McLean : Tysons Corner
Carolyn Weininger
Carolyn Weininger Carolyn has been practicing yoga for 15 years and teaching yoga for 5 years. She began teaching Group Exercise in 2002 with cycle classes for health clubs in the Washington DC area. She studies various styles of yoga including Vinyasa Flow, Power Yoga and Anusara Yoga. She is drawn to the flow styles of Vinyasa for its meditative and dance-like quality. Her classes embrace a rhythmic flow as she integrates Sun Salutations with her soothing voice and a unique selection of yoga music. She believes in Vinyasa Krama – start where you are and offer space to learn and grow at one’s own pace. Carolyn feels that yoga is for everybody; she offers class options so students can feel great about their own personal progress and achievement. She embraces the way that her Yoga... Read the profile >>
Cassandra Walsh
I have lived my life finding the positive in every situation. To quote..." You cannot seek happiness, you must find it." It gives me great joy to help others find the happiness that already lies within. Let me help you reach within and find an energy that already exists but is just waiting to be let out! It is my honor to guide you through a practice that will challenge your physical and emotional fitness. One that will give you added flexibility, strength and grace---a practice that will leave you feeling balanced, and calm. Cassandra graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Management, and a minor in Accounting. She is a Certified Public Accountant as well as a 200 Hour registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. She received her Power Vinyasa... Read the profile >>
Justin Case
DC Kettlebells Co.
He takes his kettlebells seriously! Justin is the owner and founder of GiryaFit, LLC. GiryaFit combines Justin’s passion for kettlebells, love for teaching, Marine Corps mentality, and competitive spirit for a unique and rewarding training experience. GiryaFit offers group kettlebell classes and one-on-one strength and conditioning. “I’m a personal trainer because I like helping people, but I’m a kettlebell trainer because I love empowering them.” Women especially are gaining a sense of confidence and a feeling of empowerment that they may have never experienced, a fit body is just an added bonus. Justin has always been considered athletic and involved in sports, but as the years passed he realized his true passion wasn’t the game. The training, conditioning, and... Read the profile >>
Kate Vickers
It seems as though Kate’s been practicing yoga all her life! Kate Vickers remembers being a young girl and going to the local community center with her mom to take classes. As she grew up, times changed and people changed, but her yoga practice remained. Through thick and thin, good times and bad, it was yoga that remained her constant friend and faithful companion. In fact, it was some years later that Kate’s yoga practice saw her through painful and trying times including the death of her mom. Once healed, there was no doubt that Kate was destined to share this life changing - and life saving - practice with others. Today, Kate Vickers is recognized by Yoga Alliance as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher and is most grateful to have received training from so many esteemed... Read the profile >>
Peggy Mulqueen
Sharing her gentle warmth and contagious sense of humor, Peggy has been leading her students towards wellbeing, health and balance through yoga since 2000. Though to hear her tell it – her introduction to yoga was reluctant at best. “It took me the longest time to try yoga. You see, I had this vision of people that do yoga as some elitist group of enlightened ones who would never welcome me and all my unbridled energy, along with a few bad habits, as well! Plus, I figured all you did in a yoga class was sit in a twisted position with your thumb and forefinger pressed together and hum aloud. Oh, and a naptime at the end! It was about 10 years ago. I was the director of counseling for a school system, working on a doctorate, raising two children solo, and squeezing in... Read the profile >>
Susan Shields
SUSAN SHIELDS, recipient of the 2006 Choo-San Goh Award for Choreography, has created dances on several professional companies and universities. Her work appears in the repertories of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Washington Ballet, Richmond Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, Boston Ballet II, and City Dance Ensemble. She has also created work for Harvard University, George Mason University, University of Richmond and Shenandoah University. In 2005, Ms. Shields was given a generous commission from the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts to create a ballet for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre which premiered at the Filene Center that summer. She performed nationally and internationally, most recently as a member of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project. In addition to performing... Read the profile >>
Ursula Cox
Ursula is an RYT by the Yoga Alliance at the 500 Hour level, has been teaching vinyasa yoga for over eight years and is constantly amazed by the power of this practice to transform one not just physically but mentally as well. Ursula values the importance of getting to know oneself and adapting one’s life and yoga practice accordingly. Ursula teaches with compassion, making yoga accessible to students at all levels to develop a deeper relationship with our true self and the world around us. Through our yoga practice, we can learn how to be at ease in our bodies and listen to the greatest teacher within — ourselves. Having taught private, group classes, teacher trainings and workshops in a wide variety of venues in Europe and in the United States, Ursula is proud to have founded... Read the profile >>