Kara Muggy
Kara's extensive dance, anatomy and nutrition science background opened the door to her yoga venture beginning in 1999. She has been teaching since 2003. Her desire to continually expand her Yoga, Pilates & healthy lifestyle knowledge led to certifications from YogaFit, PiYo, and Adult Weight Management. Kara is nurturing and compassionate by nature, thus creating a class atmosphere that is non-competitive yet challenging with a playful style. She credits inspiration to many amazing yogis, including Aadil Palkhivala, Rolf Gates, Renee DeTar, Tom Jacobs, Suzette Scholtes, Lisa Uhl,
and Sacha Dick.

Matthew Allison
Matthew attended his first yoga class in an attempt to get a date, while struggling through college and life in Kentucky.  It is then by chance that he found a tool to help balance his busy professional life, exhausting academic life, stressful social life, and all his other interests.  As his body wrapped into asanas, his mid wrapped around yoga philosophies.  He teaches and truly believes that our body, mind, and soul are connected and inter-dependent - like the sides of a triangle.  If you mindfully strengthen one, you improve the whole.  Matthew sought to deepen his understanding and trained as a group fitness instructor, initially teaching kick boxing, Pilate's, and yoga.  Now as a yogi, teacher, doctoral candidate, and all his other activities, Matthew is happily finding balance.

 

Susan Sebanc
Susan brings her passion for life, health, and yoga back to Lawrence.

After graduating from KU with a BA in English, adventures around the planet, and careers in dance and fashion, her love of the outdoors led her to Boulder in 1998 to pursue graduate studies in writing at the Naropa Institute. Instead, she discovered natural healing, peace, and fell madly in love with yoga.

She trained through CorePower Yoga for her Yoga Alliance certification and deepened her understanding of the practice by taking classes frequently with renowned Ashtanga master Richard Freeman; through his generous instruction she learned humility, focus on alignment, and the amazing power of the breath. Attending workshops with Shiva Rea, Seane Corn, Rusty Wells, Sharon Gannon (Jivamukti), Cindy Lusk (Anusara), Gurmuhk (Kundalini), and the awesome Baron Baptiste, she continues to come to the mat with a beginnerï¿∏s mind, open to learn from everyone every day. She attended both level 1 and level 2 teacher trainings with Baron during which she learned not only to connect to her students, but a responsibility to be present in the world, right now, for others and herself.

She feels honored to share what her teachers have taught her and hopes to create an environment that facilitates transformation, healing, and strength. For more information on power yoga, please visit: http://www.poweryoga.com/main/firsttime.php if you are new to yoga, http://www.poweryoga.com/main/yogi.php for experienced yogis.

Megan Kaminski
Megan began practicing yoga as a young child. She developed a more serious practice in 2000—bringing her life a greater sense of peace, calm, and joy. A blend of different styles of hatha yoga, her practice is influenced by Forrest, Iyengar, and Ashtanga yoga. She has studied and practiced around the world, including Casablanca, Los Angeles, New York, and Paris, and recently completed a 200-hour teacher training in Portland, OR. Her teaching practice has been shaped by her studies with Ana Forrest, Paul Grilley, Amy Stone, and Joy Wolfe. Megan’s classes seamlessly weave elements of mindfulness, grace, strength, and creativity. Yoga has been a gift to Megan, and she is honored to pass it on. Her classes provide a supportive environment where students can explore, relax, and grow.