Erin Cook is a certified yoga teacher and lifelong dancer. She received her 200 hour certification at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, training with Megha-Nancy Buttenheim and Devarshi-Steven Hartman. A teacher of ballet and fitness, Erin mixes vinyasa flow into her classes, as well as strength building poses and breathing techniques. Erin’s yoga teaching embraces the simple truth that the study of yoga is more than a series of poses. Yoga also embodies a lifestyle that coaches us to discover our authentic selves and to stay truthful to who we are. Erin is the Director and Founder of Hand to Heart Yoga located in Buffalo, NY.

Jennifer Russo, MA, RYT, has been a professional educator since 1998 and has been teaching yoga since 2004.  Her life path with yoga was solidified during a spiritual exploration in South India in 2008.  Jennifer brings her full attention, light heart and a keen eye in her work with yoga. Her clients benefit from her knowledge and continued education in yoga research, anatomy and kinesiology, breathing exercises (pranayama), meditation and sound work.  Specialized yoga sessions are also inspired by the enormous contributions of B.K.S. Iyengar where emphasis is on proper alignment, breath awareness and innovative use of props. In March 2010, Jennifer will complete a professional training with Matt Sanford, a pioneer in adapting yoga for people living with disabilities.   Jennifer expresses deep reverence to the following elite yoga teachers who continue to share in their masterful ways: Paula Renuka Heitzner, François Raoult and Petrina Plecko.