In 1998 when Megan’s yoga and Nia practice began, she became keenly aware of the well of healing God Energy within herself, and all living things. She became eager to share this truth with others, and opened Soul Fitness Yoga with Shelley in 2002, where she has consistently guided and participated in yoga and Nia classes and workshops. Megan made the choice to in 2007 to focus more on family, her personal practice, and her teaching, thus letting go of the large responsibility of owning and managing a yoga studio.

Teaching yoga since 2002, Megan’s yoga classes have evolved into a very spirited and invigorating vinyasa style class. She always inspires her students to cultivate an even more intimate connection with one’s self, and supports this beautifully by offering levels, freedom and adaptability within all of her classes. In 2004, Megan studied Priya Yoga with Michelle Andrie, a yoga therapist, and is excited to participate in a master training with Rod Stryker for five days in September 2008. She has been fortunate to spend time with many amazing teachers, including Manju Jois, Seane Corn, Jenni Fox and Paul Gould, Rodney Yee and Doug Swenson.

When Megan began her Nia journey in 1998, she immediately identified with how natural and organic the Nia movements felt. For the first time in her life, she was going back to class day after day for the sheer joy of the experience of Nia, not because she felt she had to put in her token 55 minutes at the gym. As she began to sense herself healing through this magical movement form, she knew someday it would be her time to share the truth she was experiencing through Nia. In July 2001, Megan traveled to Austin, and earned her Nia White Belt. Then, in November of 2007, Megan received her Nia Blue Belt from the co-creator of the Nia Technique, Carlos Rosas, at the International Nia Headquarters in Portland, Oregon.

Megan has been teaching consistently since her White Belt certification and continues to be in constant awe over this amazingly healing and dynamic movement form.  She delivers the work of Nia in a joyful, authentic and spirited way, consistently reminding her students of the power of consciously choosing joy, in and out of the classroom.

Lucy began her practice of yoga in the Tidewater area of Virginia in 1973. She has earned yoga teacher certifications from The Mahayana Yoga Ashram in Virginia (1979) and The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre in Canada (1998). Lucy started teaching yoga in New Mexico in 1979 and has been teaching yoga and pranayama in the Fort Worth area since 1988.

Lucy is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with the Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour level and received that designation in 2003. Lucy continues to enrich her yoga experience by her own daily practice and attending workshops and classes both in and out of the field of yoga.

Lucy believes that yoga is beneficial and can be practiced by anyone. Lucy strives to make yoga accessible to students of all ages and abilities from the three-year-olds she guides in her Montessori classroom to her students in their 80’s. Yoga is a process: breathe, move, relax and enjoy.

Katy Hobbs, M.Ed., began her practice of yoga in 2001 while living in Los Angeles.  In 2002, she began teaching children’s yoga at a California elementary school for gifted children with learning disabilities.  The summer of 2005, Katy attended the Yoga for the Special Child basic certification program at the Integral Yoga Institute in New York City. In March 2007, she completed her 200 hour Yoga Alliance teacher training through Priya Yoga in Dallas.  Currently, she is working on her prenatal yoga certification through Mamaste Yoga.

Prior to Katy’s first Nia class in 2003 she had not even heard of Nia, but was hooked by the end of her first experience.  In June 2004, Katy attended the Nia White Belt training in Baton Rouge, LA with Helen Terry.  In May 2006, Katy received her Blue Belt in Nia from Carlos Rosas in Chicago, IL.  Katy says that Nia is the biggest compliment to all of her passions and has truly taught her the “body’s way” of moving.  Katy’s practice of yoga and Nia has improved her health, strength, communication skills, and overall well-being.  She hopes you will join her on the joyous journey toward health.  

Lou Chapman is an Anusara-inspired Yoga Teacher™ (www.anusara.com) living in Fort Worth, Texas. His rich knowledge of yoga, dedication to his students, sense of humor and powerful teaching style open his students to offering each pose with an intention to connect to yoga’s larger purpose, while staying aware of their body alignment and finding the balance between steadfastness and freedom. His joyful teaching style is uplifting and inspires students of any level to live fully from their hearts and celebrate life.