Lotus Yoga - Lotus Yoga & Wellness Center

Meet The Teachers!

Amber Nedoff - RYT 200 asnapdragon27@gmail.com Studio Manager. Yoga found Amber in 2005 after graduating from UNC-Greensboro. She felt challenged and empowered by the physical practice of yoga, which left her craving more. After a few classes she realized there was more to yoga than just physical poses. There was a connection of mind, body and spiritual awareness that would lead her to the road of self-healing and realization. Amber completed her 200-hour teacher training through Divine Shanti Yoga in Feb 2013 and is a certified Hatha Yoga teacher.

Kayla grew up just down the road in Stanly County, North Carolina. She works as a clinical pharmacist for Atrium Health but recognizes the importance of total mind and body health. Yoga transformed her life several years ago. She completed her 220 hour certified yoga teacher training through Lotus Living Arts Studio. Through her classes, she aims to increase strength and stability in the mind, body, and soul.

Delight Gilley -Delight Gilley came to yoga as a way to support her personal meditation practice and fell in love. After her 40 th birthday she decided to try something new and difficult each year after. Settling on a popular high intensity workout program she found herself more afraid of being body shamed than of the difficulty of the workout. She thought there must be people who feel this way about yoga, and enrolled in Lotus’ Yoga Teacher Training in the fall of 2019. Delight is excited to be bringing Curvy Yoga back to Lotus, she hopes to make yoga and its benefits accessible to people who might not otherwise feel comfortable in the studio.

Daniel Hyde - Daniel is the head instructor at Move With Life. He's been using Tai Chi, Chi Kung and Kung Fu to help people mitigate their stress, empower themselves, and get in better shape for over 18 years. With Dan's background in Massage Therapy he can provide an integrative and anatomical approach to martial art training that puts your health, wellness, and fitness on the right track. Serving in the US Marine Corps Dan learned just how valuable it is to lead people in setting personal goals and following through with those goals.

vinyasayogawithanne@gmail.com Anne Austin (RYT 500) a practitioner of yoga for 11 years who continues to seek and educate herself in order to deepen her own knowledge of the practice. Teaching in a creative vinyasa based style, through breath work, while incorporating alignment base principles through a functional flow, designed to develop strength, and mobility, making each class accessible for everyone. Anne earned her 200-hour YTT and her 300-hour Advanced Yoga Studies under the teaching of Sandy Raper

Anne Austin - Anne Austin (RYT 500) a student of yoga for 10 years, Anne teaches in the Vinyasa tradition, a flowing sequence linking breath with movement and incorporating alignment base principles. Always a student of the practice, Anne strives to make each class accessible for everyone. Anne earned her 200-hour Vinyasa teacher training and her 300-hour Advanced Yoga Studies under the teachings of Sandy Raper Yoga.

Keshini (Keni) House Yoga Alliance E-RYT 200 - Keshini (Keni) House Originally from Sri Lanka, Keni’s yoga journey to become a teacher began when she participated in a teacher training program to gain a healthier grasp of anatomy so she could become more familiar with how to manage a post-surgery recovery. In the process she discovered the gratification of teaching and the opportunity it provided her to share yoga with her community. Her teaching style reflects her easy going personality and enjoys teaching a variety of modalities. Keni’s classes incorporate philosophy and meditation with the invitation to be who we are – uncovering our potential and embracing our journey with passion on and off the mat.

Kendall Small CYT 220

I started practicing yoga in 2004. As an often injured runner I was seeking a way to improve my back health. I certainly found that fix and a lot more. As a competitive runner I was drawn to the physicality of a strong vinyasa flow and the sweaty peace of savasana at the finish. As a continuation of this path, I decided to jump into yoga teacher training at Yoga One in Charlotte in 2010. It was there that began to tap into the power that yoga has to create a framework within which to live a good and vital life. Since then, I’ve taught in several studios, breweries, and other places. While teaching science at Cannon School, I created a daily yoga class for students that explored the asana and the 8 limbs of yoga over the course of the school year. My students and I then offered yoga to the greater Cannon community of students and teachers. Now I am in the mid stages of my 500 hour training with Carolina Yoga Company in Durham and Chapel Hill, NC. I believe in the infinite power of yoga to build community and to make positive changes inside and among us all. I live in downtown Concord with my wonderful wife Carolyn and our two rescue pit bulls. We have two adult children - Carson and Caroline - who live in Raleigh and Charlotte. One of our passions is travel. I will be teaching for periods of weeks and then traveling for a while

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