Crystal Ann Hanson is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher(E-RYT500), Certified Ayurveda Yoga Specialist (AYS), Certified Fitness Nutrition Coach (CFNC), Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), Sacred Activist Leader and holds a BS in Psychology. She uses an integrative approach utilizing all of these modalities when conducting private client consultations, workshops and teaching classes. Crystal enrolled in her first 200 Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) in 2009 through the Himalayan Institute. After feeling the many emotional, spiritual and physical benefits that Yoga and Meditation brought to her daily life, she had a strong desire to continue to learn and share with others. Crystal has now completed a second 230YTT, 540YTT, Ayurveda Yoga Specialist Certification and Chair Yoga Certification. She is grateful to have had in-depth study-training opportunities with Indu Arora, Sarah Powers, Lauren Walker, Rod Stryker and many others from the Himalayan Institute and Kripalu for Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Mudra, Energy Medicine Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Yoga Philosophy and Meditation. Her professional and personal studies are ongoing….. always a student of Life. Crystal teaches from her heart as she invites students to pause, connect, look inside and feel what is happening in the present moment, to observe the effects a practice reveals. Her classes are rooted in traditional Hatha & Tantra Yoga sharing from the lineage of Swami Rami (founder of the Himalayan Institute) and teachings of Indu Arora (International Ayurveda and Yoga). Crystal’s classes include Mantra (chanting), Mudras Pranayama (breath & prana practices) and other teachings from the Vedas (ancient books of “wisdom”). Crystal holds sacred that which Indu Arora has taught, “Yoga is a work IN, not a workout”. Crystal is honored to teach and share from all of her training, modalities and life experiences respecting an integrative approach. Crystal believes that we are ALL teachers and we are ALL students.

Cortney thrives on helping people connect to their bodies in new ways. Using breath and movement, Cortney will guide you to reawaken your hands, feet, and trunk – areas necessary for moving through the world yet often taken for granted. Cortney’s introspective practices will enable any yogi, seasoned or brand-new, to find embodiment, harmony, and a grounded sense of connection. Her yoga practice began in 2008 and has been a journey of self-discovery ever since: learning and unlearning what Yoga, community, breath, and spirit really mean.

Amanda believes we are all inherently whole, born with all the wisdom we need to live a wholehearted, fulfilling life. However, due to societal conditioning, life experiences, or trauma, we develop limiting beliefs, unconscious behaviors and patterns that block us from embodying our wholeness. As a 200 hr E-RTY, certified sex, love, and relationship coach, somatic embodiment practitioner, Mindful Grieving facilitator, and long time educator, she uses yoga, embodiment practices, somatic parts work, mindfulness, breathwork, and nervous system regulation tools to support her clients and students to live more integrated lives in which they can thrive and come home to themselves. In her trauma-informed approach she creates an inclusive space that invites students to (re)discover deeper experiences of presence, safety, love, acceptance, curiosity, compassion, and belonging. She also guides people to learn to build inner resources in joy, pleasure, and authentic power. With sincerity, reverence, and humor, Amanda infuses creative, dynamic sequences with eclectic music that empowers students to embody their wholeness.

 

Sarah has sought to combine her training and experience as an occupational therapist with the practice of yoga to bring the gift of movement, connection, and healing to others. In 2005, she found her way to yoga seeking personal healing physically and emotionally after a traumatic event. Yoga has been the catalyst to find deep connections spiritually, emotionally, and physically. Her passion for sharing healing wisdom and holding nurturing space for others leaves an open invitation to explore the path of awareness and presence together. Following her compassionate and committed heart, she completed her 200 RYT certification in 2017 at Perennial Yoga with Megan Grace and Keith Borden. Sarah’s classes embody her knowledge of movement patterns and the subtle body. She is honored to hold a safe space to explore and seek together through breath, rhythm, embodiment, and presence. Sarah offers group classes and 1:1 occupational therapy sessions to individuals seeking to feel calm and connected in their body due to the effects of chronic stress or trauma. Sarah offers a unique perspective to integrative healing. With more than 15 years of experience working as an occupational therapist, Sarah has specialized in treating individuals of all ages address underlying connections within their nervous system and movement patterns to assist in healing trauma. She integrates her holistic view and advanced training in sensory processing, reflex integration, and trauma to help individuals understand their body and nervous system. As a healer, Sarah believes she is here as a guide to help you remember the healing wisdom of your body, create a safe space for healing, and support you to reconnect with your true self. She invites you to explore and release what no longer serves you and remember what connects you.

Jackie started her yoga journey more than 15 years ago when faced with a cancer diagnosis. Yoga and meditation were life changing for her, allowing her to be more present and joyful in daily life and opening her up to the spiritual. Jackie completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Perennial with Megan Grace and Keith Borden in 2020. Yoga is a sacred practice that has the power to shift our energies and transform us to our true Self. Jackie holds safe space for you to explore wherever you are on your Yoga Journey, helping to access the sacred through breath, movement, mantra and mudra.

Carla arrived in Perennial's Earth studio in 2012 and often says she was “born there”. The transformational practice of breath and body brought her Home to her self again. It has been her joy and pleasure to teach yoga at Perennial since her certification in 2014 from Perennial’s very first teacher training program. She is a yogi born and raised at Perennial Yoga!

 

Katie Hill is a happy yoga teacher and life-long yoga and meditation student. Having been introduced to the practice at the ripe age of 13 as a way to cope with a rather fiery adolescence, Katie has been dedicated to yoga and meditation for over 27 years. She received her 200-hour teachers certificate from Living Yoga Program in Austin, TX. Katie has studied with many amazing master teachers, and blends the best of her favorite styles into a grounded slow flow practice that is calming and life-affirming. Her style incorporates grace, humor, acceptance, and mindfulness. Katie believes that every person can do yoga and can benefit from the life-changing practice, regardless of the state of their physical body or their current beliefs about their abilities. 

 

You can read Katie's writings at messyandawkward.com.

Mick shares Yoga, Meditation, Pranayama and Breathwork, Reiki, and Past Life Regressions/Higher Self connection via QHHT. Mick has tried many mindful, spiritual, and healing avenues; and they are what he is most driven to share with others.

Mick has been a seeker from childhood. Raised Catholic, yet immediately exploring other beliefs and learning from druidry, buddhism, yoga, metaphysical teachings, and channelers; it is always evolving. In 2005, Mick took buddhist refuge, and he found yoga in 2009. Mick fumbled through most of life; fighting depression, anxiety, and trauma. Finally, after his eldest daughter was born, deep reflection clearly required a profound shift of direction and intense inner-work. Mick graduated from Perennial Yoga Wisdom School in 2021, became a Reiki Master in 2022, Breathwork with Jon Paul Crimi in 2022, ordained Ngakpa in 2022, certified as level 2 QHHT practitioner [past life regression/ higher self connection] in 2023, and completed 50hrs Yin Yoga training with Bernie Clark in 2025. Mick experienced profound results of these practices' timeless undeniable efficacy. Unity and wholeness aren’t ever a breath away. They are here. Now.

At Perennial, you might find Mick sharing Gentle Yoga in a Yin-Yang style (1st half Yang, Yin 2nd Yin), Yin Yoga / Yin and Nidra, and Rejuvenate classes in a vinyasa-based flow class which may vary from slower-gentle to more steady-intermediate, as moon cycles, day-energies, and class-energies dictate. Classes bring focus and guidance to interoception, body engagement, alignment, and breath; leaning toward moving meditation.