Teachers

Casey Beauchamp - Lead Instructor

Casey began practicing yoga in his teens to heal from a break dance injury and connected with the practice profoundly. In 2005, he moved to the Shoshone Yoga Ashram and earned his 200-hour Hatha Yoga certification with the Shambhava School of Yoga. Immersion in the ashram's rich yogic environment marked the beginning of a lifelong quest to study the meditative arts.

For the next seven years, Casey attend Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. There, he earned his BFA in Performance and Traditional Easter Arts with a concentration in Yoga Teacher Training, which certified him at the 1000-hour level in Hatha Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Yoga Meditation, as well as Yoga History, Theory, and Philosophy. He went on to complete an MA in Contemplative Education and now works for the university as a summer program coordinator and meditation instructor.

In 2015, Casey moved to New York City, where he currently lives and teaches mindfulness, movement, dance and physical education at the Gateway School. He also offers classes in meditation, yoga, dance, qi gong and other contemplative modalities.

Casey's yoga teaching style is deeply meditative (and humorous!). On the mat and in the world, Casey strives to balance relaxed precision and deep play. He enjoys teaching students the way he practices. That is, a practical view of Yoga and Buddhist theory and philosophy together with experiential aspects to offer an integrated lifestyle for the modern yogi.

Kristin Knox - Philosophy + Meditation 

Kristin is a writer and meditator who lives in NYC with her Pomeranian, Butters. She holds a Masters of Philosophy in Classical Languages & Literature from Oxford University and has devoted her life to study, contemplation, and creativity. From 2014-2015, she studied Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy at Rutgers University and attended a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Vida. In 2016, she completed a course in Contemplative Caregiving at the New York City Zen Center for Contemplative Care and is currently training as a hospital chaplain in the Buddhist tradition at Lenox Hill Hospital. 

Devin McDuffee - Anatomy 

Devin McDuffee is a NASM certified Personal Trainer, Tae Kwon Do teacher, Yoga instructor, and physical theater performer and teacher. He has a BA in Theater from Vassar College where he specialized in animal movement studies. He studied physical performance and acrobatics at the Moscow Art Theater, and has over 12 years of dance training across a variety of styles. He is a company member with One Year Lease a New York based theater company that specializes in highly physical/athletic storytelling. He is a also a member of Babel, a company that tells stories through a combination of dance, physical theater, acrobatics and improvisational movement.