Our Team
Jo Kirsch
Yoga Therapist, E-RYT® 500 - Jo’s been practicing yoga for 32 years and teaching for 22. She is certified as a yoga therapist and a yoga teacher. Read more below.
Bob Speck
Bob Speck is a Registered Yoga Teacher (EYT-500), Certified Personal Trainer and Functional Strength Coach. Bob has been practicing yoga for about 20 years. Read more below.
Charlotte Alexander
Charlotte took her first yoga class at Heart of the Village Yoga when she was eleven. It was love at first vinyasa! Four years later Charlotte enrolled in Heart of the Village Yoga’s 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training and Advanced Studies Program. Read more below.
Zoe Anderson
Zoe Anderson has pursued her lifelong passion for all things athletic, originally incorporating yoga as an alternative to warm-ups and stretching. Moving from New York to Vermont, and attending a Heart of the Village aerial yoga class, the concept of body and spirit integration opened the door to more inspiring wellness practices. Read more below.
Dina Bronson
Dina became a committed yoga student in 2003, while practicing therapeutic Iyengar yoga one on one with Rebecca Weisman. The profound healing that occurred on the mat moved yoga from an exercise practice into a lifestyle. Read more below.
Emily Dee
Emily began her yoga asana practice at Heart of the Village Yoga in 2014. In 2015 she became part of the support staff at the studio, registering students and assisting in the Boutique. She has kept up a steady practice and received her 200 hour yoga teacher training certificate in the spring of 2022. Read more below.
Lela Hughes
Lela has been practicing yoga for 18 years, becoming increasingly dedicated over time. Heart of the Village Yoga has allowed Lela the opportunity to advance her practice both on and off the mat. Read more below.
Barb Lowes
Barb Lowes has been practicing yoga her entire adult life. She is a Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher E-RYT500, YACEP, specializing in Power Yoga, Slow Flow, Restorative, Yin, and Chair.. She is also a practicing Reiki Master and a Certified Brain Longevity Specialist by the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation. Read more below.
Kait Zwagerman Tyler
Kait has been teaching yoga in Southern Vermont since 2013–sharing a teaching modality and practice that celebrates movement with playfulness, connection, and joy. These feelings inform and guide her teachings, which are rooted in helping students better connect to themselves, the people they care for, and their community. Read more below.
Andrea Albrittain Ross
The practice of yoga open’s one’s heart, mind and body. It benefits our physical bodies by building strength, balance, and alignment. For me, my practice has become a moving meditation where I find peace within the grace of the Asanas. I believe that the practice of yoga has the power to transform and bring peace and well being into one’s life. Read more below.
Becky Kunnath
Becky Kunnath has been practicing yoga since 1999 and teaching since 2011. She is an E-RYT500 (Experienced Yoga Teacher, 500 Hour) and 85 hour pre-natal yoga teacher and has taught thousands of classes in private, studio, corporate and gym settings to students of all levels.
