Spiral Heart Yoga Teachers

Teaching: Gentle Yoga and Yoga Nidra. Peggy offers weekly yoga classes and workshops through Yoga House in Pasadena and special classes through Spiral Heart Yoga. Peggy is a Registered Yoga Teacher - RYT-500. She holds advanced certifications in Trauma-Informed Yoga, Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra.

Teaching: Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga and workshops through Spiral Heart Yoga Community. Francine is a healer based in Pasadena, California. She was born in Singapore and grew up in a Buddhist family. She has traveled extensively, receiving training from various masters of different healing traditions in China, Tibet, India and Japan. For many years, she moved from studio to studio searching for her yoga tribe. In 2017, she landed at Spiral Path Yoga Center in La Crescenta. After only one restorative class at SPY, she signed up for its teacher training program and received her 200-hour certification in 2018. She also completed her Restorative Yoga Therapy certification with Leeann Carey of Yapana Yoga. In 2019, Francine completed her Yin Yoga training with Addie deHilster. Francine is also a Reiki Master practitioner and has developed her unique blend of heart-centered and organic empowering healing yoga sessions, helping individuals to rebalance, restore and reconnect.

Teaching: Yoga Basics and beyond. She earned her 500 hour Yoga Teacher Certifcation through Kule Yoga & Ayurveda and has been a registered Yoga Teacher since 2021. Aleks is also an Ayurvedic Health Counselor and Chef, having recevied training through the California College of Auyurveda.

Teaching: Gentle Healing Yoga to tune into your inner voice, release tension and stress, and practice radical self care. This class will implement mindful movement, breathing and mindfulness exercises to calm the nervous system. You will leave feeling relaxed, rejuvenated, and present. Heather Gross MS CCC-SLP, RYT (she/her) is a licensed voice therapist and vocal coach, specializing in gender affirming and trauma informed voice. Heather integrates mind, body, breath, and voice healing modalities, to help individuals connect to and love their voice. Through navigating a mystery chronic illness with no answers from external sources, Heather found deep, intuitive listening and the courage to advocate for her own health after beginning her spiritual journey. Integrating the practice of yoga into her daily life, she has turned trauma into purpose by empowering others to tune into their inner voice, and find the answers inside of themselves. Heather is a registered yoga teacher through the Spiral Path Yoga School, a certified mindfulness meditation teacher with training from Dr. Itai Ivtzan, and certified in The Transformational Coaching Method™ from the Therapist Coaching Institute. Heather has sought out additional training in the area of breathwork, brain and nervous system retraining, and is a student at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, feeding and nourishing her passion for all things health, nutrition, and well-being.

Teaching: Gentle Yoga and Mindfulness Practice. Avry’s been practicing yoga and meditation for over 40 years and remains a devoted beginner.  She’s been teaching these transformative practices since her first yoga teacher certification in 2000 and believes the whole world would benefit from doing yoga and meditating.

Teaching: Mindful Reset Yoga. Jennifer Dall received her yoga teacher training at Spiral Path Yoga Center with Addie deHilster and Peggy Burt. She specializes in yin yoga, yoga nidra through a trauma-informed, mindful lens.

Teaching: Yin Yoga. Kim is a 200 hr. Registered Yoga Teacher certified in Trauma Informed and Yin Yoga. She is also a Level II Reiki Practitioner. Her journey with yoga began in college and has helped to bring balance and calm to her life as a corporate warrior for over 20 years. She has taught classes at Spiral Path Yoga, online corporate classes, private lessons, virtual retreats, and has video offerings on YouTube. She enjoys teaching theme-based yoga, intertwining yoga knowledge with the physical, mental, and spiritual aspect that have personally enriched her in her own yoga journey. Her goal is to spread the yoga message to all those who can benefit which she believes is every-body! For more visit her website at www.calmwithkimyoga.com In her “free” time she loves writing, travel, food, and gathering new life experiences. Check out her website for a more personal look at these interests. http://girljustwants2travel.com/

Ronna teaches a gentle yoga practice to include guided meditation, breath practice and gentle yoga movement. Ronna has practiced various forms of yoga since attending prenatal yoga in 1993. Her practice has evolved over the years into an increasingly mindful & meditative one. She completed her teacher training in 2019. She has level 1 Yin Yoga and a Trauma-informed yoga certification. As a mental health provider, she has witnessed the impact of integrating healing practices such as yoga and mindfulness on the emotional well-being of others (and herself!)