JYLL

Jyll Hubbard-Salk, a yoga practitioner for 30 years and certified in various traditions, opened Urban Asanas in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 2009.  She aimed to create an inclusive studio reflecting her diverse training and personal style, specifically welcoming Black women who felt marginalized elsewhere.  In 2018, Urban Asanas moved to a larger location, expanding into a wellness center in 2019.  Jyll offers free community classes for local tradeswomen and has taught extensively outside the studio, including kid's yoga and serving as a Lululemon Ambassador. Beyond yoga, she is a certified doula and holds a third-degree reiki certification. Her work has been featured in Essence, Ebony, and Yoga Bodies, among other media.

KATIE

A yogi of over 25 years, Katie is a radical creative hailing from the blessed coast. She received her 200-hour yoga and reiki certification in 2011 with Deborah Hanekamp @Mamamedicine and has led classes in studios, gardens, women’s shelters and arts venues throughout the US, UK and Asia. In 2019, she complete a Trauma-Sensitive YTT with the Lineage Project. A long-time student of Siri Rishi, her practice fuses Hatha-Vinyasa with selected Kundalini techniques; encompassing the sacred alchemy of asana, mantra and pranayama breath work. A pioneer of Hip Hop Yoga, Katie’s transformational work lies under a sacred canopy of co-created ritual and magic to align with higher consciousness.

TAMARA

Tamara Thomas is an educator, performing artist and choreographer. After receiving her undergraduate degree, she toured with Chuck Davis' African American Dance Ensemble. While completing her Master in Fine Arts in Dance at Temple University, she served as a member of Kariamu and Company Traditions and Kulu Mele African American Dance Ensemble.  In addition to being a performing artist, as a choreographer, she has shown her works at events and venues such as World Café Live, the Temple Black Alumni Arts Showcase, the Black Women's Arts Festival, the International African Arts Festival, the American College Dance Association Regional Conference, the Chale Wote Arts festival in Accra, Ghana and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. 

Her artistic vision involves the integration of arts and community development. This focus has been shared with various community based organizations both nationally and internationally and drove the creation of The Nkonsonkonson Afrikan Youth Ensemble in Kingston, Jamaica. She has provided instruction in various capacities at Temple University, the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts in the School of Dance, the University of Georgia, Goucher College, and Medgar Evers College.  She is currently a Health and Nutrition Life Coach, Doula and Yogi and has founded Sola’s Wellness Garden – Health Nutrition Coaching and Doula Services.

MARGO

Margo L Terry aka luxlun (250 RYT) is a yogi and multimedia artist born and based in Brooklyn. Margo offers dynamic yoga classes inspired by Hatha and Vinyasa traditions. She guides her students through a sequence of breath work, intentional movement, and meditation to ease and strengthen the mind, body, and spirit.

LAITH

Laith Ayogu is an ashtanga yoga practitioner, aspirant, writer and artist of Igbo descent working and living in Lenapehoking "Brooklyn, New York." Raised in post-Apartheid South Africa, their multidisciplinary practice traces technologies of homecoming, resistance, decolonisation and liberation by returning to the self, the sangha and earth. Work that feels urgent in the wake of dislocation, grief and illness across the Black Atlantic and Global South.

Utilising the indigenous Science of Yoga as somatic syllabus, their pedagogy synchronises mind, body and breath to calm the nervous system, produce a sense of peace and bring students into present awareness. The method draws upon classical Hatha Yoga practices (asana, pranayama, kriyas), Ashtanga Yoga philosophy of Maharishi Patanjali, in the lineage of Shri T. Krishnamacharya, the wisdom of The Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita and the Tattva Bodha of Sankracharaya.

A certified Pranayama Instructor (Level I: Yoga Education College, NYC) and Yoga Teacher (300hr: Yoga Institute est. 1918 Mumbai, India) Ayogu is under the tutelage of Eddie Stern at the Broome Street Ganesha temple and maintains a daily Ashtanga practice in the Mysore tradition under the caring facility of Michael Guio and supervision of Shraddha Jois.

OLUWAKEMI

Oluwakemi Aladesuyi is a yoga instructor, journalist and ceramicist. In the past decade practicing yoga, she has found a path to presence and a deeper connection to her intuition.

As a teacher, she is committed to creating warm, inviting spaces where students can focus on breath, alignment and their own inner strength and confidence. She believes that yoga is a homecoming, a practice that brings us back to ourselves when so much of the world seeks to pull us away. It is this transformative power that drives her passion for sharing yoga with others. 

In 2025 she completed her 200-hour Teacher Training at The Shala in Fort Greene. She is grateful for the mentorship of Annie Piper and Barbara Verrochi in her teaching journey and continues her studies in the Mysore Ashtanga tradition with Maria Rubinate.

200-hr Yoga Teacher Training ,Y oga Alliance Certified.

Simon

Simon is a 500-hour certified yoga instructor dedicated to honoring the ancient wisdom of yoga while supporting holistic well-being for students of all backgrounds. They have studied under Eloise Zeeman, drawing from the lineages of Sivananda, Ashtanga, and the teachings of her guru, Sri Dharma Mittra.

Known for their warmth and compassion, Simon creates a supportive environment where students feel safe and encouraged to explore their practice. Their classes balance challenge with accessibility, welcoming practitioners of all levels. Offerings include pranayama, meditation, yoga nidra, and asana, with attention to both physical alignment and inner growth. Through their guidance, students cultivate a deeper connection to themselves and the transformative power of yoga.

ADVAITHA

Advaitha Bhavanasi is a Hatha Yoga teacher. The ethos of their teaching style is to mirror truth in people and support students as their bodies uncover truth within themselves - helping people connect deeper to themselves and others. As a South Asian teacher they are trying to bring more of my holistic perspective of yoga to the co-opted white yoga industry that focuses on yoga for the soul.