North America Teachers Directory
North America Teachers Directory
USA
East Coast — Central — West Coast
East Coast
Connecticut
Stamford, CT
Jackie Tepper
For over 15 years, I’ve been teaching kundalini yoga and meditation and my unique Neshama Yoga which blends kundalini yoga with Jewish learning and spirituality. Currently teaching via Zoom.
www.neshamayoga.com
Florida
Orlando, FL
Lisa Schreiber
I am a RYT and specialize in teaching children. Certified by Kidding Around Yoga in Yoga Yeladim, I am available to teach for schools, camps, youth groups and private classes/parties.
https://www.facebook.com/rayoflightyogi-110041920490170/
Georgia
Atlanta, GA
Steve Gold
Steve teaches spirituality and meditation from both the Vedic and Torah traditions. He is the author of several books, including Yoga and Judaism, Torah Portion Summaries From the Perspective of a Jewish Yogi, and Dimensions: Navigating the Spiritual Spectrum.
yajcenter.blogspot.com
Milledgeville, GA
Debra Cohen
Baby Booming Hoop Dancing Yoga instructor for adults and senior citizens who want to learn hula hoop fitness. Beginner classes now on Zoom!
aslifehappens.org
Instagram: @aslifehappensdotorg
Massachusetts
Andover, MA
Elyse Familant
Elyse offers online and in person yoga parties for any occasion. Celebrate your next Simcha with a unique yoga party customized for you, your family and friends. Elyse’s classes interweave yoga, breathing, Jewish wisdom and fun!
www.resultspr.net
Instagram: @yogawoman20
Newton, MA
Rahel Wasserfall
I am a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher Level 2, and a Ph.D in anthropology. Along with Rabba Claudia Torah and Yoga Conversation, we lead Jewish text study sessions and practice yoga on different themes during the year.
www.rahelyoga.com
Maine
Portland, ME
Ashley Flowers
Break free of expectations. Join Ashley Flowers Yoga for unique yoga experiences that empower you to be yourself. Smile, laugh, pet the goats, splash in the water, or simply bask in the joy of being you.
www.ashleyflowersyoga.com
Instagram: @youcancallmeflowers
Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Laurie Green
Laurie Green combines her passions for Vinyasa and Kundalini yoga, meditation, and dance, to create her unique style. She offers a variety of regular classes and special workshops, including “Self-Esteem for Tween Girls” and Staff Appreciation.
www.rabbilaurielifecycles.com
Jessica Grosman, MS, RD, LDN, RYT
Jessica is an online yoga teacher. Her weekly Yin Yoga classes often weave themes from Judaism into the dialogue. She is also a Registered Dietitian, helping clients to improve their relationship with food, body, and environment.
www.withhealthandgratitude.com
Bethesda, MD
Rachel Hersh
Rabbi Rachel began a regular hatha yoga practice in 2002 and completed a 200-hour teacher training certification in 2016 under the guidance of senior Iyengar-certified teachers. She teaches in her synagogue community and at other Jewish gatherings.
www.adatshalom.net
Instagram: @RachelHersh
Brookeville, MD
Lisa L Levine
Lisa Levine RYT500 is a well known cantor, composer, author, poet and teacher of Yoga embodiment. Her book Yoga Shalom is widely practiced and her music is sung in congregations around the world. She is a member of Yoga Alliance.
www.cantorlisalevine.com
Instagram: @RebLisaLevine
New York
Great Neck, NY
Sharon Epstein
Sharon has been on a life-long path, exploring physical/spiritual health & wellness. As a movement therapist, yoga teacher and health coach, she is passionate about integrating and elevating Jewish wisdom and teachings into her work.
www.SharonEpstein.com
Instagram: @Sharonepstein123
Huntington, NY
Rabbi Susie Heneson Moskowitz
Sr Rabbi at Temple Beth Torah- Melville, NY and a 500- RYT in the lineage of Krishnamacharya. I teach yoga as a moving meditation using Jewish themes to connect the mind and body to enhance the neshama.
www.tbtny.org
Instagram: @Ravsusie
Marlboro, NY
Melissa Kurtz
I'm a certified Jewish Spiritual director. Using Kabbalistic modalities and meditation to facilitate healing. I teach Kabbalah, Torahyoga and meditation to children and adults in groups or privately and have ongoing "zoom" free Kabbalistic meditation classes.
https://www.facebook.com/melissakurtzhealing/
Long Island, NY
Serena Jade
Serena’s classes draw inspiration from the principles of Tikkun Olam, and the concept of Raising the Sparks. This exploratory journey unfolds through an engagement with Jewish mysticism, facilitated by yoga sessions conducted via Zoom.
Monsey, NY
Bracha Meshchaninov
Inspired by Torah and Chassidus, and aspiring to live in Eretz Yisroel, Bracha teaches Tiferet Movement, a yoga practice inspired by the light of Torah. She is RYT500 and certified as a Yoga Therapist with IAYT.
http://tiferetmovement.com/
Mount Vernon, NY
Emily Herzfeld
I love teaching Jewish themed yoga classes to adults, women, and children. I host The Jewish Yogi Podcast (found on most platforms) exploring Jewish thought, belief, and practice with yoga philosophy, values, and practice.
https://www.facebook.com/emily.schillerherzfeld/
Instagram: @thejewishyogi
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Deborah Glassman
Deb Glassman leads a spiritual yoga practice steeped in Judaism to encourage an embodied experience that creates a deep connection to oneself, community and Gd. Off the mat, Deb is a physician, parent, partner and performer.
www.shabbhakti.com
Instagram: @shabbhakti
Ogden Kruger
Have been studying and teaching yoga for over 40 years...I love the connections to the Judaic lineage and love to share that with like minded folks!
ogdenkruger.com
Instagram: @ogdenkruger
Washington, DC
Yael Flusberg
Yael Flusberg is a yoga therapist, writer and coach who helps people find resiliency, relief and creativity in the midst of transition and loss, and in the aftermath of trauma. More info at www.yaelflusberg.com.
www.yaelflusberg.com
Instagram: @yaelflusberg
Central
Illinois
Chicago, IL
Elka Cubacub
I am a 200 hour RYT with a background in mental health. My teaching goal is to help students experience the tangible benefits of yoga and meditation. My teaching style is direct, practical and logical.
https://soulsubstance.org/yoga/
Instagram: @ElkaCubacub
Columbus, Ohio
Shelly Dembe
Author of Wrestling with Yoga; Shelly leads global yoga classes that are safe for the Jewish Soul. Shelly is founder of Soulstir, a dance form based on the sefirot, offering trainings, retreats, and mentorship. E-RYT 500.
www.shellydembe.com
Instagram: @soulstir_shelly
Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
Cia Sautter
Cia Sautter, Ph.D is trained in yoga, somatics, and dance. With her knowledge of Judaism and spirituality, along with movement traditions, she offer joyful classes tailored to needs
https://www.facebook.com/cialunastorydance/
Instagram: @CiaImage
Missouri
Kansas City, MO
Hadas Moshonov-Cohavi
Hadas studies and practice Kabbalah, yoga, and mindfulness for almost 20 years. She is a yoga instructor and leads women’s New Moon gatherings and healing circles. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge, energy and skills and inspire others to live mindful, fulfilled, and happy life.
https://chat.whatsapp.com/LobMsNfz5LfIPsiI4maGGp
Texas
Dallas, TX
Chantal Itzhakov
Chantal is a former nurse, and now teaches mat pilates and yoga. She studied many yoga styles, and loves teaching gentle yoga with a focus on healing. Chantal enjoys sharing quotes from our sages to inspire a breath-centered practice
https://www.facebook.com/chantal.itzhakov
West Coast
Arizona
Cottonwood, AZ
Rosalie Malter
Rosalie has been teaching yoga since 1987, E-RYT500. Teaching meditation and leading groups since 2007, for community college and local synagogue. Teaches at community college in Clarkdale, AZ and co-leads Jewish meditation with Rabbi Magal in Sedona, AZ.
www.malterinstitute.org
Tucson, AZ
Joel DeLaRosa
Corporate Consultant dropout turned Yogi. I teach yoga, breathwork, and executive mindset techniques that weave in Jewish rooted values.
yogabody.bio/delayoga
Instagram: @Joey.delarosa
California
Berkeley, CA
Julie Emden
Julie, E-RYT-500, Halprin Practitioner, founded Embodied Jewish Learning & the Embodied Jewish Wisdom Network. She offers teacher trainings, classes, podcasts & retreats. Specializes in somatic explorations of Jewish wisdom as a resource for living in balance and wholeness.
Los Angeles, CA
Marcus J. Freed
Marcus is President of the Jewish Yoga Network, and author of several award-winning bestseller books including ‘The Kosher Sutras: A Yogi's Guide to the Torah’ and ‘The Kabbalah Sutras: A Yogi's Guide to Counting the Omer’. He has taught for Jewish communities in 18 countries and was a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 2. Marcus is also an actor, writer and business consultant.
www.marcusjfreed.com
Instagram: @marcusjfreed
Zack Lodmer
Benson/Bentzion is a master Jewish energy healer/meditation guide and spiritual life coach who has been helping people online and in person heal physically, emotionally and spiritually for 10 years.
www.joyhealer.com
Instagram: @gosoular
Ida Unger
It is with great regret that we announce Ida Unger z”l sadly passed away during March 2024. She is greatly missed by family, friends and members of the Jewish Yoga Network. We are leaving her biography and website on the page as a mark of respect:
Ida Unger, M.Ed is a Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor with extensive experience in guiding students to understand and practice the ancient mind-body science of yoga. Ida grew up with a Yeshiva education and connects her Jewish “roots’ with her yogic ‘wings”.
Kosheryoga.net
Hanna Shira Chusid
Creator & Teacher of Yicchud Yoga™ an integration of 45+ Years Experience: Certifications in Jewish Mysticism; Reb Zalman ; Jewish Meditation; Metivta /Jonathan Omer-Man); Intrnal Assoc Yoga Therapy, E-RYT Yoga Alliance, CA Lic. Psychologist .
www.mindful-selfcare.com
Instagram: @HannaChusid
Bentzion Simmonds
Benson/Bentzion is a master Jewish energy healer/meditation guide and spiritual life coach who has been helping people online and in person heal physically, emotionally and spiritually for 10 years.
www.joyhealer.com
Instagram: @gosoular
San Francisco, CA
Shalom Mayberg
Shalom Mayberg is a yoga teacher, meditation facilitator, and sound therapist. Shalom lived and trained in Northern India and values the culture and tradition that yoga is a part of. Shalom teaches Hatha, Restorative, and Yin.
www.shalom360.com
Instagram: @Omshalom.pdx
Silicon Valley, CA
Laurie Matzkin
A Conservative Rabbi based in Silicon Valley, Rabbi Laurie’s mission is to support your Jewish Journey with mindful movement, creative ritual, and reflective study. She founded Makom Yoga to link embodied practice with Torah wisdom and personal reflection.
www.rabbilauriematzkin.com/makomyoga
Washington
Seattle, WA
Samuel Howard Perlin
Shmu is or has been a PE teacher, Coach, Athletic Director, Executive Director, Camp Director. His experience is in Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Track, Baseball, softball and Yoga. Shmu teaches online, at hot yoga studios and at his shul.
www.facebook.com/sam.perlin
Hawaii
Makawao, HI
Sandra Razieli
Based in Hawaii, Sandra guides people to move, feel and live better through embodied Jewish practices that combine the wisdom of yoga with modern neuro-centric techniques. A teacher for over twenty years, she also specializes in scoliosis.
www.raziyoga.com
Instagram: @sandra_razieli
Canada
Vancouver, CA
Annette Wertman
Annette is a certified yoga instructor and registered music therapist, with an M.A. in Gerontology from Simon Fraser University.
www.agelessyoga.ca