Our Teachers.

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Owner and Director of Vive LA Yoga, Cara is a mother of three beautiful children and a 300hr E-RYT. With over thirteen years of experience, she strives to uplift and inspire her students through her practice and modern teaching styles in vinyasa and yin yoga. Cara believes yoga gives you the ultimate tools needed to live your best life with happiness and grace. 

Cara has been interviewed and featured on Fox 11 Good Day LA and VoyageLA magazine about her inspirational yoga journey. Her passion for yoga stems from the philosophy and never ending growth of the practice that mirrors life’s experiences. Her desire for creating connection is one that contributes to the health, wellness, and extension of her community and followers. Expect to be challenged, renewed, and empowered after taking her classes. 

Amanda Lynne fell in love with yoga around 2008. After becoming a mom of two beautiful daughters and years later, the stars aligned and she completed her 200hr RYT through Yogalution Movement in 2019. “Serious life changer,” she says. Learning how to allow yourself space in time to drop into the body and understand the breath is a blessing as well as a continuous practice. Her classes are fun and she hopes to hold space for you to experience and explore feeling comfortable in your own body. Come flow with Amanda! 

Stephanie completed her 200hr RYT through Cloud Nine Yoga at Free Spirit Yoga, and has been teaching over two years now. Stephanie believes yoga is for any and every body. Her classes focus on accessibility, inclusivity, and building a strong foundation. Stephanie enjoys teaching Level 1 (beginners) Vinyasa Flow and is enthusiastic about creating a safe environment for her students to get in touch with their body, mind, and soul. In her classes, you'll experience breathwork, simple poses and stretches, as well as strong encouragement to both honor your body but also push past any and all mental limitations. Stephanie lives by the mantra: “There is enough sunshine for everyone.” So she shares her’s with everyone she meets. Come take class with Stephanie. 

Andrew has been practicing yoga and incorporating its philosophy into his life since 2000. During the past 20 years, he has studied Iyengar, Hatha, Raja, Vinyasa, and Yin yoga. He earned his 200hr yoga teacher certification through Sundara Yoga Shala in Los Alamitos and completed a 50hr Yin Yoga certification with Bernie Clark and Diana Batts.

While Andrew’s Vinyasa classes involve a mix of flows, he brings his experiences together - incorporating alignment principles, present moment awareness and humor. His methodical way of teaching is well suited to leading students of all levels. He focuses on deepening body awareness as he guides you through your yoga practice.

Andrew strives to create a safe, healthy atmosphere to explore the body, be mindful, and calm the mind, making the practice approachable for everyone, of every level and of every walk of life. He enjoys leading workshops for anyone who is interested in learning about the deeper aspects of yoga including philosophy, pranayama, and Sanskrit.

Theresa has been a practitioner of yoga for over 28 years to support her body, breath, and inclusion in the community.  She has now completed her 200 hour teacher certification through Breathe For Change. Her training includes teaching both adults and children alike, with a focus on social emotional learning, trauma informed practices, and inclusion of all body types.  Theresa is passionate about bringing the peace and mindfulness of yoga to all people.  Her yoga sequences include breath to movement awareness to bring each body into the present moment.  After all, the present moment is the only place to be!

Hello fellow cosmic souls! I am Michelle Marks and so excited to embark on this yoga journey with you. 

By day I am an early elementary school teacher with an insatiable passion for travel, culture, and adventure. 

I have been practicing yoga for many years but its medicine truly called to me during a time when outward travel was not an option- so I went inward, and I am so grateful I did. 

Let’s push our boundaries together, in sacred space, and find those pieces of ourselves waiting to be discovered. 

A former dancer, Emma came to yoga in 2014 in search of a form of exercise that would match the flow and lyricism she missed from her days as a ballerina. In 2019 during a particularly challenging time in her life she began to deepen her practice and grew more in touch with the spiritual aspects of yoga. This led her to pursue the 200 hour teach training with Ra yoga in early 2021. Her style focuses on musicality, flow, and breath to movement. If you’re the type of yogi who loves a fun playlist and a dance party come flow with Emma!

Angel has been practicing yoga since her belly dancing years as a teen. Her dancing practice led her to find new movements through yoga. Over the years she found herself coming back to her mat again and again. In 2020 she was called in a dream to become a yoga teacher. She immediately enrolled in a 200hr teacher training in beautiful Costa Rica. Angel has continued to expand her knowledge and receive certifications in trauma-informed practices, yin yoga, and Ahimsa philosophy. Angel brings a fun and funky vibe to her classes, incorporating meditative elements, and tribal sounds. She believes her calling as a yoga teacher is to help her students awaken the connection to the ultimate bliss that is already present inside them.