Providence Power Yoga East

Allison is a motivated yoga teacher with over 3 years of experience leading Vinyasa and Hatha yoga classes. She leads slow, strong, progressive sequences; setting a foundation in one class and then building upon it’s themes over the next several weeks. Allison is a prop advocate and often uses props to enhance and support her flow classes. Her goal as a teacher is to guide students of all levels to discover confidence within themselves, as she has found through her studies. She is continually learning and plans to begin her 300 hour training in October 2020. She believes that yoga is a transformative practice for both body and mind and seeks to inspire others on this path.

Danielle began her yoga practice 6 years ago while battling depression. She was invited by a friend to a yoga class and was immediately surprised at the profoundly positive affect it had on her whole life. As her practice of meditation, mindful movement and breathing improved, she began to notice other aspects of her life improving as well. She began a healthier lifestyle, substituting late nights out for early morning yoga classes. Finding balance in a pose allowed her to find balance in her life. Seeing the vast improvement of her mental, emotional and physical self that yoga offered, she knew she wanted to share this practice with others. She traveled to Rajesthan , India in 2013 where she completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training. While in India, she fell in love with the spirituality and the rituals connected to the practice. You will often times hear her tell stories of the Hindu gods and the relationships they have with the poses in class. Her Vinyasa classes are breath centered, passionate, challenging at times and always free of judgment and competition.

Director of Studio Operations
Amy started practicing Yoga at Providence Power Yoga on February 2, 2014 to help recover from an injury. Having benefited greatly from her experience, she decided to pursue teacher training and completed her 200 hour certification at PPY in 2016. Amy has held several roles at the studio. She started at the front desk in 2015, became Yoga advisor and studio manager in 2016. Because of her skill and commitment to the studio and our clients, Amy has recently taken on the role of Director of Studio Operations. Amy practices Yoga regularly and enjoys teaching classes at PPY as well.

Natalie Darmohraj RYT-500

JoEllen is the owner of Providence Power Yoga and RYT 500 yoga teacher. Her very first yoga class was a Baptiste Power Vinyasa class. The feeling she had after class was a mix of joy, relief and a little anxiety. But she had found her home. JoEllen’s background is in Baptiste Yoga, having completed over 200 hours at Baptiste Level I and Level II, and The Art of Assisting. In 2014, she completed Theresa Murphy’s 500 hour Advanced Teacher Training which emphasized the subtle body and therapeutic yoga. JoEllen has attended numerous workshops and continuing education series including a seven week Yinyasa series led by Theresa Murphy. JoEllen’s classes could be described as alignment based vinyasa, and her teaching style is skillful, encouraging and supportive.

Sonig has been practicing Vinyasa yoga since running injuries left her seeking an alternative outlet for stress, anxiety and physical strength and wellness. Yoga quickly became a regular practice and, years later, Sonig decided to pursue her 200 hour teacher training at a Live, Love, Teach affiliated studio. Sonig focuses on breath, flow, strength and creativity. She enjoys giving students physical and mental challenges as well as a reprieve from the ceaseless activities of daily life.

Shannah has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 20 years. From the start of her journey with Iyengar Yoga and the esteemed teacher, Patricia Walden, she knew she had found her life’s path and calling. She went on to get certifications from Kripalu Center and Eyes of the World Yoga Center in Providence. A perpetual student, throughout the years, she continues to do yoga trainings, workshops and classes. She is honored to have studied with many wonderful teachers including Rodney Yee, Shiva Rae, Seane Corne, Eric Shiffman, Richard Freeman, David Swenson, Kathryn Budig, Barbara Benaugh, Rolf Gates, Schyler Grant, Paul Grilley and Annie Carpenter. Her eclectic style draws from many styles and traditions, and is ever evolving. Her classes are known for being challenging, contemplative, mindful, precise, passionate & empowering. “The practice of yoga has been a personal lifeline, a means of navigating everything in my life. Embracing the moment to moment experience, I am continually brought back to mindful attention and conscious choice. Yoga and teaching keeps me grounded and grateful.”

Julie Diana Shore teaches yoga to share what the practice brought into her own life. A California native, she has called Providence home since 2009, moving here after completing her BA at Bard College. She received her teaching certification from Eyes of the World Yoga Center and continues to deepen her studies as she builds her teaching practice. Her classes translate a technical knowledge of vinyasa asana practice, with underpinnings of yogic philosophy that point to developing mindfulness and compassionate awareness. She teaches from her direct experience of yoga as an inclusive, energizing and empowering practice.

RYT 200, RYT 500, E-RYT 500
Caroline pope peavy is a yoga and movement practitioner and teacher. She began studying yoga after her first child was born in 2002, and was certified in a 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga training in 2011 and 500-hour Hatha Yoga in 2014 with Theresa Murphy which she repeated the following year to dive deeper. Over the years Caroline has continued to learn and re-learn about strength training, mobility, pain science, biomechanics, and somatic movement. She partners a yoga teacher training yearly with studio owner JoEllen Hockenbrough and Shannah Green. Caroline is a creative thinker in the yoga and movement community and is known for her dynamic way of blending strength and functional movement and asana.
Her classes are progressive, folks who have been attending for a few weeks will begin to see common themes and building blocks. Her classes always end with a cool down and final relaxation, leaving people feeling surprisingly calm even after a strength-based class. Caroline’s classes involve getting up and down from the floor, some people might want additional padding for their knees. Depending on the class a variety of props will be used, typically a 10-15lbs weight, kettlebell, a long resistance band, blocks, strap, blanket, dowel, therapy balls, bolster.

Gabrielle hails from North Western Maine. They've been practicing yoga since 2011. They studied Kadam Dharma and meditation at Nagarjuna Centre in Leicester, England. They completed their first 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training at Providence Power Yoga in 2017. Their passion is learning functional and sustainable movement, to help people build strength and stability. To this end they completed another 200 hours with Lara Heimann in 2021.

Robin began practicing yoga and fell, quick and hard, in love with the physical practice. Always an athlete, yoga provided not only strength training, but a delicious sense of full body ease, not something she usually associated with “working out.” And when the opportunity arose to take a teacher training, she jumped in. Robin had no intention of teaching, only wanting to learn more about the physical benefits of asana, and to begin to dive into the history and philosophy of a practice that was quickly transforming not only her body, but her sense of calm and wellbeing.
Robin trained in Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga right here at Providence Power Yoga, earning her 200 hour RYT in February of 2016, and began teaching in April of the same year. She approaches the asana practice as a way to explore the body and mind with curiosity and joy. By creating strong, sometimes unusual sequences based on the foundational postures, students build strength and security. Steady vinyasa flow, supplemented with graceful organic movements (and just a little fun) allows the student to find their own freedom of expression on the mat.

Robin completed her additional 300 hr training with Theresa Murphy.

Lea has consistently practiced yoga since the start of 2003 - and in 2018, she decided to deepen her practice and received her 200-hr vinyasa yoga teacher training certification from Providence Power Yoga. Lea is also a NASM certified personal trainer and Pilates Mat and Barre instructor. In addition, Lea works as a professional dancer - a performer, choreographer and teacher with local and New England - based dance companies. With this, Lea enjoys challenging her students with variety: incorporating her knowledge from various movement practices into each of her yoga classes.