Scott Feinberg
Founder, Depth Work Coach & Teacher Training Director
I don't know where I would be on this journey without the gift of yoga. I was initially introduced to the practice in 1998 and for the first time in my life I felt at home within myself. I was and am still to this day so deeply blown away by the transformative power of this practice to meet us where we are and guide us into the places we've yet to arrive. I chose to become a yoga teacher in 2002 as a means of sharing the profound healing properties of this practice with others. Yoga has given me a place to become inward facing, to lead with curiosity and warmth, to observe my blind spots, to explore new ways to inhabit my body, my mind, and my heart.
My intention for my work as a yoga teacher and depth coach is simply to support accessing a felt sense of Self amidst the raw, messy, sacred, and beautiful journey of life.
I am an E-RYT 500 hour level teacher with over 30,000 teaching hours and have trained and mentored over 500 yoga teachers since 2009 as the Director of Kula's 200 Hour YTT and Co-Director of Kula's 300 Hour YTT. I am the Co-Founder of Kutuhala Institute of Embodiment Studies and Co-
Director of Kutuhala's Embodiment Coach Training Program. Central to my path is the notion of yoga as service, having launched yoga outreach and community service initiatives in over 100 cities across the world through my non-profit work. I have been a presenting faculty member at The Omega Institute, The Caribbean Yoga Conference, and The Omega Yoga Conference. I am the author of the book: Reverse Graffiti, The Sacred Art of Unbecoming an Amazon World Wide Top 15 New Release in both Poetry and Meditation.
Arienne Wiggins
Studio Manager | Owner of The Shop @ Kula
I remember my first ever yoga class….it was almost 15 years ago. At a time that I was exploring my substance use and what being sober would mean/look like for me.
We were seated on our mats, waiting, impatiently. Anxious, nervous, crawling out of our skin, scared.
The teacher instructed us to “relax our eyes”.
RELAX MY WHAT!?
How in the world do I relax my eyes? Don’t they just open and close!??
And. I WAS relaxed. My eyes didn’t need relaxing. (They did, in fact, need to relax. My entire being was wound tighter than a top).
I wanted to bolt. Just like I had been doing for most of my life. Running.
So….although I didn’t know or understand most of what the teacher was saying… I stayed on my mat. For the first time in my life. I stayed.
I left that space soon after, but brought something home with me….Me.
I believed something had always been missing….needed fixing….if I could just find the thing (and I tried all the things) I would be ok.
I never found “the thing”.
What I did find was a way back….inside. Where I remembered I was always, already whole and complete.
I was learning that what had been “missing” was my own Presence. That every time I looked, reached, stepped out and away from myself, I was getting lost deeper in the woods.
My yoga mat/practice became my way home. Or maybe it was one of the guides on the path that my own heart was laying out before me. My heart atlas.
Which led me to Kula Yoga Shala where I’ve been practicing as a student ever since.
My studentship eventually shifted from taking classes to embarking on the magic carpet ride that is Kula’s Yoga Teacher Training. And so in the Spring of 2019 I graduated from my 200 hour YTT and forever changed the trajectory of my life.
Since that time I was invited to be Kula’s social media coordinator, given the great honor and privilege of being a mentor in the subsequent teacher trainings, completed The Brilliance Academy Empowerment Coach certification with Amy Lombardo, host the women’s group “Wonder for Women”, and in early 2020 stepped into the role as Studio Manager. (What a year!!!)
My process has not been linear….it has taken a while to get my bearings….like walking out of the darkness into the sunshine. And. I am so very grateful to those that have walked along side me with their flashlights (literally, their heart lights) as I made my way home.
My hope is that I may be a flashlight for you when you need it.
Taylor Tollner
I fell in love with yoga while I was pregnant with my son. Through the physical asana I found a sense of connection with my most authentic Self. Ever since, I have committed to share with others how to live Yoga embodied; taking their practice off the mat and connecting with their truth.
This, for me, is the greatest gift of yoga. I am passionate about living an active lifestyle, and believe in the power of nutrition to heal the body. I am a NASM certified personal trainer, and registered with Yoga Alliance as a RYT-200 through Kula Yoga Shala. For me, the greatest gift of teaching is guiding others to their truth, and in turn, raising the vibratory field one conscious practice at a time!
Paola Cala
With a background in Art, Human Rights and Social Work, my approach to yoga is one that integrates heart, emotion, thought and action into the discovery of one’s greatness. My classes include philosophy, breathwork, chanting, meditation and movement, guiding students into the discovery of their own talents, to uncover their own power and to connect to all life with a kind, compassionate and loving heart.
My intention is to bring the essence of yoga into a simple practical way of living through the cultivation of awareness, food education and soulful practices. I specialize in teaching: Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Corporate Yoga, Kids Yoga, Meditation and Plant Based Lifestyle Coaching. I work with groups and private clients.
Lauren Hsu
Early on in my practice, I found myself entranced by the shapes. Movement into and out of these shapes created what felt like freedom in my body. As it evolved, I began to recognize that there is more to yoga than movement and exercise.
This revelation sparked curiosity. In 2014 I immersed myself into a training that I will forever value. After dedicating over 200 hours of learning, studying, and exploring a wealth of knowledge not only found in books but within myself, I earned my certification to teach yoga.
The actuality of teaching a yoga class was not something I had planned, but fast forward almost ten years, and countless breaths later…
Within those years, I became certified in teaching yoga for children, pregnant women, and SUP yoga.
Most recently my yoga practice has been remembering to breathe. Remembering that I can breathe. My own practice has had its ebbs and flows through the years, a natural evolution.
I recognize that yoga extends beyond the time spent on the mat, and that no amount of practice will lead to perfection. But that was never the point.I offer a space of practice and healing for every student to deep dive into their personal journey and meet each and every student where they are at. Yoga is truly the journey and discovery of self, Namaste.
Kaela Browne
As I’ve heard from many others, I found yoga during a very hard time of my life at 18 years old. Dealing with immense grief from loss of a family member, I stumbled upon a traditional ashtanga vinyasa practice.
With devotion to the practice, I soon realized this was not only a great workout but a deeper way to align mind, body, spirit. A way to return home to my essence by aligning the mind and heart. After a few years of solely practicing traditional ashtanga vinyasa, I began to branch out to many different types of yoga like organic vinyasa, 26&2, yin, restorative, breath-work, chanting, ecstatic dance, the list goes on.
I began to appreciate the multitude of different paths of yoga for the multidimensional beings we are, all with a common thread to return home to our essence. As Johnny Kest has shared, “You stop seeing the poses as idealized linear shapes that you try to achieve, but as tools for learning and moving towards a deeper level of self-understanding and acceptance. You no longer use your body to get into a pose, but instead use the pose to get into your body.”
My goal in teaching is to create a safe environment using the asanas to develop more bodily awareness and acceptance while diving deeper into self. I offer a short themed message for you to incorporate on and off the mat before flowing through a fun, dynamic, and powerful flow syncing breath to movement.
Jane Li
My yoga journey has been my healing journey for the last ten years. Yoga made a miracle of healing in me. The power of devoted, consistent and mindful yoga practice helped to restore the health to my body, the evenness to my mind and the vitality to my soul, and the journey continues on. It has been both outer work and inner work on and off my yoga mat. Today I continue on this life long learning and healing journey with my outmost gratitude and humbleness for yoga and for our community.
It is my great honor to hold a safe space for people who come to roll their yoga mats out to practice with me, to serve as a gentle and respecting guide, to be there to assist them to feel free to explore their potentials, to create an environment where they feel loved and safe to connect within, and to witness their unique yoga journeys along the way.
Jan Hanniford Goetz (Priti Sandeep)
I followed my first passion in life into an extremely rewarding career in dance, performing in companies in New York, Italy, and Holland.
Always deeply guided by spirit, my introduction to Kundalini Yoga, in 2008, eventually led to Los Angeles and my mentor Tej Kaur Khalsa. Tej is among the first generation of Yogi Bhajan students. Appointed Custodian of the Archives of the Teaching of Yogi Bhajan, she is a recognized authority on yogic knowledge. And, for me, continues to be a beacon of light and grace.
I took my Level One Kundalini Teacher training and several level two modules with Tej, Harijiwan, and Guru Jagat at the Ra Ma Yoga Institute in Los Angeles.
I am deeply committed to sharing the powerfully transformative technology of Kundalini Yoga with reverence and love.
Amanda Medell
As a girl from Utah who doesn’t enjoy colder weather it was a welcome invitation when a friend suggested that we take a Hot Yoga class. Just one class sparked something in me and I was hooked! During that phase of my life I had been struggling with my health and moving through a lot of physical pain. Practicing yoga asana gave me tools to turn down the volume of that pain and since 2010 I’ve explored many styles of yoga. In 2024 I completed 500/hrs YTT and these days, as a Yoga teacher I enjoy playing in the spaces between and beyond the postures including soma, pranayama, guided meditation and sound to create a unique experience and safe space for my class.
I am passionate about being a student of yoga and sharing the tools that I gather along the way. This path of yoga has helped me through the hardest times of my life and has reminded me time and again that I am always already enough!
Travis Suit
As a lifelong athlete, I've cultivated a deep understanding of the mind-body connection through years of personal practice in various physical disciplines. My path into QiGong and Kriya Yoga began as a natural extension of my commitment to holistic wellness, blending physical fitness with mental clarity and spiritual balance.
In addition to my work with QiGong, I have a successful entrepreneurial background, having launched Piper's Angels Foundation, a non-profit that serves families living with cystic fibrosis. The experience of social impact and serving a chronic illness community has honed my ability to inspire and lead others; skills that I thread into my teaching.
My classes are light hearted and fun, focus on inner harmony, resilience, and the integration of ancient wisdom with modern living, making them accessible and empowering for people from all walks of life.
Tara Beaulieu
My name is Tara Beaulieu, and I am a certified 200-hour RYT specializing in gentle, slow-style yoga and meditation. I love using props for support and offering a wide range of variations to accommodate all bodies. Yoga holds a special place in my heart. In a world full of uncertainty, yoga consistently provides exactly what I need.
Every time I step onto my mat—whether as a teacher or a student—I feel a deep sense of "I am here, I can exhale now. Everything will come together somehow, just breathe."
It is truly an honor to share this gift of connecting breath to mind, to inner wisdom. I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to pass it on.
Sarah Steele
I first started practicing yoga in 2004 simply to get fit. I quickly realized something else occurred while on my mat: my anxious mind slowed down, and I discovered a deep sense of peace and contentment. I often wondered why…deep down I knew there was something happening beyond the movement and exercise. In 2024, I enrolled in teacher training at Kula to deepen my practice and find out. I never expected I would tap into a source within me that would open my heart to sharing this experience with others.
As a yin yoga teacher, I strive to create a space where students can fully experience themselves while truly embodying the essence of yoga. Together, we explore the depths of who we are through meditation, mindful movement, and our breath. Each practice is one of kindness and gratitude for the body and soul. Understanding that every person is on a unique path, my intention is to offer guidance by meeting each individual exactly where they are, without judgment or expectation.
Cassidy Wagner
My yoga journey began at a young age by practicing and experimenting in my backyard. Little did I know that yoga would open my eyes to the mind body connection that sometimes seems to be lost in our fast paced society. Yoga became such a powerful modality, outlet, and way of being in my life. After years of going to classes and pacticing on my own, I decided to complete my teacher training at Kula Yoga Shala.
As much as I am a yoga teacher, I am also a forever student that is inspired to take my knowledge for this sacred practice further and share that with others. Yoga is a gift that sparked the fire of transformation within me, and that is what I want to share with others, and help them remember too. While yoga is a physical practice, it is also a place for self-discovery and offers the ability to re-learn the felt experience and gift of what it means to BE human. I hope to be a vessel that can aid my students up the path to becoming their most authentic, aligned, and best selves.
Ali Coulas
For me, teaching and practicing yoga is a vehicle of self-expression in its most divine essence. Even more so, it has awakened an energetic force of inner power & potential, yogis know as prana, that has been so life-giving. Each time I show up to my mat, I deepen this connection with my soul's truth & like a compass, it guides me through life's journey.
As a birth-worker, I have gratefully been witness to over a thousand beings birthed into this Earthly realm. I recognized the same magic (prana) awaken within women during childbirth -time & time again, and now, with clarity, see it as a conduit for spiritual transformation & transcendence.
My prenatal yoga class is a devotion to honoring childbirth as a sacred rite of passage, as well as, an offering to women as they journey into motherhood. My intention is to be a guiding light on the path to awakening. My wish is that all the moms, the moms that were, are, & will be, not only be free from suffering, but be spiritually transformed within the divine feminine matrix of creation.
I guide my students to drop into their own present experience through meditation, conscious breathing & movement, sprinkled with embodiment practices that integrate the mind, body, & spirit.
I'm here to remind you that you are safe, supported, & more powerful than you could ever imagine. You are pure magic, mama!
Jai Ma
Karen Loveless
I started practicing yoga 20+ years ago, and like many of us, it began as a primarily physical practice. But when I suffered a devastating loss, yoga became my rock. I found solace in the asanas that I couldn't find elsewhere. Over the decades my practice has ebbed and flowed, but has remained my steady place to find connection with myself and with a sense of the divine.
As I approached retirement I felt drawn to shift gears into a more authentic way of living and connecting. Yoga became my path. Teaching yoga feels like an expression of yoga itself; the more I share of myself in support of others, the more my practice deepens, and the more I have to offer. It's such an honor to carry forward the tradition that has carried me.
Mindy Wallace
I was first introduced to yoga over a decade ago while living in NYC as a professional dancer. Over the years, as I experienced the many highs and lows of my dance career, I kept returning to yoga, feeling the support it offered my mind and body. I began to dive deeper, participating in various trainings and workshops, and was blown away by the inner tools we have access to at all times. Later, after experiencing an old injury return due to no real known reason except stress, it was through meditation that I was able to heal. This experience completely shifted my life and opened my mind and heart to what is possible within us. I ended up leaving NYC and moved back home to Florida, where I am very grateful to have found Kula Yoga Shala and its community.
Thankful to the many wonderful teachers I’ve had on my path so far and as a 200 Hr Kula Yoga Grad, I am honored to be able to share practices that support inner healing and offer a more intentional, aligned way of living.
Jane MacNeille
I have been practicing yoga for more than 20 years and teaching since 2020, when I completed the RYT-200 program at Kula Yoga Shala. In 2025 I completed additional education with the Kutuhala Institute of Embodiment Studies and I am currently continuing my training in a 300-hour advanced certification.
My classes reflect the way I love to practice: strong, dynamic, and deeply flowy vinyasa. I’m passionate about smart sequencing and functional movement, and about using the breath to turn a physical practice into a moving meditation.
For me, spirituality doesn’t belong to a select few. One of my deepest intentions as a teacher is to make the heart of yoga accessible and welcoming to everyone – to show that anyone can experience presence, connection, and a sense of the sacred without needing special language or beliefs. I aim to guide in a way that feels grounded and relatable, and my hope is that students leave class feeling stronger, clearer, and more capable, carrying that same awareness and confidence back into the real, everyday world.