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    Cheri has been an active yoga instructor since May 1999. She substituted classes at Gold’s Gym and then was given her own scheduled classes after completing Yoga Instructor training Levels 1 & 2 through AAAI/ISMA in July of 2001. Enjoying her first workshop with Erich Schiffmann, she studied with and completed in December of 2002 his Teacher Intensive Program. Her Yoga Alliance training was with Integrative Yoga Therapy/RYT 200 hours completed in April of 2004. Over the years she has taken various workshops/intensives including an Omega Institute Conference in October of 2004. She has attended The Midwest Yoga Conference 2005 - 2009; during these intensives she has studied with many of today’s Master Yoga Professionals including Jonny Kest, Shiva Rhea, Seane Corn, Saul David Raye, Paul Grilley, Nicki Doane and Todd Norian to mention a few.  Her passion is Vinyasa Yoga; her inspiration comes from all of her instructors who have dedicated themselves to make yoga a lifestyle. Always a student, she will continue her education and share her knowledge with her students. If you are interested, ask her to share her many memories and her education folder. She stays current with her American Heart Association Heart Saver CPR & AED

       Latha has practiced yoga and meditation as a way of life since her childhood in India. She settled in the U.S in 1988 and has a passion to share her learning with others.  She enjoys her daily sadhana of Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation. She believes in the health benefits of yoga and enjoys integrating Yoga philosophy, Breathing/Pranayama, chanting, visualization and relaxation techniques into the asana practice. She completed her Yoga 200 hr certification in Classical Yoga from Kashi Atlanta Ashram under the guidance of master teacher Swami Jaya Devi  Bhagavati, RYT 500.   Latha is a registered Yoga teacher at the 200 hour level with National Yoga Alliance and stays current with her American Heart Association CPR & AED.  Keen on continuous learning, she attends various yoga workshops regularly and is well versed in many yoga and meditation techniques including Mukunda Stiles Joint freeing series.  She teaches as a freelance teacher and volunteer in the Fayette County and Atlanta area where she tailors her classes to individual and group needs.  She has an engineering and project/product/people management background. She understands well through personal experience, the importance of yoga as a comprehensive overall program for a healthy, balanced life and to manage stress.  

   Christina began Ballroom Dancing at 19 years old as a student at an Arthur Murray Dance Studio. Falling in love with dance lead her to go through their teacher training program and she became the youngest teacher on staff. Two years later she went to work for the Le Dance Studio where she trained with the owner, Chuck Bannister and former International Latin Champion, Sam Sadano.  At Le Dance, Christina partnered with Greg Johnson and began competing professionally. One year later, Christina and Greg were hired by the owners of the local Fred Astaire Dance Studio and began competing throughout the United States and Canada in the American Style Rhythm and American Smooth Ballroom divisions for over six years. At age 28 Christina retired from professional competition but has continued to teach independently for the past 22 years. During her professional career, Christina met and worked with Juliet Prowse, Rita Moreno and Bob Hope. Now she resides in Fayetteville, Georgia with her husband Rob, son Cole and two dogs, Bennie and Sophia Loren. Christina still loves Ballroom Dancing and enjoys teaching students of all ages and at all levels.

    Maureen “Mo” Dwyer, M.Ed.; has been teaching Yoga for 10 years and Pilates for 7 years.  She has experience teaching Yoga and Pilates with various certifications from NETA; YogaFit, GravityPilatesReformat; Body Training Systems and LesMills.  In addition to her certifications, she has taken numerous continuing education classes and hosted several Yoga Workshops in the area. She is currently working on her Yoga Alliance 200 RYT hours.  YogaFit training is an eclectic blend of traditional hatha yoga poses drawn from Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Viniyoga practices.  Mo enjoys seeing the end result when people look within themselves and truly enjoy/understand the meaning of meditation.  Mo’s life is based on mind/body/spirit philosophy – listen to your inner voice!    Maureen holds a Masters Degree in Guidance & Counseling from West Georgia College, Carrollton, GA and a B.A. in Psychology/Business Administration.  She stays current with her American Heart Association Heart Saver CPR & AED

   Rawls has been practicing yoga for more than 10 years and was recently certified to teach by Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT200) under Ellen Schaeffer and Karen Sandler in their Therapeutic Yoga Teacher program.  Integrative Yoga Therapy brings the ancient insights of many different types of Yoga into mainstream wellness programs.   Rawls' background in yoga practice includes workshops and training in Iyengar, Ashtanga, Yin Yoga, and Viniyoga, and she draws heavily on the teachings of the founders of Integrative Yoga Therapy, Joseph and Lillian LePage, as well as the teachings of Gary Kraftsow.  In addition to traditional asana practice, Rawls incorporates body awareness, pranayama, guided imagery, meditation and relaxation to make for a rich yoga practice that helps relieve stress and keeps the body strong, flexible and mobile. 

   Kat has been practicing yoga for 3 years and studying the last 2 years under Cheri Blaskovich.  She recently completed her 200 hour level certification with the National Yoga Alliance at the Tallapoosa Center for Inner Arts under Karen Sifton and Roger Hornsby. She has taken various workshops and experimented with several different styles of yoga including but not limited to Inyengar, Kundalini, Ashtanga, Yin Yoga, and Yoga Kids . She has developed her own eclectic style of yoga inspired by the likes of Joel Kramer, Eric Schiffman, Cora Wen and Judith Hanson Lassiter. Kat has a medical background as a registered nurse and recognizes the importance of maintaining your health. She believes the best way to do so is a holistic approach through yoga. Yoga increases your flexibility, balance, strength, concentration, and strengthens all systems of the body (cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, immune, lymphatic, muscular-skeletal, renal/elimination, and nervous). Kat continues to maintain her ACLS and BCLS certification with the American Heart Association.