Your Teachers
Amy Freeman
A dedicated yoga teacher, sound healing practitioner, and holistic wellness advocate with over two decades of experience. Beginning her practice in 1995, she transitioned from a corporate career at Neiman Marcus to teaching in 2001, deepening her studies at Yogaville Ashram under Swami Satchidananda. Based in San Diego since 2002, Amy teaches Hatha, Vinyasa, and Restorative yoga for Ripples of Healing, integrating Reiki Level 2 certification and sound healing into her compassionate classes. Currently completing her master's in Clinical Counseling with trauma-informed care focus, this devoted mother of two creates nurturing spaces where students reconnect with themselves through breath, movement, and healing sound.
Zachary Brown
A passionate yoga teacher and cancer survivor whose personal journey deeply informs his approach to wellness, healing, and mindful living. With over a decade of practice and multiple certifications—including 200-hour Budokon Yoga, Hatha Yoga, and Yin Yoga training—Zach brings a dynamic, thoughtful perspective to every class. His teaching philosophy honors each student's individuality, creating inclusive spaces where practitioners explore their own path at their own pace. Originally drawn to yoga for physical benefits, he discovered profound mental clarity and emotional grounding, especially after his cancer experience. Now teaching from resilience and authenticity, he reminds others of healing's power through mindful breathing and intentional living. His background includes seven years in Starbucks leadership, developing communication and crisis management skills that serve him in holding compassionate space for students on their wellness journey.
Anna Fernandez
A yoga practitioner of over 25 years who began teaching in 2013 after discovering yoga's power to heal her chronic scoliosis pain. What started as physical relief transformed into profound emotional and mental healing, fueling her passion to help others access their innate healing abilities. As founder of Ripples of Healing Online Community and Pier To Point Wellness and Spa in San Diego, this grateful mother of two teaches gentle flows and restorative yoga designed to create space in body, mind, and spirit. Her signature classes focus on healing the lower back, hips, and shoulders while easing stress and anxiety. A passionate advocate for women-owned businesses and single mothers, she supports organizations aiding displaced women and trafficking survivors, building a global community rooted in connection, healing, and compassion.
Lorena Oliveira
A Brazilian mystic arts facilitator, holistic children's mentor, and movement teacher with over 13 years of experience guiding individuals through soulful, embodied practices. Trained at The Soul of Yoga and various mystery schools, she blends traditional yogic lineages—Hatha, Vinyasa, and Yin—with spiritual philosophy, astrology, breathwork, and ancient wisdom traditions for an integrative healing approach. At the heart of her work is helping others reconnect with their inner truth and "I Am" presence through conscious movement and inner inquiry. Her intuitive, heart-led teaching creates sacred spaces where students explore physical practice alongside energetic and spiritual dimensions. With a gift for weaving the magical and practical, she offers deeply nourishing experiences that open doors to wonder, connection, and remembrance of the sacred within, whether working with children or adults.
Teresa Austin
A seasoned yoga teacher and certified yoga therapist with over 30 years of dedicated practice. As a 500-hour registered yoga instructor and 1000-hour yoga therapist, she brings profound knowledge integrating both physical and subtle layers of the body through the yogic koshas. Her teaching invites students to cultivate presence and vitality through breath, mindful movement, and centered awareness. Deeply inspired by the body's innate wisdom, her approach recognizes that healing occurs through subtle energy awareness and nervous system regulation. With extensive experience supporting individuals recovering from trauma and addiction, she incorporates polyvagal theory into trauma-aware classes where students can gently reconnect with themselves. Drawing from many teachers with reverence and humility, her steady, compassionate presence offers nourishing, grounding practices that hold space for transformation from the inside out.
Valerie Sorrentino
A Transformational Yoga Teacher and Sacred Self-Care Specialist who weaves restorative practices with mindful presence to create spaces of deep rest, healing, and renewal. As a space holder, energy worker, author, and master manifesting mentor, she guides students to reconnect with their bodies, quiet their minds, and return to their truest selves. Specializing in supporting high-achieving, highly sensitive empaths, she helps students return to center and sustain balance through mind, body, and home energy alignment. Her approach emphasizes grace, ease, and authentic living, creating living vision boards that reflect students' inner transformation. Through her sacred self-care practices, she offers a pathway for profound renewal and alignment with one's deepest truth.
Chandler Price
Strives to offer students a mental, physical, and emotional reset in every class by stripping the practice down to its essence. She creates welcoming spaces where students of any level can drop in, trust their experience, and fully receive what they need. Tailoring each session to complement the day's energy and her intuitive sense of students' needs, Chandler offers crystal-clear cueing, unwavering connection to breath, and medicinal sequences with lasting effects. A lifelong student and spiritual seeker with 300+ hours of training since 2015, she's dedicated to living well through plant-based nutrition, movement, meditation, and adventure. Her approach focuses on accessibility and deep receiving, allowing students to experience profound transformation through simplified yet powerful practice.
Brent Honnerlaw
Brent is an E-RYT 500 certified in Hatha and Kundalini Yoga who teaches diverse styles including Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Meditation, and Qi Gong. He incorporates multiple musical instruments into his classes and offers sound healings, workshops, and retreats while teaching at studios, corporations, and recovery centers. Through storytelling, he weaves yoga philosophy and mythology into his teaching. As a spiritual and compassionate instructor, his goal is guiding students into deeper internal awareness and closer to the Divine, living his yoga on and off the mat while inspiring others to do the same.
