These teachers are the cream of the crop. All have donated their time and energy to Yogis Give Back.


D’ana Baptiste: teaching for over 18 years, founded Salt Lake's largest studio, influences range from Astanga to Viniyoga to Forrest Yoga, proud and humble mom of 3 boys. (Centered City Yoga)

Adam Ballenger: Anusara Yoga Instructor, with a playful background in various yoga styles, traditions and mind / body practices. Current owner of Kula Community Yoga Center.

Charlotte Bell: 20 years of international teaching experience, Iyengar-certified since 1989, practices Vipassana meditation, published writer and accomplished musician. (Charlotte Bell Yoga)

David Belz: certified Anusara instructor with extensive experience in Ashtanga and martial arts, also a professional architect (The Shop)

Jackie Young: started teaching Bikram Yoga in 2000 and opened Bikram Yoga Sandy with her husband, Alex Wheeler in 2003, outdoor enthusiast, loves to explore art and woodworking.

Jennifer Ellen Mueller: my desire is to offer a practice and place where all shapes, sizes, ages, and levels of ability feel celebrated, empowered, graceful, beautiful and strong, owner/director of Flow Yoga.

Leraine Horstmanshoff: yoga teacher and professional musician who often plays with Shantala and has accompanied classes for John Friend.


Al Burgess: first ran into yoga during his 20 year wanderings in the Indian and Nepal Himalayas, has practiced Ashtanga yoga for 10 year, favours a powerful form that fits well with his climbing lifestyle, now teaching a free class for the community at the Sugar Space Arts Studio (email Al)

Linda Burbank: studying yoga since 1998, currently an anusara-inspired teacher, with an upbeat peaceful and grounded style (The Shop)

John Cottrell: Power Yoga instructor who focuses on strength, balance, endurance, and vitality (Centered City Yoga), also manages the yoga and pilates prorgam for Lifetime Fitness.

Lucy Dillon Kinkead: loves bringing yoga to the mainstream with a style that blends asanas and authenticity with humor and humility. She studies with D'ana Baptiste, John Friend, Ana Forrest and Rolf Gates, and on many days, her best teachers are her students (Centered City Yoga)

Marlena Lambert, RYT: calls her teaching style "Ha-ha Yoga," a light-hearted approach inspired by Anusara, a licensed massage therapist with a background in cultural anthropology and natural sciences, brings a truly holistic perspective to the practice. (email Marlene)

Kim Lynn: emphasizes inner strength and serenity in her Power Yoga classes, instructs children programs as well, devoted to her daughters and loves hiking, anything Italian and singing karoake. (Centered City Yoga)

Christine Hasegawa: diverse yoga influences from Astanga to Anusara, a dancer / performer for SB Dance and formerly for Ririe-Woodbury dance company, currently studying for a MS in Nursing at the University of Utah. (Kula Yoga Center)

Scott Moore (MySpace.com/ScottLeroy)
An instructor for seven years, Scott teaches both powerful, flowing classes as well as restorative yoga. My wife and I have studied mediation in Korea and have taught yoga in Croatia. As a full-time yoga instructor, I feel thrilled to share my passion with others.

Rachel Posner: yoga instructor, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy practitioner, counselor, wilderness guide and mother of an incredible 17-month-old baby girl (Phoenix Rising Yoga)

Jeff Silverstein: practicing yoga since his teenage years at Satchidananda's Integral Yoga of New York, later began studying Ashtanga with several lead teachers including Richard Freeman and Tim Miller (Centered City Yoga)

Velvet Valdean: studying and practicing Kundalini Yoga for eight years in New Mexico and Utah, currently teaching Kundalini Yoga for children and substitute teaching as well.

Alex Wheeler (Bikram Sandy)


Stephen Brown: the main organizer of this event teaches a flowing vinyasa style influenced by Erich Shiffmann, Sri Dharma Mittra, Iyengar, Ashtanga and others, professional dancer and choreographer who runs SB Dance (Centered City Yoga)

Leslie Salmon is a dedicated yogini and owner of the Yoga Center (Yoga Center)

Stefanie Slade: is a visual artist and lighting designer who generously contributes her production skills to Yogis Give Back.