Kelly Wood
is the founder and director of Karuna Yoga. Kelly created Karuna Yoga as a comfortable and beautiful space where people feel at ease. The Karuna Yoga atmosphere and great teachers are here to support everyone in their quest for feeling happier about themselves and their lives. Kelly began her practice with Ashtanga Yoga and then discovered Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan. Through her experience, Kelly has great appreciation of all styles of yoga as she sees the common goal of bringing people back to their true nature open, strong and calm.

One of Kelly's great passions is teaching yoga to kids. Over the past five years, Kelly has developed a playful and imaginative kids yoga program that she teaches once a week at Karuna Yoga. She also goes into schools to teach weekly 20 minute yoga classes from kindergarten thru high school. Teaching kids how to calm themselves and focus through yoga and meditation gives Kelly great joy. For more information about privates and teacher trainings, please email Kelly at kwood@karunayoga.net

Jonnyka Bormann
Jonnyka chose yoga as a way to cope with life?s demands. She began practicing Hatha, soon discovered Kundalini, and continued practicing both styles regularly. It was evident from the beginning that yoga was (and is!) transforming her life. While furthering her practice in the teacher training program at Karuna Yoga with Kelly Wood & Jim Akimoto, Jonnyka realized that the joy and release she found in the practice was something she truly wanted to share with others. She believes in the endless discovery within each person and hopes to support and encourage others on their journeys within. She is honored to share her enthusiasm for yoga and meditation with the beautiful Karuna community and believes that yoga and meditation will continue to transform lives leading to a world of greater love, creativity & spirit.

Keirin Brown
In a world driven by time lines, traffic, cell phones and long hours, Keirin feels it's getting more and more difficult for people to let go and allow for quiet. Keirin believes the practice of yoga can be the best gift we give ourselves. By finding quiet we are able to truly listen to the body, hear beyond the chatter and find the strength and ease that will guide us through the most trying moments in life. After having her own struggles with anxiety, Keirin decided seek a deeper self-understanding and pursue her certification in Hatha and Kundalini yoga at Karuna Yoga. Her classes are meant to encourage students of all levels to truly listen to their bodies in order to find physical and emotional strength and balance. As well as being a yoga teacher, Keirin is a physical theatre performer and creator.

Prabhu Prakash
As a yoga teacher and in her own practice, Prabhu Prakash is guided by the words of TKV Desikachar, "It is not that the person needs to accommodate him or herself to yoga, but rather the yoga practice must be tailored to fit each person." Her class begins with a Yin Yoga sequence of deep, gentle stretches that prepare the body for a vigorous Kundalini Yoga kriya. Throughout the class, you are encouraged to explore your own unique patterns of tension and stress. Each class concludes with meditation and deep relaxation, leaving you clear, refreshed and energized for the day. "Prabhu Prakash" means "light of dawn of God" and is the spiritual name given to Linda Richards by Yogi Bhajan. Ms. Richards became certified to teach Kundalini Yoga through the Master's Touch program in New Mexico in 2003. She completed the Yoga Works teacher training program in 2005 and the Kids Yoga teacher training at Karuna Yoga in 2009. Ms. Richards is also the co-founder of Artisan Global LLC, a Geographic Information Systems consulting company.

Lona Alexander
Lona has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 30 years. She is also a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, a method that restores the natural ease and grace of movement by eliminating unwanted habitual patterns of tension in the body. Through intensive study of the Alexander Technique, Lona has developed her own unique style of teaching yoga. One of her greatest joys is to help students find greater ease, confidence and creativity in their practice and life.
Joe Kara
Joe Kara started his journey to Yoga in 2003, driven by curiosity and an instinctive feeling that it was something special that he needed to try and he hasn't looked back. It was a natural path to deepen his practice further and start teaching Yoga. Joe has spent the last several years studying and cultivating the art of teaching this practice. He has participated in multiple Teacher Trainings and is certified to teach in both the Hatha and Kundalini traditions; and is currently studying Yoga Therapy at Loyola Marymount University. Joe strives to bring his students a stimulating practice environment, with attention to alignment, awareness of the breath, and a deep internal focus. He's continually honored to be able to teach this practice.