Inlet Yoga

Mom, daughter, teacher, business owner, recovering fashion designer; like many, life demands we wear numerous hats.

Currently, I own and manage Inlet yoga studio which includes heading up and coordinating workshops, classes, and teacher training. In multitasking, I have found time to be a new mom, teach yoga, run the 200-hour RYT training program, as well as be a talent scout for some of the most amazing instructors at the Jersey shore and NYC area.

I began practicing yoga in my mid-twenties as a way to take that “one day off” from training for marathons, biathlons, triathlons as well as basically blow off a lot of steam from a corporate day job. What began as a “day off” threaded through years of practice and continual study. I am most grateful to my teachers, most notably Dana Trixie Flynn and Sheri Celentano of Laughing Lotus where I have almost 1000 hours of training, Baron Baptiste Level 1, Tari Prinster (yoga for women cancer survivors) and currently I am embarking on the 200-hour advanced Katonah training with Ivy Ray.

My practice is a potent tool to help endure and thrive in life physically and mentally. Yoga gives me the tools to live a well-lived life. I will never call myself a “yogi” or do care to; my aim in this life is the importance of being a good human to myself and others.

Carrie has been a devoted member of the yoga and wellness community since 1983 when she first became a group exercise instructor and personal trainer at the Four Seasons Health Club, during her freshman year at Glassboro State College, NJ. After graduating with a B.A. in Marketing/Finance Carrie continued teaching classes and working one on one with clients in her hometown of Point Pleasant Beach, NJ., and expanded her services in healthy lifestyles by founding a school food service management company.

Gerald is an attorney turned yoga instructor. He began his yoga journey five years ago but has been an avid health and wellness practitioner for more than a decade. He is the father of six beautiful children and the husband of Yulady Saluti, also a yoga instructor. Connect with him on Instagram          @GeraldSaluti

Ellen is an E-RYT 500-Hour, YACEP certified yoga instructor with a library of yoga classes and writings featured by Yoga International. Ellen teaches public and private classes, training, and workshops nationally, and offers mentoring sessions to certified teachers seeking to explore and develop their own authentic voice.

“I think our world moves at a very fast pace and in that chaos, we can lose ourselves. I teach - and I practice - because yoga is the anchor that keeps bringing me back to my own heart.” Ellen

Allison C Kane, E-RYT 500, YACEP
Allison’s goal in teaching is for people to have a better understanding and
awareness of their bodies and to joyfully accept and celebrate who they are.
Through a blended approach of learning and playing, she strives to balance
information and fun in all of her classes – inviting folks to enjoy their yoga
practice and transform their lives.
A yoga practitioner since the mid-90s, Allison began teaching in 2009. She
completed both her 200 & 500-hour Teacher Training at DIG Yoga in
Lambertville, NJ, and is registered with The Yoga Alliance as both an E-RYT 200
& 500-hour instructor and as a Continuing Education Provider. While Allison
began teaching from an Alignment-based perspective (within the Anusara
school) her approach has shifted to a focus on embodied movement. Her
emphasis tends to be one that combines a balance of both stretching and
strengthening – with a passion for anatomy and therapeutics. Allison is
also a certified instructor in Yoga Tune Up®, The Roll Model Method®, and Yoga
For All®. In addition to her teacher trainings, Allison has studied with notable
movement educators such as Tom Myers, Jules Mitchell, Jillian Pranksy, Leslie
Kaminoff and Jenny Otto.
Offerings by Allison include a range of Hatha Yoga classes in addition to classes
and workshops that focus on self-massage and myofascial release. She has
demonstrated her teaching capabilities at a variety of studios on Jersey
Shore.

Kate is a North Jersey native but has lived by the Jersey Shore for 3 years now with her husband and dog, Larry. She has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and started on this journey as a way to find stress relief and recover from marathon training during her college years. Kate has taken all forms of yoga classes, including restorative, hot, Katonah, chair, seasonal, vinyasa, and yin.

Kate is a teacher and behaviorist in a local public school district and often uses yoga and meditation techniques to help her students to self-regulate their emotions. She is currently a student in the Inlet 200-hour seasonal yoga teacher training and has been practicing with Inlet for almost 2 years. Kate has completed a course called Trauma-Informed Yoga for Youth through YogaEd Academy and she is interested in continuing her studies of how yoga can help all humans activate their parasympathetic nervous systems and feel safe in their bodies.

Born and raised at the Jersey Shore, Adriana has a strong appreciation and connection to nature and the beach. She has been practicing yoga for over ten years and is currently enrolled in the 200 Hour Teacher Training at Inlet Yoga in Manasquan, NJ. Adriana is a high school art and graphic design teacher and weaves yoga and meditation practices into her art lessons. Constantly inspired by the shifting seasons and tides of the ocean, Adriana finds comfort and balance in life by appreciating the beauty that can be found by embracing continuous change and living in tune with nature. Her main focus in both the classroom and studio setting is on empowering her students, building strength and self-confidence, and learning to take care of oneself both physically and mentally.

Cassandra Hall, “Sandy” is a native of Sea Girt, N.J., and has lived and traveled in many places throughout the world and in the U.S. At heart, she is a free spirit, with a great passion for travel, culture, and nature, especially the sun, beach, and ocean. Her love for yoga started when she was in the transition back to New Jersey. When seeking answers to guide her along her path, yoga helped her find like-minded people and much-needed inner work. Combining physical movement, breath, and spirituality was the perfect recipe that eventually became a career. She studied with Angela Boltz in Costa Rica, for the first 200-hour YTT, and has over 200 hours of certifications in AcroYoga, Kids Yoga, Restorative Yoga, and S.U.P. Yoga. She enjoys teaching in schools, studios, and facilities, bringing yoga to everyone. Sandy’s passion for music shows up in her classes, and she typically leads an uplifting, moderately paced, vinyasa flow class. She is constantly inspired by many different yoga styles, which find a way into her sequences. Her main focus in leading a class is to make sure everyone is benefiting no matter what their experience or age.

Odeta Cole, RYT 200, RYT 500

Born in Lithuania and raised with a love for nature, the connection that Odeta feels on the
yoga mat is similar to the connection that she feels with the earth around her. As a result,
she strives to blend physicality and spirituality into her classes. Specializing in
alignment-based yoga, her classes emphasize both breath-driven movement and an
understanding of body mechanics. She believes that through our physical yoga practice,
we can expand and reshape our inner world as well as the world around us.
Students love the way she uses wry humor to help them bump up against their edges and
grow. As Henry Ford said, “if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve
always gotten.”
Odeta completed her 200-hour training at Reflections Yoga with Paula Tursi and Peter
Kaaberbøl Kristensen and is near completion of her 500-hour training at DIG Yoga with
Sue Elkind and Naime Jezzeny. As a supplement to this training, she studies regularly
with her mentor Allison Kane.

Avita Kennedy: 200 RYT Yoga Alliance

Avita began practicing in 2003 and she instantly experienced the benefits of yoga. She soon developed a consistent practice and decided to become a yoga teacher.  In 2007 she earned a 200-hour certification and shared her knowledge and experience with her middle school students and members of the community. Personally, her practice continuously grows, evolves, and expands. Most recently she earned another 200-hour certification at Inlet Yoga of Manasquan under the inspiring tutelage of Jennifer Vafakos, Gerry Saluti, and Allison Kane.  Avita truly believes in the healing nature of yoga and enjoys sharing this experience with others.