She is a Yoga Alliance 500-hour E-RYT as well as a 200-hour RYT in the Anusara Tradition. Kia is a fun, compassionate, and skillful teacher, with a profound understanding of the invaluable benefits that yoga can bring to one's life.

Mariah Meek

Mariah first discovered the joys of yoga in 1997 and has been a dedicated practitioner ever since. She has explored many styles of yoga and studied extensively with masters of vinyasa, Sivananda, and Anusara yoga. In 2003, she took her first Anusara yoga class and knew she had found her path. Mariah's classes offer a joyous blend of movement and alignment and are always designed to get the student in touch with the great joy of being. Through her classes, you will find deeper access to the body and greater opening of the heart.

Always a student, she is eternally grateful for the knowledge and support of all of her teachers, past and present. She is especially blessed by the light and wisdom of her most influential teachers: John Friend, Sianna Sherman, Michael Fukumura, and Kia Meaux.

Bhavana Mody

Bhavana Mody is new to Davis and is eager to work with a new group of students. Bhavana was exposed to yoga at a very young age, through prayers with her grandmother, visits to Hindu temples, and a significant amount of time spent in India. She takes pride in her Indian culture and loves to share this aspect of life in her yoga teaching.

Bhavana was introduced to Hatha yoga while living in the Bay Area. She received her Hatha Yoga teacher certification at Greenpath Yoga in San Francisco. Bhavana studied Hatha yoga with Kia Meaux for over a year in Marin. She has also studied with Maya Lev in Santa Cruz, where she developed an Iyengar practice.

In her classes, Bhavana offers a unique combination of Vinyasa, Hatha and Iyengar styles. Her classes consist of some Pranayama breathwork, in-depth study of particular poses, and a gentle flow of asanas. Her goal is to awaken her students’ awareness of the more subtle expressions of their bodies.

Betsy Faber

Betsy Faber compassionately teaches a balanced style of vinyasa flow and deeply restorative asanas. She has been practicing yoga since 2001 and completed the Bo Tree Teacher Training program in Davis, CA in 2004. A lifelong gymnast and athlete, Betsy found yoga in an effort to heal her body and develop mind-body balance. She guides a heart-opening practice and loves supporting others on their authentic path.

In 2004, Betsy embarked on an 18-month journey to explore yoga, cooking, backpacking and writing in Asia and the South Pacific. She practiced in residence at the Yoga Oasis Rainforest Retreat in Hawaii and participated in walking meditations for peace with the Spirit in Education Movement in Thailand and Buddha Smiles in India. She also taught yoga at Lochmara Lodge Eco-Retreat in New Zealand and enjoyed mountaintop practices while backpacking throughout the country.

Betsy is deeply grateful to her many teachers in Davis and throughout the world, and looks forward to a lifelong exploration of yoga.

Jessica Wecker

Jess' passion for physical activity began with gymnastics at the age of 2, culminating with a competitive career by the age of 9. Later on, in her teenage years, Jess was influenced by soccer, field hockey, and the interplay of teamwork. In her college years, Jess sought a balanced way to achieve physical health and peace while juggling the demands of student and working life, ending her search with the practices of both yoga and Yamuna Body Rolling.

In the yoga world, Jess first studied Ashtanga yoga, and, she participated in The Bo Tree teacher training in 2004, shortly after graduating from UC Davis with a degree in Exercise Science and a minor in Psychology. 2006 was a memorable yoga year for Jess as she became Yoga Alliance Certified, studied Tibetan Yoga, and completed the AcroYoga teacher training.

Looking for new ways to bring yoga to diverse populations, Jess began teaching yoga for toddlers, pre-schoolers, and children in 2008. Excited about the arrival of her first child(due in January 2009), Jess took an Itsy Bitsy Yoga Facilitator training for babies 0–9 months of age. As for herself, she embraced a new prenatal practice to adapt yoga to her pregnant body. Jess looks forward to sharing prenatal classes and Yoga for babies at Kaya Yoga.

Contact Jess: jess.wecker@gmail.com

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Anat Levi

The knowledge that Anat Levi accumulated throughout the years is a result of her encounter with a variety of teachers, to whom she is forever grateful. She received the significant training from Dr Udi Bilu & Mr. Ronen Catz. In addition, she was fortunate enough to participate in several workshops conducted by Shivshankar Tripathi [Shibuji] as well as in a workshop conducted by the mentors in Varanasi, India.

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Amy Hillman-Siracusa

Amy has been practicing yoga and studying holistic health since she lived in India in 2004. As a student of comparative religion and she went abroad to India to research the integration of religion and healing. While studying tribal and folk medicine she unexpectedly fell in love with yoga when one of her professors required that they do it each morning before class or fieldwork.

In the years since then, Amy studied various yoga traditions, including Anusara, Ashtanga, and Atma Vikasa. In March 2008 she completed the Kaya Yoga Teacher Training. Her exploration of yoga is complimented by her part-time career as a massage therapist and current pursuit of an MA in Holistic Health Education.

In her classes she compassionately aims to bring the benefits of yoga to her students by presenting the opportunity to become acutely aware of the breath and body in order to maintain a relaxed focus regardless of what challenges may be present in or out of class.

Amy has immense gratitude for all the teachers who have led her to where she is now including, Mansi Baindur, Chris Arcucci, and Kia Meaux.