All weekly LMYC yoga teachers are YTT-200 or YTT-500 certified. We also offer fitness classes led by qualified exercise enthusiast and opportunities for teachers-in-training to hone their skills. Whether you’re looking to unwind or break a sweat, you’re sure to find a class to suit your needs
Susan Maloney–Gentle Yoga
As a middle school classroom teacher for nearly 30 years, Susan used her yoga practice as a way to relieve stress while gaining strength and flexibility. The focused awareness and mindfulness practiced on the mat slowly began to transfer into other aspects of her daily life. What began as physical exercise has evolved into a means of maintaining a calmer, more balanced, mental and emotional state. In other words, Yoga makes her happy!
After finishing training from Haleybird Studio in Milwaukee in Integrative Yoga Therapy (200-hour IYT), Susan taught a variety of classes at the Wisconsin Athletic Club and the Rock Lake Activity Center. Since she truly believes that Yoga is for everyBODY no matter the age, size, or shape, she strives to provide classes that are safe and sustainable for all levels of fitness. A mix of postures, breath work, meditation, and relaxation are incorporated into every class. She is passionate about sharing the healing power of yoga, and helping others feel better in their bodies.
Annie Forest- Vinyasa Yoga- Mixed Levels
Annie Forest started practicing yoga in 2003 and has been teaching in Washington, DC, San Jose, CA and Madison, WI since 2008. With an extensive background in corrective exercise, applied neurology and functional movement, Annie believes that yoga is both the deep calling and the winding path to come home to ourselves. Annie’s classes weave together pleasure, laughter and a sense of connection between the Divine and deeply Human, while providing practical and approachable ways to align, adjust and settle into postures at all levels.
Alyssa Ploessl–Vinyasa Yoga
Alyssa first discovered yoga in a high school physical education class and soon realized that it would become a lifetime practice. A practice of asana, pranayama, and meditation, but also a practice of being truthful, a practice of being kind, a practice of being fearless, peaceful and happy. She believes that the practice of “yoga” is continuous; it does not stop when you roll up the yoga mat. Yoga includes the way you live your life, the way you relate to your family, friends, co-workers and to strangers on the street. This is the lifelong process of developing yogic awareness.
Alyssa completed a 200 Hour Vinyasa Yoga teacher training course in 2015. Since then, she has completed numerous other trainings in Yin Yoga, pranayama, alignment, assisting, and more. Alyssa believes that you never stop being a student of yoga and has plans to continue her education in other areas of yoga in the future.
Don Flieschman–Gentle Yoga
Don’s first exposure to yoga was a free Christmas Eve flow class at the yoga studio near their home several years ago. He found several things he did not expect in that class: physical and mental challenge, singing, and the revelation of tying one’s breath to their movement. (Honestly, he didn’t know what to expect.) The biggest surprise of all was the deep feelings of connection and community in the practice of yoga.
He emphasizes the practicing aspect of the yoga class. We practice together on the mat so that we can execute the things learned on the mat in our daily lives. In a yoga class we practice listening to ourselves and others. We are invited to challenge ourselves while acknowledging what is best for us. The most important thing we learn more deeply in yoga are that we are always where our breath is.
Don completed his YTT-200 in 2021 at Inner Fire in Madison. He loves the variety of the practices in Yoga. He revels equally in a vigorous flow class as he does the toughness of stillness in a yin class.
Beckie Jeffers–Intentional Flow, Vinyasa Yoga
Beckie has been a student of yoga for many years, but it was when she experienced yoga within a community of students practicing together that she truly fell in love with it. She loved it so much herself that she wanted to be able to share it with others and that’s when she decided to become a teacher. She completed her 200-hour certification in 2011 and has been bringing yoga to others since then. She realizes that every body is different and yoga is for every body. She also knows that a person doesn’t find yoga, yoga finds the person, when the time is right, yoga is an individual journey and is different for everyone. Along with this understanding, she brings her own journey into her teaching, sharing nuggets of experience while guiding each student into their own. She has a heart-centered approach to her teaching and encourages gratitude to flow with every breath.
