I am a student of yoga for 13 years, and graduated from Sweat Yoga Studio in person and Yoga Six International 200-Hr Online Teacher Trainings. I also received my trauma informed yoga certification from Dr. Puja Goel, a physician and yogini who works closely with patients suffering from PTSD such as veterans and first responders. 

Before teaching yoga as an occupation, I served in the United States Navy as a cryptologic interpreter in the Middle East. After my enlistment, I was a professional competitive ballroom dancer who taught 33 different partner dances to adults and children in Albuquerque. These experiences have shaped my practice as a student and teacher of yoga. I have a deep connections to folks in high stress occupations such as military, fire, first responders, and law enforcement. 

I have co-led yoga teacher trainings and  continuing education courses with teachers from Sweat Yoga Studio and Unwind Yoga Studio. 6 if my students over the years have gone on to become teachers themselves, I’m grateful and honored to say. 

I teach trauma informed yoga for the State of New Mexico as a contractor for their violence prevention and reduction program. 

I have an extensive background in teaching various types of yoga which include: Anusara, Power, Kundalini, family, chair, senior and sound healing. I have enjoyed teaching yoga for the past 23 years, performing, sewing and facilitating sound healings. I am an advocate for all people having equal rights and fair treatment. My life has been forever changed for the better by birthing a child with Down syndrome.

I retired from the fire service (volunteer and career) after serving my community for just over 25 years. During the last decade or so of my career, I began a journey to change the culture of the fire service to include more awareness on mental health and normalizing the discussion about the chronic career stress most firefighters, law enforcement officers, emergency medical personnel, and dispatchers experience during their tenure in public safety. I am currently the Chair of the New Mexico Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Awareness. I am an instructor for Public Safety Psychology Group, the National Volunteer Fire Council, and the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation. I have a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism, a Master's in Emergency Management, and a Graduate Certificate in Disaster Mental Health. I was a licensed paramedic for over 20 years. I have been retired for four years and am learning more about self-care and resiliency. I have become a practitioner of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga. I use these tools to help keep me centered and keep my mind calm. I am helping to administer mindfulness retreats for fire and EMS personnel within our state.

Marisol Armijo Brito is a lifelong resident of Albuquerque’s North Valley and is the owner of Bhava Yoga Studio since 2016.  She has over 30 years’ experience in the health and fitness industry.  She is E-RYT500 level instructor and is the lead trainer for Bhava Yoga Studio’s training program for 10 years.  As an mechanical engineer and a lead teacher, her students appreciate her cues and her skills as a teacher.  

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She enjoys helping people discover how to move in their bodies without pain and live a life that feels good. She brings enthusiasm and a sense of humor to her classes, creating an atmosphere that helps students stretch beyond what they think is possible with more ease than expected.  She believes that the pure enjoyment of practice is where peace is found.  Practicing yoga will help one realize an incredible life that is both satisfying and surprising. 

Other Credentials: B.S.M.E. and MBA

shiloh burton is a story artist, guide, and facilitator for transformation with over three decades of commitment to truth-telling, embodiment, and social justice. Rooted in pleasure, equity, narrative, and transformation, they create participatory spaces where people shed shame, reclaim their stories, and embody their power through storytelling, somatic practice, laughter, and ritual.

Based on Tiwa Pueblo land (Albuquerque, NM), shiloh weaves social practice art, meditation, and community care to cultivate belonging, authenticity, and courageous vulnerability. Their work explores gender, race, disability justice, and environmental justice while inviting participants to reconnect with joy, presence, and collective healing.

Through P.E.N.T. (Pleasure, Equity, Narrative & Transformation) and Sanctuary Cinema, shiloh facilitates transformative experiences that blend embodiment, play, and reflective practice. They are a certified Meditation Transformation Leader, Laughter Yoga teacher, Disability Justice educator, and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) facilitator. shiloh holds an MFA in Photography and a BA in Community & Regional Studies and is passionate about making wellness practices accessible specifically to underrepresented communities.

Their facilitation centers joy, nervous system care, and collective connection—inviting participants to show up fully, messily, and unapologetically human while cultivating liberatory practices together.
 

I'm a 500-hour ERYT yoga teacher from the Albuquerque area.  My certifications include Anusara yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Rocket yoga and the Barkan method of Hot yoga. My first certification was completed in 2011, and I've continued to grow my portfolio and practice since then. My current focus for the past several years has been practicing and teaching inversions, arm balances and Rocket yoga. I presently teach at Stone Age Climbing Gym three times per week. I love guiding students to their next level of  yoga practice, particularly Inversions.

I am a natural therapeutic specialist, Doctor of physical therapy, and certified yoga instructor (200). I work for myself, and have a yoga studio on my property. I have been practicing yoga for 36 years.

I am a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) certified through Yoga by Julia, with 18 years of personal yoga practice. I am also a certified breathwork facilitator and somatic life coach. My teaching centers on nervous system healing, sensation-based movement, and helping people reconnect with their bodies through breath and intentional stillness. I am subbing at Yoga by Julia, have taught kids’ yoga at Manzano Mesa Elementary, and work with private clients. My husband and I run a funky clothing brand called Mountain Made Tie Dye as well. We make yoga tanks, mat bags, socks headbands and more. 

I am a Diné from Shiprock, NM.  I live and work in Albuquerque, NM and work as a nurse executive.  I started yoga after an injury from kickboxing class.  After practing yoga for a few years, I decided I wanted to become a yoga instructor.  I had moved back to Shiprock, NM.  My goal was to provide yoga to those on the reservation who did not have access to a yoga studio.  Once I finished my 200 RYT training, I provided yoga classes to the community for free for about a year.  My classes were beginner vinyasa flow to healthcare professional and community members.  It was a free class.  Then I moved back to Albuquerque and I taught yoga at a small gym called Truth Fitness.  The students in my classes here were new to yoga.  The pandemic occurred and I taught online with Truth Fitness.  I also became a teacher with a Native American yoga group called Native Strength Revolution.  I taught online classes with this organization for about a year.  I have also obtained training in chair yoga.  In June 2024, I obtained my 500 RYT.  During the pandemic, I provided chair yoga to the clinic staff I worked with in Santa Fe.  Then after obtaining my 500 RYT, I started to teach at Able Strength Fitness with a focus on mobility and athletic recovery.  I really enjoy working with athletes and with folks that aren't familiar with yoga.  My classes focus on incorporating beginning yoga with mobility and focusing on active recovery. I've provided chair yoga class to my colleagues at work for a wellness month project. I've also taught yoga at a Native American conference in 2023.  I volunteered with Running Medicine and taught weekly yoga classes after the runs.

My certifications include 3 RYT 200, 2 RYT 300 certifications, Yoga For First Responders, and currently working towards a certification for integration therapy for Psyilicibin, Ketamine and THC for PTSD.  

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I am a reformed biomedical engineer who designed orthopedic imolants who thrives on breaking down challenging subjects and making the information accessible and applicable for all practitioners.  

MA- Curriculum & Instruction 
BS- Fitness & Human performance 
2012- 200hr. Yoga training with 3B yoga
2015- present, have taught yoga, Paddleboard Yoga, yoga wall, body pump, and spinning with Sports & Wellness
2023 - present, teach hot yoga and Hot HIIT at TrUHot Yoga

Since 2003, I've guided students through dynamic flows that blend breath, movement, and qi, honing my approach via 200-hour teacher trainings with Tias Little (Prajna Yoga, Santa Fe) and Marisol Brito (Bhava Yoga, Albuquerque). My ongoing studies in Iyengar, Ashtanga, and qigong ensure fresh, informed instruction rooted in both yoga tradition and TCM wisdom. I have taught public and private classes at Albuquerque yoga studios, health clubs, corporate venues, libraries, outdoor spaces and co-led yoga retreats in Jemez Springs, NM and Kauai, HI

YTT200 and Primal Yoga certified

​I am a holistic movement coach, steel mace vinyasa head coach, perimenopause coach, AND a singer! I'm a 200 HR RYT since 2019and 100 HR Steel Mace Vinyasa teacher since 2024. I've also been a music teacher for 22 years, with an MS in Education. Certifications in nutrition, wellness coaching, perimenopause coaching have all impacted my  philosophy. I love steel mace vinyasa because it combines strength with yoga, somatics, nervous system regulation, and HIIT. I truly believe all humans have the ability to heal and that we are all more powerful than we know. I love the integration of movement with mindful breathing and the voice: singing and more.

My name is Cascade and I've been practicing yoga regularly since 2006. I started with gentle classes in my Málaga neighborhood in Spanish and have studied with teachers in the states and around the world since then.  I did my first teacher certification in 2012 and taught at studios in the Seattle area, as well as introduced yoga as a physical education class at the high school where I taught. I've also lived and taught in Mexico and Myanmar. I'm a traveler as well as a yogi.
I completed my 300 hour in 2017 and moved to Albuquerque in 2019. Currently I teach at Bhava, Nirguna, Heights Community Center and for Bliss in the City pop-ups. I offer weekly classes, workshops, teacher education and retreats. I adore vinyasa but yin and restorative (as well as meditation) are also an important part of my practice. 
I'm registered with Yoga Alliance (500 RYT, 200 EYRT and YACEP). I've also done trauma informed yoga teacher training, as well as many other certs and workshops. 

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Flora María Gutiérrez.  I studied with Alice Chalifoux at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), earning a bachelor’s degree in Harp Performance.  Later, I studied with the harp professor at the Juilliard School, Nancy Allen, and subsequently with Barbara Allen in New York City.  

In my professional music career, I have been a member of Costa Rica’s Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil (youth orchestra) and played with Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica.  I also occasionally played with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra.

My love for and study of yoga began nearly 30 years ago.  More recently, I deepened my practice by completing a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) in 2025.

I currently live in Albuquerque, where I continue with both my music and yoga practices.

 I began my teaching journey in 2018 with Mi Vida Yoga’s Sacred Heart and S.O.A.L Mystic Yoga School. In 2024, I completed my advanced 300 hour training with them, making me an RYT 500. I’ve taught consistently at Mi Vida Yoga since 2019, and also taught for YogaZo for a couple of years. In addition, I was invited as a guest teacher in the 200 hour trainings four years in a row where I taught sequencing and alignments and adjustments to students in training. My lineage is rooted in making yoga accessible for all, and it’s something that I bring to every single class I guide.

I’ve been practicing yoga for the last 14 years and teaching for the last 5 years. I teach what I call Vin Gos Yoga. It’s a fusion of the Gos lineage, which is my most interested lineage when practicing yoga. I love the 84 asanas, hatha yoga. I practice Ashtanga Primary, Secondary series, 26+2, the 108, and 84 asanas, as well as Vinyasa. I practice Yoga for so many years because the focus and concentration helps me with life. Those who have taken my class will feel stronger, sweaty, and have said it’s fun. I have a 200 hour certification.

Jessica Martinez is a certified Sound Healer + Yoga Instructor, and an intuitive practitioner, and owns and operates her own studio, The Soul Cadence, in Nob Hill ABQ. She loves providing space for people to rediscover, come home to, and love themselves. She is constantly learning (enrolled in 200hr kundalini, 300hr Ayurveda, and 300hr witch school) and always evolving. She thrives by helping people heal themselves.

I’m a 200 hr Yoga teacher and have Level 2 Sound Healer Certification from the Sound Healing Academy. I call my Sound Healing Practice, Sound Baths in the City. My goal is to share the healing energy of vibrational resonance with as many people as I can reach in various settings across our beautiful city. I’ve recently started to study Kirtan and my goal is to lead Kirtan in a way that can be done as a Song Healing, incorporating instruments and healing through Mantra. I currently work with many of the local yoga studio’s independently and as a collaborator with fellow yoga teachers (Bhava, Nirguna, Infused Blissful and Yoga Art Space) as well as offer sound baths in the area parks and in the Albuquerque foothills. 

I’m the founder of Leaf & Lotus Yoga, born and raised in Albuquerque, NM. And with over 30 years of experience with cannabis and a deep passion for yoga, I focus on integrating self-care practices, such as cannabis and movement, to enhance overall well-being. As a 500-hour registered yoga instructor with more than 1,500 hours of teaching, I am deeply committed to helping individuals tap into their somatic awareness.
I am currently the only Ganja Yoga certified instructor in New Mexico and have over 5 years experience safely guiding cannabis infused classes.
Yoga alliance registered E-RYT 200 , RYT 500, YACEP
Ganja Yoga Certified 2020/2021- supported global online trainings in 2023/2024

I’m Rachel and my partner goes by Janji. We are both dedicated yogis with a passion to inspire and connect with others through movement, mindfulness, and having fun. We are certified acro yoga teachers through AcroLove, where we learned to guide others safely in the practice. 

I’m also a certified yin, aerial, and vinyasa yoga instructor!

I am a former educator. I was in the secondary science education field for 20 years. In my 30s, my world came crashing down and I had to discover my own way forward. The first step of this journey was yoga. I have stuck with it ever since and now work to help others in this same way!

I recently opened up my own studio in Albuquerque, The Salty Blossom Studio.
www.thesaltyblossom.com

Yoga Certification: 500-RYT with Yoga Alliance

I trained at Holy Cow Yoga Center in Charleston, SC. My teacher was the student of Swami Satchidananda, so my training was very traditional. I was taught strong alignment, how to get students safely into and out of poses, but also yoga philosophy and the original intent of a yoga practice. I feel strongly about maintaining these teachings in all I do.

Specific Yoga Trainings:
Children's Yoga
Prenatal Yoga
Restorative Yoga
Yin Yoga
Vinyasa Yoga
Gentle Yoga
Pranayama
Gentle Somatic Yoga - Levels 1 & 2

Aside from my yoga studio, I am also Communications Manager for Rock 101, a local music academy.

Education:
M.S. Coastal Zone Management, Nova Southeastern University
M.A. Teaching, East Carolina University
B.S. Biology, Cornell University

My name is Crystal Sanchez and I have been teaching yoga in the Albuquerque area since 2013. I received my 200hr with Sacred Hot Yoga Method in 2013 and went on to get my 500hr in 2019. Since then I have co-developed a yoga school in Albuquerque (Sacred Heart and SOAL Mystic Yoga School and have taught eleven 200hr trainings and have just begun our schools 2nd 300hr yoga teacher training. I am so humbled to be able to teach such amazing students and share the gift of yoga with my community. In 2015, I developed Hot Shakti Yoga a hybrid style of yoga that emphasizes the energetics of yoga and combines different energy modalities. I am also certified in Yin Yoga, Buti Yoga, Trauma Sensitivity Training, Chair Yoga and have certifications as a Reiki Master and 6 years of Kundalini Tantra training under Arjuana Armijo. I love teaching yoga and this past year was lucky enough to be voted Albuquerque the Magazine's "Best of the City" for yoga instructor. 

Founder of Mi Vida Yoga Health & Wellness
Co-Founder of Sacred Heart and SOAL Mystic Yoga School

With over 15 years of dedicated practice and 13 years at the helm of Mi Vida Yoga Health & Wellness, Heather is a prominent leader in Albuquerque’s wellness community. As a visionary educator, she co-founded the Sacred Heart and SOAL Mystic Yoga School, where she leads comprehensive 200- and 300-hour Teacher Training programs, shaping the next generation of mindful instructors.
Throughout her decade-plus of studio ownership and mentorship, Heather has remained deeply committed to the principle of accessibility. Specializing in Chair Yoga, she is passionate about making the transformative power of yoga—strength, balance, and mental clarity—available to every body, regardless of age or physical ability.
At both Mi Vida and SOAL, Heather blends technical expertise with a compassionate, intuitive approach, guiding students and teachers alike toward a deeper connection with their own "Vida" and the sacred essence of the practice.

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I’m a 200 hour RYT and currently enrolled in a 300 hour yoga program. I’m also an army veteran and understand the importance of good mental health. Yoga has been such a positive influence on improving my own mental health struggles. Aside from being a veteran, I’m human. I truly believe yoga can help individuals heal from their own trauma and pain. 

Registered Yoga Instructor (RYT 200) - Yoga Alliance Certified | Completed 200-Hour Training Program, Graduated: March 26, 2021  
*Nutrition and Healthy Living Certificate - Cornell University – June 20, 2025
*Level 1 Running Coach Certification - Road Runners Club of America | National Certification Obtained February 23, 2025
Yoga Teaching Experience
-Community Wellness Facilitator – Yoga Instructor for Sko Outside
-Yoga Instructor - Running Medicine | April 2021 – Current
-Rising Hearts
-Native Strength Revolution
I offer a trauma‑informed, functional yoga class grounded in my experience as an EMT, Firefighter, trauma‑team member, and current instructor of disaster response and recovery. This practice blends breathwork, mobility, and nervous‑system regulation to support resilience, recovery, and grounded presence. Rooted in Indigenous teachings of balance and connection, it welcomes all levels.

RYT-200; I have taught in elementary schools, assisted living facilities, rehousing programs, activist collectives, spin studios, and local studios.