Stephanie Anderson

Stephanie was born and raised right here, in Coronado and is an SDSU alum. She has three young adult sons and is thrilled to be settled back in her hometown! Stephanie discovered Bikram Yoga in 2000 and hasn’t stopped since. She has been teaching Bikram Yoga since 2011 and loves sharing the benefits of this amazing practice! She is also certified to teach Yin Yoga and Inferno Hot Pilates and is so grateful and happy to be part of the community at Island Yoga Coronado.

Zelynda Hardy

Bio Coming Soon….

Gail Gormican

Gail is an alum of SDSU and is a former elementary school teacher. She has taught water aerobics, all levels of swimming instruction, and has coached swimming. Gail found Hot Yoga in 2012 and immediately fell in love with the practice. She now enjoys sharing the practice as a teacher and helping people to recognize the scope of benefits that continue to grow and enhance one’s health at all fitness levels.

Antoinette Riki

Antoinette attended her first Bikram Yoga class in April 2000.  Much to her surprise, she loved it and couldn’t wait to get back!  She came back the very next day and when hearing the studio owner declare that doing this Bikram Yoga everyday for 90 days in a row would change her entire life she took the challenge…….and it did change her entire life (feel free to ask her about it). She has been passionately teaching Bikram Yoga for over 23 years and is also trained and certified in Yin Yoga, Forrest Yoga, Medical Vacu-Cupping and Pranic Healing, She teaches with detail to anatomical alignment and technique, lot’s of passion and love, and a little bit of humor. On her off time Antoinette enjoys travel, art, music, dancing, beach time, reading and is trying her best to learn to speak French.

Kevin Pond

Kevin started practicing yoga very slowly and very stiffly in 2005; doing what he could manage with what he had. Since then, His yoga practice has become a solid foundation for every part of his life. It has helped him to become more active, improve his diet, led him to discover meditation and then to develop the courage to become a yoga teacher. He has been teaching Bikram Yoga since 2014 and loves to share the very real benefits of this powerful practice.

Shane Cochran

Shane was born and raised in San Diego. She has an Associate Arts degree for English literature and is a fictional writer. As a hobby, she likes to film her pets for YouTube. Shane discovered Bikram Yoga in October of 2011 and began teaching in October of 2016. Shane likes to remind her students: “Life is Good, Food, Good Company and Good Sleep!”

Jake Goertzen

Over 25 years ago Jake climbed the stairs that led to the Green Lake Bikram Yoga studio in Seattle, knees probably shaking, in search of his first-ever yoga class. Since then he has practiced in over 150 different studios, all over the world.  He graduated from Teacher Training in Palm Desert in 2009 and has taught in over 30 different studios so far. “Do the yoga; it is the foundation for anything else you do,” says Jake. “Come sweat with us.”

Heather Pond

In 2009, Heather’s yoga mat started as her safe space to process grief, trauma, addiction, and chronic low self-esteem. What her practice became was proof that if you show up and do the work, anything in life is possible. Heather completed her first 200-hour yoga training in 2014, teaching yoga and art therapy in treatment facilities for 5 years. In 2023 she began teaching Bikram Yoga. Heather is a career artist and literary non-fiction writer. She is passionate about creating an inspiring, positive, inclusive, and safe environment for everyone who finds the courage to show up and bravely meet themselves on their mat.

Nellie Scott

Nellie has been practicing yoga for 12 years and has been a certified yoga teacher for 6 years; when she started practicing yoga it changed her life. She wanted to become a teacher so that she could share this wonderful practice with the world. Nellie believes that yoga is for everyone. She lives in Coronado and loves teaching at the Island Yoga Coronado studio because it is a delightful yoga community. Nellie looks forward to seeing you in her class.

Sharon Metz

Sharon moved to San Diego from her hometown of Washington, DC in August 2016. She is AFAA, BASI Pilates, and Xtend Barre certified. Sharon has been involved in the fitness industry since 2003, when she started taking group exercise classes at Northeastern University in Boston. The camaraderie and variety of classes were such a blast, she became a group fitness instructor in spring 2009, while also working full-time in HR and Legal Recruiting for an Intellectual Property law firm. Sharon has taught everything from Pilates and Barre to Bootcamp and Kickboxing to Step and Cycling. She enthusiastically delivers a fun yet challenging experience and encourages her clients to push their limits while offering modifications along the way.

Koko Adams

Koko Adams is a native of Japan and now lives in beautiful San Diego!

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Stefan Talian

Stefan was born and raised in former Czechoslovakia. He came to the US as a chef and wanted to open his own restaurant. He was also doing some modeling which required lots of time in the gym, and one trainer told him about Bikram Yoga— he was hooked after his first class. After attending teacher training in 2009, he soon quit his cooking job and became a traveling yoga teacher. He arrived to San Diego and planned to stay for two weeks but never left.

Maho Tuites

The first time Maho tried Bikram Yoga in 2009, she immediately fell in love with the 26+2 format — so much so that she has been practicing almost every day since. After practicing for about ten years, Maho followed her true passion and so in 2019 she became a certified Bikram Yoga instructor. In 2021 she trained and got certified to teach Inferno Hot Pilates. Besides yoga and pilates, Maho enjoys cooking Japanese food, fashion, and getting to connect with the wonderful students at Island Yoga Coronado.

Roxanne Alvarez

Bio coming soon!

Mary Farley

Mary attended her first yoga class in 2000 ~ but it was her neighborhood Bikram Yoga Studio in San Francisco coupled with her Ashtanga trained older sister on the East Coast that inspired her journey to teach. Mary began teaching with the Full of Joy, Yoga for Children teacher training course in San Francisco. After finding her way back to Coronado in 2010, (Mary was born here) she found the time and space to complete her 200-hour Yoga Alliance E-RYT certification. Now she explores teaching to all ages, anywhere, anytime!

Cortland Anderson

Cortland’s Holistic Health practice began in 2015 after studying at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, CA. A sound bath experience at the Integratron in Joshua Tree inspired his interest in sound healing. After researching the science behind this ancient practice, he began creating and posting binaural beats meditation videos on YouTube. This interest became a passion. Cortland uses his Tibetan and crystal singing bowls, with a growing list of other instruments, to create music and practice sound therapy.