Our Teachers

We really love our teachers, and we are sure you will too. They are the heartbeat of our community, connecting you to your practice and to each other at the same time.

They are incredibly unique in their offerings, combining their life experiences and teaching knowledge with specific lineages and modalities, to curate a truly one of a kind class for you.

Get to know a bit more about each of them below.

  • Rachel Hirsch

    Co-Founder

    Rachel first fell in love with yoga during university in Austin, Texas and has been exploring her practice ever since.

    Having completed 1,000+ hours of training since qualifying in 2015, Rachel’s classes are vibrant and thoughtful, and combine creative sequencing with attention to alignment.

    Expect strength based vinyasa flows built around music and breath, which blended with her spirit and laughter makes class playful and energizing.

    Rachel’s guidance allows you to build strong practices and strong community at the same time, with purpose and presence.

  • Jonelle Lewis

    Co-Owner

    Jonelle began practicing yoga as part of her path to awakening and healing, and when teaching invites her students to do the same.

    She believes in peoples need to truly see and connect to themselves, and uses the paths of yoga, meditation and ritual to help facilitate that. Journeying together side by side, teaching and learning from one another.

    Expect creativity and fun challenges as you explore and play within her mandala styled classes.

  • Liz Stern

    Co-Owner

    Liz's journey with yoga at a young age during her time as a competitive figure skater. The practice provided her with a deeper mind, body, and spirit connection, but most importantly, she always felt at home with herself. 

    Yoga made her feel safe, strong, and empowered. She has over 700 hours of training during her nearly 7 years of teaching, and enters every session with the goal of helping others discover more about themselves through yoga and wellness. Drawing on her experience as a competitive athlete she offers intentional alignment-based yoga for mobility, injury prevention, pain management, and self-discovery. She hopes to inspire others to find more confidence, love, and appreciation for themselves through the practice.

  • Mel Douglas

    Mel is an inspiring teacher and founder of the Black Women's Yoga Collective and is the product of her love for black women, yoga, and community.

    In developing her personal yoga and wellness practice, it became impossible to ignore the lack of faces who looked like her in the wellness industry. Mel believes that everyone deserves access to wellness and that healing is a radical act.

    She practices and teaches yoga to empower herself and serve others in accessing their own power. It is her hope that we can uplift each other and connect for a higher purpose as a community.

  • Kyle Miller

    Kyle is an internationally renowned senior teacher and has been a presence in the Los Angeles yoga community for many years.

    She has been teaching, studying and living yoga since 2007.  She uses the practice to share tools for consciousness and joy. 

    In her classes expect spherical movement, classical postures, alchemical breathwork and plenty of humor!  She draws influence from her extensive study at Jivamukti and Katonah Yoga, from the classical yogic texts, Daoism and  Traditional Chinese Medicine.

  • Kiley Motley

    Kiley’s mission is to empower as many people as possible - helping you discover that you are stronger than you think, both on and off the mat! She creates a space for students to experience raw human connection, feel freedom in their bodies, and step into the most authentic version of themselves, knowing that who they are is enough.

    Kiley began teaching in NYC in 2016, then spent 5 years in Denver, before making her way to LA!

    Expect sweat and smiles as she brings the heat in her power and core flow classes.

  • Nicolette Ficchi

    Nicolette is an LA based reiki master, yoga teacher and health coach. Her mission is to support people in releasing feelings of stress, anxiety and overwhelm in order to live more blissful, balanced lives.

    After years of living and working in New York City with a high-stress lifestyle, Nicolette was burnt out . Struggling with hormonal imbalances and digestive issues, she decided to take her health into my own hands, using the tools and techniques discovered through meditation, yoga and reiki. The combination of holistic wellness modalities led her to experience a deep transformation on a physical, mental and spiritual level. Nicolette is now passionate about sharing these practices so others might experience the same.

  • Elyse DiBartolo

    Elyse found her love for yoga after walking into a Rocket class post college. Movement was always a part of her life coming from a dance and athletic background. Originally from the Jersey Shore she spent her days going upside down at the beach. Her playfulness comes out in her classes where she encourages everyone to invert themselves once a day.

    Over years of consistent practice she believes yoga can strengthen your body and ease your mind. Her class gives you the opportunity to develop a solid yoga practice and challenge yourself. Elyse first started teaching in Washington, DC in 2017 where she later owned a power & rocket yoga studio until moving to LA in 2022. You can expect upbeat playlists, hands on assists, and a powerful flow in her classes.

  • Synthea Gonzales

    Synthea found yoga & meditation as a lifeline to help guide and navigate her through her early years and childhood trauma.

    Although her initial training is rooted in Vinyasa, she has since refined her teachings to incorporate Yin & Restorative alongside her ever expanding exploration of sound healing and guided meditation. 

    Through her own experiences & healing, she utilizes these tools to serve others in exploring their own autonomy, healing, & truths.

  • Katherine Bradshaw

    Katherine believes yoga is for everyone and can be accessed anywhere. She infuses her vinyasa classes with mindfulness practices, self-compassion practices, and yogic philosophy.

    Her seamless style of assisting students into the body-mind connection, while keeping movement flowing, results in inspiring classes and an integrative healing experience.

    Her technique focuses on harmonizing the inner and outer worlds, leaving students feeling grounded, relaxed, and open.

  • Sabrina Rose

    Sabrina Rose began her yoga journey in Greensboro, North Carolina while completing her psychology Ph.D.

    Initially looking to improve her strength and flexibility, she was blown away by the profound sense of inner peace she experienced through the practice - eventually diving into the realm of teacher training completing over 500 hours in various styles of practice.

    Expect to leave Sabrina’s class with a sense of inner peace and physical power. Sabrina loves teaching yoga because she knows how truly life changing the practice is and knows it is her life's mission to impart this gift to others.

  • Leah Soboroff

    Leah is an LA-based yoga instructor with a Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga background. Inspired by the beauty of the collective, nothing brings her greater joy than exploring the relationship between pranayama, asana, and consciousness.

    Leah's classes are designed around exploring several different movement themes and modalities to be utilized for your everyday practical application — playing with the relationship between breath and various movement expressions like Katonah Yoga, Qi Gong, deep fascia flossing and several other mobility variations are a few of the surprises you can expect in her class. 

    As a teacher, she integrates her love for yoga philosophy into classes, aiming to cultivate space and provide tools for the students to access compassionate self-inquiry both on and off the mat. 

  • Steph Stock

    Originally from Wisconsin Steph has been a global citizen living in Australia, Brazil and Spain before settling in LA.

    Her yoga practice was born following her college career as a track and field athlete. The relief for tight hips and stiff lower back, combined with the challenge of creating shapes, and the presence and concentration required to complete a class delivered a similar state of bliss that she found on the track. 

    Steph’s love of movement covers multiple forms of yoga as well as mat pilates and barre.

    Her classes are described as ‘intensely intentional’, and believes that the yoga mat is a safe place - offering peace, encouraging play and allowing everyone to unpack the lessons gathered throughout the day.  You can expect flows to be dynamic, progressive and hopefully a fun new way to approach familiar shapes. 

  • Tiff Leo

    Community is in this Latina’s blood! Tiff is a Yin Yoga & Sound Meditation Facilitator that’s focused on sparkling from the inside, out.

    From NYC to LA, there is a trail of inspired, empowered and energized individuals she’s been blessed to touch. After following her heart to move across the country, and feeling so lonely being away from her NYC bubble & family - Community was the catalyst to Tiff’s yoga journey and is also what inspired her to teach!

    Her classes are immersed with the teachings of mindful living and incorporate elements from all her modalities of study.