the ManKind Project, an organization committed to supporting men break free of limiting beliefs so they can live their most authentic lives and serves others.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
VIPASSANA MEDItATION COURSEs, S.N. Goenka & VEN. KIPPANPANNO KIM TRIEU I 2023, 2018
200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2019
PHILLIP MULHOLLAND
HOW PHILLIP SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2024
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
CATHERINE MURRAY
HOW CATHERINE SHARES YOGA
Catherine facilitates individual and group yoga sessions in Riverside, California. She shares yang yoga and vinyasa flow yoga at various studios in Riverside, California and as part of Community Yoga Initiative. She is also adept at facilitating yin yoga, slow flow yoga, and restorative yoga. Catherine is passionate about serving teens and people living with mobility constraints.
She serves as mentor to the yogis in the 200-hour and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Community Yoga Center.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2021
Asim Najee-Asmar Bey
HOW ASIM SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
CINDY ORIOLI
HOW CINDY SHARES YOGA
Cindy is founder of Gap Self-Healing Therapies in Parowan, Utah - a school that teaches self-healing therapies including yoga, meditation, and reiki. With a real love for humanity, she is committed to helping individuals learn, heal, and evolve to serve their highest purpose. In addition to offering in-person self-healing retreats, Cindy currently shares ashtanga vinyasa yoga on-line, and offers distance reiki and trauma healing.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
ASHTANGA WORKSHOP, DAVID SWENSON I
300-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATIOn, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2018
200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, MICHELLE MAZUR YOGA I
SHAWNA PASSMORE
HOW SHAWNA SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2025
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
AMANDA PATTON
HOW AMANDA SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
BETH PATRICK
HOW BETH SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
CARLY PIERCE
HOW CARLY SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2025
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
CHERIE ROBINSON
HOW CHERIE SHARES YOGA
Cherie founded roots HOME + BODY with the mission to “be WELL!” She creates thoughtfully handcrafted home and body care products to foster intentional moments of wellbeing.
Cherie co-founded Community Yoga Initiative, a movement committed to expanding yoga access and inclusivity by offering yoga at no cost in an environment that welcomes every body. She currently facilitates yin yoga and moody Mondays as part of Community Yoga Initiative.
Cherie serves as a co-leader of the 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher trainings at Community Yoga Center in Riverside, California. She is an advocate for radical rest and has developed Audacity To Rest - an curriculum and experience that explores the vital aspects of rest and the link between rest, wisdom, and creativity.
Cherie is part of the organizing committee for the Ananda Yoga Festival - a grassroots wellness event that brings people together to experience yoga in commUNITY. Ananda Yoga Festival is an immersive yoga exploration for everyBODY - a joy-filled day of movement, music, and mindfulness in Riverside, California.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
500-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, WESTERN YOGA COLLEGE I 2020, 2019
EVELYN RUELAS
HOW EVELYN SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
MARLENE SCHWARTZ
HOW MARLENE SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
MELISSA SHAW
HOW MELISSA SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
300-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I EXPECTED IN 2024
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2023
JAVIER VALDOVINOS
HOW JAVIER SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
KRISTIN VARNER
HOW KRISTIN SHARES YOGA
Kristin is steward of Community Yoga Center in Riverside, California and co-leads its 200-hour and 300-hour yoga teacher trainings. She co-created The Art of Meditation course and guides people in meditation practice.
In 2018, Kristin co-founded Community Yoga Initiative, a movement committed to expanding yoga access and inclusivity by offering yoga at no cost in an environment that welcomes every body. She currently facilitates ashtanga vinyasa yoga, chair yoga, yin yoga, yang yoga, and meditation as part of Community Yoga Initiative.
Kristin is part of the organizing committee for the Ananda Yoga Festival - a grassroots wellness event that brings people together to experience yoga in commUNITY. Ananda Yoga Festival is an immersive yoga exploration for everyBODY - a joy-filled day of movement, music, and mindfulness in Riverside, California.
She also facilitates yoga and meditation for people experiencing incarceration in Norco, California through the Prison Yoga Project.
Kristin is the yoga instructor for the United States Men’s Olympic Water Polo Team.
EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TEACHER CERTIFICATIOn, Greater Good Science Center I UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY I 2023
VIPASSANA MEDITATION COURSEs, MOST VENERABLE KHIPPAPANNO KIM TRIEU & S.N. GOENKA I 2023, 2019, 2018
FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING: YOGA THROUGH THE LENS OF TRAUMA AND INCARCERATION, PRISON YOGA PROJECT I 2020
500-HOUR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATIOn, Scott Miller I 2019, 2018
CHAIR YOGA TEACHER CERTIFICATION, Valerie WILLIAMS BOOTH I 2018
RILEY VOSS
HOW RILEY SHARES YOGA
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EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Certification, COMMUNITY YOGA CENTER I 2024
LIS ZULOGA
HOW LIS SHARES YOGA
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