April’s path to yoga began through movement. Born and raised in the unceded land of Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, Alberta), a traditional gathering place of the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Dene, Nakota Sioux, and Métis peoples, she trained as a professional dancer and first turned to yoga to care for her body and heal from years of physical strain. As her practice deepened, yoga became more than physical—it became a source of resilience, transformation, and healing during a pivotal period of her life.

After the passing of her father, a devoted supporter of her yoga journey, April committed fully to the path. In 2012, she completed her first teacher training in Brazil with a 500-hour yoga teacher training and began teaching full-time shortly after. Her teaching journey began in Canada, where she started sharing yoga as a practice rooted in discipline, compassion, and community.

Since then, April has pursued extensive continuing education, completing over 1,000 hours of advanced certifications while cultivating a deep reverence for the ancient Indian lineages of yoga. Her studies include advanced vinyasa training with Ryan Leier, Nicki Doane, Eddie Modestini, Jason Crandell, David Kyle and others. Other notable training includes yin yoga; functional movement; and specialized therapeutic training in Yoga for Brain Injuries through LoveYourBrain, trauma informed mindfulness training through New Leaf Foundation and extensive study in yoga philosophy. She believes teachers are students first, and that learning is lifelong.

In addition to continuously teaching yoga, April has worked as a Physical Therapy Aide and Certified Pilates Instructor in Los Angeles supporting rehabilitative and corrective movement. She also teaches trauma-informed yoga to incarcerated men, expanding access to yoga as a tool for healing, agency, and dignity.

April holds a deep commitment to social and environmental justice. Those values continue to shape her teaching. She believes yoga has the power to transform society by bringing its philosophy off the mat and into the community. She is committed to making yoga accessible, inclusive, and rooted in care for both people and planet.

Her intention in every class is to create a safe, supportive space where students can reconnect, heal, and feel at home in their bodies. Each practice is dedicated to her father.

Jess is a queer/nonbinary musician, singer, and sound practitioner born and raised in Tovaangar—unceded Tongva territory (now known as Los Angeles, CA). Music has been a lifelong companion, shaped by nearly two decades of performing in bands, growing up as a pastor’s kid immersed in spiritual song, and beginning at age 12 as a self-taught multi-instrumentalist on drums, bass, and guitar. Their sound draws from a wide range of influences—from classical and jazz to dreampop and post-punk—and, more recently, Indian classical devotional music. Now a student at the Los Angeles International Music & Arts Academy, Jess continues to refine their voice while exploring new forms of musical expression through their yoga practice, nourished by ongoing study of yoga, Vedanta philosophy, and Sanskrit.

Jess’s sound baths are a devotional offering rooted in Nāda Yoga, the yoga of sound. Guided by this lineage of study, they weave crystal and metal singing bowls, chao gong, harmonium, and chanted mantra into immersive journeys that invite deep relaxation and meditation—where sound opens a path toward stillness, healing, and connection to the sacred.

Jess’s approach to yoga is deeply informed by a lifelong commitment to social and environmental justice. Raised in a church dedicated to serving incarcerated, undocumented, and unhoused communities, they witnessed firsthand the power of mutual aid and collective care. Attending high school in post–civil war El Salvador further shaped their awareness of inequality, state violence, and the lasting impacts of imperialism. It was the combination of these lived experiences—and the strength demanded by being queer and nonbinary in conservative spaces—that shaped Jess’s character and sense of purpose. It would later inform their approach to academics while studying Sociology at California State University, Chico, producing award-winning research on inequality in urban mobility and emerging as a fierce advocate of anti-imperialism and human rights.

After the loss of their father in 2022 and amid ongoing global violence and unrest, grief and overwhelming anxiety led Jess to seek yoga as a path toward meaning and peace. Through a daily practice of japa meditation, study of ancient texts and immersion in yoga philosophy, yoga became a source of grounding, clarity, and purpose. Jess remains a devoted student of the practice, committed to serving others and sharing yoga as a liberatory, healing force in the world.