Our Teachers
Mackenzie Bell
RYT 500
Mackenzie studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world largest health coaching school in the U.S. She is trained in over 100 dietary theories, Her focus on health comes from a holistic perspective. She takes into account more than nutrition when evaluating the wellbeing of her clients, She evaluates how satisfied you are in the areas of career, relationships, physical activity, and spirituality to gauge what the root of their unique case. She specializes in plant-based nutrition, having done in depth study at Cornell. In addition she is a 500 hr Registered Yoga Teacher and Reiki Master. She studied both Yoga and Reiki at The Kripalu Center For Yoga & Health in the Berkshires.
She is the Founder and Owner of Life Aligned Wellness LLC.
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Gabby DiGiovani
500hr Certified Dharma Yoga
Gabriella began practicing Yoga at age 18 in search of spiritual guidance and discovery. When she discovered Sri Dharma Mittra and embarked on the Life of a Yogi teacher training, her life was catapulted into a new upward direction. Through Dharma Yoga, Gabriella has found a stability and peace through constant practice. She seeks to grow as both a teacher and student of Yoga.
Danielle Delmolino
RYT 200
Danielle Delmolino, RYT 200; Danielle lives in Columbia County with her husband and her three cats. She loves the outdoors, lives to travel, but is especially passionate about yoga. She's a bhakti yogi who expresses her spirituality and love of yoga through movement, meditation, and chanting. She completed her 200 hour teacher training with Keli Lalita at Yoga Mandali in Saratoga Springs, NY, and has continued to study under the guidance of many gifted teachers. Danielle will guide you on a gentle journey of self care, and personal growth by sharing lessons that apply to your life on and off the mat.
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Jai Sugrim
RYT 500
Jai teaches an all levels, rhythmically counted vinyasa yoga practice, where every movement is
coordinated with an inhale or an exhale. When even breathing is linked to our movement and
intention, our mind drops into the present moment. The practice then becomes deeply
meditative and we are more likely to “see things as they are”.
Jai offers hands on assists for those who wish to learn with touch, in their asana practice. His
style of teaching is heavily influenced by the Ashtanga Yoga and Jivamukti Yoga Methods.
Richard Gillette
RYT 200
Richard Gillette realized it’s never too late to address the body, mind and spirit when he started his yoga practice in 2002 at age 50.
He found his way into a Chair assisted Yoga class as a result of falling from his bike and harming his hip. The teacher and the diversity of the poses, combined with the enthusiasm of the students, kept him coming to that class consistently, well after his injury healed.
Richard has recently received certification from an eight month Teacher Training intensive with Sondra Loring at Sadhana Center for Yoga and Meditation in Hudson E-RYT 200 and now teaches the Community Chair Yoga Class at Bodhi Holistic Spa that he was so enamored with.
Adina Saperstein
RYT 200, Reiki, Kundalini Yoga
Adina is a multi-lineage yoga and meditation teacher, yoga therapist and integrative coach with deep reverence and curiosity for the many paths of yoga. She has been teaching since 2012, and has completed teaching certifications in the Dharma Yoga lineage at Brooklyn Yoga School; Vinyasa flow at Urban Flow in San Francisco; Kundalini Yoga at Studio Pachamama in Brooklyn; Yoga for Twelve Step Recovery with Nikki Myers; Secular Buddhist meditation at the Interdependence Project and Tibetan Buddhist meditation at the Three Jewels in NYC. She is currently completing an 800-Hour training in Yoga Therapy and integrates yoga, meditation, and yoga therapy into her work as a transformative coach. She is deeply grateful to her many teachers and for the opportunity to teach at Bodhi.
Annie Lightbody
RYT 200
Annie is a strong believer in the healing power of intention and self love. She has a lifelong history of meditation, chanting and energy work of various lineages including Kundalini Yoga and the Pathwork.
She views each class as a gift of opportunity for growth, both for teacher and student. Her classes are centered around the core teachings of Kundalini breathwork and mantras, accessible to all, and open to everyone.
Sarah Shea
Pilates Teacher
Sarah is a certified Pilates Teacher with Power Pilates NYC and The Pilates Method Alliance, as well as a New York State licensed physical therapist.
After graduating from Union College with a B.S. in biochemistry and a minor in art history, Sarah began practicing Pilates. In 2009, Sarah completed the Power Pilates Comprehensive Certification and since then she has had the honor of studying with Bob Liekens, Leah Katz, Jay Grimes, and Irene Dowd, to name a few. In 2011 Sarah became a Teacher Trainer for Power Pilates. While teaching Pilates, Sarah completed her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from The Sage Colleges in Troy, NY, and published an article in The Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies on Pilates and stroke.
In 2013 Sarah was certified in GYROKINEISIS(R), and is currently working toward her Gyrotonic(R) certification.
Jenny Bachar
RYT 200
Jenny is a 200hr RYT with an Associates Degree in Dance, as well as Applied Science. She specializes in Injury Prevention and is comfortable instructing all levels/ages. Jenny considers movement medicine and structures her classes accordingly. Her goal is to guide you through and to each asana (pose) with intention. This technique helps prevent injuries both on and off the yoga mat.
Keli Lalita
RYT 500
Keli Lalita dasi has been teaching yoga for almost a decade and has spent many of those years training regularly with Shiva Rea. She was first introduced to yoga as a child by her mother, who studied yoga with the disciples of Sri Rama Krishna at the Vivikananda Vedanta Vihar in the foothills of the Catskill mountains.
Keli has lead and assisted retreats both here in the US, in Costa Rica and in India. She is one of the co-founders of Mantralogy, a record label which is dedicated to bringing Sacred Music to the masses. Her teaching is also deeply inspired by her practice of Bhakti yoga, by the divine poetry of Hafiz, Mirabai, Mary Oliver and Bhaktivinode Thakur and by her belief all beings are Divine that remembering this one fact is the goal of human life! She lives in Stuyvesant Falls with her husband and three children.