Teachers
Chris Coniaris | Chip & Laura Fieberg | Jill Hadap | Kara Hawthorne | Lyndi Rivers | Alyssa Kratz | Paula Macali | Erica Nielsen |Natalie Nguyen | Katherine Pew | Lisa Schrempp | Karine Zinkowski |
Chris Coniaris has been an avid practitioner of Hatha and Raja Yoga since 1989. His prior meditation experience and lifelong love of nature, philosophy, and athletics enrich his teaching. His classes explore yoga through asana, pranayama, meditation, and philosophy with an emphasis on internal focus and deep relaxation. Chris has studied throughout the U.S. and India and continues to learn from many sources including Dr. Shankaranarayana Jois. He teaches workshops, teacher trainings, and private sessions in addition to his weekly classes. He is sought out, nationally, for his depth, clarity and inspiration. Chris’ teachings emphasize living your yoga daily, not just on the cushion or yoga mat.
Class Schedule: Tuesday/Thursday, 6pm-7:30pm, Hatha L1/2
Chip & Laura Fieberg Laura is a certified yoga and AcroYoga instructor and has been practicing different styles of yoga for over 7 years. With a degree in exercise science, she has a strong foundation of knowledge about 
how the body works and a love for helping others to find balance in their practice and lives. Since becoming a trained Forrest Yoga instructor 7 years ago, Chip Fieberg has developed a keen ability to take students deeper into the poses with a direct but gentle finesse. After the two were gifted an AcroYoga “flight manual” in 2008, they have been partners in this art that combines yoga with Thai massage and acrobatics ever since. After their first class with instructor Jason Magness, they were officially hooked and have been attending and assisting different AcroYoga workshops around the United States for the last 2 years. They became certified AcroYoga teachers together in the summer of 2010 and have such a blast gifting the experience of flight and partner work to others. To check out some of the exciting projects this dynamic duo has participated in visit their website at www.chipandlaura.com.
Jill Hadap began a regular yoga practice in 2006 and believes that a dedicated asana practice can serve as the doorway to a life’s journey filled with bliss, joy and life-changing connections and that we all have the ability to tap into the Divine within ourselves. She became a certified yoga teacher with Yoga Flow’s teacher training under the instruction of Lisa Schrempp, Jason Magness, Chris Coniaris and other highly-respected & experienced Tucson yoga teachers. She believes that her journey as a teacher is continuous and that true learning comes from her interactions with the dedicated and inspiring students she has had the honor of sharing her classroom with. Through teaching she hopes to continue to expand and explore her own personal practice and growth as well as bring the joy of yoga into the lives of those willing to open their hearts to this physically and spiritually powerful practice. Her classes focus on building strength and endurance supported by powerful, intentional, centering breathwork. Jill is also an avid rock climber and has enjoyed practicing, performing & teaching AcroYoga. For more information on rates and times for private lessons, please contact Jill at jillh@yogaflowtucson.com (Photo credit: Elena Ray)
Class Schedule: Mondays & Thursdays 8am-9:15am, Community Flow L1/2; Mondays 10am-11:30am Intro to Flow Mixed Level; Thursdays 4:30pm-5:45pm Dynamic Flow Yoga for Women, Mixed Level
Kara Hawthorne first encountered yoga as a member of the North Dakota Ballet Company. She quickly became a serious Ashtanga practitioner and began to focus more on yoga and less on dance. Over the subsequent years she has studied many variations of the “vinyasa” theme, as well as traditional hatha yoga.Kara traveled for 3 months in India where she studied with Sri K. Pattbhi Jois and his grandson Sharath. She also spent time at the Kaivalyadhama Yoga Institute in Lonalva. She has received an intermediate certification to practice Thai Yoga Massage from the prestigious ITM school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Kara incorporates the grace and flow of dance into the regimented ashtanga system.
Lyndi Rivers“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, & what you do are in harmony.” – Gandhi
Lyndi became a Certified Yoga Teacher in 2007 in a program based on the classical linage of Krishnamacharya and is a 200 Hour Yoga Alliance RYT. Her main and most influential teacher is Maria Mendola of Functional Yoga Therapy. Lyndi’s teachings are also deeply influenced by the work of Amy Weintraub and is a LifeForce Yoga® Level 1 Practitioner. Other influences include Joseph and Lillian LePage & she is currently working towards her 1000 hour certification in Integrative Yoga Therapy as well as a Core Strength Vinyasa certification with Sadie Nardine .
She came to yoga as a way to embrace her body & manage depression, continuing her practice to maintain balance in the midst of a demanding career. Her teaching style is eclectic with a therapeutic flavor. She believes a yoga practice can be deep, fun, gentle, challenging, and joyful all at the same time. (Photo credit: Jade Beall)
Class Schedule: Tuesdays 4:30pm-5:45pm, Dynamic Flow Yoga for Women, Mixed Level
Alyssa Kratz began practicing yoga in 2004, very unaware that she had just stumbled upon a practice that would become one of the largest guiding aspects of her daily life. She completed her 200hr teacher training at Yoga Flow with inspiring teachers like Chris Coniaris, Lisa Schrempp, Jason Magness, and others. Her teaching is enthusiastic and warm, inspired primarily by her studies of ashtanga, vinyasa, and hatha systems of yoga. Alyssa continues her learning of yoga philosophy, pranayama and the subtle body, and asana under a mentorship with her teacher, Chris Coniaris. She enjoys seeing the ways in which our yoga practices translate off of the mat to deepen and enhance the way we experience life and our connections with all beings on a day to day basis. She hopes to share her gratitude for these practices by helping students to uncover the deeper love, compassion, and pure joyfulness that exist within each and every one of us. (Photo credit: Jade Beall)
Class Schedule: Wednesdays 4pm-5:30pm, Vinyasa Flow L1/2
Paula Macali found her way to Tucson as a yoga instructor for the Arizona teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Paula has been teaching yoga in New York City for the past 12 years. Inspired by the various forms of yoga taught by Sri Krishnamacharya, her classes are a blend of Viniyoga, Ashtanga yoga, and Iyengar techniques. Paula has studied in India under the guidance of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, T.K.V. Desikacher and in NYC studies with Genny Kapuler. Classes are taught in a safe and supportive environment. Paula delights in investigating the union of body, breath, and awareness to unveil the natural beauty of our spirits. She loves sharing the joy and transformative power of the practice with her students.
Erica Nielsen’s journey with yoga started in 1998 when she attended a class for the first time at the U of AZ Health Center consisting of restorative poses, breath work (pranayama), meditation and relaxation and later discovered Hatha and Ashtanga yoga in Los Angeles and Florida. Formally educated in neuropsychology and gerontology, she was intrigued by the health benefits and internal awareness she experienced from the combination of asana practice and breath work. In 2005 Erica moved to South Africa, then deepening her practice by becoming an internationally certified (IYA) yoga teacher under Jim Harrington of Karma Shala. She furthered her personal study of yoga under the instruction of senior Iyengar, Hatha and Kundalini teachers. Erica was also trained and certified by the Meret Storck-Matchett (http://www.zenzero.co.za/meret.html) as a Body Intelligence Pilates (BI) instructor. Her diverse study of bodywork allowed her a deeper appreciation for each yoga tradition she came across and she often often implements BI and Iyengar when teaching students recovering from injuries and when demonstrating how to move safely to avoid further trauma and damage to the body. Erica enjoys teaching Hatha, Pranayama, Power Hatha or vigorous Vinyasa Flow, as well as hosting workshops addressing injury-prone areas of the body and how to safely build into advanced poses.. She focuses on breath and alignment, building on compassionate respect for the body and spirit.
Class Schedule: Mondays 6pm-7:30pm, Vinyasa Flow L1/2; Saturdays 8am Open Flow, Mixed Level
Natalie Nguyen received her yoga teacher training from the Lotus Seed School in Portland, OR in 2008, with attention to yoga for underserved communities and has particular interested in creating space for families to practice yoga together. She began practicing acroyoga with Jason Magness and the YogaSlackers in 2007, and promptly fell in love. She continues to study with the Slackers as well as Eugene Poku and Jessica Goldman of Acroyoga MTL. She received her Acroyoga Montreal teaching certification in 2009. She performs with Flight School Acrobatics and with several other artistic and experimental projects.
Katherine Pew is a graduate of Jivamukti Yoga’s teacher training program. She incorporates breath, chanting, meditation and yogic philosophy in all of her classes. In addition to her yoga teaching she is also a freelance writer, contributing to Yoga International Magazine and Yoga Journal. She writes personal essays about the integration of the spiritual teachings of yoga in everyday life. Katherine has been a highly successful yoga teacher in New York City since 2000.
To inquire about private lessons, please contact Katherine at katherine@katherinepew.com.
Lisa Schrempp: “Love is the best of the four letter words I know and two practices which have helped take me into the center of love are Yoga and Ayurveda.“ Lisa began her studies of yoga in 1985 and holds teaching certificates from Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashram, Jivamukti Yoga Center, where she served as a mentor and educator in their Teacher Training Program, as well as a Therapeutic Yoga Certificate from BKS Iyengar. Lisa is also a practitioner of Ayurveda, receiving her certificate from Dr. Vasant Lad. She continued her study of therapy and treatment with Dr. Sunil Joshi, a noted Ayurvedic clinician. Under the tutelage of Dr. Vasant Lad, she has studied sacred texts, herbs, disease pathology, and Pancha Karma treatments. She has practiced Ashtanga Yoga since 1991 and has been blessed to teach by Sri K Pattabhi Jois, from the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, Mysore, India. Lisa is also registered at the 500hr level with the Yoga Alliance. Her varied background in combination with a vast well of teaching experience through workshops & classes in studios both nationally & internationally contributes to her highly respectable reputation as a Tucson teaching gem. Her classes are formulated on insightful spiritual teachings, offered as tidbits to implement into life off the mat. Her classes artfully interweave the wisdom of ancient yogic philosophy & texts with delightful banter, music & fun, challenging sequences. She is extremely grateful to her teachers and their teachers for passing on the sciences of Ayurveda and Yoga. Visit Lisa’s website for more information on her practice and offerings. For inquiries on private lessons please contact Lisa at lisaschrempp@aol.com
Class Schedule:
Tuesday, 10am-11:45am, Ashtanga L2/3
Thursday, 10am-11:45am, Ashtanga Playdate, L2
Friday, 8am-9:15am, Community Flow, L1/2
Sunday, 11am-12:45pm, Ashtanga, L1/2
Karine Zinkowski took her first Hatha yoga class in NYC many years ago and was hooked instantly. She completed her first teacher training in Tucson at The Providence Institute with Maria KaliMa and Tom Beall in 2005. Karine is prenatal certified and has completed 100 hours of Functional Yoga Therapy. She most recently completed extensive yoga training with certified Anusara teachers Darren Rhodes and Christina Sell in 2010 and has had the honor of attending a teacher training with Sianna Sherman. Karine aims to cultivate a sense of empowerment in her students and likes to keep classes fun and approachable. Karine teaches the Community class on Tuesday mornings, offering students an invitation to meet their edge and celebrate it.
Class Schedule: Tuesdays, 8am-9:15am, L1/2