Our Teachers

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Owner

Kathleen Leisure Haberstock became a 200 hr certified teacher through Jaya Yoga Center in 2012, and taught yoga all over Brooklyn and New York City. She received her 300 hr training at Kripalu in 2019. Kathleen fell in love with sharing yoga, and finds joy teaching all ages: from children and teens, to adults and the elderly. Everyone can do yoga. If you can breathe, you can do yoga! 

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Co-Founder

Susan Golden is a nationally certified yoga teacher. She transitioned easily from working as a registered nurse to teaching yoga. In combining both professions, her knowledge of anatomy and desire to help people comes through clearly in her teachings.

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Wendy has been teaching yoga since 2005, and received a second certification in 2014 from Darren Rhodes. She is fascinated by the parallels between asana and life off the mat. Wendy's love of studying alignment and anatomy is apparent in her teachings.Wendy is a homeschooling mama who misses the mountains, travels as much as her kids allow, and enjoys arm balances and tequila-though not together.

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Christiane Guillois has been practicing yoga since her adolescent years in France. She obtained certification as a yoga teacher in 2011 at School Street Studio, and has trained in teaching Yin Yoga with Joshua Summers. With her background in Chinese medicine, dance, and pranayama, she is especially attuned to the interaction between the body and the meditative aspects of Yin Yoga.

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Holly practiced yoga for two decades — often with children either growing in her body or climbing on her body — before deciding that both her personal practice and parenthood itself had prepared her to teach. Holly received her 200-hour teacher training at School Street Yoga with Carla Stangenberg, and she studied Yin Yoga with Josh Summers and took short courses in both Trauma-Sensitive Yoga with David Emerson and Yoga Therapy Research with Dr. Chris Walling. 

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MacKenzie Abernethy enjoys all kinds of yoga, certified to teach Vinyasa & Yin (200-hr + 60-hr Yin, True Studio, 2017). Also a writer and a teacher, MacKenzie holds a Master’s in Teaching from Brown University. A dedicated yogi for over a decade, she doesn’t know where she would be without her mind-body connection. Passionate about empowering people, MacKenzie encourages questions and suggestions. After all, yoga is best shared.

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Kate has been influenced by teachers from Iyengar, Anusara and Forrest traditions. After 8 years of yoga practice, she completed a 200 hour training at School Street Yoga with Carla Stangenberg and others from Jaya Yoga in Brooklyn, NY. Kate’s teaching reflects her strong belief that there is a yoga for each individual person and when given the space to explore we can learn a lot about ourselves through this relationship.

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Mari began practicing Yoga for the physical exercise around 15 years old but soon discovered the magic in shivasana. Since then she has worked to deepen her own practice and expand her knowledge of all forms of Yoga as well as the philosophy of yogic teachings.

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Janet is a 200 hr certified yoga teacher through School Street Yoga's teacher training in 2018 with Carla Stangenberg, owner of Jaya Yoga Center. Janet has 34 years of teaching experience at RSU18, both in Elementary School Physical Education and Health and Wellness in the Middle School. Janet is excited to be a part of the School Street Yoga team!

Janet raised three wonderful sons with her friend and husband, Glenn.

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Emily Widor has been in love with yoga since being introduced to the practice at School Street Yoga in 2009. She loves the relationship that yoga has facilitated between herself and her body and strives to help others develop this sense of awareness to their own Self. Emily is a mom and loves teaching yoga, and working with moms and babies! She is 200 hour Hatha yoga teacher certified and also has an additional certification in Baby and Me yoga.