OUR TEAM
CELESTE
CUSUMANO
Hometown: Sea Isle City, NJ
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
Playlist Favorites: Kaleidoscope Jukebox, Sia, Nujabes, Tycho
Favorite Pose: Ardha Chandrasana
Local Restaurant Pick: The Franklin
Guilty Pleasure: Dark Chocolate and scrolling through pictures of my baby girl, Rose.
Yogi Goal: Celeste opened Asana Soul Practice to answer her life calling: to share the gift of yoga. She loves the Hudson County community and seeks to unite and celebrate our shared lives through yoga and meditation.
MARC
CUSUMANO
Hometown: New York, NY
Astrological Sign: Aquarius
Playlist Favorites: Emancipator, STS9
Favorite Pose: Savasana
Local Restaurant Pick: Karma Kafe
Guilty Pleasure: Naps
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Yogi Goal: Marc opened Asana Soul Practice with Celeste to share his passion for music. As our resident DJ, he puts his heart and soul into every playlist, uniting music and movement with the intention to allow you to dive deeper into the immersive experience of yoga.
KIERAN
SWANSON
Hometown: Nutley, NJ
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Playlist Favorites: Trevor Hall, Sol Rising, Tame Impala
Favorite Pose: Uttanasana
Local Restaurant Pick:
Guilty Pleasure: French Fries
Yogi Goal: Kieran's goal is to continue to learn about yoga through practicing as a student & teacher. Her intention is to connect with others who are like minded on their journey toward living in alignment of mind, body & soul.
LAUREN
DENNEY
Hometown: Parsippany, NJ
Astrological Sign: Taurus
Playlist Favorites: Hozier, Kygo and any instrumental upbeat song
Favorite Pose: Prasarita Padottanasana
Local Restaurant Pick: Taqueria Downtown
Guilty Pleasure: Sweets!
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Yogi Goal: For both myself and students, my goal is to feel better in the body and the mind after class.
LORNE
FELDMAN
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Astrological Sign: Aries all the way!
Playlist Favorites: Indian flute, anything lo-fi, Frankie Knuckles
Favorite Pose: Tadasana, Sleeping Swan
Local Restaurant Pick: Muteki Ramen
Guilty pleasure: sweets and puppy kisses!
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Yogi Goal: To use the practice to “lift the veils” and connect with our true inner permanence.
DESIREE
WOLFARTH
Hometown: Clifton, NJ
Astro Sign: Virgo
Playlist Faves: Bonobo, Eskimotion, Yin Yin
Favorite Pose: Supported Fish
Local Restaurant Pick: Domodomo
Guilty Pleasure: Fast food... but no guilt!
Yogi Goal: To create safe spaces of love and belonging for my students (and self)
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JACQUI
ZAYDEL
Hometown: Manalapan, NJ
Astrological Sign: Capricorn
Playlist Favorites: Tep No, BAYNK, Sol Rising
Favorite Pose: Bird of Paradise
Local Restaurant Pick: Ed & Mary's, Corto
Guilty Pleasure: The occasional McFlurry (with Oreos AND M&Ms... yes it's possible, don't let them tell you otherwise!)
Yogi Goal: Leading with humility and curiosity both as a teacher and a student, and empowering my fellow yogis to cultivate balance and joy on and off the mat.
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GRACE
STAUFFER
Hometown: Northern Los Angeles, CA
Astrological Sign: Aries
Playlist Favorites: Jungle by Night and anything with an Afro beat
Favorite Pose: Dancer
Local Restaurant Pick: Corto and Ani Ramen
Guilty Pleasure: Science Podcasts
Yogi Goal: Finding the joy and fun in movement of your body.
MEAGAN
MORTENSON
Hometown: Monroe Twp, NJ
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Playlist Favorites: Odesza, Billie Eilish, Rufus Du Sol, Sly5thAve
Favorite Pose: Wild Thing
Local Restaurant Pick: Tenth Street Pizza
Guilty Pleasure: Reading fiction thrillers or watching Sex and the City
Yogi Goal: To empower others physically and mentally both on and off their mats.
JAINA
LUMKONG
Hometown: Byram, NJ
Astrological Sign: Libra
Playlist Favorites: Odesza, Jack Johnson, Dirty Heads
Favorite Pose: Kapotasana
Hoboken Restaurant Pick: Illuzion
Guilty Pleasure: Frozen yogurt with all of the chocolate toppings
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Yogi Goal: Jaina is committed to sharing the practice of yoga and loves to flow with the breath. Her mindfully designed vinyasa style classes create ease and flexibility, allowing you to reconnect to your breath and yourself.
PATRICK
MURRAY
Hometown: North Bergen, NJ
Astrological Sign: Taurus
Playlist Favorites: The Doors, Jimi Hendrix
Favorite Pose: Supta Virasana
Hoboken Restaurant Pick: Trattoria Soporito
Guilty Pleasure: Ice cream
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Yogi Goal: Patrick, our resident sound bath instrumentalist, uses tibetan bowls, tuning forks, drums, and bells to produce sounds and music that allow you to dive deeper into meditation and find balance between mind and body.
LAUREN
HEMLEY
Hometown: Pennington, NJ
Astrological Sign: Aries
Playlist Favorites: Tycho, Liquid Bloom, Grimes
Favorite Pose: Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon)
Jersey City Restaurant Pick: Razza
Guilty Pleasure: dark chocolate and pastries
Yogi Goal: Lauren's goal is to continue on a journey of healing herself and others through the practice of yoga. She believes that when we are more integrated in body, mind and spirit we are more able to express and share our luminous nature.
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MELISSA
GRYWALSKI
Hometown: Jersey City, NJ
Astrological Sign: Libra
Playlist Favorites: hard question, I like over 6000 artist on Spotify! Right now my top artists are Bad Bunny, Glass Animals, and Time To Spend by Kevin Davis
Favorite Pose: Revolved Half Moon
Local Restaurant Pick: Uncle Momo
Guilty Pleasure: Bravo Reality TV & fast vegan food
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Yogi Goal: My goal is to develop my teaching ability and open a yoga retreat space to offer healing, knowledge and connection. I would like to move to Puerto Rico to open this space reconnecting to my heritage, educate visitors on the island and support locals.
DANIELLE
TIDEMAN
Hometown: Sartell, Minnesota
Astrological Sign: Pisces
Playlist Favorites: Imagine Dragons, Prince and ODESZA
Favorite Pose: Ardha Chandrasana and Pigeon
Local Restaurant Pick: White Star, Talde and Lo-Fi
Guilty Pleasure: My deep, undying love for Hanson and crappy reality TV (Jersey Shore reboot anyone?).
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Yogi Goal: To make people feel good both in their bodies and their minds. Not only is yoga an incredible physical challenge, but one of the best benefits has been to erase anxiety and self-doubt through the practice. To be able to share this positive experience with others and be part of a collective community is the greatest achievement of all.
CLAIRE
BILAVSKY
Hometown: Cranford, NJ
Astrological Sign: Pisces
Playlist Favorites: Lane 8, DRAMA, SZA, and Lennon Stell
Favorite Pose: Child's Pose and Pigeon
Guilty Pleasure: Chocolate and cuddles!
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Yogi Goal: Allowing the authentic self to unfold, heal, and rise..
RACHEL
FISCHER
Hometown: Winnipeg, MB. Canada
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
Playlist Favorites: The Mates of Soul, Mid Week Jams
Favorite Pose: Virabhadrasana II
Local Restaurant Pick: Tacoria (Vegan, Double Tortilla Brussels Sprouts Tacos!)
Guilty Pleasure: French Fries & Terrible Reality TV
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Yogi Goal:
To sit in the discomfort.
To deepen the breath.
To slow down.
To create space in the body.
To make eye contact.
To have fuuuuuun
To connect with community and encourage my yogis to arrive, to ground, to let go, to fill their cup.
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STACEY
LAWRENCE
Hometown: Syracuse, NY
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Playlist Favorites: For yoga, I tend to keep it instrumental with tracks that suit the energy of the class I am teaching. In general, I grew up on early 2000s emo bands and it was NOT a phase ;)
Favorite Pose: Supta Virasana
Local Restaurant Pick: Wurstbar
Guilty Pleasure: Coming up with silly little songs about how cute my cats are, and singing them (often poorly) out loud
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Yogi Goal: To show up authentically, and to create a space where others are inspired to do the same
SHILPY
JAIN
Hometown: Mumbai,India
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Playlist Favorites: Sol Rising, Coldplay
Favorite Pose: Uttanasana(Forward Fold), Eka Pada Rajakapotasana (King Pigeon Pose)
Local Restaurant Pick: Orale, Cafe Dolma
Guilty Pleasure: Afternoon Naps, Pineapple and Jalapeño Pizza (The best combination ever)
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Yogi Goal: To connect with people and spread the love for yoga both on and off the mat. Find strength and grace on mat and always keep learning both as a student and a teacher. (Always a student first)
SARAH
CARVALHO
Hometown: Merrimack, NH
Astrological Sign: Cancer
Playlist Favorites: Anything moody like Lorde or Florence + the Machine with a little Otis Redding thrown in. I also love a good slow cover!
Favorite Pose: Half Moon
Local Restaurant Pick: Gino's in the Heights
Guilty Pleasure: Re-watching all the seasons of the Great British Baking Show!
Yogi Goal: My goal as a teacher is to encourage you to feel good in your own body and to appreciate and ENJOY your practice — not to try and live up to a specific yoga aesthetic.
RICKI JEAN
TRINK
Hometown: New Haven, CT
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
Playlist Favorites: Led Zeppelin, Bruno Mars, Stevie Nicks
Favorite Pose:Setu Bandha Sarvangasana
Hoboken Restaurant Pick: Choc-o-Pain
Guilty Pleasure: reality tv + coconut ice cream
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Meditation Goal: Ricki Jean invites students into connection and communion to the deeper self, to the well of healing energy we each possess. She hopes her students leave class with an experience of feeling supported, and awakened to harmony and balance that they can then lean into in their daily life outside of class time.
MEAGAN
WOODS
Hometown: Kendall Park, NJ
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Playlist Favorites: Goldmund + Library Tapes
Favorite Pose: Prasarita Padottanasana (wide-legged forward fold)
Local Restaurant Pick: Orale
Guilty Pleasure: classic movies + dark chocolate
Yogi Goal: Living, loving, and giving generously
TORY
SNEDEN
Hometown: Montclair, NJ
Astrological Sign: Aquarius
Playlist Favorites: Sol Rising, DJ Taz, anything with vibe-y beats and deep bass
Favorite Pose: Extended Side Angle
Local Restaurant Pick: Karma Kafe
Guilty Pleasure: Dunkin' Donuts Iced Coffee
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Yogi Goal: To lead by example and show others that yoga is for everyBODY, of all shapes and sizes.
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MARIAH
GIBSON
Hometown: Maywood, NJ
Astrological Sign: Pisces
Playlist Favorites: Sade, Alina Baraz, Jhene Aiko, Pink Sweat$, Sol Rising
Favorite Pose: Bird of Paradise
Local Restaurant Pick: Il Tavolo di Palmisano
Guilty Pleasure: Capri Sun
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Yogi Goal: Achieve Lotus Pose!
ALLISON
STOVALL ESPINO
Hometown: Sayreville, NJ
Astrological Sign: Libra—balance, babies!
Playlist Favorites: Sounds that allow me to feel present in my body—it may be deep or gentle dance beats, Krishna Das, some 70s Nigerian funk. I love to explore music and to create and share that experience of embodiment if I can.
Favorite Pose: Pigeon
Local Restaurant Pick: Bareburger; I don’t frequent Hoboken a ton but ages ago I popped in here with my mom after dragging her (happily) to a yoga class & wish it was down the street from me—you can get everything on a veggie burger, every kind of fry & onion rings.
Guilty Pleasure: No guilt in my pleasures!
Yogi Goal: As of now, to peacefully carry and bring this growing baby to earth.
ERIN
HOWARD
Hometown: Sea Girt, NJ
Astrological Sign: Scorpio
Playlist Favorites: Maggie Rogers, Goose, Khruangbin
Favorite pose: King Pigeon
Local Restaurant pick: Saku
Guilty Pleasure: Conspiracy Theories​
Yogi goal: To share the gift of being grounded in oneself through taking time and spending it within ourselves on our mats
PRACHI
SINGH
Hometown: India
Astrological Sign: Leo
Playlist Favorites: Anoushka shakar
Favorite Pose: Mayur Asana
Local Restaurant Pick: Hi-So Thai
Guilty Pleasure: cheesecake
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Yogi Goal: Rejuvenate and energize the body, mind and soul.
ELLIE CHEUNG
Hometown: Holmdel, NJ
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Playlist Favorites: Zero 7, Tycho
Favorite Pose: Restorative matsyasana (fish pose)
Local Restaurant Pick: Otto Strada
Guilty Pleasure: Mindless phone games and cookies
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Yogi Goal: To practice yoga designed to meet today's needs, which which may not be the same as yesterday's or tomorrow's.
MELANIE
CABA
Hometown: Garnerville, NY
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Playlist Favorites: Hozier, Lady Gaga, Brett Dennen, Rosalía
Favorite Pose: Svarga Dvijasana - Bird of Paradise
Local Restaurant Pick: La Casa
Guilty Pleasure: planning my next vacation before I go on the vacation that is already scheduled on my calendar
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​Yogi Goal: to be present, either on my mat, with family & friends, or with the current task at hand.
KERI
DIGIROLAMO
Hometown: Dumont, NJ
Astrological Sign: Libra
Playlist Favorites: Rüfüs Du Sol, ODESZA, Oneheart, Lane 8, and lots of melodic dance and acoustics
Favorite Pose: Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon)
Local Restaurant Pick: Grand Vin
Guilty Pleasure: Reality TV, electronic dance music, and my daily walk for coffee!
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Yogi Goal: To be present, release what needs to go, and make space to breathe on my mat. To honor the body and where it is on any given day, and to observe it without judgement. To release comparison, and let go. To connect body, mind, and spirit. To use the practice of yoga to heal and put out goodness towards the world, and encourage other yogis to do the same.
ZAC
O'NEILL
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Playlist Favorites: Dennis Lloyd, Hayden James, ODESZA, MC YOGI
Favorite Pose: Warrior 2
Local Restaurant Pick: Bwé Kafe on Washington
Guilty Pleasures: Breakfast pastries and video games​
Yogi Goal: I want to dive deep into my yoga practice and learn more every day. I hope to inspire others to get on the mat and find the same joy and peace that I've found through this practice.
AMANDA GLORIA
VALDES
Hometown: Edison, NJ
Astrological Sign: PiscesPlaylist Favorites: Ambient, Deep House, Afro Beats, Acoustic
Favorite Pose: Compass
Local Restaurant Pick: Alfalfa
Guilty Pleasure: Binge watching shows on Netflix
Yogi Goal: My goal is to eliminate barriers to access, ensuring that yoga and well-being practices are available to all. By fostering greater equity in yoga and wellness resources, we can create thriving, liberated communities where everyone has the opportunity to flourish.
MONISA
PAREKH
Hometown: Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India)
Astrological Sign: Cancer
Playlist Favorites: Soulful Bollywood Songs, or Indian Classical Music
Favorite Pose: Padmasana(Lotus Pose)
Local Restaurant Pick: Karma Cafe
Guilty Pleasure: A good cup of Filter Coffee
Yogi Goal: A yogi isn't supposed to be attached to goals, I want to live each day to its fullest.
ERIN
CLYNE
Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Playlist Favorites: Fujitsu, Mono:Massive, Joey Pecoraro
Favorite Pose: Trikonasana
Local Restaurant Pick: …Food…Madame, Jane Doe, Gaia & Loki, OR Hudson Hound for that great local vibe
Guilty Pleasure: Dark chocolate in any form, and a hot drink with a good book
Yogi Goal: Bring the awareness and connectedness found on my mat into the world around me, and to encourage both curiosity and compassion.
EMMA
WHITFORD
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
Astrological Sign: Virgo
Playlist Favorites: Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, Fleetwood Mac
Favorite Pose: Ardha Kapotasana
Local Restaurant Pick: Alessio’s cafe
Guilty Pleasure: Bad reality TV
Yogi Goal: To create a welcoming space for students to unwind and enjoy moving their bodies.