Soul + Unity Yoga Festival Yoga Teachers

 De Jur came to yoga after major surgery in 2001. Using yoga as therapy to recover post op led to her becoming a devotee. That path inspired her to become a Loyola Marymount University trained yoga therapist. This specialized training aided her in finding her niche to serve at-risk, under-resourced and highly traumatized communities and populations that show up with a myriad of emotional, physical and psychological damage that yoga can help. She teaches youth in the juvenile justice system, probation camps and its staff, shelters for the unhoused, group homes, mental health centers, direct services programs, and incarcerated and formerly incarcerated adults around LA County. She loves the work that she does. De Jur is a contributor to the Yoga Service Council’s best practices book series “Best Practices for Yoga in the Criminal Justice System”. She is a lover of theater, books, cats, and music and moonlights as a flight attendant. 

Find De Jur on Social Media:

INSTAGRAM: @mzdejur https://www.instagram.com/mzdejur/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/de.jur.9

LA based singer, Dorian won LA yoga studios over with Dorian's Live Neosoul & Yoga – a fusion of his conscious, live, feel good neosoul music you can groove to with yoga flows to create a concert-style yoga experience complete with freestyle dance breaks and unplugged segments where he speaks about the inspiration behind his songs.⁠⁠
LA Yoga Magazine Editor, Felicia Tomasko writes: "Throughout Los Angeles, there are creative artists who are bringing their yoga practice to life in innovative ways. Neosoul Artist Dorian is one of those people. Through his frequent collaborations with teachers, and his music (self-help set to song), he offers inspiration in all of his work." With lyrics echoing the inspirational stylings of acoustic soul diva India Arie and vocals that have been compared to Stevie Wonder, John Legend and 80's enigma, Terrence Trent D'Arby. 
He was featured on ABC's The American Giving Awards for singing in the Music for Healing Program at Cedar's Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills, CA. He’s guest-starred on CSI: Las Vegas with country music group The Rascal Flatts and the hit TV show ER. Dorian holds an MFA in Acting from the University of California, San Diego and a B.S. in Pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy.⁠
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Dorian is featured in the book: Embodied Resilience Through Yoga: 30 Powerful Essays About Finding Empowerment After Addiction, Trauma, Grief and Loss (authored by Melanie C. Klein, Kate Heagberg, Kathryn Ashworth and Toni Willis) which released via Yoga Body & Image Coalition.⁠ He's featured at Mammoth Yoga Festival, Drishti Beats Yoga & Music Fest, Big Bear Yoga Festival and Grand Park LA. He completed his Social Justice Based 200HR Yoga Teacher Training at The Tree Yoga COOP in South LA. 

Find Dorian on Social Media:

 INSTAGRAM: @dorianwarrior https://www.instagram.com/dorianwarrior/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dorianwarriorWEBSITE: https://dorianneosoul.com

"I see how much these practices have changed me, and how much less stressed I am.  Why not share this with others".  James Woods aka Dat Yoga Dude practices yoga everyday and believes his practice is the reason for his educational, professional and personal successes!  James' yoga practice motivates him to inspire others.  James has a BS in Psychology from Xavier University, an MS in Marriage and Family Therapy from St. .Mary's University and a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Certification from Yogalution Academy in Long Beach, CA.

James describes himself as being a self-care strategist and he is "irrationally passionate about inspiring educators, parents and students to include wellness in their lives and live healthier.   James is specifically focused on student success, educator burnout and wellness.  He has spent over a decade speaking at schools, conferences, mentor programs and staff training seminars, about stress management and social emotional learning.  With over a decade + of years of mental and physical wellness training, James has first hand insight into what it takes to not only inspire students and educators but also incorporate wellness for necessary success.

Find James on social media and book him as a speaker at your school/event:

INSTAGRAM: @datyogadude

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/datyogadude

EMAIL: datayogadude@gmail.com

 Ebony Yoga, led by Ebony Utley, Ph.D., curates engaging yoga experiences that are rooted, connected, and transformative. Dr. Utley is a certified yoga instructor with certifications in Kemetic Yoga (200 hours), Mindful Hatha Flow (200 hours), and Yin Yoga (110 hours).

As a Professor of Communication Studies, she brings her extensive background in teaching and public speaking to her yoga experiences that teach ancient Egyptian yoga and mythology, celebrate bodies of color, increase body awareness, as well as recognize and release blocked energy. 

Find Dr. Utley on social media:

Her entire Kemetic, Yin, and Kemetic Yin library is available for free on YouTube at https://youtube.com/@theebonyyoga For more information visit: https://theebonyyoga.com/ or https://www.instagram.com/theebonyyoga/

Founder and flow leader of hustle and yoga flow, 500 HR YT, and Lifestyle Wellness coach

Born and raised in Detroit Charity, affectionately known as Kisa Doll started her yoga journey in 2006. At the time she was pregnant with her second child, playing college basketball and looking for ways to create balance in her new lifestyle. Initially a hobby, yoga soon became the core of her life as she learned how to apply mindful movement to heal and restore herself and others.

Find Charity on Social Media:

Kisa Doll
500+ HR ERYT Massage Therapist

Hustle and Yoga Flow - Owner

P: (248) 845-8330

Instagram: @hustleyogaflow

Facebook: yogawithkisa
E: heydoll@hustleandyogaflow.net
www.hustleandyogaflow.net 

 ‘A true Pisces with specific Aries traits’ is how the Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor/Doula has been described by many who know her. Born on the cusp of the astrological signs of Pisces and Aries, this ‘soul-searching Light Worker’ has found her niche…and it is ‘wellness’.

Christina Wherry is the middle of three siblings. She grew up in South L.A. and Inglewood (in California). She is a Mother, a Sister, a Daughter, an Aunt, and a Friend…she is also an Author, a Spoken-word Artist, a Business Owner, a Teacher, and a Healer.

Christina has always been a precocious child, yet her development was in an area in which she didn’t have much support. She was inquisitive, imaginative, caring, and very sensitive. As she grew, she became more aware of Self and its power in her own life-experience. And from that awareness was birthed a ‘soul-searching student of life’ who would embark on a spiritual journey that required her involvement in ‘whole body-mind wellness’, including mindfulness meditation, yoga, and Kemetic Reiki. And as her caring and inquisitive natures became more intense, Christina expanded her interest to ‘assisting new life’; as a result, she studied ‘womb wellness’ and now is able to provide coaching and support during one’s pregnancy, birth and postpartum. 

Passionate about holistic wellness practices, Christina created her own line of ‘healing products’. Mindful Botanica Body Shop is the brainchild of the avid lover-of-life. It represents a line of plant-based body, bath, and lip care products that are ‘created with love, care, and purpose’. With her young daughter as her ‘assistant’, Christina creates and produces ‘healing products’ intended to influence the healing of mind, body and spirit.

The self-healing ‘Healer’ embarked on her soul-searching journey over ten years ago. She investigated, discovered, researched, developed and healed. She’s used her journeying to become empowered to assist you on yours.

Christina Wherry, the middle child of three, is a genuine Pisces – loving, sensitive, imaginative, intuitive and caring. Her passion for healing, empowerment, and fulfillment are embedded within the fibers of her soul. Her role in creating Thick Girl Yoga L.A. came naturally as she was born to be of service to others…and her focus is on those whose focus is on their own well-being and overall wellness.

Find Christina's Thick Girl LA Full Embodied Expression on social media:

Facebook and Instagram: @thickgirlyogala

Website: https://www.thickgirlyoga.us/

 Hieroglyphics Yoga  proprietrix, Staci L. Mitchell pursues the practice of Ayurveda & yoga & in deep honor & acknowledgments to her African ancestors throughout the diaspora—including the Indian and South Asian forebears—who (through deep curiosity, wonderment, contemplation and practice) shaped the sciences. 

She is certified as a Kripalu Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher with a specialty in Meditation through the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (RYT-500), classified as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT-200,) via Core Power Yoga & has been authorized  to be a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP).   500-RYT | 200-ERYT , Many Paths, One Yoga Alliance Staci Mitchell also holds certificates in Advanced Sequencing, Level II Yoga Teacher Training from CPY & will forever be grateful to have studied The Alchemy of Yoga with Kemetic Yoga founder, Master Yassir Ra Hotep. | Kemetic YogaSkills.

Find Staci on social media:

Facebook: HieroFlowYoga

Instagram: @hieroyoga

Website: https://hieroyoga.com/

Artis was first introducted to yoga in the early 90's. At that time, he was more interested in the meditative aspects and not focused on doing any Asana (yoga poses). Then when he moved to the Virginia Beach area, this is where he tried his first yoga class.  After teh first class he was hooked.  He began attending clases multiple times a day. He did his teacher training soon after and received his 200hr teaching certification from Atma Bodhi Yoga in Virginia Beach, VA in 2014. This is where he met Manju Jois. He attended three of his workshops, and did a teacher training with him.

His main teacher is David Garrigues. He has worked with him for several years and done many workshops , and also a teachers track training with him.

Artis taught at a few studios in Virginia Beach and Norfolk area. Then he moved to Georgia where he taught in Atlanta for a short period of time, and also Augusta, GA.  He is now living in La Mirada, CA.

Find Artis on social media:

Facebook: Aum Shanti Yoga

Instagram: Aum_shanti_yoga