Welcome to our Grounded Kids Teacher Directory. All listed teachers have completed at least Step 1 – Get Grounded In Children’s Yoga and are qualified to skillfully teach using our methodology. Those with the distinction of Certified Grounded Kids Teacher have complete 95 hours of comprehensive training to earn their certification. Use Categories for this selection. In the Search bar, find a teacher by entering any of the following fields.:
Lisa Duffus
Daphne Dumercy
Brittany Duncan
Caroline Dunham
Dr. Rita Durant
April Duritza
Anamika Dwivedy
Tricia Easley
Lissa Edmond
Ava Edmondson
Amy Eick
Lynne Eisenstein
Joanna Elkhoury
Toneka R Etienne , Ph.D.
Biography
I have a passion for children and have dedicated my life + career to seeing children reach their full potential. Yoga is one practice that I believe can help facilitate a child’s potential in a holistic + sacred way.I believe children can learn to listen to their own inner knowing through the practice of yoga, which can facilitate a whole, happy, + healthy child.
My mission at Kindred Sol Yoga is to facilitate connection, self-awareness, + community through the practice of yoga. It is my hope that children will discover their purpose + boldly create a life of freedom through this transformational practice.
Toneka R. Etienne, Ph.D is a Psychologist, wife, mother, author, and self-love advocate. She has worked for over a decade as a School Psychologist throughout the metro Atlanta area. When she is not holding sacred space for children + women, Toneka can be found doing her favorite things: spending time with her husband and two daughters, traveling, reading, connecting with like-minded visionaries, and looking for divine inspiration.
Katie Eudy
Biography
I am a teacher by nature:) I teach middle school math and science and am so excited about bringing yoga to kids and young adults! I teach a Grounded Kids Yoga class at Flow Yoga in Locust, North Carolina and love the program! My love of yoga came after years of playing competitive sports and I found that my mind and body craved the honest movement and mindfulness that comes with the yoga lifestyle. I have been unbelievably blessed to travel to so many wonderful places near and far during my summers and meet so many wonderful people. Meeting new people and discovering new cultures has helped to shape my outlook on education and living a healthy life mind, body, and soul. I am truly blessed to get to share my love of yoga with kids in my community!
Shakiem Evans
Anne Evered
Kari Ewert-Krocker
Collen Ezzo
Sherry Fahs
Leehe Fai
Biography
Stephany Fair
Juana Farfan
Kelley Faridi
Biography
Nicola Fatti
Bonnie Feagle
Teresa Feeney
Biography
I began practicing Yoga in college and have always come back to it throughout the years to experience its wonderful mind, body and spirit benefits.
My degree is in Education and I enjoy teaching children, teens and adults. I especially love working with young people.
As I have spent my second career in the life insurance industry, I understand more than ever how precious life is and that we need to make the most of it.
By helping yoga students to have fun while at the same time learning to improve their focus, body awareness and coping skills, I hope to make the world a kinder place.
I specialize in the following:
Pre-Grounded
Birthday Parties
Personalized Yoga
Barbara Ferber
Melanie Ferguson
Taylor Ferguson
Elisha Fernandes Simpson
Lorraine Ferreira
Patricia Fiamingo
Amy Finkel
Erin Fish
Carol Fleming
Millissent Flemmings
Holly Fletcher
Vivian Florence
Ms Marypat Forenza
Biography
I am a Middle School Spanish teacher. I have been a teacher at Warren Middle School, Somerset County, NJ since 2001, and I worked at Readington Middle School for 3 years prior.
I have been a yoga practitioner for 15 years, and always found a way to use breath and stretching in my classroom to invigorate or calm my class – which ever was needed! I decided to study the practice further when I was on medical leave following jaw surgery, and I received my 200 RYT in November, 2016.
Last year I worked with our basketball team, and ran an after school club for special needs students. It was a blast, and I am super excited to continue the club with all of the new Go-Grounded curriculum in my own school or in your school or neighborhood yoga studio!
Cara Fortey
Courteney Foster
Sarah Foster
Vicki Fox
Doreen Foxwell
Maria Francis
Biography
My name is Maria Francis and I am a licensed teacher in the state of North Carolina. Recently, I completed the Grounded Module 1 teaching training in Charlotte, NC and loved every minute of it! I am excited to see how to bring this experience into my career and where it can take me. I love children and believe that yoga can really open the minds of our young leaders. I hope to bring the joy and peace that yoga has brought to me into the lives of our young.
Professionally, I taught in Mecklenburg County for two years and worked in Gaston County at Costner Elementary this current school year. I also coach cheerleading at a local private high school and tutor children of all ages throughout the year.
I am a 2005 graduate of North Carolina State University where I received a Bachelor of Arts in English Rhetoric. Upon graduation, I took an interim position as a kindergarten assistant at St. Mathew’s Catholic School. When that position ended, I began working in finance at Maersk Inc. and Electrolux. However, I still had a desire to teach and went back to school at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte beginning in 2010. I received my Masters of Teaching in May of 2013.
I am currently working as a fourth grade teacher in Gaston County at Costner Elementary in Dallas, NC. Unlike prior teaching positions, I am teaching all subject matters in a rural setting to 22 students, including four Exceptional Children students and two English as Second Language students. Though not uncommon, my students range in abilities academically which has resulted in the implementation of diverse teaching approaches. These include flex grouping, Australian Mathematics Trust practices, and data driven instruction. The results of mandated district assessments and analysis of Renaissance Learning test results have shown that my students have grown an average of 1.2 years during this school year. Preliminary EOG scores indicated that 60% of them were proficient in reading and math. In addition to my role as a teacher, I also serve as the chair of the Vertical Planning Committee, which aims to align learning among grade levels in an effort to build a solid foundation of Common Core Standards.
Prior to the 2014-2015 school year, I taught at in Mecklenburg County at Merry Oaks International Academy Elementary in Charlotte, NC for two years. During the 2012-2013 school year, I co-taught literacy and social studies to 30 students in first grade. I moved to third grade for the 2013-2014 school year. I teach literacy to a total of 46 students who range in academic ability. My homeroom was the third grade Exceptional Children inclusion room. During my time at Merry Oaks, I learned to create and implement dynamic and interactive lessons that engaged students in higher order thinking, execute classroom management to ensure a cooperative and successful learning environment and participated in team planning that allowed for diverse teaching approaches. I was trained to administer Reading 3D, Read to Achieve and MAP testing. My experience in a Title 1 school has also given me more insight into the struggles that our youth can face and how it affects them academically, emotionally, and socially.
Jessica Franco
Anya Fredsell
Biography
Anya was introduced to yoga as a baby in a postnatal class, a young child in front of a Kids Yoga video, and finally as a teenager taking studio classes. Ever since then she has continued to explore different styles of yoga, finding increasing joy and meaning in her practice. Anya received her 200 hour yoga teacher certification with Joe Palese in 2012 during her sophomore year of high school, and has since completed all three levels of Grounded Kids Yoga teacher training. Anya has also trained to teach yoga for athletes, yoga for trauma-sensitive populations, and yoga for children with special needs. She has taught children, teens, and adults of all ages in schools, studios, and football fields, encouraging her students to discover awareness through the playful balance of stillness and movement.
Kimberly Freeze
Adriane Freudenberg
Eleanor Funderburg
Amber S Gabriel
Amber S Gabriel
Niki Gaffrey
Elaine Gagis
Elaine Gagis
Claire Gandee
Kimberly Gaughan
Meghann Gavin
Caroline Gebhardt
Anna George
Stacy Gervon
Constance Gibbs
Emily Gibbs
Biography
Emily is a Grounded Kids and Kundalini yoga teacher. She is passionate about people, yoga, nature and creating art out of castaway objects. She loves to bring these things into her own practice and into her teaching.
Diana Gibson
Biography
My interest is the connection between health and the potential benefits of yoga started during my career as a Registered Nurse. I graduated with a Master of Science degree as a Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from the University of Michigan in August 1998.
I have been practicing yoga for 20+ years and recently discovered a love for teaching children the joy and energy of yoga. My hope in offering yoga classes to children is to provide them with the opportunity to learn skills on their yoga mats that they can take into their daily lives. I like to combine my own creative stories woven around yoga poses to engage children in imaginative discovery of their own unique qualities and abilities. I incorporate the use of breathing techniques with body movement to enhance each child’s ability to focus, become grounded and realize their potential to soar.
I have completed a 200 hour yoga teacher training. In addition, I have completed the “Quest for Elevation” 95 hour RCYS certification through Grounded Kids Yoga of Atlanta.
Bryce Giemza
Terra Giemza
Leah Gilbert
Amanda Gill
Donna Gilmartin
Gabriela Gilner
Biography
I completed my 200 hour training in October 2015 at the National Yoga Academy in VA Beach. I currently teach Yin Yoga, Vinyasa flows, and actively pursuing to teach kids yoga.
Meditation – Flow Yoga- Alignment-Oriented Yoga
Spiritually-Oriented Yoga -Gentle Yoga
Specialty Yoga/ Chair, Yin, Kids/Yoga For Athletes
Grounded Teacher Level 1
Christine Girandola
Tio Glover
Jamie Goldberg
Maria Reyes Gonzales
Kathleen Good
Stephanie Graffeo
Stephanie Gregory
Gretchen Griffin
Biography
Marnie Grodzin
Shelly Grotkopf
Belen Guasch
Biography
My background is in art and progressive early childhood education. Currently, I teach process-oriented art to elementary-aged children, and am thrilled to incorporate yoga into my work with children!
Rebecca W Gumms
Miss Alexia Katrina Gyorody
Biography
Alexia’s personal journey of Yoga began in 2006 as a way to heal from loss and trauma. In 2018 it would become vital in her recovery from addiction. That same year, she completed Yoga Teacher Training and launched Peanut Yogini Yoga. Clients choose from private Yoga instruction, small Yoga group private classes, and are invited to a free, monthly community gathering. Alexia holds four certifications and incorporates elements of Yoga’s eight limbs into every class.
Alexia’s professional journey began at just 12 years old, fueled by her determination to afford a Corgi puppy and shopping trips to Limited Too—luxuries beyond her working-class family’s means. Eager to achieve her goals, she persuaded her parents to sign a work release, allowing her to spend weekends at Atlasta Farm. These formative experiences instilled in her a strong work ethic and self-starting attitude.
Meet Alexia: Peanut Productions Founder and Yoga Teacher
Certifications: 200-hour, CorePower Yoga | 95-hour, Grounded Kids Yoga | The Art of Assisting, Baptiste Yoga Institute | Trauma Informed Yoga, Chakra Flow University/Shanna Small Yoga | Level I, Beginner Tarot, Theresa Reed
Jennifer Hall
Kathleen Hall
Tara Hall
Brianna Hamill
Brianna Hamill
Arlene Hamilton
Tavares Hampton
Biography
Casey Hardigan
Kelley Sue Hardin
Biography
Kelley Sue, Certified Elevated Grounder, Mother of two, Photographer, B.F.A Art Educator, teaches Grounded Yoga and Mindful Meditation to individuals ages 3 to 83. She also photographs children and families. If Kelley Sue is not on her mat practicing yoga, she is homeschooling, cuddled up reading to her children, photographing or creating art.
Kelley Sue enjoys teaching a balance of artful alignment, mindful meditation and playfulness while embracing the joys and benefits of yoga. She is passionate about embracing life in all forms and feels that love is one of the most powerful forces on this planet. Through motherhood, yoga and art she strives to make this world a better place.
Denisse Harris
Biography
Nia Harris
Hannah Harrison
Marybeth Hart
Courtney Hartnett
Debi Hawkins
Biography
Debi Hawkins is a Certified Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance Experienced-Registered Yoga Teacher, Align and Refine Yoga Teacher, Certified Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga Teacher, Certified Itsy Bitsy Yoga® Facilitator for babies and tots, and Grounded Yoga Teacher for kids, teens and families.
She has been teaching grown-ups since 2003 and kids since 2011.