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#NOMADICYOGAFESTIVAL
Meet the Teachers
Anton has been on a journey of self-mastery and spiritual exploration for as long as he can remember.
Inspired by physical fitness at a young age, Anton received his degree in Exercise Physiology and has been teaching yoga for over 13 years. He has become a teacher of teachers and has had the privileged of traveling around the globe teaching at studios, festivals, and retreat centers. He has created his own yoga style that is both structured and fluid, designed to unite the Divine Feminine & Sacred Masculine.
His teaching and coaching philosophy is inspired by multiple disciplines and traditions, empowering his clients and students to take greater ownership and responsibility for their lives while having self-mastery of their emotions.
His mission is to inspire others to live with greater awareness, intention, clarity & precision, so they can own their power and consciously create a better reality.
Anton
Mackey
NOMADIC Festival Headliner
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Kaleb has been a devoted student of Yoga for 13 years. He became certified to teach yoga, mobility, and fitness classes by Yoga Six International in 2020. In 2021, he earned a Yoga Alliance RYT-200 certification at Sweat Yoga Studio in Albuquerque, NM. He then studied trauma informed yoga under Dr. Puja Goel, a physician and yogini specializing in adjunct therapies for persons struggling with PTSD, substance abuse and alcohol dependency, chronic pain and fatigue, depression, insomnia, and other mental health struggles. This work is deeply important to Kaleb as a veteran of the United States Navy who served during wartime. Kaleb’s classes strive to cultivate physical strength, mental fortitude, emotional resilience, personal growth, and community. Yogis of all walks will resonate with Kaleb’s enthusiastic energy and encouraging guidance.
Kaleb Aharon
Body, Breath, and Beats!
Lena has been teaching yoga for 23 years, performing, sewing and facilitating sound healings. She has an extensive background in teaching various types of yoga which include: Anusara, Power, Kundalini, family, chair, senior and sound healing. She is lucky to share parenting responsibilities and co-producing festivals with her incredible husband Dean Strober. She is an advocate for all people having equal rights and fair treatment.
Lena
Armstrong-Strober
Slow Flow Inner Glow with Sound
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.
Paul
Bearce
A Mindful Approach to Everyday
Self-Care for the First Responder
Eric Brenneman is a former fire service Lieutenant and the President of Yoga For First
Responders® (YFFR), an organization dedicated to improving mental health and performance for those in high-stress professions. With over a decade on the job, Eric has experienced firsthand the cumulative impact of chronic stress and the gap in training around recovery and nervous system regulation. He is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher and a certified Oxygen Advantage breathwork instructor, combining traditional training with evidence-based performance methods.
Through YFFR, Eric has helped bring practical, science-backed tools to over 185,000 first responders worldwide. His teaching bridges science and application—translating complex
concepts into simple, actionable skills that can be used in real time, on the job, and at home.
Eric
Brenneman
Yoga for First Responders Track
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.
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
Marisol
Brito
Bhakti and Beats
(Love is Stronger than Fear)
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.
shiloh
burton
- Workshop: Pleasure Alchemy
- Laughing on Purpose
& Practicing Presence
Marci Calabrese, I'm a 500-hour ERYT yoga teacher from the Albuquerque area.
Her certifications include Anusara yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Rocket yoga and the Barkan method of Hot yoga. Her first certification was completed in 2011, and she has continued to grow her portfolio and practice since then. Her current focus for the past several years has been practicing and teaching inversions, arm balances and Rocket yoga. She presently teaches at Stone Age Climbing Gym three times per week and loves guiding students to their next level of yoga practice, particularly Inversions.
Marci
Calabrese
Unlocking Inversions
and Arm Balances
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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.
River Light Community Physical Therapy
Lynne
Carpenter
Finding the Power of the Bandhas
through Asana and Pranayama
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.
Exhale by Shannon
Shannon
Cody
Exhale: A Breathwork Journey
Home to Yourself
I have been teaching since 2017. I received my 200hr YTT in Albuquerque, I started off by teaching Hot Slow Flows, I moved to El Paso in 2018 where I started teaching Hot Power Flows. In 2019, I received my Bikyasa training. I am currently teaching 3 times a week, 1 Hot Bikyasa class and 2 Hot Power Classes.
Shanti Yoga
Sarah
de la Cruz
Bikyasa
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.
Olinka
Foster
Yoga Mobility and Movement
Yoga changed my perceptions and my life. I left my engineering job, and focused my energy and passion for yoga teaching. I derive joy from learning and inspiring others to step into their power and learn themselves. I want to empower others, my kids, with a positive attitude. I strive to teach from a place of authenticity and personal stories that resonate because after all, we are all connected. I pride myself on seeking training and education opportunities to stay up-to-date. I’m a true yoga nerd - a work in progress, definitely on a journey.
My passion is focusing on students and teachers, injuried and healthy. I am a preparer, and I strive to make the complex poses, postures, touching your toes simpler and explaining the why along the journey. Taking the practice of yoga off the mat and into your world is the real joy of yoga. The kinder we are to ourselves, the kinder and gentler we can be to others. Yoga starts with how we treat ourselves and others. I gladly answer questions and engage in discussions. All yoga students are welcomed to my studio as I consider them friends and extended family!
Unwind Yoga Studio
Ashley Ghattas
1. Workshop - Untangle Fascia: Why
You’re Tight (and What Actually Works)
2. Unraveled Anatomy: The Power of
Self-Adjustment & Inner Awareness
3. Reset • Renew • Revive —
Unlocking Why - the Science of You
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
Erin
Gonzales
Engaging the Core Power Flow
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
Pamela
Hong
Vinyasa Qi Flow Yoga
YTT200 and Primal Yoga certified
Elizabeth
Kivlighan
Drills and Skills for Inversions
and Arm Balances
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.
Shelly
Ley
Steel Mace Vinyasa:
Find the Warrior Within
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.
My name is 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.
Cascade Lineback + Flora María Gutiérrez
Harp Restorative Yoga
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.
Calysta
Madesen
Storytelling Through the Asanas
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Rina is an initiate of the Builders of the Adytum, a practitioner of Solomonic and Celestial Magic, and an intuitive dreamscaper. With over a decade of study in the Egyptian Tarot, focusing on cosmology and the soul’s progression; her work draws deeply from sacred geometry, temple building, and the subtle art of stone programming, honed under the guidance of prominent teachers in these esoteric arts.
Originally from Salem, Massachusetts, Rina’s journey has taken her across the United States, from the mystic fog of San Francisco to the vibrant pulse of New York City, and the wild shores of Maine. She brings to her practice a rich, lived understanding of Tarot, ritual craft, and inner alchemy.
Through deep dream work, symbolic exploration, and mythic connection, Rina helps her clients uncover the hidden language of their inner worlds, guiding them toward a fuller understanding of their soul’s path and progression
Rina
Magia
The Energetic Body in Ritual
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.
Caleb
Martinez
Vin Gos
Jessica Martinez is a certified Sound Healer + Yoga Instructor, 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 a constant learner (enrolled in 200hr kundalini, 300hr Ayurveda, and 300hr witch school) and is always evolving. She thrives by helping people heal themselves.
Jessica
Martinez
Soul Bath with Soul Cadence
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.
Sara
Mendoza
Opening Sound Bath
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.
Rachel
Milstein Varney
Workshop- Canna-Yoga: Enhancing
Self-Care Through the Subtle Body
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!
Rachel Palsce + Janji Janczewski
Workshop- Beginner AcroYoga
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!
Danielle
Parker
1.Mindfulness & Adolescent
Neuroscience
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2. Ashtanga Half Primary Sequence
3. Sthira Sukham Asanam,
Practical Applications
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 Arjuna 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.
Crystal
Sanchez
2. The Breath Reset: Hacking Your
Nervous System with Pranayama
Opening Ceremony - Hot ShaktiYoga
-Unleash and Unlock Your Highest Self
More to Come ...
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