David Kamm
David, Kelly's husband, runs the studio along with her. David comes from San Francisco where he spent a lot of years playing music, everything from punk to country. After he got tired of lugging his drums from club to club he got involved in Anger Management and Domestic Violence Group Facilitation, and spent time in San Quentin State Prison...facilitating not living!
He teaches Beginning and All Levels Yoga and brings a fun, upbeat vibe to the studio.
He has his 200 hour certification...and got it right here at Happy Buddha. :)
Stay tuned for another punk rock or Grateful Dead class.

Christina DeFeo
Christina has been practicing yoga since 2003 and always looks forward to sharing her love of yoga asana with her students. A graduate of the Birchwood Teacher Training in Nyack, New York, Christina is a certified 500 hr instructor. Her classes are a mixture of Hatha and Slow Flow with a variety of music. She believes asana practice has the power to help teach us how to adapt, flow and enjoy our world. Christina encourages her students to look within to find their strength and she is always grateful when they share their practice with her.

Brian Thomasberger
Brian has been practicing yoga since 2001. He has completed his 200 hour Yoga Certification program, and is currently working on his 500 hour and Professional Yoga Therapy certifications. He also studied Thai Yoga Therapy, and Ayurveda through the Lotus Palm School of Montreal. These studies include Ayurvedic counseling, Sen (energy) Lines, Marma (pressure point) Therapy, and Relaxation Techniques. His yoga practice is rooted in many facets of yoga, included Iyengar and Sivananda Yoga, as well as meditation and Pranayama (Yogic Breath). Each class demonstrates the core and dynamic of each asana.

Casey Lutz
Casey has been studying yoga for over 11 years. Her classes incorperate fun and energetic flows and well as deeply relaxing meditiations. Casey is also a licensed massage therapist. She enjoys sharing her vast knowledge of anatomy and palpation with her students. Casey is currently enrolled in the 200 hour yoga teacher certification.

Liza Cousins
Liza was first drawn to yoga in High School and has been practicing ever since. Building an eclectic Hatha Yoga practice with the foundation in Jivamukti, Iyengar, Power Yoga and Ashtanga, Liza believes yoga comes from within and begins with the breath. She completed her 200 hour Teacher Training with Michael Stein at Ashtanga of New Paltz in 2006. She is also certified in Ashtanga Yoga by David Swenson.

Meredith Melder
Meredith has been studying various styles of yoga for over eight years and is currently completing her 200 hour Certification. Meredith enjoys incorporating movement and meditation in every class. She believes yoga is a powerful way to fill yourself with all that is good and then share this positive energy with all those around you.

Ellen Wesler
Ellen has been practicing for 10 years and is uplifted by the benefits of yoga to all students at all levels. Ellen teaches gentle yoga incorporating breath and movement in a relaxed yet stimulating style. Her goal is to help find the path to better health, mental clarity and a less stressful life.

Charleen Predmore
Charleen has been practicing yoga and meditation in many forms over the past few years. As one of the first students of Happy Buddha Yoga, she has developed her practice according to the diverse styles offered at Happy Buddha while cultivating relationships with the growing yoga community of the Hudson Valley and beyond. Charleen was also one of the first ones to sign up for the 200 hour teacher training, which she is completing now. As the mother of three, Charleen understands the ups and downs of the modern life experience and successfully incorporates a strong yoga practice in an effort to maintain balance, strength and serenity. Expect a fun, energetic and nurturing class.

Susan Garver
Susan was first introduced to yoga through the PBS series featuring Lilias Folan when she was about four years old. Practicing in front of the TV with her sister, the seed experience that “yoga is fun”, was planted early. She became interested in deepening her practice and completed the yoga teacher training course at the Integral Yoga Institute of New York. Completing a vinyasa teachers’ training course with Seane Corn, helped her build a stronger understanding of alignment and transitioning poses, as well as the confidence to teach. Susan hopes to bring the joy of her yoga experience to Happy Buddha, where she is delighted to practice both as a student and as a teacher. Swami Satchidananda, who founded the Yoga Institute said: “If you can remember only one thing about yoga, remember this: Yoga Is Fun.”

Ashley Scott
Ashley has been studying yoga since 2006 and has recently completed her 200hr certification at Laughing Lotus NYC. Her main focus is to have her students feeling physically and mentally at ease after they have practiced yoga. Ashley integrates a wide variety of music, meditation, and flow to rid you of your daily mental chatter. Influenced by Kelly Kamm and all of the teachers at Lotus, Ashley hopes to bring an enthusiasm about life through the movement of asana. Become intoxicated by love and "Leave the familiar for a while. Let your senses and bodies stretch out." ~Hafiz

Janalee Wedenko
Janalee is finishing up her 200 hour teacher training at Happy Buddha and loving and learning so much from it! She has been practicing yoga for 6 years and loves how yoga is such a healing, inspiring and spiritual way to connect with yourself and others. Keep an open heart and an honest soul and your world will fill up with wonderful things that you can share with all the people you'll meet along the way... Don't expect it to happen right away, let it fall at your feet, if you look too hard you might miss it.