Adrienne Ables, RYT
Co-owner of YOGAlicious Yoga Studio, Adrienne has been practicing yoga for over ten years and teaching for over seven years. Her inspiration to teach came when her first beloved yoga teacher asked her to substitute one night. She hasn't looked back since. Adrienne has studied with Stephanie Keach, Erich Schiffmann, and Shiva Rea, Stacey Millner-Collins, Kelley Gardner and Sarah Faircloth. She completed her teacher training at the Asheville Yoga Center and is certified to teach Vinyasa Flow, Restorative & Pre & Post Natal yoga. Adrienne is currently immersing herself in the study of Anusara Yoga and completed the Level 1 Anusara teacher training through the Carolina Teacher Training Program in May 2010. Adrienne's emphasis is the process of taking lessons learned on the mat into your everyday life.

Nikki Caulk
Nikki Caulk has been practicing yoga for ten years and received her 200-hour Yoga teacher certification from the Asheville Yoga Center in 2005. Her teaching draws on her training in Vinyasa Flow, Kundalini and Ashtanga yoga and her experience in the creative arts and community work.

Marie Chan
Marie was introduced to yoga nine years ago and started practicing on her own to add flexibility, balance, strength and endurance, both physically and spiritually. That emphasis became the focus of her classes. Fortunes led her to study under Jan LaFrancois in the traditional Iyengar style before coming to YOGAlicious. Inspired by all her teachers and with a desire to incorporate Yoga as a way of life she went on to complete the teacher certification program at the Asheville Yoga Center. She is also certified in Vinyasa Flow, Pre-natal/Post-natal, Yin and Restorative Yoga. Marie resides in Rutherford County where she teaches at local studios and at Isothermal Community College continuing education.

Laura Clinton
Laura was introduced to Yoga through Pilates eight years ago. She was inspired by many of the teachers of YOGAlicious to attend the Asheville Yoga Center for her teacher training with Stephanie Keach. Laura has also been a public educator for ten years, and is enthused about being a part of this studio!

Monica Foster, RYT
Co-owner of YOGAlicious Yoga Studio, Monica Foster has practiced yoga for over eleven years and has been instructing for six. She completed her initial 200 hour teacher training at the Asheville Yoga Center and is a certified Vinyasa Flow, Children's, and Pre/Post Natal Yoga Instructor. Having studied with Stephanie Keach, John Friend, Desiree Rumbaugh, Doug Swenson, Edward Clark, Marsha Wenig, Stacey Millner-Collins, Sarah Faircloth, Kelley Gardner, and numerous others, Monica recently completed a 200-hour Anusara Teacher Training through the Carolina Teacher Training program at City Yoga.

Audrey Hope
Audrey is a Spartanburg native. She began practicing yoga 12 years ago to increase flexibility and balance for her passion for rock climbing. She became certified to teach Children's yoga in 2009 through the Angel Bear Yoga program in Highlands, NC. Audrey's creative approach to teaching ensures children an engaging experience while learning the principles of yoga. Audrey is full of energy and light and enjoys playing and teaching yoga to children.

Christian Hope
Christian began practicing yoga nine years ago to increase flexibility and decrease stress. He has since incorporated the Yoga philosophy and discipline into his life and now enjoys the benefits of this remarkable practice. Christian completed his teacher certification in Vinyasa Flow at the Asheville Yoga Center in 2007.

Elaine Lang
Elaine finds yoga essential for living life with joy and ease. She enjoys sharing yoga with others and is very happy to teach at YOGAlicious. A graduate of the Asheville Yoga Center Teacher Training program, Elaine is also a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner and Group Facilitator.

Jan LeFrancois
Jan LeFrancois is a Certified Iyengar Yoga teacher. In addition to teaching yoga for more than 13 years, she teaches psychology at Converse College where she combines her love of yoga and psychology in courses such as "Yoga and Stress Management" and "The Inner Workings of Yoga." Jan recently returned from a trip to India with Converse students and faculty. They were happy to visit the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Institute while in Pune and see Mr. Iyengar practicing yoga there. Jan has authored My Little Yoga Book and videotaped My Yoga Practice (www.jansyoga.com). Jan lives with her husband, Paul, and their dogs, cats, parrots, cockatiel, and assorted fish. She supports the Spartanburg Humane Society and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Leslie Lehman
Leslie started practicing yoga 11 years ago when she dropped in at a free Kundalini Yoga class at Arizona State University. She loved the physical and spiritual benefits of yoga. Since then she has practiced many different styles of yoga including bikram, power, iyengar, and kundalini. Leslie's style of teaching is contemporary, energetic, and fun. Leslie's yoga teaching focus is power, vinyasa, and family/children's yoga. Leslie completed her teacher certification in Vinyasa Flow with Stephanie Keach of the Asheville Yoga Center in 2008 and will be certified in Children's Yoga in August 2009.

Kelly Lowry
Kelly began practicing over 14 years ago to recuperate from a kayaking accident. He found that the strength and flexibility achieved through yoga fit well into all of his outdoor pursuits, including kayaking, rock and ice climbing, cycling, skiing, and others. His practice began as a mixture of vinyasa flow, Ashtanga, and Iyengar-based styles, but eventually morphed into a style reflecting the philosophical connections of yoga to everyday life. This led him inexorably to Anusara yoga, the discipline in which he is currently pursuing certification. He has studied with John Friend, the founder of Anusara yoga, and other Anusara-certified instructors including Stacey Millner-Collins, Sarah Faircloth, Kelly Gardner, Joe Taft, and Deirdre Smith Gilmore.

Catherine Drennan Querin, RYT
Co-owner of YOGAlicious Yoga Studio, Catherine is a Spartanburg native. Her first yoga teacher training was in 1996. She completed Stephanie Keach's teacher training in 1999, the Advanced Teacher Training and also Vinyasa Teacher Training. After her studies with Stephanie at the Asheville Yoga Center she continued studying with Rod Stryker, Doug Swenson and Ana Forrest. In 2007 she took a workshop from Anusara Certified teacher Todd Norian and knew she had found her true passion in this unique style of yoga. Since then Catherine has studied with John Friend, founder of Anusara yoga, and has continued her studies with many Anusara Certified teachers. She has completed over 200 hours of Anusara trainings and workshops and will complete her Anusara Teacher training in May 2010. Catherine says, "I am thankful for all of my teachers throughout the years, on the mat and off the mat. My greatest teacher is my daughter Grace! Yoga to me is playful and fun and my intention for each class is for my students to walk out with a smile on their face." Catherine also has a jewelry business with her mom called dots Jewelry.

Toy Wong
Toy started practicing yoga as a low impact adjunct to her aerobic exercise routine, but found that yoga had more than just physical benefits. She hopes to share her enthusiasm for yoga with others. Toy completed her teacher certification in Vinyasa Flow at the Asheville Yoga Center in 2007. After years of interacting with children through volunteer work and in her profession, she became certified to teach ChildrenÕs Yoga in 2009 at the Highland Lake Yoga Studio.