Meet our yoga and Pilates instructors by following a link below, or scroll down for all bios:

Ingrid Anderson
Jenny Kendall
Claudia Russell
Lois Graham
Susan Hamilton
Lindsay Kreykes
Kurt Momberger
Summer Parsons

Ingrid Anderson, MS, RYT

Yoga instructor Ingrid Anderson. My classes emphasize the joy of connecting to breath in every movement, a building of strength and confidence in the body and connecting to the true self. At the heart of my teaching, I remember that I am teaching people, not asana. I continue to learn and grow with my students and in my own practice. I truly enjoy the connection with so many great people as we travel this path of yoga and I offer all that I know in honor and gratefulness to all my awesome teachers.

I am grateful to all my teachers and for the teacher training I completed in 1999 at the Yoga Connection with Priscilla Potter in the Kriya Yoga tradition. I continue my study of yoga with many great teachers, including Rama Jyoti Vernon who has helped me understand the perfection of the unity of all beings and unity of self with God.

In 2004, I completed a 200-hour Pilates Mat Teacher training with Debbie Rocha and Nancy Woods. The Pilates training has given me a greater awareness of body movement, and of core stability for increasing the long-term health of the back. My Pilates mat classes often include appropriate yoga postures (asanas) and stretches.

Jenny Kendall, MS, RYT

My journey to becoming a yoga teacher did not follow the straightest of paths. I first encountered yoga, as a child, with Lilias on our public television station. On my journey to yoga I studied several martial arts, such as Hapkido and Aikido, did research in exercise physiology for people and horses, and became a statistician. When I encountered health problems in the mid-90s, I found my way back to yoga and knew that my seeking had both ended and just begun.

I have been blessed with many wonderful yoga teachers prior to my move to Tucson from central Iowa. It was June 2005 when I was moved to pursue Yoga Teacher Training through the Providence Institute here in Tucson. This training proved to be the perfect complement to my prior experiences, and continues to help me delve ever deeper into the eight-limbs of yoga. My classes emphasize breath with movement and asana as I try to help each student to find his or her own yoga within the community of the yoga class. Through my practice of teaching, I share my learning with great gratitude to all of my teachers.

Claudia Russell, RYT

Yoga became a passion and lifestyle choice for me back in 1986, when I was introduced to a devoted follower and wonderful teacher in Augsburg , Germany. Inspired by my teacher Rosemarie Ganz I became a member of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Self Realization Fellowship and received and followed their lecture series for many years. In 1998 I finally found the yoga style I had been searching for –Integral Yoga. I trained with Swami Satchidananda personally and certified as a basic, intermediate, and advanced Integral Yoga teacher in the ashram in Virginia as well as in India . Through the Integral Yoga Center in New York City, where I taught classes, I also certified as a level I therapeutic yoga teacher with Cheri Clampett and Arturo Peal.

I am very passionate about yoga and the potential it brings to us. I am constantly searching for ways to help my students to discover how to take yoga from the mat into their daily lives –the gifts and possibilities are unlimited. Besides teaching my Integral Vinyasa Flow class, I also offer yoga as well as life coaching workshops. To find out more about me and my work please visit my website at www.russellcoaching.com.

Susan Hamilton

Throughout my life, I have been involved in sports and knew it was important to stretch, but when I moved to Tucson in the summer of 2007 and was introduced to the Yoga House at Civano, I really began to appreciate how to stretch properly. After taking my first Active Isolated Stretching class, I remarked, “That’s how my body is supposed to feel!” I rarely missed an AIS class after that.

A year later, I began teaching the AIS classes at the Yoga House after being trained by Monica Eng, who trained with Aaron Mattes (the educator who developed this breakthrough method of stretching). An eager learner, I continue to educate myself about the nuances of Active Isolated Stretching with Mattes’ and Jim and Phil Wharton’s books.

Helping people to be more flexible and stronger gives me joy and great satisfaction. Like a personal trainer, I coach students to do Active Isolated Stretching to the best of their abilities. It’s encouraging to see them being able to stretch farther and develop their muscles, being elated at their progress.

Summer Parsons

I am very excited to teach Children's Yoga at Yoga House! I taught second grade for two years and am currently teaching kindergarten. My yoga practice and teaching children have brought me great joy, so I was very excited to bring my two loves together. I recieved my certification through Rainbow Kids Yoga based out of San Fransisco, and have been enjoying promoting a love of learning and yoga to children since!

I look forward to seeing you in class. Namaste.

Lindsay Kreykes, MS, RYT

I have been practicing yoga for over 6 years and received my 250-hour yoga teacher certification from the Providence Institute in Tucson. I am certified with Yoga Alliance at the 200 hour level. My continued education has included 100 hours of Functional Yoga Therapy, an Ayurveda Intensive with Dr. Vasant Lad, and 88 hours of Svastha Yoga Therapy.

I began practicing as a graduate student at the University of Iowa to relieve stress and recover from a kickboxing-induced knee injury. With a background in microbiology and a graduate degree in public health, I have spent several years in medical and public health research. After seeing all the dollars thrown into treatment for preventable diseases, I decided to take a different approach. While still working in medical research and attending culinary school, I now utilizes tools from the Yoga Sutras to help others foster healthier lifestyles. I enjoy teaching all levels of yoga from beginners to vinyasa and power classes to senior yoga.

Lois Graham, RYT

I discovered and began my yoga practice long before the availability of Yoga classes; first teaching myself with an old paperback book, and later from Lilias Folan on PBS. Besides my yoga practice and teaching yoga, my life long loves include music, dance, books, dogs and all animals and cookies.

After years of exploration of various yoga styles I came to recognize the transformative and healing aspects of yoga on all levels of the body - physically, mentally emotionally and spiritually. Following the eight -fold paths of Yoga, I guide the student through a class that is contemplative, gentle yet strengthening, and completely breath - focused. Emphasizing the individuals needs, I encourage students to move with self awareness, and discovery leading to harmony, comfort and joy in the body, mind and spirit. I completed the 250 hour yoga teacher training program at Providence Institute. I also received additional training for teaching prenatal yoga and love working with these students as they prepare for birth.

Kurt Momberger, RYT

I began my practice over six years ago when I was working as a Certified Emergency Paramedic. Due to the taxing nature of my work, and a doctor’s diagnosis of high blood pressure and a professional recommendation to begin medication protocols at the ripe age of 27, I took the advice of a colleague and started my study of yoga. She took me to a yoga class in Phoenix, within 4 months of time my hypertension had improved dramatically. I am a great believer in the power of yoga and meditation as a subsequent result of my experience, as well as the impact that it has had on so many wonderful people that I have met as I walk my path.

I received my teacher training/ certification from the Providence Institute here in Tucson. I have studied many traditions and styles of yoga including Iyengar, Anusara, and Kundalini and I proudly integrate all of these influences into my classes. I am currently a student of the Sanskrit language and enjoy my continued study of the Yoga Sutras.

My personal interests are literature, guitars, motorcycles, the Phoenix Suns, and spending as much time as possible with family and friends. I enjoy working with all levels of students, from beginners to veterans. I pride myself on the idea that my classes can be both challenging and fun.

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