Our Instructors
Allison first started practicing yoga at a time in life she was navigating a lot of uncertainty and wanted to commit to something just for herself. Over time, her love of yoga grew and deepened through continual practice and learning about yoga philosophy. As a teacher, she strives to teach in a way that feels intuitive and grounding to help students reconnect with themselves without the pressure to perform or be perfect.
Allison’s classes are strong and fluid, blending challenge, softness, and creativity in a way that meets people where they are. Whether you come to an active vinyasa or gentle yoga her goal is to have her students leave feeling more connected to themselves. Her teaching is rooted in the belief that movement can help people process, heal, and return to a sense of self trust.
Nancy Anton
Andy’s love of movement started long before she ever imagined herself teaching. After 15 years of working behind a desk, Pilates and yoga became a way for her to step away from the screen, reconnect with her body, and simply feel more like herself. Over time, that practice grew into a curiosity about how movement works, a love of thoughtful programming, and eventually, a desire to share that feeling with others.
Her classes blend Pilates, sculpt, and yoga into creative, feel-good movement that will challenge you without asking you to take yourself too seriously. Modifications are always encouraged, breaks are welcome, and shaking, wobbling, and occasionally forgetting which side you’re on are all part of the experience.
Andy is a certified sculpt instructor and continues to deepen her training in both contemporary and classical Pilates. No matter what modality she’s teaching, she strives to create a space where you can show up as you are and leave feeling a little stronger and more connected to yourself. Expect clear instruction, lots of encouragement, and probably a few laughs along the way.
Andy Azcurra
Allison first started practicing yoga at a time in life she was navigating a lot of uncertainty and wanted to commit to something just for herself. Over time, her love of yoga grew and deepened through continual practice and learning about yoga philosophy. As a teacher, she strives to teach in a way that feels intuitive and grounding to help students reconnect with themselves without the pressure to perform or be perfect.
Allison’s classes are strong and fluid, blending challenge, softness, and creativity in a way that meets people where they are. Whether you come to an active vinyasa or gentle yoga her goal is to have her students leave feeling more connected to themselves. Her teaching is rooted in the belief that movement can help people process, heal, and return to a sense of self trust.
Allison Corno
Lisa (she/her) is a yoga teacher, mama of two, and community weaver whose playful spirit, curiosity, and reverence for Mother Nature shape her teaching and personal practice. She leads from the heart, tending each class with care and inviting opportunities for embodied exploration, deep listening, and a felt remembrance of our interconnectedness with one another and the natural world.
Informed by a decade of wilderness guiding and an ongoing meditation practice, Lisa creates spaces for compassionate connection and belonging. Her own experiences of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum have also inspired her to support others through life's thresholds — leading prenatal and postnatal community classes, facilitating Motherhood Blessing Ceremonies and women's circles, and serving as a birth doula.
Lisa is a 200-hour RYT and P-RYT, with additional training in trauma-informed methodology and advanced hands-on assists. She is also a Usui Reiki II practitioner and Wilderness First Responder. Her studies have been shaped by a broad range of teachers and lineages from around the world.
Lisa Kaufman
Emily’s yoga journey has always been rooted in nervous system care and prioritizes connecting with her body in a world that wants us disconnected from our inner guide. Over time, yoga became not just a practice she did, but a way she relates to herself with more curiosity and compassion. Her background in art therapy and somatic work informs how she holds space, and she’s especially passionate about creating an affirming environment. As a teacher, she prioritizes accessible, choice-filled classes that help you feel grounded and supported, whether you’re brand new to yoga, a life-long yogi, or anywhere in between. Expect clear guidance, thoughtful pacing, and plenty of invitations to modify, rest, or explore what feels good in your body. Her style blends mindful movement, breath, and gentle strength-building with an emphasis on self-trust over “perfect” shapes. You don’t need to be flexible or experienced to practice with her, just willing to show up as you are.
Emily Michalski
Jenna is a yoga teacher and former software engineer whose meditation practice gradually led her toward yoga and hospice work. She volunteers in hospice and is especially drawn to supporting people at the end of life through a Buddhist lens to provide compassionate support for individuals and their families.
Her personal practice is rooted in Tibetan Buddhism, including daily meditation and involvement with the White Lotus Buddhist Center. She draws inspiration from teachers such as Ram Dass, Pema Chödrön, Mingyur Rinpoche, and Thich Nhat Hanh.
Jenna completed her 200- and 300-hour teacher trainings at Fluid Yoga School under the guidance of Khenpo Lama Migmar Tseten, the Buddhist Chaplain of Harvard University. Her teaching emphasizes presence, compassion, and awareness on and off the mat. She is also certified in HEALing yoga and is currently training to become a certified death doula.
Jenna Newcomb
Kelly’s personal yoga journey began more than 20 years ago when she discovered that yoga helped her find some semblance of balance between her demanding work and personal life. Yoga became her respite, a sanctuary for her to quiet her busy mind and move her body. She learned how to utilize breath as a tool and practice presence. Kelly credits yoga in guiding her back to her true self.
Kelly’s love of yoga and her desire to share it with others inspired her to become a yoga teacher; she’s been teaching for the past 7+ years while operating her consulting business Origami Consulting LLC., where she specializes in executive and career coaching.
Kelly is a Kripalu Certified Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) and is currently working on her 500-hour training certification. She loves teaching gentle yoga, restorative, yin as well as active yoga. Kelly guides intentional breath-work (pranayama), mindful movement and meditation in her classes. She strives to create an environment where students practice in community and are invited to tune-in and listen to their bodies with compassionate awareness and without judgment.
Kelly Noyes
Hilary Schuman is a 500+ hour Yoga Alliance–certified teacher and Western herbalist based in Rochester, NY. Over the course of the 12 years she spent living in NYC area, Hilary’s career evolved and shifted more and more to the yoga industry until shewas fully immersed and teaching all over the city. Completely in love with the role of Yoga Teacher.
Grounded in the Hatha and Bhakti traditions, Hilary’s teaching is shaped by reverence for the deeper limbs of yoga, the sacred relationship between body and spirit, and the transformative power of steady practice. She became known for strong, creatively sequenced vinyasa flows, soulful playlists, heartfelt cueing, and her ability to weave emotional awareness into physical movement.
Motherhood and time away from teaching have only deepened her perspective. Now returning to the yoga space, Hilary brings renewed gratitude, presence, and devotion to the practice, as well as a deep respect for the community and connection that yoga makes possible.
Hilary Schuman
Anthony Sircousa
Anthony was skeptical. He thought yoga was too slow. That it wasn’t a good “workout.” That it just wasn’t for him.
And then he went to a yoga class, and his life was transformed.
During that first practice, he had no idea what he was doing, But it felt right. Not just in his mind and body, but in his spirit.
Determined to deepen his practice, Anthony signed up for teacher training, and a new world opened up before his eyes. The 8 limbs. The Sutras. Bandhas. Koshas. Thousands of years of teaching and tradition stretched out before him, and he knew he would spend the rest of his life just scratching the surface of this powerful, ancient practice.
In all of his classes, Anthony focuses on breathing, movement, and meditation. His gentle classes are designed to help students relax, restore, and emerge feeling calm and centered. His active classes are power vinyasas centered around an evolving core sequence that leaves students feeling cleansed and energized.
Anthony hopes you’ll join him for a class at Karuna, where you can connect in community and grow in spirit, mind, and body through the practice of yoga.
Carly was forced by her friends mom to practice Yoga every Sunday starting when she was 11 years old. The rule was: if you slept over on Saturday night you had take Yoga on Sunday morning. Eventually, she starting looking forward to her Sunday morning Yoga practice. Yoga followed Carly through every stage of her life: every city she lived in, every boyfriend she had, every friend that she made; it healed and it challenged her. She received her certification in 2020, just a month before the world shutdown, so she taught online. And as the world opened back up she turned it into her full time job. Her style is playful and challenging and surprising.
Carly Straubing
Kaitlyn Vittozzi, C-IAYT is a certified yoga therapist who specializes in helping people reconnect to their bodies through movement, breath and meditation. Classes focus on body awareness and inner alignment to help participants move and feel better.
Kaitlyn Vittozzi
Photo by Lemon Juice / Jay Muhlin
Betsy first came to Yoga in 2015 to find relief from chronic pain, but over time, yoga has become a whole-life practice for them. After earning master’s degrees in English and Classics and pursuing a PhD in Archaeology, Betsy decided to step back from academia to start their yoga business, Yene Yoga, and to teach full time. They bring with them their experience working with a wide range of students, their research in trauma, embodied memory, and identity, and their commitment to individualized learning, mixed-methodological instruction, and student care.
Betsy is a RYT200®, certified Relax and Renew® Level 1 Restorative Yoga Teacher, certified Prenatal Yoga Teacher, certified Chair Yoga Instructor, and certified Y12SR Peer Support Guide. In addition, Betsy is certified in Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED and has completed trainings in Yin Yoga, trauma-informed methodology, hands-on assisting, South Asian philosophy, and Sanskrit; they are currently enrolled in the Sanskrit Advanced Certificate Program through the platform Yogic Studies. Betsy strives to interweave their educational and pedagogical backgrounds to make their classes as socially responsible and holistic as possible.