our teachers

Originally from the west coast of Ireland, Caroline discovered yoga when she moved to New York. An avid exerciser, she loved running, boxing and cycling as tools to help quiet, soothe and slow down, but it was yoga that gave her exactly what she needed. While pregnant with her first child, when she couldn’t do her full physical routine as before, a friend suggested yoga. She hasn’t looked back since. Caroline completed her 200 hour training with YogaWorks and continued with their 300 hour professional program under the guidance of her beloved teachers Jodie Rufty and Jenny Aurthur. 

Caroline is a mother of two and loves teaching adults and children alike. 

Chloe Bowman is a Brooklyn based yoga teacher, modern dancer and choreographer. She received her BFA in dance and choreography from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2013. In the past year Chloe has completed her 200 and 300 hour yoga certifications through YogaWorks. Chloe teaches an alignment focused asana practice to bring awareness to habits and ultimately strengthen and ground students on and off the mat. Chloe works with private clients and is a yoga teacher with Trainers in Transit. Her modern dance company ChloeIsaBow + Co performs regularly throughout the city.

Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman, E-RYT 500, is a YogaWorks certified teacher, teacher trainer, and poet living in New York City. Formerly a professional dancer, she integrates a love of fluid movement with a mindful, creative, and interoceptive practice that creates space for students to learn, explore, and transform. She teaches at YogaWorks and Exhale to Inhale, an organization dedicated to bringing yoga to domestic violence shelters in NY. Her chapbook Lure was published by the Poetry Society of America and her poetry appears in journals such as Boston Review, Jubilat, and Verse Daily. She earned her MFA at Columbia University.

Melinda DiOrio, RYT 500, is a YogaWorks certified teacher. Melinda has experienced the transformative benefits of a consistent yoga practice first hand, and she is grateful to be able to share the benefits of this practice with her students. With a background in design and photography, Melinda infuses a love of creativity and attention to detail in her classes. Her teachings start with building the foundation of the postures, focusing on alignment and awareness of breath throughout the class. She leads her classes with compassion and encouragement, and believes in the power that yoga has to help us all live our best lives. 

Mikaela Soldan is a RYT 500 ISHTA Yoga Teacher with a passion to bring ease and presence into everyone’s lives. She is a Finnish native, and wants to bring some of the Nordic lifestyle that focuses on people’s wellbeing into New York’s hectic life. Mikaela combines flowing asana, breathing techniques, meditation, music and essential oils into her teaching that leave you feeling peaceful, energized and restored.

Mikaela has studied yoga with her teachers Alan Finger, Mona Anand, Peter Ferko, Aino Siren and Cassandra Ferland, to name a few. She teaches workshops in Finland regularly and has assisted many teachers to organize retreats worldwide.

Shashirekha was first introduced to yoga as a child in India, where she grew up,

and has practiced yoga ever since. She went on to complete her 200-hr Teacher Training under Sri Dharma Mittra at Dharma Yoga, NYC.

Her love of yoga is complemented by the teaching of Sri Paramahansa Yogananda and she also practices Kriya Yoga.

Shashirekha holds a Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis from Cornell University. Passionate about healing living beings, Shashirekha unites her scientific studies and the ancient practice of yoga to that end.

Sasha grew up in rural Maine with a love of nature and movement. Now based in Brooklyn, in addition to being a yoga teacher she is a professional dancer – performing, teaching, and choreographing. Her diverse movement background highly informs her practice and class, and she continues to be inspired by the wisdom our bodies have to offer. Sasha completed her 200 hour training with Abhaya Yoga. She is so grateful for the gift of yoga and the ability to share it with others. 

Sarah L. is an Anusara trained teacher, LMSW, and a proud graduate of the Syracuse University School of Visual and Performing Arts where she graduated with a BFA in Technical Theater. She is passionate about teaching both, adults and children, but will never deny that the latter are the one giving her an immense sense of joy and purpose.