For me, it was love at first sweat! When I first found the practice over 25 years ago, I was having some lower back pain and within a couple of weeks it was gone, I was hooked and I knew I wanted to be a teacher. Fun Fact: You might say I have a Broadway flair!

After randomly stepping on my mat years ago, I knew instantaneously that I'd found the most amazing life tool. The tremendous impact that this practice has on our students is a joy to watch. Fun Fact: Other than my career in Yoga, I'm overjoyed to announce I've recently been promoted to Grandma!

After taking my first class in 2012 following years of Ballet and long-distance running, my life changed forever. Yoga not only healed my Achilles tendinitis and an injury to my MCL and meniscus, it also improved countless other aspects of my life. Fun Fact: I've taught this Yoga all over the world, including New York City, Illinois, Florida, Nice, France, and Vienna, and Austria.

I felt so incredible after hot yoga. The strength, flexibility, and mindfulness I was gaining convinced me to hang up my running shoes for good! After years of practice and dreaming of becoming a teacher, I finally told myself "if not now, when?". Fun Fact: I've been practicing at PURE since they opened their doors in 2003!

After teaching the Bikram series for twelve years in New York City, I relocated to Austin in 2018 seeking better tacos and better yoga. And I certainly found what I was looking for with PURE Yoga Texas! My teaching method is steeped in anatomical precision, insight, skill, and forming a genuine connection with each student in class. Fun Fact: I also run my own massage business, teach anatomy, and create taco quality spreadsheets.

I believe this form of yoga consistently changes to our bodies in a positive way. My classes are upbeat and I always encourage my students to be strong in their practice, but at the same time to feel safe. Students can expect a challenging and intense experience. All that I ask is that they do their best. Fun Fact: I'm a proud mother of four and now a grandmother!

I feel at home on my yoga mat and part of a vibrant community at the studio. It is not only a part of my health & well-being, much like taking a daily vitamin, but a place where I can explore fundamental aspects of humanity. Fun Fact: I recently received my Doctorate in Physical Therapy and have been known to tell a dad-joke or two.

I am continuously inspired by the student testimonials we hear on a daily basis. I love the yoga community. Musicians, artists, athletes, moms and dads, students and seniors, high techs and corporate execs—all stand side-by-side in class—improving their daily lives through yoga practice. Seeing every smiling, happy face leave our studios energizes me and is my constant source of inspiration. Fun Fact: Stay late at the studio someday and join me for my other favorite practice: Kendo (the Japanese "way of the sword")

I truly believe in the power we have to heal ourselves with this Yoga. I teach from a place of compassion, passion, and faith in the sequence and my students. In addition to teaching the Original Hot Yoga, I also teach Inferno Hot Pilates. I’m so grateful for the people (and the food!) here in Austin and at PURE. Fun Fact: I recently moved to Texas from New York, where I’ve taught and practiced for years.

I have studied Bikram Yoga extensively since 2010 after branching out from my Vinyasa practice in 2007. My love for exploration of the body and different styles of Yoga has not slowed since. I was the 2016-17 International Yoga Sports Federation champion, as well as the 2015 and 2016 United States Yoga Champion. Fun Fact: In my professional life, I am an academic research scientist specializing in the study of viruses.

I went to my first Bikram yoga class on a (hot) date and immediately fell in love with the practice. As a teacher, I strive to give every student a positive, supportive environment to discover themselves through the 26 and 2. Fun Fact: I've also taught in Tampa, Buffalo, Brooklyn and the DC Metro area.

I took my first 26 and 2 hot yoga class in 2010 during a bout of depression after I graduated college. The mental and physical therapeutic benefits created a monumental shift in my life which propelled me into yogic studies. I hope to empower people through the yoga postures, sharing them as the powerful healing tools that they are. Fun Fact: I love learning about all different styles and modalities of Yoga, and enjoy learning from teachers around the world.

Born and raised in the South of France, I first came to the United States on a three-months tourist visa to attend my yoga teacher training and "turn my passion into action". Shortly after, I moved permanently to the United States in 2013, and started teaching Bikram Yoga full-time, sharing my tremendous love for this practice. Fun Fact: I am currently working at St David’s Medical Center in Austin, as a RN in the cardiac rehab unit where I also take care of amputees and post-operative patients.