Create Space to Pause

Emily is the owner and founder of Talo Yoga, a space she created in 2024 to offer a more personal, community-centered approach to yoga in Silicon Valley. Her journey with yoga began while competing as a Division 1 Track & Field sprinter, a time when she was constantly pushing her limits—physically and mentally. Yoga became her sanctuary, a way to reconnect, find balance, and move through life with greater presence.

Inspired to share this practice, Emily earned her RYT 200 in 2016 and has since taught in studios, gyms, and living rooms across the U.S. Called to deepen her understanding of yoga’s origins, she completed her RYT 500 in 2022 through an immersive training in Bali. Her teaching style blends the fluidity of vinyasa with the depth of traditional hatha yoga, honoring both modern movement and ancient wisdom.

Now balancing motherhood and business, Emily’s perspective on yoga has deepened even further. She believes in movement as a foundation for a meaningful life and in creating a space where students can return to themselves—again and again. Whether she’s teaching or holding space for others at Talo, her mission remains the same: to help people build inner strength, presence, and a practice that supports them far beyond the mat.

Carrie is a Yoga Alliance 200hr RYT in Chopra Signature Yoga, specializing in Hatha vinyasa yoga rooted in the ancient Vedic tradition. She integrates breathwork, mantra, mudras, classical postures, and meditation into her classes, creating a holistic experience for her students. With over 30 years of practice, she initially trained in form-focused Hatha and Iyengar Yoga at the Center for Yoga Los Angeles before expanding into Kundalini at Golden Bridge in Hollywood. In addition to yoga, Carrie is a certified instructor of The Bar Method, leading barre, strength, cardio, and flow classes in the San Mateo and Palo Alto studios. Her certification with Deepak Chopra and Sarah Finger deepened her expertise in Ayurveda, anatomy, and sound healing, all of which she incorporates into her teaching. Committed to continuous learning, Carrie recently earned a Sound Bath certification with Guy Douglas and Simona Asinovski and is currently mentoring with Katonah teacher Kyle Miller.

Carissa started taking yoga classes during her freshman year of college and immediately fell in love with not only the physical aspect, but the mental side of yoga as well. Yoga has been an important and consistent part of her life ever since. She received her 200-hour yoga teacher training at Kootenay Yoga School on Isla Mujeres in Mexico in 2022. 

Erika Hoopes specializes in yoga, Pilates, and mindfulness meditation instruction, offering personalized sessions to enhance clients' physical, mental, and emotional well-being. She emphasizes the profound impact of movement and breath on one's overall state, guiding individuals to practice in ways that support their unique bodies and minds. Erika's expertise encompasses areas such as pre and postnatal care, scoliosis, injury recovery, postural analysis, and mobility. She is proficient in various yoga styles, including hatha, vinyasa, yin, restorative, and yoga nidra, and integrates mindfulness techniques like MBSR and trauma-informed practices into her teachings. Through her comprehensive approach, Erika aims to help clients feel confident, free, and at ease within their bodies, fostering a deeper mind-body connection.

Catherine Lucky is an artist, yoga and barre instructor, and Yoga Nidra guide. With over 700 hours of training, she shares the joy of movement and meditation through classes that are uplifting, calming, and inviting.

With ten years of teaching experience, Catherine has led a wide range of classes, workshops, and offerings for students of all levels. She designs experiences that blend mindful movement, breath awareness, engaged alignment, and a deep sense of aliveness. Catherine’s classes offer space for students to turn inward, embrace wholeness, and honor their own vibrant spirit.

Yoga gave Rachael the gift of unconditional self-acceptance six years ago. On the mat, she hopes to give you the same power: a way to be with yourself as you are.

Rachael’s classes balance vinyasa sequences with meditative yin practices.

In any class, you can expect hands-on adjustments (as desired or not), good music, and plenty of laughter. 

Off the mat, she is a grad student, Army veteran, and a coffeeshop enthusiast.

Devi is a dancer, yoga teacher, and movement guide with a background in theatre. She infuses her classes with a sense of play and a notoriously silly sense of humor. Devi has completed over 700 hours of yoga teacher training and prioritizes integrity of alignment, integration of breath, + expression of soul in the experiences she leads. Devi empowers her community to release the idea of "getting it right" in order to unapologetically move their bodies and embrace their unique expression. Aside from all that, she is passionate about guacamole, beat drops, yerba mate, + cuddling her pit mix, koga.

Krassi started practicing yoga as a child in her native Bulgaria. After relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1996, she rediscovered yoga and became an avid student. In 2001, after completing her BBA degree from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, she took a year-long trip to India and Thailand, where she earned her yoga teacher-training certification from the Vivekanada Prashanti Kutiram Yoga Institute in Bangalore, India. Since 2002, Krassi has taught Vinyasa yoga to adults and children across the Bay Area and at international retreats. In addition to yoga, she is a DONA-certified birth and postpartum doula and a counseling practitioner in the Hakomi method, which combines mindfulness and non-violence principles from Eastern philosophy with Western psychology. Krassi has facilitated Mindful Moms groups at Stanford University and PAMF through Mind Body Moms, a California-based organization that provides support to mothers of children of all ages. When the pandemic hit, she transitioned her teaching online and, though grateful for the opportunity to continue teaching, missed being with her students in person.

Sanne Mahieu has been deeply immersed in the practice of yoga for over a decade. Her teaching journey began in The Netherlands, where she completed a three-year Yoga Teacher in Training program. She later expanded her expertise with the LYT Yoga method, a practice developed by a physical therapist, which deepened her understanding of anatomy and helped her grow as a teacher.

With a passion for empowering her students, Sanne focuses on functional movement, striking the perfect balance between stability and mobility. Her classes are designed to help students feel strong, resilient, and ready to take on whatever life throws their way!