Rosemary began studying yoga at 16 years old. As the middle child of seven, she found peace and focus as well as a low impact way to be fit. She began her yoga teaching career at 19, took a hiatus after a few years and returned to being a leader of the practice 10 years ago. Rosemary is known for her positive, happy outlook and zest for life. She enjoys bringing the healing practice and peace of yoga to people of all ages.

Dee has been a Critical Care nurse for over 30 years and Wellness Coach. She is a 500hr Yoga Alliance Certified instructor and Reiki Master.  She holds certifications in Dynamic Gentle Yoga, Chair yoga, Restorative yoga and has 75 hours of training each in Ayurveda, Pranayama, Meditation, and Yoga for Special populations. By combining her vast knowledge of anatomy and yoga, her classes cultivate a safe and structured environment for all body types.

Diane is a graduate of Yoga Darshana’s 200-hour teacher training program and has completed the 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training curriculum from Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, with concentrations in Ayurveda, Pranayama, Meditation, Advanced Asana, and Yoga for Special Populations. She holds an additional certification in Yin Yoga. Diane is a Reiki Master and Practitioner and regularly works with those who seek energy healing. Diane guides students at all levels of yoga practice to help support inner and outer balance, wellness, health, and grounding. She believes that a consistent yoga practice that utilizes breath awareness, asana, and meditation in combination with Ayurvedic self-care, can promote greater overall well-being. 

Uma has been practicing yoga since she was a child. She always wanted to have a deeper understanding of the true meaning of yoga and she decided to complete the 200 hr yoga teacher training program at Darshana. Her personal experience and belief is that yoga is a blissful path. She wants everyone to know that yoga is a natural way to energize your mind, body and soul and is happy to share what she has learned with others.

While working full time nights and raising her family Evelyn Regan found her passion for fitness. In 2004 she became an AFAA Certified Group Fitness Instructor and a year later obtained her AFAA Personal Trainer Certification.  She taught many different modalities including Kickboxing, Step, Toning, Strength Training, Mat Pilates, Aqua certified and more. She is also a senior fitness specialist and has a certification in the Silver Sneakers program.  It was during this time that she had opportunities to attend yoga classes with many wonderful instructors and loved the benefits that yoga had on her physically and mentally. After retiring from her full time Job, Evelyn graduated from Darshana’s yoga teacher training program.  She is both honored and excited about teaching yoga and looks forward to helping members become their best self.

Sabrina began yoga as a way to destress from her busy and overwhelming lifestyle. Yoga helps her to connect to her inner-experience each day and allows for more freedom and understanding for herself and others. Sabrina recently completed Darshana's 200 hour yoga teacher training program and is excited to bring yoga to the community. Her focus is to guide others towards their inner-connection and teach methods to lessen stress in daily life. Yoga is a practice for everyone with an incredible amount of mental, physical and spiritual benefits.

Donna is a former professional dancer, Donna has been practicing and teaching yoga and guided meditation for over 20 years. She began her practice as part of her recovery of back and hip injuries and soon after became a teacher herself. She trained with a wide variety of master teachers including Yogi Amrit Desai, Rodney Yee, Erich Schiffmann, and Lilias Folan. In addition, Donna is a licensed Radiologic Technologist (R)(M)(CT) She brings her knowledge of medical training and passion for yoga to each class to ensure her students experience a safe and thoroughly enjoyable practice.

Lisa was drawn to yoga as a way to learn meditation. She found that the body and breath connection was the perfect way to prepare herself for stillness. Her journey started 25 years ago at an adult ed class in a packed gym. She continued learning independently until deciding that teacher training was a way to grow her knowledge. Lisa completed Prana Yoga with Jeff Migdow in 2010 and has been teaching diverse classes since. Whether it is an active vinyasa class or a meditative Yin session Lisa always invites the group to experience the effects of practice on the breath and flow of energy in the body. She finds that this repetitive self-observation guides the practitioner to present moment awareness, slows mental distractions and facilitates a deeper final relaxation.

John is a recent graduate from Darshana's 200 hr yoga teacher training program. He is an air force veteran, retired carpenter, eucharist minister, father of 4 and has been practicing yoga for more than 5 years. He is also a Zumba and aqua fit instructor.  Johnny is fun, easy going, friendly and heart centered. He is excited to bring his passion of yoga into the community. 

Faiza’s 18 years of practice and love for yoga brought her to become a registered yoga instructor at Darshana. She was introduced to yoga by her mother at the age of 10. Faiza is a mother of three beautiful children, holds a bachelors degree in English, loves to paint, travel, cook and experience new cultures and adventures. She enjoys Hatha, vinyasa and restorative yoga the most. Faiza brings her own yogic elements combined with her artistic abilities and sensitive nature to her classes.

Katherine is a certified Health & Life Coach, Master An Ra Healer and Spiritual Teacher. She brings her studies of holistic wellness, shamanic healing techniques, and inner child nourishment to the forefront of awareness. As a graduate of Darshana’s 200-hour Teacher Training Program, Katherine holds a deep reverence for living, breathing and sharing yogic philosophy, knowing the healing and transformative power of peeling back the layers of self to discover truth. She is fun, energetic and easy going with a focus on how yoga feels in the body. 

Chris has been practicing yoga for over 10 years.  He is a proud father and a Long Island public school administrator, who obtained a doctoral degree in Educational Administration from St. John’s University. As an educator for the past 34 years, Chris has discovered that by remaining open to all the possibilities that life has to offer through meditation, yoga, self-study, and the nurturing of a "beginners mind", you can develop inner peace. He is passionate about working on his own health and wellness and helping others to integrate meditation and yoga into a consistent practice. Chris recently completed the 200-hour yoga teacher training course at the Darshana Center and is excited to share his love of the body, mind and spirit connection.

Bryant is a graduate of Columbia University and am licensed certified social worker who has been in the field for over 40 years. He has incorporated into his practice a diversity of interventions which include, mindfulness, meditations, spirituality, and cognitive behavioral based psychotherapy into an eclectic and highly effective form of treatment for depression, anger management, anxiety, stress, all forms of addictions, bereavement, and relationship conflicts. Bryant has been facilitating meditation circles for the past 15 years and also runs mindful meditation groups. He specializes in spiritual wellness counseling helping people find more joy, more ease, heal and reconnect to their hearts and and to their true essence of who they are.

Maria is a recent graduate from Darshana’s 200 hour yoga teacher training program. She is originally from Latin America and discovered the joy of meditation and yoga at a young age when a cherished aunt shared her practice. She feels that yoga is capable of bringing practitioners to unimaginable and wonderful places and can also help to endure the most difficult of situations life can bring. Maria is honored and elated to guide her students to the most precious and important of journeys, the one to their inner selves.