Cherene
Cherene in Baddha Konasana in
Sirsasana
Cherene was drawn to yoga at a young age. She started attending her mother's classes when she was 8 years old and as a young teenager began to practice on her own. This led to serious study in her mid-teens. At 19 Cherene relocated to Seattle, WA to study with a Certified Advanced Senior Teacher, Aadil Palkhivala. She studied and apprenticed with Aadil for ten years and taught classes at his studio during that time. Cherene has been teaching yoga for 30 years. Though she has studied with many instructors, she considers only two to be her teachers: her mother, Michele Khouri, and Aadil Palkhivala. It is due to their wisdom, guidance, and love that Cherene is the person and teacher she is today.
Matt
Matt in a variation of Adho Mukha Vrksasana
Matt Queen is always learning about yoga and is a teacher of yoga for the past 20+ years. He has had the great honor to study with some great, accomplished and respected yoga teachers mostly from the Krisnamacharya lineage. He spent time in India studying with Yogacharya BKS Iyengar. Matt studied with many senior Iyengar teachers. Matt spent 5 years with Aadil Pahlkivala including apprenticing directly with him for a few years. He is eternally indebted to his teachers.
As a gifted teacher with an extensive knowledge of yoga, Matt shares his teaching with a sense of humor and ease. Matt pulls his inspiration from his practice and explorations of Yoga seeing its thread through many aspects of life.
As a gifted teacher with an extensive knowledge of yoga, Matt shares his teaching with a sense of humor and ease. Matt pulls his inspiration from his practice and explorations of Yoga seeing its thread through many aspects of life.
Jenna
Jenna’s journey with yoga began early in her life where she explored the many variations that were offered around her. She continuously returned to Iyengar yoga, which she now studies under Cherene and Matt Queen, who's yoga lineage goes directly back to T. Krisnamacharya through BKS Iyengar. Jenna has been practicing yoga for 10+ years, has completed a yoga teacher training and continues an in depth study of yoga and its principles with the Queens; whose guidance and teachings are invaluable and she is forever grateful and in awe of.
Jenna’s passion for Iyengar is grounded in her belief that its practice allows for the most genuine expression of this human experience. Her intentions as a teacher are to meet each student where they are physically, emotionally and mentally every session. And to be in the present with those seeking knowledge about the body and its mechanics.
