Dream Studio Director

Yoga

 &

 Special  Courses

Meditation

Massage, Acupuncture, Personal

 Coaching

 Healing Arts

Luann Fulbright

Danielle Brand-LeMond

Amber Brown

Linda Cooper

Lisa Danahy

Bonnie Elliott

Judi Eskovitz

Luann Fulbright

Caroline Hesse

Katherine 'Kat' Katz

Cristina Kuhn

Woody McMahon

Kelly Monahan

Alicia Reilly

Steve Ross

Luann Fulbright

Jon Waterman

Mark Bell

Forbes Robbins Blair

Christine Brooks

Robin Dennis

Ron Elkayam, L.Ac.

Luann Fulbright

Danielle Brand-LeMond

Woody McMahon

Sandy Pradas

Jon Waterman

Luann Fulbright

Dream Yoga’s Founder & Director

Creator of the

for-credit yoga program at

George Mason University

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703-448-YOGA

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703-917-0067

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Certifications:  M.A., Professional Yoga Therapist (Integrative Yoga Therapy-500), Kripalu Yoga Teacher (KYT-500), Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500),  and Reiki

Professional Affiliations: Member of the International Assocation of Yoga Therapists, Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association, and the Mid-Atlantic Yoga Association

Provides:  Yoga and Meditation Instruction,  Therapeutic Yoga  and Dream Interpretation

Luann has been practicing yoga since 1979 and teaching since 1999. Her teaching reflects her years of studying a variety of yoga styles with some of the nation’s foremost yoga instructors. These include founder of Integrative Yoga Therapy Joseph Le Page;  Kripalu/Pranakriya Master Teacher Yoganand Michael Carroll; Jonathan Foust, founder of the Mindfulness Training Institute of Washington;  Judith Lasater;  Anusara Yoga Founder John Friend;  Betsey Downing, founder of The Health Advantage Yoga Center; Doug Keller; Advaita and Kashmiri yoga master Richard Miller; Chakra system author Anodea Judith; Viniyogi's Lex Gillan and Stan Hafner; Hillary Blackton; and the Swamis at Satchidananda Ashram/Integral Yoga Center.

In addition to being a Professionally certified Kripalu Yoga Instructor, Luann also completed a 200-Hour certification in the Iyengar style of hatha yoga; and spent two years in The Haden Institute’s Dream Interpretation Group Leader Certification program. She is acknowledged as a Experienced Yoga Teacher-500 by the national Yoga Alliance. She has also completed her 500-Level Certification as a Professional Yoga Therapist in Joseph LePage's Integrative Yoga Therapy program.

Luann is amazed at what yoga can do for the body, mind and spirit. She began yoga, like many do, to better manage stress. Yoga has also helped her overcome physical challenges—including arthritis, pleurisy, a painfully swayed back, and a torn meniscus. Even more, yoga has strengthened Luann's love and sense of awe. Her goal as a yoga teacher and therapist is to inspire her students to embrace yoga as a tool to help them become healthier. To make their bodies more limber and strong, their hearts more open and joyful, their minds more clear and calm.

Luann loves sharing the gift of yoga and its profound healing effects with both beginners and advanced students of all ages, shapes and sizes in both group classes and private sessions. She wants to break down the perceived barriers people have to doing yoga...so everyone--despite limitations--can practice and receive its many benefits. She has used the tools of yoga and meditation to help people manage and heal pain (in their back, shoulders, hips, knees, feet, etc.).  She’s helped students with poor posture, sciatica, scoliosis, fatigue,  asthma, insomnia, infertility, menopausal and mensus issues, pregnancy, post-natal recovery, organ prolapse, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, high blood pressure/hypertension, weight loss, hyper- & hypo-thyroidism, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, plantar fasciitis, more.

A journalist and former communications director and university instructor, Luann is committed to personal, one-on-one communication with her students.

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Mark Bell

Certifications:  CMT, NCTMB

Provides:  Healing Arts—Therapeutic Deep Tissue Massage & Body Work, Sports Massage Therapy, Swedish Massage, Cranial-Sacral Therapy, Chakra Balancing

Mark Bell has more than 30 years experience--and some 15,000 appointments--in sports and therapeutic massage. He's known for his ability to use deep tissue massage to help people recover from injuries and muscular strains and perform better in athletic competitions. Regular massage, he has found, can cut the recovery time from surgery and strenuous activities by up to 80 percent! 

Mark, a Dream Yogi since 2003, has been an active member of the National Capital Area Sports Massage Team (NCASMT) for 17 years. This group of sports massage therapists provides services for 100-mile races, marathons and triathlons. For 10 years, he was the men's massage therapist at the Pentagon.  Mark, an 18-year member of AMTA (the American Massage Therapy Association), also brings in other healing modalities as needed to increase, balance and remove blockages from a client's energy system.

Mark holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. As a former accountant, he understands the stresses and strains desk, computer and other office work puts on the body. He enjoys helping folks work out what he calls “OWies”… however they got there! 

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Forbes

Robbins Blair

Certifications:  CHT  (Clinical Hypnotherapist)

Provides:  Dream Interpretation;  Hypnosis for easing stress, anxiety, depression, chronic conditions; and Instruction in Self-Hypnosis

Forbes Robbins Blair is the author of the #1 hypnosis book, Instant Self-Hypnosis: How to Hypnotize Yourself with Your Eyes Open as well as Self-Hypnosis Revolution: The Amazingly Simple Way to Use Self-Hypnosis to Change Your Life.  He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1987 with a BA and became a certified clinical hypnotherapist from the American Institute of Hypnotherapy in 1996. He runs his own personal empowerment business called New Creations that focuses on clinical hypnotherapy and dream analysis. He has taught classes since 1998, facilitated dream groups, and has been a regular dream expert on the XM Satellite Radio show, Broadminded. His current emphasis in his practice is using hypnotherapy to generate love and joy which assists people in overcoming depression, anxiety and chronic conditions. 

Danielle

Brand-LeMond

Certifications:   KYT-200+, RYT-200, MA, Thai Yoga Bodywork

Provides:  Yoga Instruction,  Wellness Workshops, Thai Yoga Bodywork, Pre-Natal Yoga

Danielle is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher who works at the intersection of spirituality and health. She delights in helping her students feel more comfortable and centered in physical, mental and spiritual capacities, and is also a Traditional Thai Yoga Massage/Bodyworker, certified by the Thai Institute. 

Danielle teaches yoga classes and wellness workshops throughout the Washington, D.C., area, including as an adjunct professor at American University. She holds a Master's degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution and facilitates workshops on spirituality and peace-building, in addition to freelance writing. In her writing, facilitation and teaching, Danielle strives to draw out the connections between wellness and inner and outer peace. She encourages self-reflection, compassion for self and others, and awareness of the ethical and philosophical aspects of yoga. Through this, she believes she is helping people create healthier and more peaceful lives…which, in turn, can radiate out into the world community.  In addition to yoga, meditation and spirituality in general, Danielle has a passion for dance, hiking, animals, the environment and travel.  Danielle lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and son.

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Amber Brown



Certifications:  500-Hour KYT (pending); Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (420 E-RYT)

Professional Affiliations:

Provides:  Yoga Instruction, and mentoring for PTSD, depression and anxiety.

As a full time yoga teacher, Amber has been involved with the art and science of yoga for over 15 years. With more than 23 leadership courses in her training repertoire, and leadership roles that include president of a non-profit organization dedicated to the healing of women, she has developed a truly well-rounded and passionate practice. Amber incorporates her knowledge and life experiences into an experiential practice. Teaching styles include beginner, moderate, and a vigorous practice. Her gifts of intuition and creative language help transform a regular yogic experience into a transformational opportunity for the mind, body and spirit of her students. Additional trainings and hands-on experience include Kripalu Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Vinyasa Flow, Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Thai Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yoga for Seniors, Yoga For Children, Tae Kwon Do, and Thai Chi. Amber has over 5000 teaching hours and will complete her 500-Hour Professional Kripalu Teacher Certification in 2012. She continuously advances her extensive knowledge base with ongoing and intense study of Anatomy, Kinesiology and Asana. She’s best known for her ability to help people with stress, tension and anxiety.

Certifications:   M.A., 200-Hour -Pranakriya Yoga; Budding Yogis 20-Hour Teacher Certification from Circle Yoga in Chevy Chase, MD

Provides:  Yoga Instruction for "Kids" of All Ages

Certifications:   M.A., Budding Yogis 20-Hour Teacher Certification from Circle Yoga in Chevy Chase, MD; 200-RYT & Pranakriya Yoga

Provides:  Yoga Instruction for Kids of All Ages

Linda Cooper is a recent addition to the Dream Yoga Team. She fell in love with the vinyasa flow style of yoga in college in 1994. Over time, the more vigorous flow led to a more meditative practice inspiring greater self-awareness and connection to spirit that now supports her lifelong passion for child, family and community development. Linda now teachers Family Yoga classes at Dream’s for families with young children. Linda believes that yoga offers families an opportunity to nurture mindful, enjoyable, nurturing and health-promoting connections.  

Linda holds a B.A. in Human Development and Family Studies, and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology. She has worked with various child development and family support programs and as a child care provider. After taking her daughter to a family yoga class, Linda decided to combine her love of yoga and her involvement with children and families by teaching yoga. Most recently, she taught children's yoga at her daughter's cooperative preschool. In addition to her Children's Yoga Certification, Linda has completed the rigorous 200-Hour Pranakriya Teacher Certification program, based in the Kripalu Yoga tradition.

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Lisa Danahy

Certifications:  200-Hour Pranakriya Yoga Instructor;  RYT-200;  Certified trainer under the Certified Trainer Program of the Office of the State Superintendent of Education, Division of Early Childhood Education (OSSE/ECE) for the District of Columbia

Professional Affiliations: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC); Yoga Alliance, and the Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association (KYTA)

Provides:  Yoga instruction at DreamYoga Studio; and, as a DYS affiliate, brings Dream Yoga classes offsite to schools, businesses and organizations throughout the DC area, specializing in yoga for teachers, parents and preschool-aged children.

Lisa began her yoga journey in 2001 as a student of DreamYoga Founder and Director Luann Fulbright.  Recognizing immediately the physical benefits of yoga and gradually uncovering its profound spiritual dimensions, Lisa was moved by her practice of Kripalu Yoga.  Her busy life as a mother of two boys, active community volunteer, and full-time professional in the fields of human resources and early childhood education often relegated Lisa's yoga practice to the sidelines.  However, the mat kept calling her back. In 2011, driven by the desire to bring yoga into the lives of the students and faculty at the Friendship Children's Center where she is the Executive Director, Lisa completed her 200-hour training in Pranakriya Yoga, a classic form of yoga taught in the tradition of Swami Kripalu. 

Lisa believes that yoga is a practice that brings strength, joy and richness to life.  Yoga is a building block for creating a community of active, aware and compassionate citizens. She is the founder and director of Dynamic Life Yoga, LLC, in Rockville, MD. Lisa’s long-time interest in serving children and families is supported by a BA in Psychology, with an emphasis on Child Psychology.

Robin Camille Dennis

Certifications:  NCMT; NCTMB; NMT (Neuromuscular Therapy);  200-Hour Certified Reflexologist, Thai Yoga Massage Practitioner; Certified Yoga Instructor, including YogaFit Kids, Seniors & Prenatal; Power Pilates Certified Mat Instructor; ACE Certified Personal Trainer & Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant; AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor & Kick Boxing Instructor; Certified Spinning Instructor

Provides:  Yoga & Yogalates Instruction; Kids & Family Yoga; and Healing Arts—Sports, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular, Swedish, Hand & Foot Reflexology, Prenatal Massage, Thai Yoga Massage

Robin moved to the greater D.C. area in 2005 from Boston and has over 13 years experience in the fitness industry as a Group Exercise & Dance Instructor and Personal Trainer. A rigorous teaching schedule of classes ranging from Yoga and Pilates to Kickboxing and Spinning led her to seek the healing benefits of therapeutic massage. After experiencing first-hand the restorative, health-enhancing benefits of massage, she decided to become licensed herself. She began with the study of Thai Yoga Massage at the Lotus Palm School (Montreal, Canada) and moved on to become certified by the Palmer Institute of Massage & Bodywork (Salem, Mass.) in Advanced Massage Therapy & Reflexology. During her time at Palmer, Robin studied Swedish, Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) and Shiatsu; and completed the 200-Hour Certified Reflexologist Program. She is a professional member of the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP), and has continued her education by learning Sports Massage, Pre/Postnatal Massage, Japanese Hot Stone Massage, and Spa Therapy.

Robin is a competitive runner and tri-athlete, and a current member of Arlington’s Team Z Triathlon Team. She recently completed her first full Ironman in Zurich, Switzerland. Robin holds a B.A. from Northeastern University where she studied Theater and Business Administration.  She is excited to share her knowledge and passion for health and wellness with the Dream Yoga community!

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Ron Elkayam

Certifications: L.Ac. (Licensed Acupuncturist—California, Missouri and Virginia);  D.Ac. (Licensed Doctor of Acupuncture—Rhode Island);  Dipl. OM—NCCAOM (Diplomate in Oriental Medicine, certified in both Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine by the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine)

Languages: English, Mandarin, Spanish

Provides:  Acupuncture, Cupping, Guasha, Moxibustion, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Diet/Lifestyle Counseling

Conditions Treated:  Ron studied at hospitals and in China and at one of the largest clinics in the United States. He has treated everything from acne to depression/insomnia; to fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis to hypertension, diabetes, migraine headaches, back pain, digestive issues and high cholesterol. Other conditions include anxiety, smoking cessation and fertility. You can think of Ron as your "Primary Care" alternative healthcare practitioner.

Ron graduated from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences in Oakland, CA, where he studied acupuncture and Chinese medicine. While still in school, Ron studied with Robert Levine, L.Ac., in Berkeley, where he furthered his understanding of acupuncture, herbal formulas, diagnosis, and pulse-taking.

Inspired to take his learning to a new level, he moved to Taiwan to learn Mandarin as a way of deepening his studies in Chinese medicine. Over the course of almost five years, Ron studied Mandarin in universities in Taipei, Shanghai, and Beijing; received advanced Mandarin language certification; and worked in hospitals, where he was able to communicate with doctors and patients in their native language and gain useful clinical experience.

While living in Beijing, Ron interned at Guanganmen Hospital, the largest and most well-known hospital of Chinese Medicine in China, where he interned in acupuncture, pediatrics, dermatology, and psychosomatic medicine. Ron also interned at Tongren Hospital’s Institute of Traditional Medicine in Beijing, where he studied acupuncture with Dr. Hong Wang, a disciple of Dr. Ju Yi Wang.  In addition, he also saw patients at Dongzhimen Acupuncture Hospital, one of the only hospitals in the world which uses acupuncture as the primary modality to treat patients. Ron has also studied with private doctors such as Dr. Shengyu Li in Taipei and Dr. Zhenyu Chen in Beijing and served as an English instructor at the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Ron has a background in mind-body disciplines, including the Kripalu Yoga practiced at Dream. He has a 2nd kyu (Brown Belt) in Aikido, and has also studied Qigong (Wild Goose style), and Taiji (Wu and Chen styles). He believes in the importance of diet, exercise and education in helping patients reach optimum health and happiness.

Ron returned to U.S. in 2010 to bring his clinical experience to American patients. Since then, he’s deepened his clinical experience, treating many hundreds of patients.

To learn more, go to: www.elkayamacupuncture.com

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Bonnie

Elliott

Certifications & Training: MSW, RYT-200, 60 Hours–Therapeutic Yoga for Seniors, Duke Integrative Medicine; Structural Yoga Therapy;  and Vertebral Column: Anatomy, Asana and Therapeutics & Experiential Anatomy with Judith Hanson Lasater

Professional Affiliations: Yoga Alliance, International Association of Yoga Therapists,  Registered Practicing Member, International Yoga Association

Provides:  Therapeutic Yoga Classes and Private Sessions, Specialized Yoga Workshops

Bonnie is certified as a teacher of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, the only psycho-spiritual based yoga in the U.S.  In addition, she has extensive training in therapeutic yoga that meets the unique needs of the aging body and mind.  She continues to enhance her expertise through study with nationally renowned yoga teachers including; Betsey Downing, Judith Hanson Lasater, Ellen Saltonstall and Amy Weintraub.

Her classes are designed to address health challenges such as: high blood pressure, osteoporosis, heart disease, osteoarthritis, COPD, joint replacement, and Parkinson's disease.  Bonnie’s teaching experience includes yoga classes for Boomers & Beyond: Dream Yoga Studio, senior centers, Sommerset Retirement Community, the Parkinson Foundation of the National Capital Area and Inova HealthSource.  This fall, Bonnie begins providing yoga through Fairfax County's Independent Living Project.  She is collaborating with a local healthy lifestyle professional and a Tai Chi instructor to build the Northern Virginia Osteoporosis Resource Center. 

Bonnie’s passion is sharing her knowledge and experience with others to ignite their curiosity and participation in the amazing journey of self discovery that can lead to balance, harmony and contentment.  She has found that the unique approach of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy is the perfect forum for investigating our inner wisdom and applying what we discover to our everyday interactions to live a life that is rich and meaningful.   Bonnie’s classes facilitate students’ self-directed process of exploration while providing a safe space for students to learn from their own inner wisdom.  She encourages students to observe their unique experience - their highest authority, and to be empowered by that learning to change and grow.  As Carl Rogers said, “It is experience that I must return to again and again, to discover a closer approximation to truth as it is in the process of becoming me.”

 As a practitioner of yoga since 2003, asana, pranayama and meditation practices with their multitude of benefits have become an integral part of Bonnie’s daily lifestyle.  She is a strong believer in cultivating a well-balanced lifestyle that encompasses all aspects of physical, emotional and spiritual health care; and continuously seeks information on traditional and innovative practices that enhance well-being.  Bonnie is committed to serving others through sharing newfound possibilities with each and everyone with whom she has the privilege of teaching and learning from.

Also an EAP professional, Bonnie provides individual counseling, post-trauma intervention, management consultation and organizational development services.  She has conducted trainings for employee groups including: Stress Management, Balancing Work and Family, Dealing with Difficult People and Healthy Lifestyles.

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Judi

Eskovitz

Certifications:  B.S.; 200-KYT/RYT; Yoga for the Special Child® with Sonia Sumar; Every Kid's Yoga for Children with Special Needs/20-Hour Certification with YogaWorks;  20-Hour Certification, Budding Yogi’s at Circle Yoga, Washington, DC; Mini-Yogis Yoga for Kids Certification with  Shana Meyerson/Yoga Flow; Little Flower Yoga Children's Certification, 70 hours, Level 1, 2  and 3; SMArt Kids Adaptive Yoga Training- 16 hours;

Professional Affiliations: International Association of Yoga Terapists

Provides:  Yoga Instruction & Therapeutic Private Yoga Sessions for Children with Special Needs

Judi has been an avid athlete all of her life, and has a BS in a health-related field. However, it wasn’t until seven years ago when she was introduced to Kripalu Yoga that she became an avid yogini as well. The connection between mind, body and spirit has become a powerful centering point to her life.

After becoming a grandmother, Judi’s passion for playing with kids was re-ignited. For the last several years, she has been a Teacher’s Assistant at Rodef Shalom Preschool in Falls Church, also assisting the preschool’s after-school Social Skills Class. In addition, Judi helped create the yoga curriculum at Congressional School’s Summer Camp yoga program in Falls Church.

Now Judi combines her passion for yoga and children, providing Yoga for Children with an emphasis on Therapeutic Yoga for Children with Special Needs.  She feels that the greatest joy in working with children is developing a special bond and trusting relationship on an individual basis. Judi tries to build that special relationship by honoring and support each child’s individuality and needs.

Judi's recent trainings have included  LifeForce Yoga to Manage Your Mood with Amy Weintraub; and 200-Hour Kripalu Yoga Teacher Certification.

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Caroline Hesse

Certifications:   500-Hour BYT, 200-Hour Pranakriya Yoga

 Provides:  Yoga Instruction

After many years of traditional exercise and athletics, and several years of daily intensive karate practice, Caroline’s back had reached its limit.  Her mother introduced her to Bikram yoga; and in the Fall of 2001 she moved to Los Angeles for the intensive, two-month long, 500-hour Bikram Yoga Teacher Training.  With a renewed spine, she set out to teach Bikram for several years.

In 2002, Caroline was introduced to Yogiraj Amrit Desai, prominent student of Swami Kripalu and founder of Kripalu Yoga Center.  The unique meditative and intention-based approach of the Kripalu style of hatha yoga was a true awakening for body, mind and spirit!  Caroline further studied with Yogi Desai in 2003 participating in a Yoga Nidra (literally “yogic sleep”) meditation intensive.  She was serendipitously introduced to Luann Fulbright’s Kriplau classes at Dream Yoga Studio in 2004, and continued her yoga practice at DYS through pregnancy and after the birth of her daughter in July 2006.  She is also an avid self-study student of nutrition, wellness and healing arts.

After three years of staying home with her daughter and too little yoga, Caroline has recently returned to her study of yoga -- this time, the Kripalu-based Pranakriya Yoga Teacher Training Program at Dream.   She also has begun training for certification as a Nutritional Therapist, and is excited about sharing her experience with her Dream family.

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Katherine 'Kat' Katz

Certifications:  KYT-500, RYT-500, NCMT

Provides:  Yoga & Meditation Instruction

Kat began her yoga practice as a student of Dream Yoga Studio with Luann Fulbright, and has been teaching since 2004. Her love of yoga led her to seek basic and advanced yoga teacher training. She has taught all levels of yoga, from gentle to vigorous, at various area studios and enjoys working with students of all abilities, including teens. She is currently finishing up her second 500-hour training in Pranakriya Yoga with Yoganand Michael Carroll.

In addition to being a yoga teacher, Kat is a graduate of the Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage.  She is also an artist and musician. Teens enjoy her instruction, which is skilled as well as playful with postures. They find her to be someone they can relate to. Adults appreciate her emphasis on alignment, breath, and experiencing the present moment. 

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Certifications:   RYT-200, 500-KYT (in process)

Provides:  Yoga Instruction for Adults and Children

Yoga has been a part of Cristina’s life for much of her life. She began a very active yoga practice after the birth of her second child when she decided that she was in serious need of some balance. Yoga did just that. It balanced, opened and strengthened her body, mind and spirit in a way that no other experience had. After developing a strong personal practice—including studying here at DreamYoga with Danielle while Cristina was pregnant with her third child—she chose to go even deeper by completing the Holistic Teacher Training Program offered by Pure Prana (Alexandria, Virginia). It was there that she found not only her Self, but also her Dharma (life’s purpose). She discovered that yoga is not to be kept to oneself. It is a joy to be shared with others. She is excited to be sharing her joy of yoga with Dream Yoga students.

Cristina is currently working on her 500-Professional Level Kripalu Teacher certification. Her teaching style is also influenced by other yoga disciplines including Jivamukti, Ashtanga, Anusara, Kundalini, Self-Awakening, as well as Yin & Restorative Yoga. Her style is also influenced by her training in and love of theatre. Her training and work in Interior Design gives her the fine attention to detail yoga teachers need to guide students’ safely in and out of poses.

Cristina's two boys are budding Dream Kids in our Fun Yoga for children ages 3-6 classes.

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Woody McMahon

Certifications:  BS in Human Biology, Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine (Retired), NSPA Certified Personal Trainer, Meeks Method of Postural Correction, Level 1

Professional Affiliations: IDEA Health and Fitness Association, The Meeks Institute

Specialties: Osteoporosis Management, Healthy Weight Loss, Postural Correction and Balance Improvement, Stress Reduction, Over-50 Conditioning, Post-Rehabilitation Fitness

Woody has been working as a healthy lifestyle professional since 1983. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in human biology from the University of Maryland, a Doctorate in Chiropractic Medicine from Palmer College of Chiropractic, attained his certification as a personal trainer through the National Strength Professionals Association and is Level 1 certified in the Meeks Method of Postural Correction.

Woody uses his education and nearly 30 years experience gained in clinical and
non-clinical practice to better help each and every client tackle their complex health and fitness challenges. He specializes in “Over 50 Fitness,” when the needs and challenges of getting older become more apparent. Because of his experience, Woody is able to offer life-changing health and fitness insight even when many consider themselves beyond help. His individualized approach helps students regain health and fitness by reducing stress; eating healthier foods; and improving posture, strength, balance, stamina and conditioning. 

Woody's extensive experience in health care allows him to talk directly to your doctor or physical therapist. Working as a team, he creates a supportive lifestyle program that compliments your medical care improving chronic illnesses such as osteoporosis and osteopenia, fibromyalgia, excessive weight, diabetes, arthritis and heart disease.

Woody loves to see his clients feel and look their best. There is nothing more satisfying than to hear a client say their back has stopped hurting after 20 years, or enjoy other permanent results, just by making the simple lifestyle changes Woody recommends.

At Dream Yoga, Woody offers three of his signature health and fitness solutions, Be Bone Strong!, Healthy Weight! and Posture Perfect!—in workshop & Mini-Course format.  He also brings his expertise as a personal trainer to offer a unique approach to fitness and conditioning that enhances and compliments your existing yoga practice.

Kelly Monahan

Certifications:  B.A., RYT-C (200-hour training program for Family Yoga with an Emphasis on Children); YoKid & Radiant Child Yoga Certified; Certified YogaFit Instructor

Provides:  Yoga Instruction – Emphasis on Sports, Children and Youth

Kelly is the Lead Teacher for Dream Yoga Studio’s “Yoga for Dream Kids” program. Children who regularly attend Dream’s weekly and monthly KIDS YOGA classes with Kelly adore her!!  She is completing her RYT 200-Hour Certification in the “Radiant Child Yoga” school of teaching training with Shakta Kaur Khalsa.

Kelly is five-year student of Dream Yoga Studio/Kripalu-Style Yoga, and also teaches yoga throughout the Washington Metro area. Kelly is also certified as a YogaFit instructor which she used while coaching girls lacrosse.  She taught girls lacrosse teams yoga to improve mental clarity, athletic ability, team involvement & overall well-being.

Kelly also provides Yoga Parties for children and teens at Dream Yoga Studio; works for a mobile enrichment program called YogaTales bringing yoga to preschools, middle schools and high schools throughout the Washington, D.C.; and teaches yoga to 2 to 5-year-olds at Langley Children's Center.

While earning her B.A. in Religious Studies, Kelly focused on Buddhist practice and psychology. Her goal as a yoga teacher is to give children a chance to express themselves openly and creatively. “I gently teach good manners and listening skills, but I primarily try to let kids be kids,” Kelly says.  “I want children to learn classic yoga while understanding you can do yoga in many ways on and off the mat.” Kelly also enjoys showing children and young adults how to use yoga to prevent and overcome sports injuries.

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Sandra Reid 

Certifications:  200-KYT, 200-RYT, M.Ed. (Counseling), LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor, State of Florida)

Provides: Yoga Instruction & Private Sessions using yoga and meditation to help people cope with personal and family crisis such as caregiving, loss, stress and addictive behaviors

Sandy is a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher who believes yoga is a metaphor for life.  Tools used in class—discipline, effort/non-effort, acceptance, compassion—can easily be used off the mat in the larger world.  As a practitioner of mindfulness meditation and MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction), she tries to create an attitude of nonjudgmental moment-to-moment awareness in the classroom.

Sandy has been a grief and prevention counselor with children and adults, and has led support groups for women. She’s used yoga extensively for 10 years as “a haven of peace” while taking care of her mother afflicted with Alzheimer’s. She is dedicated to teaching yoga to people undergoing, grief, loss and deep change. She also likes to introduce yoga to populations that might not otherwise experience it, and teaches yoga in Fairfax County at senior centers, an assisted living center, a residential addiction treatment center and community center.  Her recent yoga teacher trainings have included  Prenatal Yoga  and Yoga for People Over 50.

In addition to yoga, meditation and contemplative prayer, Sandy enjoys independent films, reading fiction and walking.  Sandy lives in suburban Alexandria.

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Alicia Reilly

Certifications:  200-Hour Pranakriya Yoga & RYT

Professional Affiliations: Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association, International Association of Yoga Terapists



Provides: Yoga Instruction at Dream & for Businesses/Organizations

As an owner and manager of a small business, Alicia embraces a regular yoga practice as part of a commitment to live a more balanced life. As she began to experience the many gifts a regular practice bestows—including an expanded sense of awareness and well-being—she was inspired to share and to help make it more accessible to family, friends, employees and colleagues. A long-time student of Luann’s and Kripalu Yoga, Alicia is certified, RYT-200 in Pranakriya Yoga, based in the Kripalu Yoga tradition.

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Steve Ross

Certifications:  Certified Laughter Yoga Instructor,  MBA  

Provides:  Laughter Yoga Instruction, Meditation Instruction

Steve is a yogi and meditation teacher who received his certification as a Laughing Yoga Teacher at Satchidinanda Ashram (Yogaville). In 2007, Steve was challenged by his coach trainer to laugh and have more fun in life, and found Laughter Yoga. He welcomes the opportunity to share the many gifts of Laughter Yoga with students and friends at Dream Yoga Studio. When he's not laughing, Steve works full-time in telecommunications sales management. He received his MBA from UNC, and is getting certified as a Professional Leadership Coach. His partner, Sunny, a yoga instructor, is also a certified Laughing Yoga Instructor. Steve is from Brighton in the UK and has lived in the United States for 10 years, in San Francisco and Reston, Virginia. He is acknowledged for non-profit work with Washington D.C.'s Capital Partners for Education and Northern Virginia's Alternative House (ex-board member); and is currently learning Mandarin.

Certifications:  R.N., B.S.N.,  RYT-200 (Pranakriya/Kripalu Yoga), and Personal Trainer

Professional Affiliations: Member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists,  and the American Holistic Nurses Association

Provides:  Yoga and Meditation Instruction,  Therapeutic Yoga, Mind-Body Skills (Individual & Group Sessions)

Audrey is certified through the Pranakriya/Kripalu traditions (RYT-200) under Yoganand Michael Carroll.  She is in the process of completing the 500-Hour Pranakriya Yoga Therapy Program.  Her nursing education and experience gives further depth to her yoga instruction/therapy, as does her training and certification as a Personal Trainer. Audrey has also completed training as an Advanced Mind Body Practitioner through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine and is leading Mind Body skills groups at Walter Reed Army Medical Center beginning in March.   She currently teaches Yoga locally in Arlington and is on the faculty at George Mason University as a Yoga Instructor. (For the past three years, she’s been leading the for-credit yoga classes created at George Mason by Luann Fulbright in 2004.)

          Audrey came to Yoga initially to deal with chronic low back pain and stress-related problems.  From the first experience of Yoga, she was captivated by the healing that accompanied the movement in and out of poses.  Ten years after first stepping onto the mat, she is still inspired to share the gifts of healing that she continues to derive from the practice—body, mind, and spirit.  Teaching and practicing Yoga has become her passion to share with all who seek relief from stress, inner peace, and the healing that comes from looking inward for answers.          

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Jon Waterman

Provides:  Meditation Instruction, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction,  Personal Coaching

Jon Waterman began practicing yoga and meditation while teaching the martial arts in the early seventies. Since then, he has studied extensively with teachers from around the world with a concentration, since 1994, on Buddhist insight meditation. In the past decade, he has strengthened his personal practice by attending over 100 retreats and workshops. The majority of these being seven to thirty-day, silent, residential retreat settings.

His classes, workshops and retreats focus on strengthening continuity of present moment awareness by synthesizing mindful movement, insight dialogue, and various meditation techniques within a relaxed environment. He is one of the founding directors of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW), and has been a member of that organization’s Teacher’s Council since its inception.

Jon is fortunate to be able to dedicate his career to this work. His courses are well-received in high school, hospital, prison and business environments. He enjoys a successful personal coaching practice, and is also a founding partner of Mind-Body Health Associates, a group dedicated to bringing stress reduction programs into the community and workplace.

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