Meet the Team
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Kierston P - HPY Signature Flow
KP is your yoga teacher friend who can help you let go & go with the flow. She loves to teach students Baptiste vinyasa inspired yoga flows that invite a sense of self-discovery, mindfulness, and alignment to your practice.
KP’s teaching style is designed to offer approachable sequences that focus on alignment, breath awareness, and mindful movement that flow to a curated playlist of music that enhances the energy of each class. KP is a big affirmation girlie so she shares an affirmation to help set the intention at the top of class. Her classes are not just a fun workout, they are a journey toward balance, strength, and personal growth.
Catch a flow with KP on Friday’s 12:10pm class every week at HPY.
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Kara P - HPY Signature Flow
Kara is a 200hr Registered Yoga Teacher in Baptiste inspired power yoga. Kara’s yoga journey began when she was a student at Pitt in 2015. Missing her sports teams from high school, she craved an athletic, team-like atmosphere and found it at a local power yoga studio. Now an avid squash player and training for her first triathlon, she believes yoga is essential to her training, both physically and meditative.
In Kara’s class, expect to focus on alignment cues, linking breath with movement and mindfulness meditation.
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Julie Y - HPY Signature Flow, Candlelit Heated Yin
Julie offers an inspired, creative, and challenging flow expertly choreographed with each breath and movement. Catch Julie on the schedule Thursday's at 12:10 and Tuesday night, back-to-back at 5:30pm and 6:40 for HPY Signature Flow.
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Sara W - HPY Signature Flow, Hot Abs, Candlelit Heated Yin
A new Jersey native, Sara began her yoga journey about 12 years ago. Yoga found her after doctor recommended it to help heal from her sports related injuries. Sara immediately bonded with the benefits of mind body connection. After going away to college, Sara’s love of yoga really deepened and she began an apprenticeship with her college fitness center. Here she also earned Sara her group fitness instructor certificate through AFFA-NASM, she began teaching spin classes and hatha yoga. Wanting to discover more about herself and her practice, Sara enrolled in her 200hr and graduated from Radiant Heart Yoga School, through Yoga Bohemia in Long Beach Island, NJ.
As a yoga instructor Sara loves creating fun, intentional flows that both strengthen the body and ease the mind. She loves to have fun and create challenge in her classes for all types of yogis. She feels honored and privileged to be able to teach something she’s so passionate about and can’t wait to get on the mat with you!
Sara teaches Monday nights 5:30pm HPY Signature Flow and 6:40pm Hot Abs.
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Natalie F - HPY Baby Prenatal Flow, HPY Signature Flow
Movement has always been a passion for Natalie. Yoga asana was first introduced as a conditioning to complement playing competitive sports, but as time went on Yoga became a core movement practice and life philosophy. In Spring 2023, Natalie received her 200hr YTT in Philadelphia, PA. Soon after, she felt called to complete her 85hr Prenatal Yoga certification in Summer 2023.
Natalie’s mission as a yoga teacher is for students to connect to their true natures and leave class feeling lighter and brighter!
Natalie teaches HPY Signature Flow on Friday at 5:10 and HPY Baby Prenatal Flow at 8:00am Saturday morning.
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Sara P - HPY Signature Flow, Candlelit Heated Yin
Sara started practicing yoga as a young dancer 2 decades ago. Yoga has helped Sara tackle life's challenges and form a deeper connection with herself and others. She completed her 200 hour certification with Monarch Yoga in Philadelphia and loves to teach powerful, dynamic classes, while creating a space of self-acceptance, silliness, and exploration. Sara is also certified in Yin.
When not on the mat, you can catch Sara hanging with her husband, Jack, and their many dogs and cats.
Sara teaches HPY Signature Flow at 7:30pm on Wednesday, and Sunday mornings at 10:00am.
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Cait C - HPY Signature Flow
Cait is a yoga instructor in South Philadelphia who prioritizes joy, compassion, and alignment for her students. Cait is certified as an RYT 500, and her classes are informed by a multitude of styles; hatha, power vinyasa, nidra and meditation are yogic practices close to Cait’s heart.
Cait’s classes offer edgy power peaks, detailed alignment cues, uplifting philosophic inquiry, and space to explore your own energetic needs in a spicy environment with a loving guide.
Catch Cait Wednesday mornings at 7:00am for HPY Signature Flow.
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Jessi S - HPY Signature Flow
Jessi Sheridan is a certified RYT-200 power yoga instructor dedicated to helping individuals achieve physical and mental strength through dynamic and challenging practices. She is committed to fostering a supportive, inclusive, and empowering environment, emphasizing mindfulness, breath control, and alignment for a well-rounded approach to yoga.
When she isn’t teaching yoga, she’s empowering women off the mat to design and live a life they are proud of.
Catch Jessie Thursday Mornings at 7:30am for HPY Signature Flow.
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Julie B - HPY Signature Flow
Julie has been practicing yoga for 15 years and has called studios in Greenwich, CT, New York City, and Columbus, OH home. She has found the physical practice of power yoga to be transformative in her life and loves to share the practice with the Philadelphia community. Julie teaches a challenging, fast-paced class that encourages students to turn their attention inward and stay in the present moment. She received her 200hr training at Hotbox Yoga in the style of Baptiste Power Yoga.
Catch Julie B on the schedule Saturdays at 9:10am for HPY Signature Flow.
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Allisa P - Candlelit Heated Yin, HPY Signature Flow
Catch Allisa on Sunday nights at 6:00pm for HPY Candlelit Heated Yin. Also with a Juicy Yin class, she'll often treat students with a sound bath.
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Amy LaRoux R - HPY Hot Pilates, HPY Candlelit Heated Yin
Amy has been a Philly resident since the 90s and holds degrees from Drexel and Temple Universities. Her diverse athletic background includes competitive gymnastics and springboard diving, and she is a life-long dancer. She began taking yoga and Pilates classes during her college years and has maintained an active practice for over two decades. Her love of teaching and movement inspired her to become certified in Hot Pilates: a fusion class that blends the precision of Pilates with yoga and high-intensity strength training.
Expect a class with Amy to be fun, creative, and challenging, leaving you feeling strong and centered.
Amy teaches HPY Hot Pilates at 4:00pm on Sunday.
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Emily S - HPY Signature Flow
Emily received her 200hr certification from YogaSix. Her classes are such a treat, always with great music. Catch Emily for HPY Signature Flow when you see her on the schedule!
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Louise C - HPY Signature Flow
Louise completed her 200hr at Yoga Habit and is currently training for her Hot Pilates Certification. Louise often teaches HPY Signature Flow on a varied schedule.
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Jung K - Sub - HPY Signature Flow, Candlelit Heated Yin
As soon as Jung took her first yoga class in 2012, she was hooked. It was love at first sight!
After being rooted in the world of athleticism and movement, she progressed to extensively continue her yoga training.
Jung considers herself a student first, and credits her teachers as inspiration as she brings alignment in mind and body to her various worlds in her daily practice. Catch Jung when you see her on the schedule!
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Alyssa M - Sub - HPY Baby Prenatal Flow, Candlelit Heated Yin
Alyssa believes when we find movement together, we can offer space to practice body autonomy and breath awareness.
After completing the 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with Wake Up Yoga in early 2020, Alyssa went on to complete certifications in Yin, Restorative, and Prenatal Yoga. She is currently enrolled in a 300-hour Advanced Teacher Training at Three Queens Yoga. She is passionate about teaching all levels and well versed in offering a variety of modifications through precise cueing, mindful alignment and bodily awareness.
Alyssa is a substitute for HPY Baby Prenatal Flow.
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Studio Owner, Danielle D’Alesandro, studied and received her 200 Hour Vinyasa certification at alignment based studio, Atmanada, in New York City in 2015. Danielle has practiced Hot Power Yoga for more than 16 years in many different cities around the world, including NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, Montreal, Canada and Sydney, Australia. Danielle’s teaching point of view combines her education in Alignment Vinyasa Yoga and her experience with Power Yoga to offer her students a safe and challenging Yoga practice.
HPY Philly is excited to be one of the first Hot Yoga studios in this corner of the city.