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.

Caroline Billings

After dancing professionally for 20 years Caroline began practicing yoga in Los Angeles with Bryan Kest. She has studied with a wide variety of teachers throughout California. For the past two years she has been practicing at Kaya Yoga and completed her teacher training with Kia Mieux in March of 2008. Caroline has a BFA from The Juilliard School in dance, an MPT from the University of Pacific in Stockton and is also a certified massage therapist. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is studying yoga therapy with Doug Keller. While still evolving, her teaching style blends her dance and physical therapy backgrounds in classes that incorporate alignment principles with a graceful flow through asanas.

Andrea Fansler

Growing up in Czech republic, I was introduced to body movement and yoga in my late teens. I studied dance for 4 years, modern/expression and ballroom. In the early nineties I was introduced to the teachings of Swami Maheshwarananda and his "Yoga in Daily life," studying both his method and practice. After teaching elementary school for three years, I started traveling through the States continuing my journey, working with bees for many years. Upon settling with my family in Davis, I reclaimed my yoga practice with Kia Meaux at Kaya Yoga Studio in 2007 and completed my 200-hour RYT with her in July 2009. While always a student myself, I am very excited to share my passion for yoga and body awareness with you, and am very thankful to all my past, present, and future teachers for their help and support on this path.

Amy Hillman-Siracusa

Please see Amy's Yoga Wellness Page. Amy has been a student of yoga since she lived in India as a student of comparative religion in 2004. She has studied several yoga traditions since then, including Anusara, Ashtanga, Atma Vikasa, and Sivananda. In March 2008 she completed a 200-hour teacher training at Kaya Yoga. Her exploration of yoga has been complimented by her former career as a massage therapist, and the numerous opportunities she has had to study Ayurveda, somatics, spirituality, and healing more in depth. Currently, she is working on an MA in Holistic Health Education with a focus on nutrition therapy at John F. Kennedy University.

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 on or off the mat.

Amy feels immense gratitude daily for all the teachers who have come into her life and guided her to where she is now.

Lauren Boswell

Lauren's passion for the practice of yoga blossomed when she took her first class at Kaya Yoga in January 2009. Inspired by the attitude and teachings of Kia Meaux, she completed teacher training in June 2010. Fueled by this fiery enthusiasm, Lauren continues to explore interesting forms of movement through the practices of Acro Yoga, Contact Dance Improvisation, and fire dancing. She recognizes her personal yoga practice as the foundation for this exploration. Lauren Boswell is a Massage Therapist at the Davis Holistic Health Center. She practices Thai Massage, a yogic form of massage, as well as Neuromuscular Therapy, Swedish, and Lomi Lomi styles. Gentle adjustments, flowing postures, and mindful attention to alignment characterize her classes. Lauren invites a playful approach to the study of yoga while emphasizing the power of the breath as a tool to stay present.

Lauren is grateful for the inspiring and unique family of yoga teachers at Kaya Yoga! Thank you for your guidance.

Please see Lauren's Body Therapy Massage Page

Lori Shirran (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed., RYT)

Lori has been a devoted yoga practitioner since 1994. Her experiences have familiarized her with a variety of yoga styles: Hatha, Ashtanga, Anusara, Kundalini and Iyengar. She has taken teacher training workshops from many gifted teachers, including Rodney Yee and Richard Freeman. Her background also includes 50 hrs of Vedanta training (Atlantic Vedanta Centre, St. John's NL), 100 hrs of Hatha Yoga training from Karuna Eriksen (Nelson, BC) and , 200 hrs of Hatha Yoga training from the Yandara Institute (Baja California, Mexico).

Lori practiced Karma Yoga for many years at Shanti Yoga Works in Nelson, BC and Yasodhara Ashram in the Canadian Rockies. She recently moved from Canada, where she had been teaching at T.A.Y.S. Yoga Studio, as well as within the fitness industry and corporate settings.

Lori is very happy to have found an uplifing Kula (yoga community) at Kaya Yoga, and is grateful to be learning from inspiring teachers, such as Kia Meaux and her team.