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Annette Tapia, RYT, is originally from South Florida and lived in New Orleans for several years before coming to DC.  She began practicing as part of a New Year's resolution to nurture herself physically and spiritually, and was inspired to teach after successfully using yoga as a vehicle for rehabilitation after suffering severe ankle sprains. She has studied several styles with various teachers in the DC area, and is certified in the vinyasa tradition, though she often integrates yin and restorative poses into her classes.  Her biggest inspiration is watching her students gain body awareness, confidence, and a sense of calm.  Annette is available for private sessions at Spiral Flight.  If you would like to book a session, please email info@spiralflightyoga.com
Autumn Wilson is a former Division I volleyball player who began practicing yoga in 2004. Her background in sports and theatre (in which she holds a BA from the University of Maryland) has given her many opportunities to work with young people over the years. She has always enjoyed inspiring creativity and encouraging physical activity in children, but becoming a mom in 2005 made Autumn even more committed to teaching children.  Autumn holds certifications in Itsy Bitsy Yoga®, Radiant Child Yoga, and Yoga 4 Teens.  She aspires in her classes to create a safe, fun space where both children and adults can see themselves and each other in new ways.  Autumn is available for yoga parties for kids.  If you would like to book a session, please email info@spiralflightyoga.com
Charise Hoge, is an accomplished dancer, registered dance and movement therapist, licensed social worker, and a Registered Polarity Practitioner. She has performed with two professional modern dance companies, and is certified to teach both SynergyDance and Synergy Yoga. Her classes integrate hatha yoga postures with the energy patterns of Polarity yoga and the five elements. The journey through the elements connects you to nature, to all life, and to the life force within. Movement between and within the postures is as important as the postures themselves because movement provides unification, breaks down patterns of tension and stress in the body, and also guides distribution of vital energy.  Charise teaches private sessions at Spiral Flight.  If you would like to book a session, please email info@spiralflightyoga.com
Charles "Amar Atma" Frohman has been teaching kundalini yoga since completion of the 9-month-long training program of the Kundalini Research Institute in 2002.  Charles runs D.C.'s early morning "Sadhana" program, and has even taught at the Rishikesh, India Yoga Festival.  Getting his start in Iyengar and Ashtanga, Charles has found the variety and comprehensiveness of Kundalini Yoga to be a wonderful technique for rejuvenating the body, healing deep problems, and preparing one for life's toughest challenges.
Corry Rooks, RYT, first became a student of yoga in 1995 at age 50. She has studied yoga with many wonderful teachers. In particular, she is grateful for the opportunities she has to study Anusara yoga with John Friend and Suzie Hurley, and Iyengar yoga with John Schumacher. However, she attributes her deepest learning to the gentleness, insight, and encouragement of her primary teacher, Kathleen Hogan. Corry initially practiced yoga because of the healing it brought to her back. Now she practices yoga because of the happiness it brings to her heart. By teaching yoga she hopes to support students of any age who would like to explore what this ancient art and science can bring to them. Corry holds a BA and an MA in English Literature. Corry is available for private sessions at Spiral Flight. If you would like to book a session, please email info@spiralflightyoga.com.
Heidi Thompson is a certified FlexAware teacher, CMT, and has more than 30 years experience with various movement and healing modalities.  In her teens, she became fascinated with how the world we live in and create affects us, especially how the effect relates to our health and wellbeing.  She believes that our greatest teacher is our body we just need to listen.
Jane Jerardi received certification through the Kripalu Center's yoga teacher training program in 2004 and started practicing yoga in 1991.  Her training in dance, the Alexander Technique, contact improvisation and Authentic Movement feeds her yoga practice.  Her teaching also reflects the influence of her study with Eliana Baccas, the Founder of Spiral Flight.  She emphasizes students' own self-discovery in classes by helping them cultivate more body awareness.
Jane Phelan has practiced Mindful Meditation since 1998 and yoga in the Iyengar tradition for a decade. She practices with dharma teachers Anh Huong and Thu Nguyen at the Mindfulness Practice Center of Fairfax in Oakton, Virginia. Her practice is at the core of her current work as a teaching artist. Jane's many years' experience in performing and fine arts includes modern dance, a BFA from the Corcoran College of Art and Design, as well as Iyengar Yoga training. For over 30 years, she has offered both performing and fine arts-based workshops, receiving grants from the DC and Arlington Commissions on the Arts. She is certified by the Radiant Child Yoga program and Next Generation Yoga, and she teaches weekly yoga classes to toddlers at the Smithsonian school.  Jane will complete her 200-hour Hatha Yoga Cerfication in the Kripalu Tradition in October 2008.
Janet Thompson taught and practiced yoga in the Boston area for many years. She has studied extensively with Barbara Benagh, and received her teacher training and certification from the Yoga Studio. Her practice has also been influenced by other renowned yoga teachers, including Erich Schiffmann, Angela Farmer, and Victor Van Kooten. Janet has also studied hatha yoga and anatomy with Tias Little and experiential anatomy with Andrea Olsen and Caryn McHose. Janet's approach to yoga has been called slow flow, for it combines sun salutations and other poses in slow-paced sequences. Moving slowly allows for skillful use of technique to avoid injuries, while building flexibility, endurance, and deep core strength. Attention to breath and alignment enhances mental clarity and calms the mind. Janet's goal is to provide students a grounded, well-balanced yoga base, and the experience of being guided from within.
Kahlil Kuykendall, RYT, is a Kundalini Yoga teacher, certified in 2007 through KRI International Teacher Training, an advanced study course as taught by Yogi Bhajan. She is also certified as a Hatha yoga teacher having trained in 2001 with the Indian Institute of Yoga. Her teaching style and methods have evolved since 1992 with personal practice and training. She believes that yoga is for everyone and her goal is to provide students with a well-balanced and grounded yoga base, and the experience of being guided from within. Kahlil also enjoys teaching yoga to children and is a certified Yoga for Youth and Yoga Ed. yoga teacher. She teaches yoga weekly to juvenile detention youth between the ages of 13-18 years old; and also works within the DC public schools teaching yoga to students in grades K-2. She is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher and a member of the International Association for Black Yoga Teachers (IABYT).
Kristin Maresca (RYT-200) (spiritual name: Guru Rakha Kaur “princess of the protective wisdom of God”) is the Assistant Manager at Spiral Flight Yoga and a teacher in both the kundalini yoga and hatha yoga traditions. She began practicing yoga in 1994 in Austin, TX, as a natural evolution from her earlier years as a dancer. Kristin has studied with senior teachers of Anusara Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, and Ashtanga Yoga, as well as having experienced a number of other growing traditions in the West. She has taught in Texas, Washington, DC, California, Sri Lanka and India. Her practice is devotional in nature, blending pranayama, hatha yoga asana, and meditation. Kristin places strong emphasis on bhakti (devotion) and seva (service). Kristin gives her gratitude and pranams to her spiritual teacher, Baba Harihar Ramji, and Mahaprabhu Agoreshwar Baba Bhagwan Ram, and her yoga asana teachers, Liz Marks and Swati and Rajiv Chanchani. She encourages her students to experience yoga's full self-transformative effects by looking beyond asana practice to deeper aspects of yoga.
Lauren Rice,  a fitness enthusiast, immediately fell in love with yoga when she began practicing in 2002 at the Baron Baptiste studios in Boston. Initially, her goal was to use yoga to complement her daily running schedule. It wasn’t until she began to deepen and explore her practice that she realized yoga offered so much more. Lauren has explored many different yoga styles and traditions by attending numerous classes and workshops, including Anusara, Ashtanga, Iyengar, and vinyasa/flow. She has been teaching regularly since 2006 and completed Willow Street Yoga’s Teacher Training. Lauren also recently completed her masters in Health Promotion. She looks forward to sharing the many benefits yoga.  Her classes combine her passion for health and fitness with her love of yoga, encouraging students to challenge their body while calming their mind.
Liz Wickhart brings both curiosity and mindfulness to the practice of yoga, viewing the body as an exciting landscape for the mind to explore. She believes the practice of yoga asana should be enjoyable and safe. Since 1991 Liz has studied numerous forms of bodywork, qi gong, meditation and movement therapies.  She has over 400 hours of yoga teacher training and is currently working toward certification in the Feldenkrais Method.  Drawing upon the wisdom of several styles of yoga and yoga teachers, Liz provides a well-rounded class for a variety of different needs. She encourages a non-competitive atmosphere where students are invited to dive into the richness of themselves.
Meredith McCullough began practicing yoga in 1999, first for exercise and later as an attempt to find sanity and balance despite a job that required extensive air travel.  She first discovered Anusara Yoga in Houston, Texas and was immediately drawn into this welcoming community. She connects to the unique way that poses are articulated, the invitation to participate fully and creatively in everyday life, and the fact that laughter on the mat is not only tolerated, but encouraged. Meredith carries this sense of playfulness into her classes, and is thrilled by the opportunity to share the joys and challenges that yoga offers. She is ever-grateful to her first Anusara teacher Alexis Britton for giving her a new perspective on perfection and acceptance. She graduated from Willow Street Yoga's Teacher Training in 2006 and continues to study with senior Anusara yoga teachers and friends.
Naomi Gottlieb-Miller began studying yoga in 1999 to take the edge off of living in New York City. A native DC-er, she recently returned to the city of her youth to take Anusara Teacher Training at Willow Street Yoga, studying with Suzie Hurley, Jenny Otto, Moses Brown and Joe Miller. She also continues to study with her primary teacher, Kate Miller who is a constant source of inspiration and guidance. Naomi brings a sense of lightness and play to all of her classes, encouraging her students to open their hearts enough to invite a healthy dose of laughter into their practice. She continues to be inspired by the joy her students bring to their mats and considers teaching yoga the best gig ever.
Sandi Rothwell began formal yoga training in 1999, received her certificate from Willow Street Yoga Center in 2005 after a year of Teacher Training, and received her “Anusara-inspired” designation in 2007.  She has also studied with Rod Stryker and John Friend.  Her love of offering gentle and therapeutic approaches to yoga has led her to assist and teach a class for students with special conditions as well as volunteering at a women’s shelter.  She believes in a non-competitive approach to the journey of yoga with each person reaching desired goals at his or her own pace and sees herself as the safety net as each person reaches for the next step.  Sandi is available for private sessions at Spiral Flight.  If you would like to book a session, please email info@spiralflightyoga.com
Steve Shafarman is the creator of FlexAware™. He studied with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, and is the author of Awareness Heals: The Feldenkrais Method for Dynamic Health.
Tara Lemerise, RYT, is the Administrative Director and Manager of Spiral Flight.  She took her first yoga class in 1999 and discovered the joy of Anusara Yoga in her final year of a philosophy degree program at American University.  Tara went on to complete teacher training at Willow Street Yoga and is a devoted student of Kriya Yoga meditation with DC's own Swami Abhipadananda and Swami Jyotir Vakyananda. Her patient, clear and encouraging instructions capture a light-hearted enthusiasm for the practice of yoga.  Her classes are fun and rejuvenating and she always encourages her students to find ways to connect their practice on the mat to their life off the mat.  www.yogataraonline.com
Tracy Hackett, RYT 500, has been teaching yoga since 1997 while experiencing and studying various traditions of healing since childhood.  She uses an eclectic mix of techniques to help her students create, develop, and enhance awareness of the body/mind as an energetic form.  With mellow flowing sequences, she guides students through the experience of the meditative power of the breath as pivot point between stretch and strength.  The intention is to align with one's own higher spiritual resonance by first aligning physically, mentally, and emotionally.  Tracy received her formal training in Sivananda and Vivekananda Kendra yoga therapy while in residence at the Sivananda Dhanwanthari Ashram in Kerala, India.  She is also a licensed acupuncturist with office hours at Spiral Flight.