meet your teachers
dana
Dana opened Afterglow Yoga in March of 2016 to create a judgment-free studio space filled with laughter, love and community. A place where like-minded people can connect, learn, grow and feel free to be themselves. Dana’s calling is to share her passion and love of yoga with the world in the hopes that it can touch lives the way it has hers.
Dana’s teaching’s draw from classical and deep lineage-based yogic traditions including Tantra, Hatha, Kundalini and Vinyasa. Her teachers include Alan Finger, Mona Anand, Lauren Toolin, Rod Stryker, and Gurmukh. Her classes blend strong, creative asana sequences and classical techniques such as pranayama, meditation and kriya.
Dana is E-RYT500, KRI Level I, (220 hours) and holds additional certifications in Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, SUP Yoga, Hot Yoga, Children’s Yoga and is a Reiki Master Teacher.
david
Encouraged by a close friend, David found and fell in love with Restorative yoga classes at Afterglow.
Afterglow Yoga became his ‘Aum’ and he developed a 3-4x per week practice. With encouragement, he became a 200-hour yoga teacher and is Reiki Level 2 certified.
David specializes in Restorative Yoga, where he likes to incorporate guided meditation and mantras. He offers many healing techniques, creating a practical form of physical healing and spiritual growth.
When you ask David how yoga changed his life, he had this to offer, ‘It’s the first time in a very long time that I put myself first and prioritized my self-care above all else. It allowed me to fully love myself and trust that whatever came my way, while challenging, would make a better version of myself. I have a renewed love for life but most importantly, love of self.’
David finds joy and inspiration in seeing students discover their own personal yoga journey and hopes to nurture and encourage them along their way.
michele
Michele is a 500-hour yoga teacher who has been teaching for 14 years. In addition to teaching group classes, Michele is a teacher trainer.
She loves to teach beginners, yin yoga, restorative yoga and prenatal yoga. She is deeply passionate about sharing yoga with others and creates a truly special class experience.
marguerite
Marguerite is a 200 hour certified Yoga Teacher specializing in Yin Yoga, a Licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist, Reiki 2 Practitioner and Sound Healing Facilitator.
She is passionate about guiding individuals on their journey towards optimal health and well-being with a deep-rooted belief in the body’s innate ability to heal itself. She intertwines the ancient wisdom of yoga and the art of acupuncture to create a harmonious balance between mind, body and spirit.
Through yoga classes, Marguerite empowers students to explore the profound connection between breath, movement, and inner peace. Her classes are not just about physical postures; they are a holistic experience that nurtures the body and calms the mind.
With 5 years of yoga teaching experience and a compassionate heart she is dedicated to supporting students in their quest to find balance in mind, body, and spirit.
cj
As a spiritual person by nature, who has always practiced the sacred art of Yoga, CJ knew her calling was to take her practice beyond the mat, and branch it out to others, to share the beauty that yoga can be, because it is for everyBody. It’s the perfect prescription for anyone who wants to make a change in their life and energetic change in this world. Yoga handles stress, anxiety, sadness, regret, loneliness, limited range of motion, pain, physical discomfort, and lack of sense of self. Everyone’s journey is different, and can and will evolve over time; Yoga makes the process more tangible, more evolutionary.
As an RYT200 and Level 1 Reiki master trained practitioner, CJ infuses Vinyasa, Hatha, and Ashtanga yoga techniques into her practice, and there are always meditative elements. CJ truly believes that Yoga is for everyBody, so whether you seek a slow flow, heated (power), or all levels, she would love to take you on that journey. Join her and let’s evolve together.
linda
Linda is a 500 RYT, with certificates in Yin, Restorative, Kids, Nidra, as well as being a Reiki II practitioner. She is also the cofounder of Move Meditate & Create, which incorporates yoga and creative expression to encourage community and therapeutic discussions.
She is grateful for the healing yoga has provided in all aspects of her life and loves to share that with her students. She believes that yoga is for everybody and has a light hearted approach to teaching. Her goal is for all students to feel welcome in class.
melinda
Melinda is a 200-hour registered yoga teacher and Reiki Three Master Practitioner who is dedicated to bringing yoga to individuals of all ages and abilities. Through studying occupational therapy, Melinda gained a deep understanding of our physical and mental complexities and was inspired to teach tools to bring the body and mind into alignment.
With each class, Melinda provides the opportunity to move and breathe with love and intention, encouraging more compassion for ourselves and others. Melinda believes yoga is a way of life. She leads her students to an inner peace on their mat and teaches them how to carry that peace off of the mat and into their daily lives.
marybeth
Marybeth has had a great love of yoga since her teens. She started her YTT journey in 2018 and became 500RYT with MVP yoga in Austin TX.
She went on to take another 200 hour course with Shakti Yoga in Woodstock, NY under Linda Winnick. She studies Ayurveda and philosophy and has a strong alignment based yoga practice (Hatha). Her deep roots in the medical field imbue her classes with precise anatomical cues and the physiological benefits of yoga with a sort of no nonsense language. She has studied many different methodologies and has come to a practice that helps the everyday person utilize yoga and meditation to make a real difference in their lives.
Marybeth enjoys traveling with her husband and 4 children, hanging out with her 2 cats and 2 dogs, reading, comedy, music, hiking, gardening and drinking coffee.
The students she enjoys teaching the most are beginners; most of us are beginners in some way and helping others discover the benefits of yoga is the reason she’s here.
jess
Jess is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher interested in all things zen. Specializing in grounding, deliberate slow-flows with a sprinkle of yin and restorative, she believes that yoga is a holistic, personally intuitive practice that will look and feel different for everyone.
Operating under the ideology that yoga is meant to meet you where you are, Jess is an advocate of the idea that everyone who does yoga is a yogi, regardless of frequency, style, or flexibility.
Come to your mat exactly as you are and join one of her classes to relax, have a little fun, and be surrounded by support and love throughout your yogic journey.
suzan
Suzan’s yoga journey began in 2007 in sunny South Florida, where she fell in love with the practice at first sight. What started as an escape from the hustle and bustle quickly grew into a daily ritual. A few years passed and Suzan moved to New York where she deepened her practice and answered her true calling by earning her 200-hour certification in Vinyasa Yoga at her hOMe studio Afterglow Yoga.
But that’s not all—Suzan is also a Reiki practitioner, blending the power of movement, meditation and energy healing into her teachings. 🧘♀️✨ When she’s not on the mat, you can find her spending quality time with her adorable Westie, Mr. Wendal, or immersed in her passions for reading and gardening.
