Tina Makris, Sat Ardas Kaur
Tina has been teaching Yoga for over 15 years and has been in the health and fitness industry for over 25 years. She is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, graduating from the San Diego College of Ayurveda, an E-RYT 500 through the Yoga Alliance, has an Advanced Yoga Therapy Certification through Loyola Marymount University. Tina directs Anahata Yoga and Wellness’ 200 & 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training. She has been facilitating Rejuvenation and Healing Retreats since 2003 and offers Private Reiki and Pranic Vibrational Healing session; helping people remove their blocks, raise their vibration and move into their Grace.Sound Healing is a deep passion for Tina so she founded the Anahata 432 Sound Squad where her and her 2 assistance facilitate Reiki Healing Sound Baths throughout Orange and LA counties. Her teaching styles include Classical Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative, Yin Yoga, Kids, Pre-Natal and Kundalini Yogas. She also holds a 1st Degree Black Belt in Chinese Kenpo Karate. Her studies of over 14 years in the Martial Arts combined with her love and knowledge for Yoga and Ayurveda brings a well-rounded open view in her teachings of the mind, body, and soul. She is a loving mother and wife who deeply enjoys nature and animals.
Rowann James
Rowann came to yoga a little over 4 years ago. Searching for whole body rehabilitation where Western medicine had failed. After years of suffering from lifelong side effects of childhood cancer, surviving traumatic life events and resigning herself to a life of chronic pain and depression, she was desperate for relief.
Starting with therapeutic/healing classes first, she discovered in order to manage your body you must first manage your mind. And however difficult it was to control her negative thought patterns and continue to practice through the pain and fatigue, she knew if she didn’t give up she would experience the healing benefits that have transformed so many lives.
What she didn’t anticipate was just how much yoga would alter the trajectory of her life. Mind, body, and spirit.
By cultivating a relationship with oneself and bringing awareness to the body she was able to experience, first hand, unprecedented healing.
Finding power in her suffering, she is now focused on complete holistic health. Incorporating the ancient teachings with the new to give her students/clients the opportunity for a life undefined. Undefined by their health, by their circumstances, and by their upbringing.
Believing to be the best teacher, you must first be the forever student.
Rowann is a 500 hr certified yoga teacher and Reiki Practitioner. She is also developing her gifts in healing therapy of sound and has Yoga Therapy & Kundalini Trainings on the horizon. In addition to teaching yoga she has her own skincare business where she focuses on empowering others to build confidence, encouraging customers and colleagues alike to create the life they deeply desire.
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
~Rumi
Michelle Yasmin Smith
Michelle Yasmin Smith is a certified yoga teacher, workshop facilitator, and reiki practitioner. Early exposure to spirituality nurtured her innate fascination for personal development, resulting in years of experience with different healing modalities. Forever a student of love and life, she is known for her heart-centered approach to holding space for emotional transformation, where the nervous system is able to reset and restore. Many of the experiences she presents are centered around getting into deeply relaxed states as individuals access the subconscious mind and navigate shadow work. Michelle believes it is through this process once can transmute their pain stories into an empowered sense of purpose!
