LEAD INSTRUCTOR

Madeleine (she/her) is the founder of Allumen Yoga and a lifelong yoga student, teacher, and mentor. Originally from New York, she spent nearly a decade as part of the Modo Yoga community as a senior instructor and member of the Teacher Development team. Madeleine has amassed over 2,000 hours of training and holds certifications in physiyoga and biomechanics, yin and meditation, creative sequencing, and trauma-informed yoga. Even as an instructor, the most important part of her teaching is to remain a passionate student, something that helps her reach students regardless of where they are in their yoga journey.

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR

Above all, Rachel (she/her) sees yoga as a tool to aid in the service of others. Through yoga, she aims to offer her students a sense of security, clarity, and personal exploration. As an oncology registered nurse, she saw yogic principles as a way to support her patients through difficult times as well as a way to bolster her own well-being as a caregiver. One of her greatest joys as a teacher is opening the door to people who previously held the belief “yoga isn’t for me.” in addition to her 200-hour training, she holds a certification in restorative and yin yoga.

FACULTY

Frantz G Hall (he/him) started as a dancer and eventually a Broadway performer. He has gone through many lifetimes as he calls it, from performer to working in corporate America to practicing and teaching yoga. He currently teaches at Modo Yoga NYC and is also a mentor at that studio. He is certified in Hatha, Vinyasa, Sequencing, Yin, Restorative/Therapeutic Yoga, Core Flow, Anatomy, and Yoga Nidra.n goes here

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Born and raised in Michigan, Lindsay (she/her) has lived and traveled all over the world, making New York City her home now for over a decade. She is a lifelong dancer, a Senior Teacher and Teacher Mentor at Modo Yoga NYC, a certified Pilates teacher through the Kane School at Kinected NYC, and a Meditation Guide through the tutelage of Joni Pollard. In addition to her movement background, Lindsay is a certified Health and Wellness Coach and runs her own company called GroundWell, a program that facilitates meaningful change to those seeking physical, mental, and nutritional transformation.

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Hailing from New York, Randy (he/him) is the Assistant Director of Teaching, as well as a senior teacher at Modo Yoga NYC. He attended his first yoga training in September of 2013 and has since amassed over 2000+ hours of yoga theory and anatomy, in addition to practical teaching experience. Randy has completed certifications with Modo Yoga, Laughing Lotus, Katonah Yoga, Leslie Kaminoff Yoga Anatomy, etc., and at present, teaches styles of hatha, vinyasa, yin, and restorative yoga, and workshops in chair yoga, meditation, pranayama and inversions. He holds a Functional Range Conditioning (FRC) certification and is a certified kinstretch instructor. To Randy, yoga is the means to a life filled with joy and peace.

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A New Yorker with Colorado ties, Sarah is Director of Marketing and Communications at Modo Yoga NYC and an RYT 500-Hour vinyasa, hatha and yin teacher. After her initial 500-Hour training with Modo Yoga, Sarah went on to receive additional trainings including; 100 hour Vinyasa training with Dina Tsouluhas, 75 hour advanced sequencing training with Valerie Anne Verdier and 50 hour yin yoga training with Corinna Benner.

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​​Siobhan (she/her) took her first yoga class at Modo Yoga Uptown in Toronto, Canada while studying dance at Ryerson University. She immediately fell in love and did her first Vinyasa flow and Pilates teacher trainings in 2009 at Tula Yoga, Toronto. Once certified she began teaching at multiple studios in Toronto and created the concept of Core Flow, a Vinyasa class that incorporates core strengthening in between blocks of Vinyasa. In 2014 Siobhan relocated to New York City where she took up the co-teacher development role and had the privilege of being part of the growth and development of so many incredible teachers. After working for Modo NYC for six years Siobhan, her now husband, along with their two dogs, decided it was time to chase the sun all the way to California and Modo LA.

As a competitive gymnast since an early age, Brian (he/him) has always been consumed with the body’s ability to create shapes. This passion led to further study of anatomy and physiology, functional movement, injury and rehabilitation, and eventually a Master's Degree in physical therapy at Springfield College. In 2001, Brian discovered Yoga and immediately became enamored by the deeply transformative and therapeutic qualities of the practice. His formal yoga training includes Axis Yoga and Kindness Yoga in Denver, Colorado, as well as the Threes Physiyoga Method advanced yoga teacher training program. He is the founder of The PhysiYoga Project in Denver, Colorado.

Rumi (she/her) has been practicing yoga from a young age -- her first yoga class was at age 11 in Chennai, India at Sivananda Yoga. Since then yoga, meditation, and spirituality have served as a foundation from which her life and practice have grown. A former corporate fashion executive, she made the decision to transition fully into the world of yoga, working in the wellness space extensively and receiving her 200 + 300 Hour Teaching Certifications from ISHTA Yoga. Rumika is a recent transplant from NYC to Denver, and her practices are taught with the intention to create space for one to find their own unlimited potential -- on and off the mat.

Karine (she/her) came to America to become a professional dancer. Within a long and beautiful career her needs to sustain physical and emotional health led her to seek a yoga practice. After months of searching, Karine decided to train in the Moksha/Modo yoga technique because of the deep commitment this style has on Health and Longevity. She also trained with Baron Baptiste. Karine believes that Yoga is to be practiced on and off the mat and her style of teaching includes a sacred space for inner transformation, and a deep respect for right here right now. Karine is fascinated by the body and its mechanics and vow to continue to be a student to continue to serve humanity.

The founder of WE ON AIR, Lori Ann Ferreri (she/her) is a multifaceted artist, performer and mindfulness guide from New York City now living in Paris. Lori Ann embraces movement as a second language, which she weaves into her work as a creator, entrepreneur, and teacher. Working on Broadway as a dancer and actor for 20 years led Lori Ann to discover and appreciate yoga. She has completed over 1000 hours of yoga and meditation training and has been teaching internationally since 2012. Driven by her deep curiosity and commitment to continued learning, Lori Ann harnesses her mediums of art and motion in designing and imparting ever-evolving practices for well-being and personal growth.