Robert Hallworth has been teaching yoga in Sacramento for 6 years and most recently arrived from India at the beginning of March 2006 having gone through the yoga certificate program at the Satyananda Ashram in Munger, Bihar, India.  He received his spiritual name of Ganapati and learned a much more traditional approach to yoga that emphasized more of a yogic lifestyle that includes: Asana, pranayama, mudra, bandhas, and the more subtle techniques of meditation and concentration.

His practice has been evolving toward a more in depth understanding of yoga as a spiritual practice or sadhana and his classes whether basic or vigorous reflect this framework.

Natasha Sedykh lived in the Satyananda Ashram in Munger, Bihar, India where she was trained in this yoga tradition in 1995.  Natasha started teaching yoga in America back in 1996.  She has been sharing her practice that is a fusion of various styles such as Satyananda, Sivananda, Iyengar, and Forrest yoga. Natasha's particular approach emphasizes the meditational aspect of yoga practice whether the class you take from her is basic or challenging.

Natasha was born and raised in Central Russia and makes yearly summer trips back to her homeland. This picture was taken during the summer of 2006 and was used on the cover of the Yoga Journal in Russia.