The Woodlands Yoga Studio

I trust & believe in the Ashtanga Yoga System, it has a primal potency like nothing else I’ve ever experienced.  This system serves as the foundation of my teaching.  Ashtanga teacher, Ronald Steiner, describes the system exquisitely.  “Yoga is, what you don’t see.  The powerful movements of Ashtanga are only the exterior surface of an internal journey.  Ujjayi breathing is the foundation of vinyasa.  The alignment of the body in asana is achieved through bandha.  Dristi completes the trio & builds the bridge, to carry the essence of the practice from the mat to your daily life”.

Sue’s involvement with the aspects of physical movement and mental well-being started at a young age with participation in dance and evolved over time into aerobics and ballroom dancing. Her migration to yoga was a natural one where she immediately connected to Anusara yoga and its heart opening philosophy.

She began her yoga training with certified Anusara yoga instructor, Vicki Beilharz, in the summer of 2004 when Vicki opened Woodlands Yoga. Then in 2006, Sue began teaching regular classes there and after two years of in depth studies, earned the teaching status of “Anusara-Inspired Yoga Instructor.” She currently teaches regular classes as well as workshops and specialty classes in Therapeutics and Restorative Yoga.

Sue loves helping people find their own internal beauty by developing their flexibility, building their strength, and connecting to their inner energy pathways. Sue places a strong emphasis on Anusara yoga’s Universal Principles of Alignment, yet her classes are light-hearted and uplifting. She continues to study yoga full time and became the owner of The Woodlands Yoga studio in November 2012.

Having the fortune of being born into a yogic family, yoga is woven into the foundation of my life experiences and is deeply integrated into my lifestyle. I have been practicing many paths of yoga; Hatha, Jnana, Karma, Bhakti and many more. I received my 200-hour RYT in 2008 and since then I have been teaching.  I now am a registered e-RYT-200

I am currently working towards my Professional Yoga Therapist certification with the Integrative Yoga Therapy program of Joseph LaPage. My passion is to help people awaken the teacher within them to heal themselves, and return to their true essence, which is inner peace.

Scott is a Senior IT Systems Engineer by day and a certified RYT 200 teacher at night. Steeped in the knowledge of meditation, pranayama and yin yoga, Scott credits yoga and meditation as the secret to his career success. He considers the exploration of one’s own being to be the single most important aspect of life. Scott is a dedicated father, husband and yogi, and when time permits an avid kayaker and freelance writer.

Kim has been a lifelong participant in physical fitness. From gymnastics as a youth through aerobic exercise and weight training as an adult, Kim has always reaped the physical and emotional benefits of an active lifestyle.

Kim began the practice of yoga in 2004 under the instruction of certified Anusara yoga teacher, Vicki Beilharz. After attending a few classes, she knew that yoga would be the next path to her physical, spiritual, and emotional journey.

In 2008, she received certification in Hatha yoga through the Yoga Institute in Houston. She furthered her studies under the guidance of Anusara yoga instructors, Vicki Beilharz and Cynthia Hughes. In 2008, she began teaching and now she continues to cultivate her skills and practice. In her classes, Kim offers students the opportunity to grow in a deeper appreciation of their individual greatness through heart centered encouragement and a playful approach to each practice.

Liz has been a practitioner of yoga since 2001 when she took her first class in Okinawa, Japan. She realized how wonderful yoga made her feel, even in the later stages of her pregnancy and immediately returned to the practice after her first child was born in 2002. Being a military wife, she recognized the great need for yoga in her daily life and realized that she could help others. A science teacher by trade, it was a natural progression for Liz to eventually decide to teach yoga at the urging of her instructor. She received her 200-hr RYT in Multi-style through the Yoga Alliance in April, 2007 and continued teaching locally in Chesapeake, Virginia.

Upon her move to Corpus Christi, Texas, she quickly found the local yoga spots and eagerly began teaching and practicing. In 2009, she began her 200-hour Anusara Yoga Immersion/Teacher Training under then certified Anusara yoga instructor, Christina Sell.

Christina’s light-hearted approach and humorous style immediately captivated Liz as did the beautiful and graceful practice of Anusara yoga.

Ever the perpetual student, Liz continues to find inspiration from her teachers and attends regular workshops. She teaches with love, enthusiasm, and humor in her classes, and she shares her love of yoga throughout the local community.

Ann began practicing yoga in 1987 at the Yoga institute in Houston. She moved to Spring in 1990 and shortly thereafter began studying Iyengar Yoga under John Friend and George Purvis. When John developed Anusara yoga, she began studying under one of his first teachers, Vicki Beilharz. For the past three years, she has been studying with Cynthia Hughes. Ann has been teaching at this studio since Vicki first opened it in 2004.

She has been blessed with amazing instructors who have shared so much with her that she wants to in turn, pass on to others.

Ann believes that yoga gives people (particularly women!) the strength, the power, and the grace to be physical in ways that they never believed possible of themselves. Her classes are conducted in such a manner that brings out the best of which her students are capable.

Ann is also a dance instructor who loves music and loves to dance.

Lauren was an All-American springboard diver at the University of Tennessee. Upon graduating with a degree in Exercise Science, she went on to chiropractic school at Palmer in Davenport, Iowa where she specialized in sports enhancement, injury prevention and rehabilitation.

Currently, she is the owner of Springboard Chiropractic & Athletic Performance.  The practice is located in the Woodlands Diving Academy gym where she also coaches. Her passion is teaching patients and athletes how to treat themselves through injury prevention techniques.

Bobbie began practicing yoga in the winter of 2000, having just completed treatment for breast cancer. Initially seeking to regain arm and shoulder mobility, she immediately connected with the heart-oriented spirit of Anusara yoga, as it provided her with the inner strength and serenity she sought to cope with the fear of cancer recurrence. As she continued to study and practice yoga, Bobbie began to realize the profound physical, mental, and spiritual benefits it offered. Her desire to share these benefits with other cancer survivors inspired her to become a teacher.

Having completed initial Teacher Training with certified Anusara yoga instructors, Betsey Downing and Vicki Beilharz, she is now immersed in training and working towards Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher status with certified Anusara yoga instructor, Cynthia Hughes. She began substitute teaching in 2007, taught a six-week Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors class in 2008, and has been teaching a regular weekly class for cancer survivors at Memorial Hermann Hospital for the past year.

Believing a class should also be fun and uplifting, Bobbie gently and clearly guides students through various yoga poses, encouraging them to go within to find their own inner strength and sense of peace. She is committed to teaching cancer survivors, those who may have chronic conditions, or anyone seeking to improve their strength and flexibility.

Katie was first introduced to Yoga in 1998 and immediately connected with the practice. She found herself utilizing her practice as a form of stress relief while in college.  Upon graduation, she ventured into the business world of sales.  The corporate world eventually became overwhelming for her ethically and mentally and she knew she needed a change.  Diving head first into her yoga practice, she realized how much she would love to share this practice with others.

She received her RYT-200 in 2012 from Yoga West, and knew from the start she wanted to teach yoga to cancer survivors.  Katie and her husband both lost their mothers to breast cancer and felt that teaching yoga would be a great way for them to give back.  She has been leading a weekly yoga class for cancer survivors for the last year at Memorial Hermann Hospital.

Katie is currently working on her RYT-500 with Yahweh Yoga.  This faith based program specializes in Yoga used as therapy.  These therapies include yoga for ailments, such as back pain, anxiety, PTSD, scoliosis, cancer, heart, pre-natal and much more.