Desiree Lee is a certified Vinyasa Yoga Instructor and Kundalini Teacher as well as a Reiki Master and Artist. She uses her creativity and intuition to craft a unique, strength building & spiritual practice. She guides a variety of yoga classes from Vinyasa and Sculpt to Yin and Kundalini. Desiree enjoys to play with the balance of fun and self discipline, of strength and surrender, of yin and yang energy. She loves to plant seeds of thought that encourages students to look within and find the mirror of life in our yoga practice.
Sheree began practicing yoga in 2006, and became a certified teacher in 2010. Inspired by yoga’s transformative power—both internally and externally, she strives to provide a safe, light-hearted class atmosphere that allows students of all levels to feel successful in their practice. She guides each class with an emphasis on developing body awareness and a balance between strength and flexibility. Her classes range from peaceful and relaxing to sweat-inducing vinyasa flows, but always expect playful and unique sequencing with plenty of options (from modifications to up-levels), and a warm & friendly teaching style.
In 2012, after completing Level 2 Teacher Training with Baron Baptiste, Diana became a certified RYT 200 yoga instructor. Her classes are inspired by the Baptiste Yoga methodology, focusing on breath and body awareness.
Being of service and empowering people through yoga is a passion Diana fulfills by teaching locally at Beyond Hot Yoga in Laguna Niguel and growing her online community, hitPLAYyoga.com.
Students of all levels are encouraged to access the power within themselves as Diana offers space for exploration and growth in every class.
Debby Dowling, E-RYT 200, has been a fitness and pilates instructor since 2007. After taking yoga on and off for 15 years as just a way to stretch, she finally got the true meaning of yoga once she hit her 40s and fell in love. She began practicing almost daily and it was only through yoga that her body began to change in ways that it never did before. Debby is living proof that yoga truly turns back the hands of time for both your body AND your mind. Her classes are designed to be fun yet challenging in a way that helps all of her students make the physical, emotional and spiritual connection. Forever a student, Debby has also had the opportunity to practice and train with other great yogis including; Seane Corn,...
Shannon Mancini is a true southern belle at heart, spending her first 22 years in the suburbs of Georgia, but now has the pleasure of residing in Laguna Niguel, California with her husband Mike. Shannon has been teaching Vinyasa Flow Yoga for over 3 years, but her journey started off completely different than where it is presently. When she moved here in 2007, a friend convinced her to try Bikram Yoga, and for a couple of years this suited her type-A personality of go further, push harder, do more. It wasn’t until she developed an injury where she had to step back and take a look at WHY she was spending 90 minutes in a 115 degree room at 50% humidity to only usually feel depleted and unfulfilled after? After taking ...
I began my yoga journey in the summer of 2011 and like a spark to light my inner fire a steady hot vinyasa practice lit me up. I was inspired to share what I found in myself with others through yoga. My aim as a teacher is to empower the people around me and in the community to live the life they love. My classes focus on breath and awareness either flowing through or relaxing into balanced and thoughtful sequences. I teach vinyasa, the 26 Bikram Hot Yoga postures, restorative, and yin yoga styles as well as meditation and Yoga Nidra. I am also Reiki II certified, trained in EFT, and host classes/workshops on Essential Oils. I am currently continuing my education as a Holistic Health Practitioner and massage...
Carolyn Long E-RYT passion for yoga began in 2000 when she first discovered Jason Wynn’s class at Bikram Yoga, Laguna Beach.
Carolyn was immediately addicted by the physical and mental challenge and greatly inspired by the sense of peace, calmness and grounding she felt after leaving class.
Being a group fitness instructor for many years prior, as a natural progression, Carolyn completed her yoga teacher training in 2009. She is 200hr E-RYT Yoga Alliance Certified in Power Vinyasa Yoga levels 1, 2 and 3, Hot Power Fusion, Yoga Sculpt and Meditation. Carolyn also is now certified in Yoga for Cancer Management and guides cancer patients, cancer warriors and care givers. She currently teaches at Beyond Hot Yoga,...
Deborah discovered yoga as a means of rehabilitation from competitive sports injuries that had resulted in multiple back surgeries and a 3 disc cervical fusion. What seemed like a temporary solution, Yoga became a lifestyle. Becoming so much more than the Asana's, yoga profoundly shifted Deborah's perspective. Deborah's enthusiasm for teaching comes through in her dynamic energy and creative flows that are designed to bring playfulness and challenge to all levels of practice...Always mindful of modifications, yoga meets you where you are..RIGHT NOW! Deborah brings her passion for sharing just how capable we all are when awareness is brought to the breath, intention is set for class and space for each pose is...