The Zobha Circle of Grace is a community of inspiring individuals who share Zobha's values and support our mission to inspire
and foster the grace that lives within us all. Circle of Grace members are leaders in their communities and we are proud to
have them as a part of our community. Visit us often for updated news from our Circle of Grace members as well as tips and
advice on finding grace in every movement, every moment.

Recently named "Who's Who of Power Yoga" by Yoga Journal for the 2nd year in a row, Ashley's signature style is evocative, passionate and inspiring. As well as teaching yoga/meditation bi-coastally in Santa Monica, CA and NYC, Ashley holds a private practice in counseling and life-coaching, working intensively with individuals, couples and consulting companies. She integrates contemporary western and classical eastern concepts in a holistic practice to help students and clients reclaim their authentic sense of self, potential and power. Her discerning clientele includes renowned musicians, Hollywood creatives and distinguished business leaders.

Currently, Ashley is writing and directing a series of "LIVE" yoga DVDs available at MonthlyYogaDVD.com and producing an upcoming series of podcasts, while writing her Master's thesis on "Yoga + Psychology". She leads transformative workshops and retreats worldwide, including an annual Women's Empowerment Retreat with Seane Corn + Suzanne Sterling. For more information, please visit: ashleyturner.org

"The more people I work with in the yoga and wellness industry, the more I realize how lucky we are to have everyone focused on community. It is a joy to work with Zobha in conscious collaboration like this."

Claire came to Yoga in 2001 after her second child and third back surgery. It was through Yoga and reconnection to faith that her injury healed and a whole new expression of life came into being.

Claire is a Master Baptiste Power Vinyasa Flow Teacher. She is honored to teach at the Flagship Baptiste Power Yoga Institute in Cambridge and Brookline, Massachusetts, where she teaches regularly and leads master workshops on Anatomy, Physiology, and Ayurveda for teachers and students as well as innovative health programs and Baron Baptiste’s 40 Days to Personal Revolution Program. Traveling throughout the U.S. and abroad, Claire facilitates workshops and meditation as well as presenting for the Yoga Journal Conference. Prior to teaching yoga Claire worked as an Emergency Room nurse in the Boston area.

Claire's passion for dynamic movement and integrative knowledge of the architecture and design of the human body empowers her to teach classes that inspire not only physically, but awaken energetically and spiritually as well. For more information, visit baronbaptiste.com.

"Continuously humbled by the grace and magnificence of life I am reminded that as a woman we can have it all- mother, teacher, healer, partner, woman, being in action- life is waiting to be expressed. Zobha has captured this passion and essence of energy with freedom to move unbridled with grace. It is an honor to represent Zobha’s Circle of Grace Program."

Coral is certified through Shiva Rea as a 500eRYT. Coral teaches Prana Flow yoga and travels the world teaching and assisting her teacher Shiva. Prana Flow is an energetic, creative, full-spectrum approach to embodying the flow of yoga cultivated by Shiva Rea and the Global Vinyasa Collective of Teachers. Students of all levels are empowered to experience prana - the universal source of breath, life-energy and conscious intelligence - as the navigating source of yoga practice and vital living. Coral invites you to come and experience your source, your SELF through yoga. Coral is the director of the Breathe Yoga Memphis 200/500 hour teacher training. She also holds a Masters of Arts from Salve Regina University's Holistic Counseling program and sees clients through private practice. To learn more about Coral, go to coralbrown.net.

Passionate about yoga and the transformative power of motherhood, Jane specializes in teaching prenatal and postnatal yoga. For two decades she has worked with mamas, not only as a yoga teacher but also as a midwife, doula and childbirth educator. Jane’s teaching has been influenced by many teachers and traditions, including Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Anusara. She continues to study with Tony Briggs and Kate Holcombe. Among her most inspirational teachers have been the many hundreds of pregnant women and couples she has worked with over the years.

As a mother, she knows first hand the physical, emotional and spiritual benefits of yoga during pregnancy and beyond. It is her mission to help make yoga available to all mothers who wish to practice. She has developed a Prenatal/Postnatal Teacher Training for yoga teachers as well as birth professionals in order to make yoga accessible to women in many different settings. It is with great enthusiasm and joy that she shares her passion with others! For more information go to janeaustinyoga.com.

Jodie has been teaching and practicing Hatha Yoga since 1995 in New York City, California and abroad. She is certified through Yoga Alliance at the 500 hour level and is currently a Senior Teacher and Trainer for Yoga Works in NYC. Over the years, Jodie has trained with numerous teachers including Rodney Yee, Ana Forrest, Alison West, Desikachar, and Alan Finger. In 2002 Jodie co-founded Amrita Yoga Studio in NYC and in 2004 helped with the start up of Nava Yoga Studio in Zagreb, Croatia. For the past 4 years she has studied with Master Healer, Derek O'Neill, in Dublin, Ireland and was initiated as a practitioner and teacher of The Rising Star Healing system and More Truth Will Set You Free Workshops. Jodie currently resides in New York City and recently wrote and published a book called "The Art Of Yoga Sequencing". For more info visit www.awakeningtothetruthofyoga.com

Kay Kay’s journey into yoga began in the summer of 1996 when she first stepped onto her mat at the Bikram Yoga College of India in Honolulu, Hawaii. She began a regular and dedicated yoga practice to heal a low back injury she had sustained from her training to race Hawaiian Outrigger Canoes. Immediately, Kay Kay felt first hand the healing effects of yoga on her low back.

Since then Kay Kay has been diligently working to further develop her studies and increase her understanding of what motivates her to practice and teach. After traveling the globe teaching and studying, Kay Kay is now rooted as a senior teacher at PURE Yoga in NYC.

Kay Kay’s classes carry a nurturing, healing quality. She uses eloquent, intelligent asana sequencing with a strong emphasis on physical and spiritual alignment, helping students to plant deep, strong roots to grow a beautiful lifetime practice. To learn more about Kay Kay and when she teaches, go to kkyoganyc.com or pureyoga.com.

"Grace to me is a reflection of the Divine Energy. It is when we pause and reflect on beauty, in ourselves and all things. I feel graceful in my Zobha clothing. It expresses my spirit, my Divine Energy: Colorful, Playful, Strong, Feminine. I feel privileged to be part of such a Graceful group of women as those in the Circle of Grace."

Kino MacGregor is one of a select group of people to receive the certification to teach Ashtanga Yoga by its founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore, India. The youngest woman to hold this title, she has completed the challenging Third Series and is now learning the Fourth Series with Guruji and Sharath. She is the founder of Miami Life Center, a space for Ashtanga yoga, holistic health and consciousness on Miami Beach, where she and her husband Tim Feldmann teach together www.miamilifecenter.com. Both teaching locally on Miami Beach and traveling internationally, you will find her leading classes, privates, workshops, yoga conferences and retreats in traditional Ashtanga yoga and total life transformation.

Passionate about the environment, Kino recently pledged a monthly donation to Go Zero! to make her heavy travel schedule carbon neutral. Dedicated to sharing the amazing tradition of Ashtanga yoga with its growing number of practitioners in her unique, inspirational and playful approach, Kino helps her students expand and deepen their understanding of yoga and spirituality. As life coach and Ph.D. student in holistic health with a Master’s Degree from New York University, Kino integrates her commitment to consciousness and empowerment with her yoga teaching. She has been featured in Yoga Journal, Yoga Mind Body Spirit, Yoga Joyful Living, Travel & Leisure Magazine, Ocean Drive Magazine, Boca Raton Magazine, Florida Travel & Life Magazine, Six Degrees Magazine as well as appearing on Miami Beach’s Plum TV and the NBC Today Show. For full details on Kino, please see www.kinoyoga.com.

Nikki Estrada discovered yoga in 1993 while in college at UC Santa Barbara. Her passion for yoga led her to India shortly thereafter where she practiced Ashtanga yoga under Pattabhi Jois for three months. She studied and teacher trained with Erich Schiffmann and Sarah Powers. Since that time she has trained with teachers from many disciplines including Vini Yoga, Iyengar Yoga and Anusara Yoga. Her current work is in Tantra. Nikki's Vinyasa based classes are a synthesis of her years of dedicated yogic study and personal experience with an emphasis on intelligent alignment, meditation and living life more joyfully!

She continues to teach classes and advanced workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area and has recently joined forces with reputable YogaWorks to lead their 200 hour Teacher Training Programs in Marin and San Francisco. For more information, visit nikkiestrada.com.

"I am really excited to work with and represent Zobha- a yoga focused clothing line that blends the importance of high quality, well made clothing with the values of the yogic path- making the world a better place individually and collectively! And the clothing looks good and feels good, too."

Mercedes Ngoh, E-RYT has been living yoga for over a decade. "To create a moving meditation"  is at the heart of her Dynamic Vinyasa Flow classes. A trained dancer, gymnast and athlete, she became more focused on yoga while living in Southern California. As her practice deepened, Mercedes took the natural progression into teaching. Having studied with various inspirational teachers both in California and India, she is passionate about sharing what she has learned with others. Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Mercedes currently lives and teaches in London, England. Most recently, she trained under Shiva Rea to complete her Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher Training. In addition, she has received a Sport Yoga (Yoga for Athletes) certification. To learn more about Mercedes, we invite you to visit www.mercedesyoga.com.

Sarra first fell in love with movement as a dancer in Calgary, Canada. She continued her dance and theatre studies in Southern California where she discovered yoga, and the concept of moving with intention. This idea of physical movement grounded in awareness and its holistic benefits inspired her to take her own yoga practice to a different level. She completed her teacher training at YogaWorks in Santa Monica, CA with Maty Ezraty and Lisa Walford. She became certified in Pilates two years later. Sarra is a Group Fitness Manager teaching classes and workshops for Equinox Fitness Clubs in New York. She also coordinates yoga and meditation events throughout the NYC region. Sarra is inspired by her students and teachers daily, and is thrilled to have a job that inspires purpose and passion in others.

"There is a very intimate relationship with self that is developed through conscious movement of all kinds. In this state of wholeness, there are no limits. Zobha embodies the dignity and grace of human potential, and I am honored to be a part."

Shan, as she is known to her students and friends, is the founder and muse of om time. She is an activist, an eternal optimist, and a lover of the flow of grace within everyone. She is truly here to be part of the collective flow that is "changing the world one downward dog at a time."

Shannon founded and teaches Anjali Restorative Yoga, a deeply restful and healing yoga practice. The practitioner is guided through meditations and thoughtful visualizations, while the body is held and supported by bolsters, pillows, and blankets. By resting deeply, the body engages its natural ability to heal and reset. The effect is profoundly nurturing, thoughtful, and balancing.

Shannon has been a dedicated assistant to Shiva Rea and the Global Vinyasa Collective since 2005. She teaches and mentors Prana Vinyasa Flow, an energetic, creative full-spectrum approach to embodying the flow of yoga. This style was founded and cultivated by Shiva Rea and the Global Vinyasa Collective of Teachers. Students of all levels are empowered to experience prana (the universal source of breath, life energy and conscious intelligence) as the navigating source of yoga practice and vital living. Practitioners learn classical and innovative approaches to vinyasa yoga and the state of flow drawn from Krishnamacharya's teachings, Tantra, Ayurveda, and Bhakti.

Shannon has been featured in Alternative Health Magazine and Yoga International. She presents for Yoga Journal Conferences and leads weekly classes in Boulder and Denver, as well as workshops, intensives, teacher trainings and retreats nationally and internationally. For more information or direct inquiries, please email, shannon@omtime.com or visit omtime.com.

"There is a power instilled in a woman when she feels the flow of grace, strength, and beauty converge - the confidence to cultivate great change in the lives she touches. I am honored to work with Zobha, a company focused on nurturing that powerful spark through community connection, creativity and color."

Stephanie is known for her inspirational teaching style, encouraging students to reconnect with what dwells in the heart, to get curious about their truth, and to cultivate the courage to honor that higher purpose in their life. Her commitment to breath, movement, happiness, and prayer make Stephanie one of San Francisco’s most sought after teachers.

Stephanie teaches workshops and public classes at Yoga Tree (www.yogatreesf.com) in San Francisco where she has been a primary member of the Yoga Teacher Training faculty since 2004. She is also a guest teacher on her beloved teacher Sri Dharma Mittras teacher training faculty and has been deeply influenced by mentor Ana Forrest and the teachings of Anusara Yoga. Stephanie teaches workshops and retreats internationally, is a Yoga Journal Conference presenter, and was the only single instructor to receive the SF Chronicle TOP 5 in Yoga for the Bay Area 2009. Stephanie has been interviewed and profiled by "Yoga Journal", "YogiTimes", Fox News, and "InStyle" who named Stephanie as ‘San Francisco’s most popular yoga class’. To learn more about Stephanie and her classes, go to stephaniesnyder.com.

With a background in competitive gymnastics and professional snowboarding, Wendy discovered her calling in yoga in 2001. She is trained in both the Vinyasa and Kundalini traditions, and has studied under the guidance of Bikram Choudhury and Baron Baptiste. Originally from Whistler and Vancouver, Canada, Wendy taught at Neoalpine, YogaPod, and Yaletown Yoga studios before moving to Hong Kong in 2006, where she teaches at Pure Hong Kong.

Wendy leads a popular "40 Day Yoga Challenge Revolution Program" based on the book "40 Days to Personal Revolution" by Baron Baptiste. She inspires her students to practice truthfulness and live their yoga on and off the mat. For more information, visit pure-yoga.com

"Life inspires me towards greatness in every moment. Whether it's walking in the forest connecting to nature, sitting on my surfboard in meditation awaiting the ocean's gifts called waves, or teaching and practicing yoga, every moment is an opportunity to reconnect to my center. And from that place I try to live. I am very pleased to work with Zobha, a company that shares my values and offers a product I truly believe in."