Susan Johnston

Susan has been practicing yoga for over 6 years and in 2010 completed her 200 hour Teacher Training with Shanti Shanti Yoga School. She is looking forward to expanding the variety of classes here at the studio. She enjoys keeping her classes fresh and fun with great music, and changing poses (asanas) along with the seasons, Come and breathe with her and take your practice to the next level...

Angela Saucedo

I fell in love with yoga about six years ago. I was an active sports person, running, cycling, hiking and such and when someone asked me to join them at a yoga class, I thought~who wants to sit around chanting? Boring! So I was taking a kick-boxing class and the instructor offered an opportunity to stay for yoga practice. I was with a friend so we figured, okay! Sure! After that first class, I was hooked. I realized that this was a life changing practice. I was given the opportunity to really rest and feel my own strength, in a different way. I immediately signed up for classes! After which I found a lovely studio and wonderful guide who saw my passion for yoga and suggested I become a teacher. I completed my Level 1 training with YogaFit and began teaching in 2006. After I began to teach, the beautiful gifts of students were so uplifting and I began to l want to learn more and more about the awesome perfection of the universe, so I decided to study and obtain my 200 Hr Certification through the Yoga Den in Corona. What an amazing experience! I am now on my way to obtaining my 500hr Certification and becoming an ERYT instructor! Yoga changed my life right after that first class! It began this glorious journey of discovery and joy! And ultimately led me to Deep Dog Yoga Studio. I started as a teacher and then became an owner! If you would have told me that 4 years ago, I would practice yoga daily, meditate, be a yoga teacher and own a yoga studio, I would not have believed you! I am grateful for this amazing gift and am so thankful that I can share my love with all of you! That's what happens when we try let go and let the universe guide us. It leads us to our perfect place.

Lisa Granger

Lisa Granger took her first Yoga class in 1998. As a long time runner who has participated in many races and competed in triathlons, Lisa noticed her flexibility and abdominal strength improving as her yoga practice grew. Eager to learn more, she has taken different styles of Yoga classes and completed her 200 hour training with Shanti Shanti Yoga School. Lisa’s classes will always include corework. She believes a strong foundation helps posture and balance needed throughout life.

Lisa is also a Physician Assistant who graduated from Western University of Health Sciences. She is board certified in Primary Care and Surgery.

In her spare time, she’s a southern California girl who enjoys camping, mountain bike riding , kayaking and paddle boarding. Her long term goal is to achieve her 500 hour Yoga certification, incorporate Ayurvedic healing, the sister science of Yoga into her practice and who know’s maybe lead retreats to New Zealand!

Mitra Sell

Mitra’s yoga practice began in 2001. Mitra’s growing desire to share, teach, and encourage others in their Yoga practice compelled her to earn her 200 hour teacher certification through Yoga Works, Costa Mesa in 2006. She has attended several workshops over the years, including Partner and AcroYoga with Caralyn Cohen, Arm Balances and Backbends with Darren Rhodes, Inversions and Arm Balances with Krista Cahill, and Dharma Mittra.

Mitra holds licenses in clinical social work and educational psychology. She enjoys learning new challenging poses and encouraging her students to link breath with movement. She offers a strong and playful vinyasa flow yet encourages students to listen to their bodies and practice accordingly. Her goal is to create a safe, fun and challenging environment in which to grow your practice.

Jody Theissen

Jody with her daughter Emily.
Phots taken in Alabama Hills
outside of Lone Pine off 395.

Jody Theissen brings to light the depth of the Yogic practice through a heart-centered approach. An ardent student of the practice herself, she continually looks for new ways to de-mystify and bring this ancient art to life in our contemporary and at times chaotic world.

“I believe in the power of the breath as it serves to still the judgmental and cacophonous mind. By allowing the breath to work efficiently and effectively through the physical and energetic body, we gain access to the secrets of health and ease by allowing the release of stored up stress and tension which inevitably leads to dis-comfort and dis-ease,” states Jody.

“We all have to power to change the way we view ourselves as well as how we view this world we live in. Yoga provides us with the vehicle to continue on our journey towards self- understanding and our undeniable link to all that is divine. By opening the heart we gain incredible insight that teaches us how to make better and more intelligent choices that benefit not only ourselves but also those around us.”

Jody currently holds a Yoga Alliance 200 hour certification through Cloud Nine Yoga. An ardent reader, she continues to study the works of ancient and contemporary masters, Yogic texts and commentaries as well as attend various workshops and retreats in effort to enrich and engage her students in each and every class.

Sue Sterlace

My yoga journey began about 8 years ago. I found myself with a lot of stress and needed a positive outlet. I tried working out to DVD's at home and eventually walked into a studio, then found myself practicing 6 days a week, reading everything that I could get my hands on and bringing whatever I had learned in class to my friends, co-workers and family. Finally, I made the decision to go through teacher training, so that I could teach my friends correctly.

I graduated from Cloud 9 Yoga Teacher Training in December 2008. I have a deep passion for yoga and for music, so depending on my mood, my classes can range from classic rock to disco, from alternative to classical and everything in between. I am getting ready to embark on my 500 hour training. I have taken classes from amazing instructors all over the country including Erich Schiffmann and Shiva Rae.

Glen Swindler

Visit Glen at:
Old Towne Yoga

Glen has completed the Yoga Alliance’s 500 hour Teacher Training program and has over seventeen hundred hours of teaching experience. Glen’s path has also guided him to become a Thai Yoga Practitioner, certified in the States and in Thailand, returning with two additional styles of Thai Yoga.

Glen also has a deep background in Ayurveda “the sister science of Yoga”, the ancient holistic practice of India using opposites to achieve balance. He is an Ayurveda Health Practitioner through the California College of Ayurveda, and continues his studies in this holistic art. Glen’s intuitive nature creates yoga classes that will keep you inspired by weaving the ancient foundations of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Thai Yoga to build strength, flexibility and balance into your life.