Meet The Team

Anusara, Chromatic, & Hatha Yoga
Massage
Founder

Siri Hoffman

Siri is a licensed massage therapist and yoga teacher.  She has been practicing both since 2008, and in Litchfield County since 2011.  Her yoga teachings are rooted in Anusara yoga, a heart-based yoga incorporating principles of alignment to allow the body to move, strengthen, and grow in the most optimal and expressive way. Siri’s love for yoga, laughter, joy and the human body brings a wonderful sense of community, fun, and challenge to her classes.

As a competitive athlete in her youth, Siri has a deep relationship with and understanding of the human body, making a career in message therapy an undeniable calling.  Siri’s scope of practice ranges widely, including Deep Tissue, Orthopedic Massage, Neuromuscular Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release, Pre- and Post-natal, Swedish and Integrative work. Her specialty is pain and injury treatment and prevention, but her passion for all her modalities runs deep and is shown in each session with her clients.

Vinyasa Yoga

Ari Kanamori

Ari has been teaching yoga for over a decade across the greater Los Angeles area at studios such as YogaWorks, Yoga Nest Venice, and Silverlake Yoga. Drawing from a variety of lineages, his classes use Iyengar alignment principles in juicy vinyasa sequences intermixed with dynamic movement explorations. His classes emphasize deepening one’s awareness to unlock the innate wisdom of the body. 

Ari completed his 200hr training through the Nosara Yoga Institute under Don and Amba Stapleton and his 300hr through YogaWorks Los Angeles under the mentorship of Gigi Snyder. He later studied 100hrs with Maty Ezraty who was herself a student of Pattabhi Jois and Geeta Iyengar.

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Ari can be reached at ariloniyoga@gmail.com.

Yoga, Sound Healing, & Energy Work

Grace Magnusson

Grace earned her yoga teacher certification from the Kripalu School of Yoga in 2016. Her classes use creative sequences and intentional breath practices as modalities to cultivate self-compassion and understanding of the subtle energies of the body. With a passion for energy-work and deep relaxation, Grace also incorporates sound healing into class to create a space where students can simply rest and be supported.

Over the past five years, Grace has taught yoga and offered sound healing to teens in recovery from mental health challenges. The tenderness needed to hold space for a sensitive population carries over to her public classes. 

Grace is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and a Reiki Master. She is currently working towards her 500-hour, advanced yoga teacher certification. Schedule a private yoga, sound healing or energy-work session by reaching out at 603.770.2355. 

Gentle Yoga

Christopher DeLucci

Chris has been practicing yoga for over 6 years and completed his 200 hours of instructor training in 2022. Christopher’s classes focus on gentle yoga for beginners and those with mobility issues. After 26 years as an active member of the United States Coast Guard, he’s particularly excited to introduce other veterans and first responders to the physical and mental health benefits of trauma-informed yoga in a space free of judgment and full of compassion for all ages and abilities.

Ayurveda
Restorative Yoga

Sarah E. Carey

Hi! I'm Sarah. I'm a lifestyle coach with a focus on self-care habits and rhythmic living through the teachings of Ayurveda and Yoga. Since 2013 I’ve been offering mindfulness and movement to groups and individuals throughout my home state of Connecticut and, more recently, virtually.

I truly believe you are intended to feel alert, energized, vibrant, and full of vitality every day. I teach Yoga as an opportunity to offer you the tools to regulate all the body’s systems and heal from trauma. My class focuses on safety in the body, relaxation, time to de-stress, and afterwards, a renewed sense of creativity, intuition, and inner sturdiness.

When I’m not facilitating, you can often find me cuddling with my hound dog Huckleberry, roasting vegetables, reading memoirs, and walking in the woods. 

My class style is restorative with gentle somatic movements and yoga nidra techniques. All levels are welcome! You can often hear me saying, “Allow the support of the props, the energy of this room, and the guidance of my voice to heal you. You don’t have to try, you just have to let go.” I’d love to take care of you and I hope to see you in my class!

Kids Yoga

Nick Switz

Hi my name is Nick,

My kids yoga class goal is to bring mindfulness to the group through breath, movement and creative games. I have been teaching kids yoga for five years, where I got my certification at Radiant Child Yoga. Class begins with a yoga freeze dance game where kids dance freely and when the song stops they do a yoga pose. Another part, of the class is either a game or story that is yoga based. Ending the class will be a guided story.

Yoga

Meditation

Rebecca Doring

Rebecca, Certified Meditation Teacher & Inner Critic Liberation Coach, helps people overcome self-sabotage and overthinking so they can believe in themselves again, find their peace, and embrace the most important things in life with greater joy and abundance.

After years of perfectionism, being her own worst enemy, and needing massive amounts of pressure and stress in order to take action, Rebecca knew she needed a change before she burnt herself out completely and lost herself entirely. She devoted her life to figuring out how to get out of her own way and succeeded. Now she guides hundreds of students through the same process while making the tools like meditation and journaling, more accessible, enjoyable, and meaningful so they, too, can be free to believe in themselves, experience greater belonging and connection, and accomplish anything they set out to. 

Rebecca’s the host of The Deep Rooted Bliss Podcast, the creator of the online self-discovery community Turn Within, and the online program Inner Critic Freedom. She studied under International Meditation Teacher, Charlie Knoles, of The Veda Center.

Vinyasa & Restorative Yoga

Larry Millburn

Larry took his first yoga class at the esteemed Center for Yoga (Yogaworks) in Los Angeles in 1996 and has been practicing ever since.

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Drawing from the inspiration of the many teachers over the years, Larry hopes to share his love of yoga with the community.

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Larry says, “I love teaching yoga because I have experienced first hand the amazing effects of a regular practice, and I want to share that passion with others. Students in my class can expect to have fun, build confidence in their practice, learn proper technique, and come away feeling at peace.”

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When not on the mat, Larry can be found following his two other passions; filmmaking and podcasting.

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Larry Milburn is an award-winning filmmaker that has been involved as a producer/editor on several behind-the-scenes EPK’s and DVD documentary projects for both film and commercial production studios as well as advertising agencies such as FOX, Columbia Pictures, BBDO Detroit, RSA, and BMW.

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Along with film, music plays a large part of Larry’s life, and when he finds the opportunity to marry the two he takes full advantage. There is no greater example of this than Larry’s involvement in the film Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield, directed by Bob Sarles and part of the 2014 Sony Legacy Boxed set From his Head to his Heart to his Hands. As a cousin of Michael Bloomfield’s, it was with great pleasure that he was asked to co-produce this film and help keep the memory of such a gifted guitar player relevant and alive.

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2015 saw the release of Brass, Glass, & Steel: The Making of Arlen Roth’s Slide Guitar Summit, an in-depth look at the musicians and recording process of this amazing tribute to slide guitar. With an all-star lineup of guests including Sonny Landreth, Johnny Winter, David Lindley, Rick Vito, Cindy Cashdollar, Lee Roy Parnell, Greg Martin, Jimmy Vivino, Jack Pearson, and Grammy-winning producer/drummer Tom Hambridge. Arlen Roth has created an exciting album that not only spans several genres and styles, but also puts on display some truly great slide guitar playing.

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Most recently, Larry has launched the podcast Roadie Free Radio, a weekly series on which he interviews the men and women behind the scenes of the music and film business.

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Larry’s podcast Follow Your Drishti is a yoga podcast that includes recordings of all of his weekly yoga classes. He was also interviewed as a guest on the podcast Guys Talking Yoga, which discusses the many benefits of yoga for men.

Vinyasa Yoga

Eileen Manela

Eileen Manela is a Licensed Clinical Social worker practicing in Litchfield, CT.  She took her first yoga class in college over 25 years ago, and knew she found her “sport”.  As well as strengthening the body, she remarked at yoga’s ability to calm the mind and spirit.  She is enamored with the lifestyle and culture of yoga and is eager to introduce/share that experience with others.  

Eileen is a certified 200 hour Kripalu instructor, dedicated and connected to yoga.  She often has said yoga changed and saved her life several times.  She has been trying to interest her young adult twin sons to practice, and holds out hope!

Eileen can be reached for psychotherapy or private yoga at eileenmanela.com.

Vinyasa Yoga

Erin Flockhart

As an individual from an athletic background, Erin embarked upon yoga to find balance mentally and physically with her work, fitness, and running. Erin soon realized that yoga provided her with both mental and physical strength on and off the mat.  

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Erin now holds her 500-hour vinyasa certification and is presently pursuing her therapeutic specialist certification with Yoga Medicine. She has specialized training in yoga for athletes, stand up paddle board yoga, yoga for mental health, yin yoga, as well as Chinese medicine and myofascial release. 

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Erin’s classes follow a traditional vinyasa structure which is energizing yet accessible, aligning strength with breath.  She focuses on a well-rounded class that has the elements of endurance and core strength weaved in with tension release and mobility. 

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Erin has her YFFR (Yoga for First Responders) certification and teaches stress management to her peers in law enforcement.  She is passionate about wellness, holds a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner certification and enjoys cooking, traveling, hiking with her dogs, and many other forms of movement off the mat. 

Vinyasa Yoga

Danielle Soule

Danielle is what you would call a late bloomer when it comes to Yoga. At 48, she didn’t think Yoga was for her.  Being an avid runner, she thought Yoga would be boring.  How wrong she was! She went to her first Vinyasa Flow class and was hooked. She signed up for Yoga Teacher Training the very first day she took that class. 

She received her 200 YTT December 2019. When the pandemic hit in early 2020, studios were closing down so she turned her focus towards nutrition.  

She became a certified NTP and RWP focusing on the foundations of nutrition and gut health. In 2023 she started a wellness coaching business called Ripple Effect Wellness. 

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She always wanted to incorporate Yoga with nutrition and the pull to start teaching Yoga again was strong.  She knew she was ready to share her love for Yoga and bring that to the community. 

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Her class is a slow Vinyasa flow with mindful movement connecting you to your body, breath and mind.  Modifications are given making her class accessible to all levels.