Shelby Lafrinere, E-RYT 500
200 Hr Primary E-RYT
Shelby Lafrinere is a registered yoga teacher, activist, and professional dancer. Practicing yoga since 1997 and teaching since 2005, she has used yoga's wisdom to overcome anxiety, heal a major spinal injury, and overcome drug and alcohol addiction. She shares the teachings of Ashtanga, Anusara, Vinyasa, Viniyoga, Yoga Therapy, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga, Hot yoga, meditation, pranayama, contact improv, modern, and hip hop dance forms; weaving creative sequences with a focus on healthy alignment and breathing. Also a certified Associate Polarity Practitioner, she is known for intelligent and effective hands-on adjustments. She has taught in a wide variety of environments from yoga studios to drug, alcohol, and eating disorder rehabilitation centers, from the Ohio State University to music festivals, from private clients to free classes taught in half-way homes and through her Bustown Yoga co-creation (a by-donation series). Her classes are thoughtful and imaginative, challenging yet soothing. www.shelbylafrinere.com
Melissa Korte-Saunders E-RYT 200, RYT 500
Melissa is a yoga and fitness instructor who loves travel and adventure. Her philosophy is to integrate various learning techniques to ensure the development of her students’ physical and mental health in a safe, inclusive environment. Starting in Austin, Texas, Melissa was an elementary special education teacher as well as yoga instructor. While living in the Middle East, Melissa developed workshops and classes to introduce members of Israeli and Palestinian communities to Hatha and Kundalini Yoga, and participated in outreach to communities in the West Bank introducing yoga and fitness with an emphasis on women’s health. After moving from Jerusalem to Denver, Colorado, Melissa became Yoga Coordinator at the Westminster Lifetime Fitness, teaching Iyengar-influenced Hatha, Ashtanga, Hot Yoga, Hot Flow Yoga, Kundalini and Yoga Pilates Fusion as well as private and small group sessions. She facilitated workshops, intensives and yoga events, and assisted in recruiting and training yoga instructors. Now living in sunny San Diego, she enjoys teaching yoga to her students including her 3 year old son, and has learned that in yoga and in life – in the words of Jane Austen – “Everyone likes to go their own way. We all have our time and manner of devotion.”
Melissa Korte-Saunders E-RYT 200, RYT 500
Melissa is a yoga and fitness instructor who loves travel and adventure. Her philosophy is to integrate various learning techniques to ensure the development of her students’ physical and mental health in a safe, inclusive environment. Starting in Austin, Texas, Melissa was an elementary special education teacher as well as yoga instructor. While living in the Middle East, Melissa developed workshops and classes to introduce members of Israeli and Palestinian communities to Hatha and Kundalini Yoga, and participated in outreach to communities in the West Bank introducing yoga and fitness with an emphasis on women’s health. After moving from Jerusalem to Denver, Colorado, Melissa became Yoga Coordinator at the Westminster Lifetime Fitness, teaching Iyengar-influenced Hatha, Ashtanga, Hot Yoga, Hot Flow Yoga, Kundalini and Yoga Pilates Fusion as well as private and small group sessions. She facilitated workshops, intensives and yoga events, and assisted in recruiting and training yoga instructors. Now living in sunny San Diego, she enjoys teaching yoga to her students including her 3 year old son, and has learned that in yoga and in life – in the words of Jane Austen – “Everyone likes to go their own way. We all have our time and manner of devotion.”
Yoga Therapy Specialist
Anne, a Yoga and Massage Therapist has practiced Hatha Yoga for over 15 years. She has studied under three different students of BKS Iyengar and taught private and group yoga classes in such varied settings as Sharp Hospital Health and Fitness Center, Purefitness/Bonita Athletic Club, Park Bl, and now YogaWell.
Kirti Srivastava RYT 500
Philosophy, Mythology and Spirituality
Kiriti has been studying dance for over 20 years, has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and teaching children for 7 years. She currently works with the King Chavez Charter Academies where she integrates yoga and dance into the classrooms' academic curriculum.
Melissa Booker, E-RYT 200, RPYT
Pre/Post Natal, Vinyasa
Melissa has been teaching yoga for the past 9 years and prenatal yoga for 5 years. Melissa completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training with a special focus on prenatal yoga and has additional training as a doula and in perinatal fitness as a certified fitness instructor. She is a Yoga Alliance Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT) and Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT), as well as a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists, the San Diego-based Yoga Education Society, and a Founding Member of the Green Yoga Association.
