Eric is the originator of Simple Yoga. He is the co-owner of Solaluna, teaches at Oberlin College and is registered as a teacher trainer with the Yoga Alliance (ERT-500). He has taught yoga in the US and around the world for more than a decade and is appreciated for instruction that provides people with a clear, comprehensive understanding of the practice. Eric is skilled at offering a balance of space and structure, which allows students to locate their own resources, to become self-motivated in learning. This approach creates a yoga that is equally nourishing and challenging.

Over the past two decades, Eric has explored the relationship of yoga with the Buddhist practice of metta (lovingkindness), with somatic and manual therapies—in particular, the Alexander Technique, the School for Body-Mind Centering, Craniosacral Therapy and Visceral Manipulation—and with systems of ecological design such as Permaculture. From these diverse influences, he has synthesized common, unifying elements to create a vibrant, innovative and accessible method of yoga. It is an approach that seeks the heart of the matter; that gets to the root of the practice. Email: solalunainfo@gmail.com

Renee has been practicing yoga since 2002. She began attending classes at Solaluna in 2005 and became co-owner in 2007. At the end of 2010, Renee retired from the social service field, where she had worked for 34 years. She is very happy to be embarking on a second career with the studio, supporting the growth of yoga in Oberlin and the surrounding area. Email: solalunainfo@gmail.com

Aidan was born and raised in Oberlin. He has recently moved back home after spending two years in intensive practice and on staff at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA where he was a cook and yogi. During that time Aidan also studied at Valley Zendo in Charlemont, MA where he recieved initiation from the Rev. Eishin Ikeda.

Audrey has received four certifications from the Integral Yoga Institute in San Francisco, California: Hatha I and 1A (beginning/advanced beginning), Hatha II (intermediate), Gentle and Raja Yoga. She has been practicing yoga for thirty years and teaching for nine years. Audrey is also an experienced and sensitive massage therapist, trained and certified at the Diamond Light School of Massage in San Anselmo, CA. She has taken extensive courses in acupressure, reflexology, lymphatic drainage and cranio-sacral massage from the Acupressure Institute in Berkeley, CA.

Originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Chelsea came to Oberlin in 2001 to study classical cello at the Conservatory of Music. She has been involved with Solaluna since 2004 when she first took a work-study position in exchange for classes there. As physical injury began to hinder her musical pursuits, she discovered yoga as that which lets a person be whole. After graduating with degrees in Music and Psychology, Chelsea spent two years away from Oberlin, returning in 2008 for the express purpose of studying with Eric and completing her yoga teacher training and certification. Her teaching experience includes classes of restorative yoga, partner yoga, and beginners' yoga, as well as advanced classes. She is available and interested in working one-on-one in private sessions for individuals, couples, families, or small groups. Chelsea currently lives in Cleveland, while Solaluna remains her yoga home. When not teaching or practicing yoga, she can be found working as a patient advocate at a family planning clinic in Cleveland, enjoying food that came from dirt, having high-spirited conversations, exploring, or sitting quietly. Email: chelsea.doohan@gmail.com

Kazim has studied vinyasa yoga for ten years. He trained as a teacher under Jonji Provenzano. He draws from various yogic texts and philosophies in his class which center primarily on the movement of the body through space and the movement of breath through the body. His primary asana teacher is Doris Jankovits. His primary raja-yoga teacher is TKV Desikachar.. His nada-yoga teacher is Turiya Sangeetananda.

Megan became a Kripalu-certified yoga teacher in 1997 and has studied qigong with Ken Cohen, Roger Jahnke and Master Yang Yang.

Nikki has been an advocate of a holistic and healthy lifestyle for over 8 years. She is a Licensed Physical Therapist, Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, and a Certified Strength Training Specialist through IWA. Combining scientific knowledge and training in alternative healing modalities, she has shared a holistic approach to health with people of all ages and abilities. She has taught yoga classes for teenage girls at Magnificat High School and has developed a special therapeutic yoga group for children with Autism at Fisher Titus Medical Center. She currently teaches yoga in Norwalk and Berea and through the Lorain Public Library System.

Rob is a Colorado native, musician, poet, artist, fitness junkie and explorer of Celtic wisdom traditions. He attended Naropa Institute for a number of years. Rob began study of yoga 10 years ago. He has studied with an drawn influence from Seane Corne, Anna Forrest, Duncan Wong, David Romanelli, Emma Balnaves, Anne Greene, Sharon Gannon and David Life. Rob began to integrate Pilates into his yoga practice over a year ago and has developed an inspiring blend of the two practices.