Meet The Instructors

Madeline (Madi) has been interested in athletics all her life, participating in a wide range of activities including gymnastics, racquetball and water/snow skiing. Although she’s always been curious about yoga, she resisted actually trying it for many years. Finally in 2003 after moving to Santa Monica where yoga is a way of life, she stepped out of her comfort zone and never looked back.  Since then, Madi’s journey from corporate executive (Hallmark, Disney, The Jim Henson Company) to full time yogi has steadily progressed. She completed her initial 200 hour certification in 2014, and went on to complete an additional 300 hours in 2015. Teaching vinyasa based flow group, corporate and private classes in LA’s West Side and South Bay has become her full-time passion.

Madi co-founded HŌMTOWN Yoga in 2019 with the mission of bringing the many benefits of yoga to people of all ages and abilities. She is registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT500.

Lucero fell in love with yoga back in 2009. With every class she took she realized her mind and body was becoming different. She explored all yoga styles and found in Ashtanga her home— Ashtanga being a very physical demanding practice that synchronizes breath and movement to produce an internal heat designed to purify the body. She completed her first yoga training in 2014 and became passionate about teaching. This new found passion lead her to a wonderful group of students in the senior population, requiring a practice that is more of a restorative and gentle yoga. It was a huge challenge to teach something different than her previous areas of expertise, nonetheless; she decided to take the risk and teach the practice.

She’s done extensive trainings with Wanderlust and Yogaworks with professional instructors including Kia Miller, Noa Maze, Annie Carpenter, Joan Hyman, Matt Phippen, Lakshmi Volkshairshe. Lucero continues to grow as individual and as a teacher by listening to her body and soul.

Kim has been teaching yoga for almost 16 years. She started doing yoga because of a running injury and never looked back. She spent 4 months living at Kripula in Lenox Ma completing the Spiritual Lifestyle Program in 2001.Directly following this amazing experience; she began and completed her first 200-hour certification with Kim Valeri who is a long time Iyengar teacher. During the training she began teaching and has taught ever since. While living on the East Coast she discovered Baptiste Power Vinyasana Yoga – loving the flowing pace she earned her 200 hour certification.  Always looking for a challenge coupled with her pure passion for yoga.

Kim completed a 2-year Yoga Therapy program at LMU in 2007for a 500 hour certification. Kim’s classes combined her love and appreciation for alignment with her deep gratitude of flowing, breathing and being that is yoga.

International yoga instructor, with over 20 years of experience. His teachings have been covered and televised throughout the globe.

Flow currently resides in Los Angeles, where he continues to self-improve in the art of yoga. He offers classes to clients, including celebrities, that are eager to practice at any level.
One of Flow’s specialties is offering classes to help perfect the practice of handstands.

With a lifetime dedication, Flow has developed a perfect balance to empower ones self physically, mentally and spiritually. Oleg Flow is the founder of Game Yoga. Emphasizing breathing and gentle flowing movements to help restore connective tissue, key elements include: grace, elasticity, strengthen, balance, awareness and endurance which leads to a healthier, more fulfilling life!

Thais Tiosi is an intuitive sound healer, gatekeeper and certified reiki master. She is passionate about helping people through sound vibration where they can tap into their true self and expand their consciousness. As a gatekeeper she can hold space for you to get the medicine you need from the astral realms and have incredible visions and breakthrough.

I am Robert Bahedry and I’m based in Los Angeles, CA.

I’m a coach and a certified Breathwork Meditation practitioner in the 3-part breathing technique taught by David Elliott.

I stumbled upon the practice in 2009 at a time in my life when I was in search of a healing modality that would complement my burgeoning yoga practice. I had just completed my yoga teacher training only to discover that, alas, it was not my calling. Then came Breathwork, and my life changed in an instant.
I’ve been teaching since 2010 and have discovered that creating a sacred, safe, yet lighthearted environment in my sessions is a very powerful ‘ice-breaker.’ I grew up on a healthy diet of Monty Python so irreverence, general silliness, and self-deprecating humor are often top of the bill. An abundance of levity is very much present – as you must also be – at these sessions. It’s a great way to put everyone at ease, as I hold space for them to breathe, heal, and transform.

And, oh yeah, almost forgot … I have a didgeridoo!

Vanessa is originally from Brazil, where she completed her Law Degree at the University of Sao Paulo. After moving to Southern California, she fell in love with the yoga discipline and philosophy, which inspired her to switch careers and become a yoga instructor.

She completed 500h Teacher Training from Yoga Salt studying under the mentorship of Tamal Dodge. She continued her education and graduated from Yoga Nidra Teacher Training and Breathwork, Meditation & Neuroscience Teacher Training, studying under Alex Nashton.

Her passion is to empower students by sharing mindfulness practices that uplift the body, mind and soul, so they can thrive off the mat and access their innate self-healing potential.

She teaches all levels Vinyasa, Ying Yang, and Yoga Nidra for group and private classes. Her classes are empowering, accessible, and playful.

Michelle Scarbrough, 500 E-RYT, has been a passionate yoga instructor for 8 years, dedicated to helping others live in the present moment in their body, mind and spirit.
Michelle’s background is in Ashtanga Vinyasa where she has led many 200 hr Teacher Trainings. She has always has been in the healing and healthy lifestyle space.
Michelle comes from a family background that has suffered many diseases and she found yoga to be the key to breathe through these old programs to become a new, healthier you.

Kat (Heagberg) Rebar (eRYT-500) (she/they) has been teaching yoga regularly since 2005. Kat is the former editor-in-chief of Yoga International and co-author of Yoga Where You Are with Dianne Bondy (Shambhala, 2020). Her latest book Yoga Inversions: Your Guide to Going Upside Down will be published by Shambhala Publications in 2023. Kat has training in many different yoga schools and styles including vinyasa yoga, alignment-based styles, yin, hot yoga, Power Yoga, HIIT Yoga, and prenatal and postpartum practices.

Kat also spent several years living, working, and teaching at the Himalayan Institute where, in addition to asana, she studied Sanskrit, Ayurveda, Tantric and Classical yoga philosophy, and yogic meditation. Kat also has extensive training in dance, group fitness, and personal training. She currently serves as department chair of the Yoga Studies program at Pacific College of Health and Science, and co-hosts the yoga true crime podcast Darkside of the Mat with Justine Mastine.

Kat lives in Los Angeles with her spouse, Kyle, and together in their free time, they enjoy performing improv comedy and hosting pop-up yoga and music events in unexpected places!
Follow her on Instagram @katheagberglar.

Gaia is a certified yoga teacher who cultivated a consistent yoga and meditation practice years ago to overcome physical issues that she developed as a result of stress and anxiety. Gaia’s dynamic teaching style is influenced by Vinyasa, Hatha, Therapeutic Yoga and by her gymnastics background. She is now deepening her study in the field of Yoga Therapy. Gaia’s passionate personality provides a unique experience where she teaches her students how to find transformation through breath work, intention setting, and a deep asana practice. Gaia is full of energy, kind, extremely passionate, and lives her life by the mantra “Be Grateful & Be Faithful”.

Yogi, artist, designer, animal lover and foodie living and loving in Los Angeles. From an early age, I was trained in traditional Chinese dance in Taipei, Taiwan where I was born until the age of 13 when I moved to the US. At age 20, I tip toed myself into my first yoga class but it was not until 10 years later I started to take my practice diligently. After 4 years of practice, I decided it was time to deepen my practice and spread the joy and benefit of yoga. I received my 200 HRS RYT in April 2016. With an uplifting spirit, I aim to inspire my students to love and honor their mind and body through dedication and commitment.

Toni found a passion for yoga while studying psychology & neuroscience at the University of San Francisco. Yoga offers a physical expression of what she was learning in her studies, that the mind & body should be seen as a one dynamic system rather than as separate entities. After graduating college in 2018, she furthered her studies, earning a certificate in Holistic Nutrition & becoming a certified yoga instructor.

Toni’s classes weave together her background in psychology, neuroscience, & holistic health. She loves to practice Vinyasa, Kundalini, Restorative & Yin yoga. In addition to teaching yoga in studio & to private clients, Toni works as a professional astrologer. Her goal is to help you find peace on the mat & freedom through movement.