Leslie Ottavi is the founder of Chakra Productions, the originator of the yGuide yoga software concept and a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. She is a certified Atma Yoga and Pre/Post Natal teacher.  Atma Yoga encompasses three styles of physical yoga asana practice:  Power, Slow Deep Stretch/Restorative and Kundalini.  She strives to create an atmosphere for students to enjoy a wonder of the body, mind and spirit experience. She is also Executive Director of Yoga at Change, a non-profit yoga and movement center in San Mateo, CA.  Leslie teaches yoga in the studio, home and corporate settings. 

 

     Laura Armenta, a native of Mexico City, Mexico and our model for Ashtanga and Great Yoga Poses I.  Laura teaches a variety of yoga classes, including prenatal.  Laura's classes inspired our Great Pregnancy Yoga Pose Collection. She has more than 14 years experience with dance, fitness, marital arts, and yoga. She has had the opportunity to train with such yoga masters as Rod Striker, Deva Das, Rodney Yee, Janice Clarfield, and Gurmukh Khalsa.  She is the founder and Artistic Director of Ad Libitum Dance Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  You can view the classes at Laura's studio, The Armenta Studio, on her website www.lauraarmenta.com.  

 

    Ammy Naff is an experienced yoga instructor in Santa Barbara, CA.  She has been practicing various styles of yoga for over 14 years, including training under Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India, founder of the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute.  Ammy emphasizes the well being of the student and the development of proper alignment before depth of pose.  Ammy was instrumental in the development of the content for Ashtanga Yoga and Great Yoga Poses I bringing her expertise to bear.  When Ammy is not teaching or practicing yoga, she can be found ripping the California coast surf showing her skills at kiteboarding! 

    Paula Foley, our model for Great Pregnancy Yoga, has been a dancer for many years and has taken classes in Ollin yoga with Laura Armenta for three years. She was able to keep up her yoga practice until one week before becoming a new mom. Gus Foley, seen developing in the pregnancy yoga pictures, was born February 1, 2003. Her husband of 12 years is Patrick Foley, one of the developers of yGuide Yoga Software.

 

    Tamara Kan, our model for Great Pregnancy Yoga, has been doing yoga and meditation for years, and was one of Ammy Naff's Ashtanga yoga students. She continued with her yoga practice throughout most of her pregnancy, adjusting her practice as the pregnancy progressed. Tamara lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband and two charming boys.
 
    Rebecca Link is our model for Supta Kurmasana (full pose). She is a professional ballet dancer with the Grand Rapids Ballet Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  She is originally from Upper Marlboro, MD, where she began her dance training at a very young age.  She also enjoys studying and practicing yoga with her teacher Laura Armenta.