Michelle Bennett

Sister to JOIS founder Sonia Jones, Michelle Bennett is the director of the Bondi Beach Jois Yoga Studio in Sydney, Australia. After trying Iyengar-style yoga in 1996 and upon her sister’s recommendation, began practicing Asthanga yoga in 1999 and immediately recognized its transformative benefits. She dedicated the next 10 years to its studies and practice, […]

Chase Bossart

Chase Bossart is a long time student of Mr. TKV Desikachar and is a Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation certified Yoga Teacher Trainer. A long time meditator, Chase has a clear, down-to-earth communication style and strong theoretical understanding. He is the Director of Therapy & Education at the non-profit Healing Yoga Foundation in San Francisco.

Megan Riley

Megan started her Ashtanga practice in Washington, DC after completing graduate work in creative writing at the University of Maryland. She began assisting under the guidance of authorized teacher Faith Scimecca and made her first trip to Mysore, India in 2009. Megan is an authorized level II teacher and makes regular trips to KPJAYI to […]

Maria Rubinate

Maria studied with Shri K. Pattabhi Jois both in India and the US starting in 1993. She also practiced under the guidance of Eddie Stern and later taught for him. She continues to study with R. Sharath Jois and Saraswathi Jois, heirs to the great tradition of Ashtanga Yoga. Thank you to all of the […]

Aliya Weise

Aliya is a student of R. Sharath Jois, a dedicated practitioner and instructor of traditional Ashtanga Yoga as is taught at the Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga institute in Mysore, India. He has made numerous extended trips to study asana, philosophy, chanting, and Sanskrit. During his periods of study in India he has had […]

Kathy King

Kathy began practicing Ashtanga as a way to heal her body after numerous surgeries. The practice has reconnected her with her body and has changed her life in countless positive ways. Kathy made her first trip to KPJAYI in 2012 and will return in early 2013. She is currently assisting and practicing under the guidance […]

Carla Waldron

Carla discovered Ashtanga yoga in 2004 while living in Paris, France and soon thereafter travelled to Mysore to learn the traditional method. Since then, she has made several extended trips to study, and from Sharath Jois, has earned authorization to teach. Carla is deeply grateful to Guruji, Saraswathi and Sharath for their teachings and dedication to […]

Dominic Corigliano

My approach to teaching Pattabhi Jois's Ashtanga Yoga is the aggregate of years of Practice, years of teaching, learning from Pattabhi himself, and my life. I am a Senior Teacher Certified by Pattabhi Jois. My personal practice began with him in the early 1980's and included Advanced Series.In classes, I use Ashtanga Yoga as a […]

Stephanie Corigliano

Stephanie Corigliano began her Ashtanga practice in 1998 and made her first trip to Mysore in 2000. She apprenticed and learned to teach from her husband, Dominic Corigliano, and received authorization to teach from Pattabhi Jois in 2002. In 2007 Stephanie returned to graduate school at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where she earned […]

Anna Muzzin

Anna was introduced to Ashtanga in 2008 while living and working as a pottery teacher in Baltimore, Maryland. The challenge and focus of the practice immediately drew her in and the remarkable changes that impacted her daily life encouraged Anna to make her first trip to Mysore in 2010. She continues to travel to India […]