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Amelia Vick
Amelia's yoga journey started when she was about 12 years old. Oddly enough, the first time she ever practiced was with her sister while she followed along with a class on FitTV, a channel she got for free sometimes with her satellite TV subscription. At the time, she did not know why, but she knew she felt so much better after practicing yoga. Since then, her practice has transformed and grown in so many ways. She came to understand that yoga was never just about the physical practice. She learned that our mat where we practice is a mirror of life and there are a multitude of lessons to be learned through asana. Yoga offers her a medium to strengthen her body and mind, enhance coping skills, and provides moments of silence to dig into the depths of the soul. For her, yoga has been the sole constant in her life. It has always been there and will continue to be. She hopes to share this gift yoga gave her with you too. Beginners and all levels welcome! |
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Charles MacInerney
Charles is known for his creative approach to integrating the ancient wisdom and traditions of yoga with the latest scientific advances in understanding the mind/body connection. Classes are based on a solid foundation of alignment principles while allowing for a playful, organic exploration of the pose and the breath. All levels are welcome, including beginners. Charles is an E-RYT-500 and also a certified yoga therapist with 30 years of teaching experience. He has presented at dozens of National and International Conferences and helped set up and run yoga programs for Seton Hospital and the Austin Heart Hospital. He started the Free Day of Yoga, founded the Texas Yoga Retreat and the Living Yoga Program (with graduates teaching yoga in 45 states and 15 countries). Charles writes and posts yoga videos for his website: YogaTeacher.com, and has published a book on Dharana (concentration) as well as contributing articles to the Yoga Journal and numerous other magazines. 
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Connie Hausman
Connie Hausman, director and founder of CAN DO YOGA™ in Austin, Texas, is a Yoga teacher with over 30 years teaching experience. She is also a certified massage and Reike therapist and life coach and holds a BA in Psychology and English from the University of Texas. Connie began her Yoga teacher-training in the two-year Advanced Studies Program at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco. Thereafter, Connie apprenticed for five years under internationally acclaimed Iyengar instructor, Yelena Fedotova. After the sudden loss of her beloved teacher, Yelena, she studied and apprenticed for eight years with Manouso Manos. In the spring of 2001, she had the honor of working with Geeta Iyengar, BKS Iyengar's daughter, and in 2003 she traveled to Pune, India to study with the Iyengar family. Connie creates a safe, structured environment that encourages students to break through preconceived limitations. Her ultimate objective is to impart how Yoga creates choice--a choice for greater physical, mental, and spiritual health and well-being. Connie lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Satoshi, and is the mother of three children, Gabe, Akira and Saffron. |
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Devon Dederich
Devon holds a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in geography from the University of New Mexico, and is nationally certified to teach in the Iyengar tradition. Devon began formal practice of Iyengar Yoga in 1978, and since then has studied with senior-level Iyengar teachers both here and abroad, as well as with Mr. Iyengar, his son Prashant and his daughter Geeta in Pune. She has taught since 1980 in New Mexico, Africa, and Texas. Devon has also worked with Peggy Kelley and other teachers on Iyengar teacher training projects for over twenty years. She also likes art and craftwork. |
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Dustin Turner
Dustin is a gifted Yoga Therapist that has been teaching and working with groups and individuals for well over a decade. His focus is to integrate the wisdom, philosophy, science and art of yoga into action and guidance for our modern lives. Dustin brings yogic precision and a loving heart to all his classes. You are sure to discover parts of your body you never knew existed. He is deeply rooted in the Yoga tradition of BKS Iyengar having studied in depth with Judith Hansen Lasiter and for many years with his primary teacher Gabriel Hepburn. If you are looking for deeper insight into your own personal healing, consider scheduling a private Yoga Therapy session with Dustin. Beginners and all levels welcome! 
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Georgie Nachlas
Georgie received her yoga teacher certification from Core Power Yoga and trained as a mentee under our most wonderful, Sandra Cardona. Georgie is also a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach with a passion for mind-body connection. She is focused on the importance of using yoga to strengthen both the body and the mind, while also creating space for regeneration. She's been a yoga student for nearly 15 years and is grateful for the different shapes the yoga community has taken in her life. With a focus on Vinyasa/Power Yoga, Georgie believes that class should be enjoyable. She thrives on seeing her students grow and evolve their practice. When practicing with Georgie, you will experience challenging flows, curated playlists, and the space to be authentically you. Originally from New York, Georgie lives in the Austin area with her native-Texan husband and rescue pitbull. |
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Jill Birt
Jill hails from a family with a long line of healthcare providers so naturally, she has always been drawn to health and wellness. She began her career as a Registered Nurse and was first drawn to yoga when the needs of family, career and wellness became hard to juggle. Yoga was a way to knock out physical exercise and rest in 1 quick hour. Over the years, the demands of working in healthcare and raising a family, began to wear her down. Anxiety and depression crept in and after reaching in many directions looking to regain clarity and strength she surrendered into yoga as a means to healing. She realized that yoga offered the kind of true healthcare she had set out to share when she chose the path of nursing. Yoga is so much more than a physical practice, Jill discovered those good feelings she kept coming back for were felt much deeper than just her muscles. She is awed by the ability Yoga has to infiltrate into any one person’s life in a way that is unique to them as an individual while simultaneously creating unity among many. She arranges her classes and offerings with this principle in mind. Leaving space for individuality along with intentional guidance through movement, breath and spirituality. |
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Joanne Sanchez
Joanne's motto is, "Yoga is for everybody and every body". She understands that everyone's practice comes from somewhere unique and that everyone has their individual path to follow. She started teaching in Alaska over twenty years ago under the guidance of amazing teachers and mentors that instilled in her a heartfelt practice, free from competition and judgement. Joanne wants to help each individual find their personal practice and make the journey that much more rewarding and clear. Beginners and all levels welcome! |
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Jonathan Troen
Jonathan is co-founder of Austin Yoga Tree. He is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher and Certified Yoga Therapist. His belief is that yoga can be made accessible to every human being on the planet. He brings a light-hearted nature to his classes, along with a dedication to drive you deeper to the center of your core, where your true self resides. When asked if his classes were easy or hard, one student replied, "They are kind." Jonathan is also a Life Mastery Coach, and creator of The Self Love Revolution. His mission is to teach people how to practice kindness with themselves, with the understanding that when you are kind to yourself, everything you want and the miracles of life all appear at your doorstep. He will remind you that you still need to open the door. Beginners and all levels welcome! |
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Melissa Hagen
Melissa is currently a certified Level 2 Iyengar Yoga Teacher. In 2015 she graduated from Peggy Kelley and Devon Dederich’s 2 year teacher training program. She has travelled to Pune, India twice to study; first with Geeta and then Abhijata Iyengar. She loves the precision and philosophy of Iyengar Yoga. Her classes thoughtfully explore a variety of ways to safely approach challenging poses with the support and feedback of props. She recognizes that the individual needs of each student vary and offers options along the way to accommodate those working with injuries. Outside of yoga she is passionate about gardening and propagating tropical and heirloom vegetables at the plant nursery where she works. She also enjoys leading Social Cycling Austin’s Yoga Bike Ride and has hosted this free event for 10 years now. |
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Natalie Ramos Hernandez
Natalie is one of Austin Yoga Tree's YTT graduates. She learned under the mentorship of lead teacher, Dustin Turner. Natalie loves to teach Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, and Restorative Yoga. Natalie believes that each person is extraordinary and she accepts students just as they are when they step into her class. Each of her classes is unique and alignment based to support, enhance, and modify for every student's experience. Natalie integrates sound to her classes helping connect the mind, body & spirit. Each instrument Natalie uses, is ancestral, vibrational, soothing, and relaxing. Natalie welcomes you with an open heart, great smile, laughs, and love and she hopes to see you on the mat. All levels welcome. |
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Olly Pryce
Olly is a student of the universe and seeker of growth and all things yoga + meditation. A steady practice came to her after a skydiving accident that shattered the left side of her body, landing her in a wheelchair. It was through a dedicated meditation practice that she gained the energy and motivation to start moving again. Olly chose to spend the next year practicing vinyasa and bikram hot yoga, which ultimately cleared her of all physical limitations and mental and emotional blockages. Wanting to further her practice, Olly moved to Austin, Texas where she grew through the dynamic flows of Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Rocket Yoga. After gaining full mobility, strength and mental clarity through yoga and meditation, Olly wishes to share such healing practices to help guide students toward a deeper understanding of the self and reveal unlimited potentials through mind, body, and soul awareness. |
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Sheryl Abrams
Sheryl has been teaching for over 20 years. She began her path with Hatha yoga in Singapore while pregnant with her last child, at almost age 36. Returning to Austin in the late 90's, Ashtanga or "power" yoga was very popular and she found herself in a certification course. Then, due to an injury, she was referred to an Iyengar teacher and immediately found healing and her home. Sheryl holds the Introductory 2 Iyengar Certification earned in 2011 and is currently working towards Junior Immediate 1. She has a wealth of teaching experience at all levels as well as many years experience leading restorative "chair yoga" classes at several senior facilities. Sheryl and her husband are empty nesters with two of their three children living in Austin. They enjoy boating and walking Town Lake and the hills of the Spicewood area. Beginners and all levels welcome! |
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Vicky Hill
Vicky is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher who has been studying Iyengar yoga since 2000. Her practice and teaching draw on Mr. Iyengar’s insight that the physical practice—the asana—is much more than physical. He wrote, “Even in simple asanas, one is experiencing the three levels of the quest: the external quest, which brings firmness of the body; the internal quest, which brings steadiness of intelligence; and the innermost quest, which brings benevolence of spirit." Vicky also offers tips and thoughts on asana and the yogic path via the Instagram account austin_iyengar_yoga, which she launched in 2018. In her off-the-mat life, she has a Ph.D. in American Studies, taught at the university level for two decades, and has two delightful adult children. |