Meghan Williams is a 200-hour certified Yoga Instructor who practices for both physical and emotional well-being. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Thomas Edison State College and is currently attending graduate school at Walden University where her research focus has been the positive effects of yoga on mental health. Power Vinyasa is her specialty, as she flows through poses allowing for greater strength and flexibility. Meghan implements positive affirmations, awareness, and respect to empower participants. Breathing exercises are also used during practice as well as specific sequences to help balance the seven chakras. Meghan practices yoga not only for fitness, but also to help strengthen mind, body, and spirit.

Kind Essence, M.Ed., Certified Yoga Instructor, Reiki II Master and Intuitive Healer, has been involved in the education field for over thirty-five years, but turned to teaching yoga as a therapeutic treatment for her Mother when she fell and fractured her pelvis. Since, she has offered her talents, gift and love for yoga to all seniors through her program Sassy Senior Yoginis. She now teaches throughout the city at senior center programs, Life Programs at University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing and St. Agnes Keystone-Mercy, Yorktown Arms Adult Living Complex, Catholic Health East, Catholic Social Services and here at East Falls Fitness. She also has Community Yoga Classes for the younger set and is in preparation for a partnership with the Oasis Healing Village in Center City. Her company The Essence Institute and Yoga Soul offers summer yoga retreats at Pendle Hills, Wallingford, PA and winter retreats in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

“I had to get into yoga after a serious car accident, when the doctors told me I may become cripple. I didn’t believe them and told them I serve a mighty God. It was than I turned to the practice of Yoga as part of my physical therapy. Yoga came to my rescue again, when I discovered my Mother had Alzheimer and it was the practice, meditation and prayer, which saved my sanity.”

Iva Kelman has been teaching yoga in the Philadelphia area for 6 years. She leads a very energitic class through a vinyasa based practice to build strength and muscle tone while increasing flexablity. Iva has a great understanding of the body and delivers a practice in a fun and relaxed manner. She has been with East Falls Fitness for four years. In addition to instucting yoga, Iva is also an artist and the mother of two young boys.

Eric Schneider has been teaching group fitness and spinning classes in the Philadelphia area since 2004. A former Cat 3 road racer and 3 time Boston Marathon finisher, his current competitive passion is adventure racing. In his spinning classes, Eric tries to create a "real road" experience and often bases classes on actual pro races. He is most gratified when spinning students make the jump to riding outside and start participating in group and charity rides.

Cardio Kickboxing:
Develop new skills and a strong core as you burn loads of calories in this fun kickboxing class. Easy to follow combinations of upper-body strikes, lower-body strikes, blocks, and athletic drills make up this killer cardio workout.

Cardio Boot Camp:
A fast-paced interval-style training class that incorporates calisthenics, strength training and stretching. Alternating quickly between movements helps to burn calories and increase strength. This method is the most efficient way to increase the intensity of your workouts and still have fun doing it.

Cardio Surprise:
You'll never be bored with this class of cardio and muscle interval training. Anything goes - sports and agility drills, kickboxing, weights and more! Adjustable and fun for all levels.

Pam is the best !!!

I am a Crossfit Certified Level 1 and Olympic Weightlifting Certified personal trainer. I played 4 years of Men’s Varsity Soccer at Earlham College and have competed in countless sports. My current passion is Crossfit competitions, which is a more athletic version of Strongman.

To deliver the best results, I treat all my clients as athletes in training. I restore the mobility and flexibility my clients had in their youth, while giving them the functional strength and conditioning to prepare them for whatever life throws at them. Fat loss and core strength are my specialty.

Cardio, Strength, and Stamina:

Class begins with a full-body strength lift or gymnastic skill. Then a heart-pounding workout ensues. Workouts combine weight-training, traditional calisthenics, and plyometrics into one fat-burning cardio workout. Get ready to improve your Strength and Stamina and lose the flab!

Jessica has been practicing yoga for over 10 years- she feels that it plays an integral part in steering her life in the right direction as well as keeping her body strong and happy. She completed her 200 hour teaching certificate from the Yoga Life Institute Teacher Training program in Devon in 2008. After that, she continued in the 500 hour program, which she is nearing completion. Her approach to teaching yoga focuses on breath awareness, strengthening the core, balancing the posture, and centering the mind and body.
Jessica is an avid cyclist, having competed in road, cyclocross, and mountain biking, and using the bike as her primary mode of transportation. The bike is also a great excuse to spend as much time as possible outside—she also loves hiking, running, and kayaking, basically anything that keeps her moving and challenges the mind and body.
She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Delaware, and is currently trying to figure out how to integrate these interests into her art work.

www.jessicasingerman.com/yoga

Teaches MSROM which focuses on the basic range of motion movements of the body, while pushing each person in the safest way possible.

The program combines Latin and international music with dance in an effort to make exercise fun. The Zumba workout provides fitness benefits because its routines feature interval training sessions with fast and slow rhythms and resistance training, which are intended to tone and sculpt the body while burning fat.

Katrin trained since childhood in classical ballet. Chosen for the National Academy of Dance & Music to continue her studies, she discovered and practiced within the world of Joseph Pilates. Yoga, for Katrin, became a natural extension of her practice. Pursuing Yoga for nearly a decade, she came to realize that classical dance does not evolve “from the inside out.” In order to perform, correction from the outside world, through the use of a mirror or a teacher, is needed. With this discovery in mind, she decided to devote her private time to Yoga only. Katrin’s classes, often very dance-like, are built on one movement flowing into another—with one breath connecting them together. She loves to integrate Yin (passive approach to Yoga) into her Vinyasa (more Yang) teachings. As Katrin teaches, both Yoga styles are beneficial for the body and mind when practiced together.
In 2009, she completed Erich Schiffmann’s Yoga Teacher Training in Los Angeles, California. Besides teaching Yin and Vinyasa Yoga, she teaches privates and small groups on the Yoga Wall – a technique that helps the student find proper alignment in yoga poses. She grew up in North Germany and spent most of her life in Europe before settling down with her American husband.