Comes to Portland, Maine!
Your Instructors:
Johanna Bell:
Johanna Bell Served as the Co-Director of Sonic Yoga and its teacher training programs from 2009-2014 before she set sail on some new adventures of her own. She continues to teach in NYC on all Sonic training programs including the 300 hour as a senior teacher and sequencing specialist devoted to the infinite creative and connective stream of each individual's truth. She is known as a teacher's teacher and continues to mentor hundreds of teachers on their ever expanding journeys. She is the founder of Illumina Yoga and the Full Spectrum Sequencing Approach.
Johanna’s yoga journey started when she was a wee tot, dancing to express the things that had no words, writing to find the images that evoke… These loves carried her through years of training as a classical ballet dancer, a degree in theatre with an emphasis on literature and a successful career as an actor, singer, dancer, choreographer in New York and on the road. Her dabbling into yoga turned serious when she discovered Sonic and the expressive joyful, forgiving energy of the space. She graduated from the 200-hour program under the guidance of Lauren Hanna and Jonathan Fields and soon realized that the teachings made sense of everything she ever believed in and brought all her separate pieces together. She’s never looked back…becoming teacher and manager of the 2nd Sonic Space in Westchester almost immediately…guiding that studio through it’s transition to Quest Yoga Arts, Joining The Sonic Training Faculty and ultimately stepping into her home base in NYC as Co-Director in 2009. In the midst of all that, she was blessed with a 500-hour certificate under the guidance of the incomparable Sri Dharma Mittra and has continued to be inspired through the lineage of Shiva Rea, the wisdom of the Tantra, the Pneuma System and ancient Shamanic wisdom. She is a Reiki Healer and is completing study under Guru Dharam for her certificate in Kundalini Yoga Therapy. Johanna’s classes are sweaty soulful voyages into the heart of what it means to be human. ILLUMINAYOGA.COM
Kathleen Savoy
Kathleen Savoy’s desire for expansion has truly been one unabashed discovery after another. Her search began early and brought her to New York City to explore the world of entertainment. While personal training at a New York Sports Club in So Ho, she took a class called yoga. It was there that she met savasana and found her new hOMe. After completing her 200 hour teacher training in New York at Sonic Yoga with the unparalleled guidance of Johanna Bell and Lauren Hanna, she moved to Maine. She later completed her 500 hour teacher training with Sonic Yoga and Shiva Rea.
Since moving to Maine she found love, along with a way to more fully express herself and deepen her teaching by writing a weekly blog. The blog (www.myheartfire.com) chronicles her reflections on living a courageous and honest life. Kathleen has an infinite capacity for joy. Love, gratitude and awareness are her daily asanas. Kathleen trusts the power of the body and the gifts it naturally beholds – from physical exertion to profound rest. Her thoughts and motivations are always anchored in full expressions of truth. Kathleen's yoga classes take people on a full-spectrum journey through musings, music and movement.