SPN Pilates
A life-long fitness enthusiast, Brianne has 13 years of training in classical ballet, jazz, modern and tap dancing and was an active ballet company member for years. A life-threatening jet ski accident at age 16 put her in a wheelchair on and off for two years, and she subsequently underwent 11 surgeries and countless hours of physical therapy to recover. Brianne was lucky enough to have discovered Pilates while she was recovering. The workout was safe enough on her joints that she could re-gain her muscle strength and rehabilitate her body. For the last seven years, she's been practicing classical Pilates, as well as modified versions of Pilates. However, since she cannot run or do any type of high-impact exercise due to her injury, she has had to find alterative ways maintain a... Read the profile >>
Chaz Russ (E-RYT-500, T-500) Founder of Sisters Yoga (Fresno), a devoted yoga teacher of 7 years and practitioner for over 16 years, Chaz teaches joyful, creative yoga classes that are a fountain of fun! Chaz believes yoga should not be serious, as life is serious enough--this is why she loves keeping it light and enjoys playing upbeat music in class! In 2006, Chaz founded Sisters Yoga and Sisters Yoga School in Fresno--an all-female yoga studio. Sisters Yoga won top honors in the Fresno People's Choice Awards, Best Yoga category, two years in a row as well as appeared on all the local TV stations multiple times. Sisters Yoga was featured in numerous articles in the Fresno Bee and was honored as Fresno Magazine's "50 Favorite Things." She feels tremendous pride that Kandis, one of her... Read the profile >>
Stevenson Fitness
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Chris grew up as a multi-sport athlete who committed to Olympic Style Tae Kwon Do in high school, comp eting in open martial arts circuits. He became one of the premier martial arts coaches in the Midwest, producing a number of nationally-ranked competitors. Always a multi-tasker, Chris graduated from Baldwin Wallace College with a business degree while he was running Cleveland’s number one martial arts and fitness studio. In 1999, Chris moved to the west coast to train and compete with some of the best martial arts professionals in the nation and quickly “fell into” stunt work. While Chris landed multiple roles in movies, television and live venues, teaching and training continued to be his true passion. He obtained his personal training... Read the profile >>
Join the NZF family and enjoy the experience of getting healthy in an exclusive, professional, stress free environment with a beautiful view. We offer all forms of Personal Training including Resistance, Functional, Core, Balance, Flexibility, our own Kia Kaha Circuits, Yoga, Pilates, Boxing, Self Defense, Aqua, Sport Specific, Boot Camp, Massage, Nutrition and more... NZF Trainers are professional, cutting edge, knowledgeable, and current. We are there for you 100%! At NZF you are appreciated! You are our priority! We love what we do and we walk the walk! Longevity is the key for living a healthy life. We will make you stronger, leaner, more fit, more functional, healthier and happier than before! Read the profile >>
Drorit Rudin created Agoura Power of Yoga because she loves yoga and all that it adds to one's life. Drorit's training was an intensive one in Yoga Therapy by the incredible Gabriela Hansen in Ojai California. Through her training with Gabriela as well her life experience, she combines a very challenging music filled class with the traditional principles of hatha yoga focusing especially on the therapeutic aspects of the breath and the power of the mind.It brings peace and harmony, clarity of mind as well as a physically fit body. Her class is geared toward new yogis as well as long time practicing yogis who will enjoy the challenge of power yoga and the music her class has to offer.It is very important to her that she helps guide both old and new into a deep meditation after a tough... Read the profile >>
Namaste! I am Holli Rabishaw, yoga instructor and mother of two young children. Yoga is my passion and I share the practice with mindfulness of energy, alignment and joy. A current student describes my class as 'a total mind, body, heart & soul, holistic experience'." My intention is to share this ancient, practice and create a transformative experience. I am influenced and mentored by care-filled and skilled teachers reflected in my own unique teaching voice. Combining a well sequenced flow of poses linked with breath and precise alignment instruction, students experience a satisfying sense of engagement and release in every practice. Each class is infused with spot on music and practical themes to inspire the flow starting with a meditative awakening of the physical and... Read the profile >>
A Registered Yoga Teacher certified by Yoga Alliance and a Certified Yoga Therapist, I have a passion for teaching, practicing, and living the Yin (feminine) and the Yang (masculine) of Yoga. An avid yoga practitioner for 15 years, my practice began as a means to restore and regenerate the years of beating my body took in competitive athletics, healing injuries, and calming what I thought was an extremely busy mind. Several years later, the journey continues…I thrive on living from the inside out…healthy body, healthy mind, and healthy spirit. My daily intention is to align my teachings with the way I strive to live: an honest, balanced, purposeful, and epic life. I teach Power Yoga and music-infused Vinyasa Flow Classes (linking breath with movement) integrating traditional and... Read the profile >>
Running Ambassador
Lizzie Brenkus excelled in the professional world of publishing for a decade until she decided to chuck her corporate career in favor of full-time motherhood. Three months after having her second child, she began the journey of becoming an endurance triathlete and short and long distance runner, while being a mother of two. A dancer most of her life, yogini, downhill skier, and dabbler in everything fitness, Lizzie discovered a love of running in 2008 at age 32. She progressed quickly making the podium at numerous races in all distances, including qualifying for the Boston Marathon, which she ran in 2010. A year after getting hooked on running races, she picked up cycling and swimming, and in 2009, competed in triathlons in all distances, including Ironman Arizona, regularly making... Read the profile >>
Bikram Yoga Westlake Village in Southern California is owned by Mahnaz Jahangiri, a practitioner of Bikram Yoga for over ten years. Mahnaz was certified through the rigorous Bikram program in 2002, and has been instructing classes ever since, teaching Bikram Yoga to thousands of students. A graduate of Cal State Northridge, Mahnaz has spent more than a decade working in the Los Angeles-based television industry. Her passion for yoga instruction has gone beyond private instruction, having also taught classes for incarcerated youth at several locations in Southern California. Mahnaz is back in the community she grew up in to help bring better health and better life to the people in the surrounding areas. Read the profile >>
Crossfit Malibu
Mike is owner/operator of CrossFit Malibu and can be found paddling, surfing or on a nearby trail when he isn't running CrossFit classes at "The Hut." Mike completed his Sports Medicine degree at Pepperdine University and has enjoyed teaching and training kids and adults in many capacities since then. He has worked as a health educator in Thailand for US Peace Corps, directed Outdoor Education Camps in India, run physical education courses for teacher credentialing programs, developed large group marathon training programs, taught elementary school in south LA, facilitated exercise research with projects at UCLA, and created a business in outdoor adventure fitness. Most recently he directed and taught within the Physical Education Department at Pepperdine University for 4 years. Mike... Read the profile >>
Michael Latch owns and operates Valley Crossfit in Van Nuys, California. Valley Crossfit (VCF) became the 27th Crossfit gym in the world back in 2005, and currently there are over 2000 Crossfit gyms in the world! VCF has much to be proud of, including an impressive competition record (Top 10 finishers in the last three annual Crossfit Games Events--a worldwide Crossfit competition--including 2010 First Place Finisher Kristan Clever!) and a worldwide reputation for quality fitness instruction. Part of Michael's success is due to his multi-disciplinary approach towards fitness, incorporating elements of Yoga, Martial Arts, Parkour, and other "Silly Human Tricks" into his classes. A common reaction to his training? "Man, I thought I'd see everything, but...!" Read the profile >>
M6 Fitness
Robyn Logan has a passion for people, a passion for healthy people, a passion for happy, healthy people. Living a lifestyle of positive energy and purpose driven in all she does, Robyn exudes the atmosphere of creativity, hope, strength and power. Not only in her personal training or group exercise classes, she walks the walk and talks the talk. Playing sports of all kinds as a kid, this natural path led Robyn to her fitness career. Having spent the last twelve years teaching, training and empowering clients, she has seen results beyond her own expectations. Co-founder of “Your Greatest Challenge”, a personal weight loss/nutrition/exercise program, she has watched hundreds of people literally change their lives. Losing more than one hundred pounds, throwing away bottles... Read the profile >>
