As a family-owned and operated small business, we've always hand-picked our team to provide you the very best online yoga experience. The warm, friendly teachers you'll find in our Members' library are highly trained to give you clear instruction and helpful guidance for your personal yoga practice.
Here's a smush more about our key players:
Kay Afif
Co-Founder & Director
Certified Bikram Yoga Instructor
Teaches: Online Bikram Yoga, Quickies, Pregnancy Yoga
Certifications: Bikram Yoga Teacher Training (500+ hours) Fall 2013
Hi, I'm Kay! Before I found Bikram Yoga, I was coping (barely) with a debilitating eating disorder which was consuming my youth, draining my energy and destroying my relationships. I had also been a ballet dancer my whole life and struggled with physical pain in my joints from old injuries and overuse.
I was 20, and I felt way older than I was!
Through my yoga practice, I developed genuine gratitude and appreciation for my body. My obsessive behavior around food and exercise melted away, and as I began taking better care of myself, my chronic pain disappeared as well.
I became confident enough to fall in love (see below) and healthy enough to become pregnant (3 times so far!) I practiced Rajashree's Pregnancy Yoga 5-6 days a week in the hot room while expecting each of my 3 children, and I credit my smooth pregnancies, deliveries and post-partum healing to my regular yoga practice and the health it helps me enjoy.
Today I feel at peace and secure in myself. Because I'm no longer in pain or abusing my body, I'm able to give to the work I'm most passionate about (besides being a mom!) which is helping more people take charge of their health and save their own lives by practicing Bikram Yoga.
Click here to play one of Kay's classes!
Certifications: Bikram Yoga Teacher Training (500+ hours) Fall 2013
Hi, I'm Kay! Before I found Bikram Yoga, I was coping (barely) with a debilitating eating disorder which was consuming my youth, draining my energy and destroying my relationships. I had also been a ballet dancer my whole life and struggled with physical pain in my joints from old injuries and overuse.
I was 20, and I felt way older than I was!
Through my yoga practice, I developed genuine gratitude and appreciation for my body. My obsessive behavior around food and exercise melted away, and as I began taking better care of myself, my chronic pain disappeared as well.
I became confident enough to fall in love (see below) and healthy enough to become pregnant (3 times so far!) I practiced Rajashree's Pregnancy Yoga 5-6 days a week in the hot room while expecting each of my 3 children, and I credit my smooth pregnancies, deliveries and post-partum healing to my regular yoga practice and the health it helps me enjoy.
Today I feel at peace and secure in myself. Because I'm no longer in pain or abusing my body, I'm able to give to the work I'm most passionate about (besides being a mom!) which is helping more people take charge of their health and save their own lives by practicing Bikram Yoga.
Click here to play one of Kay's classes!
Orlo Flock
Co-Founder & Director
Teaches: "Life skills" :)
Certifications: School o' hard knocks
Hi, I'm Orlo! When I returned from my Army tour of duty in Iraq, I was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome due to the heavy armor I wore every day. I couldn't brush my teeth or wash my hair without my arms going numb. I didn't want surgery, so I figured I would just be learning to live that way.
When Kay brought me to my first Bikram Yoga class, I went along because... I liked her! What I didn't expect was that within a few weeks of practicing I could lift my arms way up over my head without any numbness! I decided I'd better keep doing Bikram Yoga. (I even went to classes without Kay!)
Fast forward 8 years and two children later and I can do all the dad-things I've always wanted to do, like throw laughing toddlers in the air and catch them, or sitting my son on my shoulders. Speaking of those kids- I can't imagine being a parent without doing yoga! My practice helps me stay patient and calm- no matter what mischief they get into.
Certifications: School o' hard knocks
Hi, I'm Orlo! When I returned from my Army tour of duty in Iraq, I was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome due to the heavy armor I wore every day. I couldn't brush my teeth or wash my hair without my arms going numb. I didn't want surgery, so I figured I would just be learning to live that way.
When Kay brought me to my first Bikram Yoga class, I went along because... I liked her! What I didn't expect was that within a few weeks of practicing I could lift my arms way up over my head without any numbness! I decided I'd better keep doing Bikram Yoga. (I even went to classes without Kay!)
Fast forward 8 years and two children later and I can do all the dad-things I've always wanted to do, like throw laughing toddlers in the air and catch them, or sitting my son on my shoulders. Speaking of those kids- I can't imagine being a parent without doing yoga! My practice helps me stay patient and calm- no matter what mischief they get into.
Jeannie Niedner
Certified Bikram Yoga Instructor
Teaches: 90 Minute Bikram Yoga Recorded Classes, Posture Tutorials
Certifications: Bikram Yoga Teacher Training (500+ Hours) Fall 2003
Hi, I'm Jeannie! I was hit by a car while biking in 1983. In 2002, I still had pain and mobility limitations in my cervical and thoracic spine from the accident. I also had a job which didn’t feel meaningful to me. I knew there was something more out there.
Within a few minutes of trying my first Bikram Yoga class, I felt I was “home.” I loved the precision, the discipline, the pace, the therapeutic postures and the heat!
I had the sense of being stronger, more alive and more focused right away. The pain I’d had for years didn’t go away immediately- but with consistent practice, it lessened and eventually subsided! I moved more easily, felt more confident in my body and slept better. Plus, I had found a community of loving and supportive friends!
Within a few months I began to daydream about aligning my life more fully with this new sense of healing and belonging. By September of 2003 I was in L.A. at Bikram’s teacher training. Without a doubt, it was the most worthwhile experience of my life.
Sharing in the myriad triumphs and joys of others: the glow after a new student’s first class, the small insight of a veteran student, a mother explaining how her practice improves her patience with her children – have given me the greatest sense of purpose in my life.
I am deeply grateful for the privilege of teaching Bikram Yoga and I intend to do it, with love, for a long, long time!
Click here to take a recorded class with Jeannie!
Certifications: Bikram Yoga Teacher Training (500+ Hours) Fall 2003
Hi, I'm Jeannie! I was hit by a car while biking in 1983. In 2002, I still had pain and mobility limitations in my cervical and thoracic spine from the accident. I also had a job which didn’t feel meaningful to me. I knew there was something more out there.
Within a few minutes of trying my first Bikram Yoga class, I felt I was “home.” I loved the precision, the discipline, the pace, the therapeutic postures and the heat!
I had the sense of being stronger, more alive and more focused right away. The pain I’d had for years didn’t go away immediately- but with consistent practice, it lessened and eventually subsided! I moved more easily, felt more confident in my body and slept better. Plus, I had found a community of loving and supportive friends!
Within a few months I began to daydream about aligning my life more fully with this new sense of healing and belonging. By September of 2003 I was in L.A. at Bikram’s teacher training. Without a doubt, it was the most worthwhile experience of my life.
Sharing in the myriad triumphs and joys of others: the glow after a new student’s first class, the small insight of a veteran student, a mother explaining how her practice improves her patience with her children – have given me the greatest sense of purpose in my life.
I am deeply grateful for the privilege of teaching Bikram Yoga and I intend to do it, with love, for a long, long time!
Click here to take a recorded class with Jeannie!
