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Our Professional Team

All of the instructors at Johns Creek Yoga are Registered Yoga Teachers with the National Yoga Alliance. Most have additional certifications, and all continue to further their practice and teaching expertise through continual workshops and training.

Sheila Ewers

Sheila Ewers

Founder
Sheila is an ERYT 500 certified teacher who has been practicing and teaching for many years. She is the founder of both Johns Creek Yoga and Duluth Yoga and relishes the opportunity to share the practice that has so powerfully transformed her life with as many people as she can. She completed her 200 hour training at Peachtree Yoga in Sandy Springs, Georgia and her 500hour at Kripalu Yoga Center in Massachusetts. She holds additional certifications in Yin Yoga and Thai Yoga Bodywork.   In addition to daily classes at both studios, Sheila facilitates Yoga Teacher Training and offers retreats and workshops both locally and internationally. As a former Professor of American literature, she loves to explore the intersection between philosophy, poetry, religion, nature and yoga and often brings that synthesis into her classes. . She continues to take advantage of every opportunity to train and learn and will forever consider herself a student of this ancient and beautiful practice.
Aubrey Ward

Aubrey Ward

Yoga Instructor
   Aubrey first found yoga while looking to balance a disciplined fitness routine and competitive martial arts practice. With no experience, she walked into the newly opened Johns Creek Yoga for guidance and fell in love with both the practice and the community. In completing her Yoga Teacher Training there several years later, Aubrey found a deep connection to her personal...
Sonya Kuropatwa

Sonya Kuropatwa

Yoga Instructor
Sonya’s gentle guidance and loving touch extends from her fascination with the body as an instrument of spiritual and creative expression. Sonya came to yoga after more than 20 years as a classically trained dancer, teacher, and choreographer as a means to further understand the mysteries of the mind-body connection. She has witnessed and guided her students through the wonders of movement, self-awareness, ...
Constance Gibbs

Constance Gibbs

Merchandise Manager & Yoga Instructor
Constance discovered Johns Creek Yoga several years ago and shortly after began volunteering at the front desk. While working as a Fashion Buyer, she decided to complete the 200 hour Teacher Training. Constance’s role as Retail Manager has given her the opportunity to expand...
Amy Haysman

Amy Haysman

Yoga Instructor
Amy began practicing yoga in 1995 and in the first class heard the calling to teach this wisdom to children. She co-founded Grounded Yoga, Laughter, Elevation and continues to teach kids and train adults around the world to do the same. In her yoga classes for grown-ups you will be lead to find your optimal alignment and balance the serious with the playful. You will be encouraged to ...
Sedef Dion

Sedef Dion

Yoga Instructor
Sedef (SukhPrem Kaur) has been practicing yoga for over twenty years and teaching since 1999. She completed her Hatha yoga training at Peachtree Yoga Center , later Sedef became a Kundalini Yoga teacher under the guidance of her teacher Mukta Kaur Khalsa studying Yogi Bhajan’s teachings. She is a Yoga Alliance member as well as Kundalini Yoga Teacher’s Association (IKYTA). Sedef’s classes reflect her belief ...
Rose Moro

Rose Moro

Yoga Instructor
Rose believes that she has personally experienced the transformative power of yoga and that it has set her on a fun-filled journey of self-discovery. After 10 years of on and off practice, yoga officially took root in her life in 2013 after she underwent bilateral hip replacement surgeries. While the physical practice helped to rehabilitate...
Leisy Julien

Leisy Julien

Yoga Instructor
200 E-RYT, trained and certified by YogaFit, The Leading Company in Mind-Body Fitness Education. Specialized in Vinyasa Flow - a form of Hatha Yoga, but experienced in many other forms of yoga such as Ashtanga, Yin Yoga, Hot Yoga and others. Leisy is also Certified in Usui Reiki, level 1 and level 2 and is currently working towards her 500 RYT ...
Michelle Meyers

Michelle Meyers

Accounts Manager
Michelle is a CPA with a Masters degree in Corporate Accounting. She has been in practice for about 20 years, with a special emphasis on small business accounting for the past 10 years. She is also a fitness enthusiast, having competed in powerlifting and Crossfit. She believes strongly...