Dynamic Yoga is an Interdisciplinary flow which draws from Ashtanga, Kripalu, Power Yoga, and Marisa's yoga teachers Don & Amba Stapleton and Mark Kinder. Dynamic Yoga glides between gentle and and challenging postures and is suitable for all levels of students. The class centers on cultivating awareness and concentration through instruction in pranayama, meditation, and a playful and stimulating vinyasa. Dynamic Yoga is ideal for those seeking to create a solid foundation for their new yoga practice or those wishing to gain insight into the application of yoga as a tool for personal evolution.

MUSE: What is your vow as a teacher? Debra: I try to help students find ways of practicing yoga that are beneficial for them. I teach with care, giving practical help, out of a love of helping and sharing what I love. It is my belief that there is no one way, or one style of yoga that is correct for everyone. Each person has to find the yoga that is "right" for them, taking into account age, situation in life, physical needs, etc. Learning to be sensitive to our needs in yoga is both the goal and the process, as our needs are constantly changing. Sthirasukham asanam (YS II.46). With this brief and famous sutra written thousands of years ago, Patanjali gives us the qualities of an effective asana practice. Stability and ease or comfort, are the essential ingredients of any intelligent yoga practice. I guide students to observe what is taking place in their bodies, breath, hearts and minds. Developing awareness is the key to practicing yoga in an authentic way—which can be as unique as each one of us. Inner stability (of both body and mind) and relaxation are discovered through all aspects of yoga—awareness and self-study, study of yoga philosophy, breathing, meditation, asana, and deep relaxation.

Ali Sternke is a practicing physical therapist for over 30 years. She has a private practice emphasizing posture restoration, soft tissue techniques, and traditional modalities. She fell in love with the benefits of yoga 25 years ago and uses it extensively in her physical therapy. She started teaching yoga 15 years ago. Her classes are a blend of body alignment emphasizing posture and strength, breath awareness to introduce energy flows in the body, and relaxation postures to tone down our tension and anxiety.

MUSE: What is your vow as a teacher? Brandie: I vow to develop my students into full engagement of the body/mind/heart, for the purpose of evolving destiny. I aspire to do this by always expecting the impossible, while embracing limitations as a direct doorway into unfolding possibilities. I understand the student-teacher relationship as a vehicle to inspire awakening through a sacred and ethical obligation. There are no great teachers without great students. This relationship is about process and engagement. I vow to be present, authentic and transparent with my students as well as to sustain as ever evolving studentship with my own brilliant teachers. MUSE: Therefore, who is your student? Brandie: My student is the one yearning and willing to open their heart brightly toward their unborn potential. He/she is also the one who is naturally captured and fascinated by the "evolutionary impulse" and genius of the evolving Universe, yoga philosophy and one who is curious about their own place and responsibility in creating a greater future. To me, the most exciting student to meet is the one hopelessly surrendered to the delight of their MUSE and is deeply anchored by their caring for the world.

MUSE: What is your vow as a teacher? Brandie: I vow to develop my students into full engagement of the body/mind/heart, for the purpose of evolving destiny. I aspire to do this by always expecting the impossible, while embracing limitations as a direct doorway into unfolding possibilities. I understand the student-teacher relationship as a vehicle to inspire awakening through a sacred and ethical obligation. There are no great teachers without great students. This relationship is about process and engagement. I vow to be present, authentic and transparent with my students as well as to sustain as ever evolving studentship with my own brilliant teachers. MUSE: Therefore, who is your student? Brandie: My student is the one yearning and willing to open their heart brightly toward their unborn potential. He/she is also the one who is naturally captured and fascinated by the "evolutionary impulse" and genius of the evolving Universe, yoga philosophy and one who is curious about their own place and responsibility in creating a greater future. To me, the most exciting student to meet is the one hopelessly surrendered to the delight of their MUSE and is deeply anchored by their caring for the world.