hands that know the way

kari harendorf

founder · ayurvedic practitioner · c-iayt · e-ryt 500

a teacher of teachers with over 25 years of experience, kari has served on faculty at the kripalu schools of yoga, ayurveda, and yoga therapy, in rodney yee and colleen saidman yee’s yoga shanti trainings, and as a master trainer for urban zen’s integrative therapy program. an anatomy trainer renowned for precise alignment and ending chronic pain cycles, she founded new york city’s east yoga center and co-founded the better yoga streaming platform, teaching weekly two-way livestream classes to students around the world.

gail grossman

restorative · yin · katonah® · author

at her core, gail is a guide — someone who helps others remember who they are through yoga, taoist philosophy, and deep embodied presence. rooted in tradition but open to evolution, she weaves restorative, yin, hatha, ishta, katonah®, chair, and vinyasa into practices that meet each student where they are. she is the author of restorative yoga for life, a beloved resource with over two decades of teaching behind it.

caroline kinsolving

yoga · pilates · meditation

caroline has taught in los angeles, new york, the berkshires, china, tanzania, india, and mexico — in studios, prep schools, michelin spas, and colleges, including guest teaching at kripalu. her classes range from high-energy flows to gentle strengthening, always grounded in being truly present with the body. voted best teacher across the region for six years running, her yoga for good classes have raised over $163,000 for charity.

tamara hickey

e-ryt 500 · ashtanga & iyengar roots

with nearly 15 years of teaching, tamara offers clear, compassionate guidance toward strength, resilience, and ease. her training spans biomechanics, pain science, and somatic movement, and she is currently completing a two-year mindfulness meditation certification with tara brach and jack kornfield. an mfa-trained actor working in film, television, and theatre, she brings embodied presence to every class.

lise gottwald

yoga · inner inquiry

rooted in her early life in saskatoon and her relationship with first nations people, lise walks a path shaped by oneness, reflection, and reverence. decades of yoga study meet her explorations of shamanism, metaphysics, and quantum physics in a practice that invites a return inward — where the sacred journey to self begins.

lea-ann durcan

500-ryt · yoga therapeutics

lea-ann teaches yin, restorative, gentle, therapeutic, beginner, and chair yoga, helping every student find their own way into a pose through alignment and listening to the body. a certified yoga therapist trained at yogaworks, nomad, and kripalu, her goal is a calm, safe, happily imperfect, and nurturing practice for everyone.

senta reis

e-ryt 500 · sound therapy · expressive arts

senta has led yoga, expressive art, and sound practices for over 20 years, melding movement, dance, poetry, and vibrational sound. a master at modifications, she is devoted to making practice accessible to every body — and offers sound baths at the studio on the first friday of each month.

crane morehouse

kundalini yoga

crane is a certified kundalini yoga teacher with 16 years of steady teaching, including many years at kripalu and in great barrington, plus intensive workshops abroad. she lives in the berkshires, where she spends her time in nature and gardens.