All yoga retreats conducted here are taught by the yoga teachers and studios bringing their students and sponsoring the retreat. At the same time we are friendly with many terrific Vermont teachers Vermont should you wish to include one or two during your stay as guest instructors. The following instructors are available if want a morning or day off or if you just want to integrate some of our wonderful Vermont yoga culture/people into your experience.

Kathy McNames

Burlington, VT
Yoga Vermont

Kathy McNames, Co-Owner and Co-Director of Yoga Vermont since 1988, has been teaching yoga over 20 years. She began studying Yoga in California with Analisa Cunningham in 1983 and continued her studies after moving to Vermont in 1988. Her first experience with astanga was at Omega Institute in 1995, at a workshop with Beryl Bender Birch and Thom Birch. She has been a student of Beryl’s to the present day and has continued her study of astanga with various astanga teachers. Kathy is one of the most beloved and well-known teachers in the Northeast and travels extensively with her husband and son, bringing Yoga Vermont to lucky students everywhere. Visit Kathy at www.yogavermont.com or by email at kathy@yogavermont.com

Judith Foti

Stowe, VT 
Oxygen and Stowe Mountain Resort

Judith’s initial yoga training was through The International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre. She continued training with renowned instructors such as Shiva Rea and Judith Hanson Lasater, with whom she received her restorative yoga Relax & Renew® certification. Most recently, Judith completed her advanced Yoga Alliance 500RYT certification with Sri Dharma Mittra at the Dharma Yoga Center in New York City. With both formal and self study of all Eight Limbs of Hatha Raja yoga, Judith views yoga as not just a form of physical exercise but as a lifestyle. Judith is a nationally certified massage therapist and esthetician living in Stowe with her yogi husband, Frank, and three dogs. Visit Judith at www.sauchavt.com.

Scott York

Burlington, Vermont
Yoga Vermont 

Scott York, Co-Owner and Co-Director of Yoga Vermont. He has been teaching yoga for over ten years. He is 1000 hour teacher certified. He travels with his partner Kathy as a teacher bringing yoga to students everywhere. He is a teacher at the annual Burlington Yoga Conference and at the Stowe Mountain Ranch Retreats at Stowe Mountain Ranch. Scott has been a student of Beryl Bender Birch for years and along with Kathy they will be hosting Beryl Bender Birch as a featured trainer this year at Yoga Vermont.