Mary Anne has been a yoga practitioner for 5 years. She started with Ashtanga. To add a little variety to her yoga practice, she began taking Vinyasa Flow classes and, more recently, Jivamukti and Anusara. Mary Anne received her certification through the Yoga Center of Minneapolis. Along with the classes at Serenity Now, she is also teaching for Maple Grove Community Ed.

Hiyala Indiga is a massage therapist. Her favorite modality is Thai massage which incorporates a lot of stretches and opening of the joints. It is a lot like "having yoga done to you".. You get to relax, and be stretched.  Hiyala taught yoga since 1996. Her special interest is in Yoga Therapy which is, essentially, yoga for rehab, usually done in private sessions, much like physical therapy.  But, that can get expensive, so she creates these yoga therapy classes.  She believes in the power of yoga to strengthen the nervous system and sees its value for people who are depressed, isolated, have trouble sleeping, and/or have anxiety. She studies with master teachers and continues to deepen her teaching.

Amber is a Yoga Alliance certified instructor. She has been practicing yoga since 2000 and teaching physical disciplines to theatre artists since 2001 - integrating yoga, mime and stage combat. It is said that by improving the inside the outside in turn will be improved. Amber believes the opposite also to be true that by improving the outside one improves the inside, the two cannot be separated. She encourages realizing what is possible and inspiring to achieve those possibilities.