Ela Erickson was born and raised in Poland. She moved to the United States in her twenties and graduated from a university in the Seattle, Washington area, where she has spent most of her life.

Her true passions are yoga, dance, painting, and charitable work. Ela has completed several yoga training programs in India, along with advanced studies in Seattle, Washington.

With over 40 years of personal yoga practice, including many years of volunteering and substituting classes, Ela brings depth of experience and a compassionate, supportive teaching approach. Her style emphasizes alignment and foundational movement to help students safely regain balance, stability, and strength. All classes are fully modifiable, so students never need to worry about flexibility or prior experience.

Ela incorporates guided breathing techniques at the beginning, throughout, and at the end of each practice to support relaxation, focus, and nervous system balance. Sessions often conclude with gentle sound relaxation using Tibetan singing bowls, creating a calming and restorative experience.

Drewry Kindred was born and raised  New York.  Her love and passion for movement and dance started in High school.  She had a thirty year career as a creative artist and movement teacher in New York City.  Drewry holds MA degree in Dance Education from New York University. 

Drewry yoga career was a natural transition from dance. She started in 1999 as a student at Integral yoga and completed her level 1 certification in 2000.  

In the past twenty five years Drewry has become a Yoga Therapist C-IAYT and  holds 500 hour certificate E-RYT from Integral yoga. 

 Over the years she has taught Restorative yoga, Yoga for Arthritis and Level 2 at Integral yoga.  Drewry feels yoga should be accessible for every student in her class.  She has taught in hospitals, senior centers, yoga centers and primary schools.  

Drewry currently teaches gentle yoga and chair yoga online at Integral Yoga and Marble Collegiate Church.