Rodney Yee is one of the most popular yoga instructors in the world. He teaches workshops and classes throughout the United States and in other countries, such as Mexico and Bali. His instructional yoga videos are usually among the top 10 or 20 selling health and fitness videos in the U.S. He has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNBC, CNN, PBS, many local news shows and in major publications, including The Washington Post and USA Today. He has been instrumental in the formation of Gaiam Yoga for Life™ , a non-profit organization that brings the healing, character-building practice of yoga to inner city children and communities across the country.

Jillian Hessel is a Pilates instructor in Gaiam’s A.M. Pilates Mat Workout video. A native of Tarrytown, New York, Jillian studied at George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet and on full scholarship at New York City’s Harkness House. For four years, she danced in Europe with the Balanchine-affiliated Geneva Ballet in Switzerland and with the Frankfurt Ballet in Germany. Upon her return to the U.S., she attended New York University, where she was introduced to modern dance and went on to perform with Ballet Hispanico of New York, Boston’s Dinosaur Dance Company and Dance Miami.

Madeline Lewis is an award winning fitness expert who has been the fitness instructor and/or choreographer in over 50 fitness videos, including many in the Kathy Smith series. During her 20-year career in the fitness industry she has been a sought-after consultant and a Nike elite athlete.

Seane Corn is known for her passionate, dynamic and inspirational style of teaching vinyasa flow. The sought-after Los Angeles instructor works with a dedicated celebrity clientele as well as adolescents-at-risk. She has studied with numerous teachers including Ashtanga’s Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.

Marsha Wenig is founder of the award-winning YogaKids® programme used in hundreds of schools including Montessori curriculum’s. She is a mother, certified yoga instructor and pioneer. Her imaginative, interactive teaching style developed over 20 years of working with kids.

Nicki Doane has been practicing and teaching Ashtanga yoga for12 years. Her passion for the practice led her to study multiple times with Sri K. Pattabhi Joisin India where she completed the primary through advanced series. She currently teaches with her husband Eddie Modestini in a studio overlooking the Pacific on Maui.

Patricia Walden is a classical Iyengar yoga teacher who has studied regularly with B.K.S. Iyengar for over 25 years. She is currently the director of the B.K.S. Iyengar Yoga Center of Greater Boston where she teaches classes, special workshops and teacher training program.

Rod Stryker is widely considered one of the preeminent yoga and meditation teachers in the United States. For more than 20 years, Rod has inspired thousands with his approach that he calls “Pure Yoga.” Pure Yoga empowers individuals to achieve their full (physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual) potential so they may enjoy a richer, more rewarding life. It provides the knowledge, wisdom and tools that enhance all aspects of modern life through the timeless spirit and teachings of yoga.

Suzanne Deason is a yoga instructor and certified Pilates instructor. She has been teaching yoga for more than ten years, and she has starred in more than ten instructional yoga videos for Gaiam, the leading producer and distributor of yoga videos.