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Cara Sax is a certified yoga teacher, fitness trainer and holistic health counselor. She is also the owner of Elevate Yoga Studio in Cortlandt Manor, New York. She has been in the field of health and healing for over thirty years. Her Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology gives her a strong foundation and excellent understanding of the physical body when she creates her vinyasa style flow yoga classes. Cara has created a vigorous new class called YogaStrong. By combining sun salutations and asana, light weight training, squats, and other power moves, she helps her clients get strong, fit, and flexible in the least amount of time. She is certified in Yoga Trance Dance and has developed her own style of YogaDance which she often teaches at her annual yoga retreats in the Catskills. Cara is also certified in Prenatal yoga. |
Melissa Montez, a long time exercise enthusiast, came to yoga to recover from training for and completing her first marathon. For more than five years, she worked closely and trained with Komala Srinivasan, renowned yoga teacher in both Westchester county and India. During the next decade, she continued her serious studies at Kripalu in the Berkshires and with yoga teacher and author, Cyndi Lee, founder of Om Yoga in New York City. Her unique style draws from the teachings of Erich Schiffman, Godfrey Devereux, and Judith Hanson Lasater. Most recently, she has earned additional certifications in Pilates and core strength vinyasa yoga with Sadie Nardini. When she isn’t studying or teaching yoga, she will be hunting down an elusive ancestor in 17th century Germany or putting the finishing touches on her sixth novel.
Mackenzie Kear began the practice of yoga in 2015 while attending the University of Colorado. She found herself turning to the practice to balance her college lifestyle of late nights, early mornings, exams, business school competition, friend drama, and the early 20's growing pains. Upon graduation in 2017, she felt a deep urge to complete a yoga teacher training. Not conscious of what exactly this desire was telling her, she tapped into her Tapas [fire energy] and dived into a 200-hour teacher training with Y7 Studios in New York City. Here she developed an understanding of yoga as union – the union of all beings, breath & thoughts, mind & body - all moving parts. After completing her training in December 2017, she joined Three Jewels, a non-profit yoga studio in NYC, as a Karma Yogi volunteer. As a Karma Yogi, she continues to learn how to create a space for other’s happiness & be of service to as many people as possible. Mackenzie's goal is to guide students through a gently flowing vinyasa class that will leave them feeling ebullient for days to come.
Katy Horowitz is a certified yoga teacher whose calm and gentle presence carries over into her vinyasa style yoga classes.
Katy received her training at Yoga Culture in Danbury, CT and the Flying Buddha in Armonk, NY, where she taught for the past several years.
In addition to her Vinyasa Flow training, Katy is a certified Aerial Yoga instructor. She has always been a fitness enthusiast, competing in half marathons and maintaining an overall fitness regimen. Katy brings a light hearted energy to her classes and enjoys using the Sanskrit names for the poses. While Katy has a special knack for creating a well rounded physical practice, she also has the ability to guide students into a deep meditative state that has lasting effects on the mind and body.
Katy received her training at Yoga Culture in Danbury, CT and the Flying Buddha in Armonk, NY, where she taught for the past several years.
In addition to her Vinyasa Flow training, Katy is a certified Aerial Yoga instructor. She has always been a fitness enthusiast, competing in half marathons and maintaining an overall fitness regimen. Katy brings a light hearted energy to her classes and enjoys using the Sanskrit names for the poses. While Katy has a special knack for creating a well rounded physical practice, she also has the ability to guide students into a deep meditative state that has lasting effects on the mind and body.