“He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior” - Confucius

Diane completed her 200-hr YTT with the Himalayan Institute under June Hunt and has been teaching since 2016. For Diane, yoga became a gateway into a world of exploration, introspection, and profound awareness. Diane continues to grow & evolve through ongoing trainings & workshops & believes the path to self discovery is a lifelong journey. Diane has also completed Expand Your Power - 200 hr Baptiste Power Yoga teacher training, Baptiste - The Art of Assisting, Yin yoga, Restorative yoga & Yoga for Recovery - Transformation Yoga Project. She also became a certified Usui Reiki Master under Theresa Steltzer. Currently, Diane is pursuing her 500-hr teaching certification with the Himalayan Institute.

Diane is excited & honored to be able to share the beauty and power of the yoga tradition. She continues to be inspired by the students of this community and their love and devotion to the practice.

Diane resides in Perkasie, PA with her husband, Matt, and their two dogs, Ripple & Althea.

“Eventually it will become quiet enough so that you can simply watch the heart begin to react, and let go before the mind starts.” -Michael A. Singer

Lisa is a 500-hour RYT with Yoga Alliance.

She began her spiritual journey over 20 years ago as she began to look within herself to find connections with her mind, body and soul. This journey of discovery led her to yoga in 1999. In 2001, Lisa completed a “Yoga for the Special Child” training under the Sonya Sumar Method. She incorporated this new training into her daily classroom routine while teaching children with Autism.

For the past 19 years, Lisa has resided in Chalfont with her husband and 3 boys.

In 2018, after suffering from foot injuries and back issues, she knew she needed to return to the mat on a more consistent basis to heal her physical, emotional, and spiritual body. In her desire to deepen her practice, Lisa completed a 200-hour Teacher Training at Shanteel Yoga Sanctuary under Elle Kaplan and Claudine Schuster in August 2019. Lisa completed her 300-hour Teacher Training under Sally Delisle and Claudine Schuster at Shanteel Yoga Sanctuary in October 2021 and is a certified Yin Yoga Teacher under Childlight Yoga.

Lisa’s classes offer creative sequencing with themes and/or peak poses, opportunities to pause and check in with the self and the breath, and encouragement to make each pose your own.

When she isn’t teaching or spending time with her family and friends, she enjoys taking yoga classes and workshops from an array of different teachers, styles, and studios to help her personal practice and teaching grow. One of her favorite experiences was taking a yoga class in the South of France in French!!

Lisa believes it’s important to trust the process and to live your truth. To trust where you are right now at this moment, to have faith that things will be ok, and to just remember to breathe.

I have always enjoyed being on my mat, and have been practicing for several year now. My mat is my place to recenter myself and to find balance or answers I am searching for. I became a 1st time mother in 2016 and as amazing as that experience is my world changed in ways I didn’t think possible. My mat began to collect dust and I started to notice that there was a change in me. I joined a gym because I wanted to get back into some kind of workout routine but something was still missing. In 2019 I walked into Shanteel Yoga Sanctuary and fell in Love with the studio, what a beautiful space to be in. I slowly started getting on my mat more regularly and began to feel something inside of me shift but still wanted more. I saw the info posted at the studio about the teacher training classes and had a long conversation with Claudine about making the 6 month commitment. Deep down I knew it was going to be a hard journey but I also knew it was a journey I wanted to make.

In January of 2020 I decide to take the leap by enrolling in the 200 hr yoga alliance teacher training at Shanteel Yoga Sanctuary, a journey I will always be grateful for. I had no intentions of teaching, I was just going on this journey to reconnect to myself. But I was given the opportunity to start teaching shortly after I was certified and now I look forward to teaching in this beautiful studio that I fell in love with and also share my love for yoga with others.

"We don't find God. We dissolve and all that's left is God. -Krishna Das

I've been physically active my entire adult life always thriving on some measure of physical fitness. From aerobics six days a week in the 90's, to biking and eventually running and completing a marathon in 2002. Yoga was something I thought.... one day. Over the years my flexibility was waning. In January of 2017 a friend invited my husband and I to a yoga class. I ordered 2 yoga mats the very next morning.

You see, even with years of physical exercise I couldn't sit cross legged for 30 seconds without pain and discomfort. I was immediately hooked and couldn't get enough.

There was something deeper calling to me besides the poses, stretching, and breathing.

I was religious early in life, but now I am more strongly drawn to higher energy and power; and yoga connected those dots for me.

Little did I know that day in January that yoga would be my lifeline. In October 2017 my mom, my best friend, was diagnosed with lung cancer. Over the next 2+ years yoga gave me the strength I needed to be by her side every step of the way along with the peace and grace to face it.

I knew I wanted to do the 200 hour teacher training but had to wait until she didn't need me anymore. Unfortunately, I lost her on November 5th, 2019.

I graduated teacher training on June 27, 2021. I'm very new to being an instructor, so I consider myself an infant yogi in a very old soul. I plan to continue my training by completing the 300-level training in February 2022.

I am super excited to be able to lead donation classes for Shanteel to flap my newly created wings. I have also been offered the opportunity to take on the Tuesday Sunrise class at our beloved studio! Such responsibility is daunting but I intend to meet this with integrity, simplicity, gratitude, as well as being able to reflect all the amazing, knowledgeable, strong, gifted teachers that have brought me to where I am today. I also want to continue to make my mother proud of me, as I know she is close by and continuing to cheer me on even if from a distant sideline. Namaste.

"Without concern for results, perform the necessary action; surrendering all attachments, accomplish life's highest good."

Bhagavad Gita

Shani began her Yoga journey several years ago as a way to balance body and mind as well as to help with stress and anxiety. It didn't take long for her to feel the transformational effects of the practice, thus leading her to want to share through teaching.

In the Spring of 2020 she completed a 200 YTT through Yogasphere in Newtown PA. A thirst for even more knowledge and wanting to dive even deeper into all things Yoga led her to complete Shanteel's 300 TT in Oct 2021 bringing her to 500 RYT. In between that time she also became a certified Yin Yoga Instructor under Bernie Clark, and is a Reiki 1 practitioner through Prancing Peacock in Yardley.

In her classes she encourages students to honor themselves where they are allowing plenty of space for self exploration both on and off the mat. Her background in dance also makes an appearance through creative movement and sequencing.

Shani believes that we are always students first and there is so much to continue learning from one another.

When she isn't teaching, she loves spending time with her Husband John and three Dalmatians Hudson, Sarah & Welsey. Being in nature as much as possible is a must and of course working on her own personal practice of Yoga.

“Anything mentionable is manageable” -Mister Rogers

Hillery is an LMT specializing in movement based bodywork. Using face, pulse, tongue, and body-reading assessments to integrate holistic bodywork tools informed by Ayurveda, Jin Shin Jyutsu, Yoga, vitalist herbalism and clinical massage. With 18 years experience in functional and preventive wellness, she offers workshops and yoga clinics that expand beyond the massage table. Most importantly empowering folks to connect to their synergistic Nature inside and out, activating their capacity for self-health and natural movement.

Her classes integrate traditional vinyasa with movements that translate into moving more mindfully in our everyday lives and responsibilities. She is passionate about healthy aging and teaches skills and drills for supporting balance, proprioception, proper muscle recruitment, brain-training and internalizing body-awareness.

At a young age Hillery won a gymnastics scholarship that propelled her into a lifelong study of dance and movement. Dancing at The College of Wooster modern dance company in High School saved her young adult life, introducing her to African dance and planting

the seeds to go on to study somatic dance therapy and yoga forms like Continuum, Authentic Movement, Feldenkrais, Contemplative dance, Tibetan Heart Yoga, and Anusara Yoga. Dance therapy, yoga, and massage were integral to healing her own tailbone fracture, PTSD and fibromyalgia.

Her devotion to honoring Mother Earth and our relationship to Nature is the throughline to all her work. Especially informed by her forest dwelling years that came early, living in her Yurt off the grid for 10 years on Vashon Island in the Puget Sound. Hauling water, chopping wood and roaming the woods in silence.

As an Earth Care Provider and Protector, Hillery served as an Non-Indian human rights witness for Dineh elders resisting forced relocation from their homelands for coal extraction. She also participated in supporting tree-sits and saving old-growth forests.

Her activist days were hard and emotionally draining. That sent her seeking tools for transforming her grief for the habitat and indigenous losses on Mother Earth, gratefully finding two of her most influential teachers: Starhawk and Joanna Macy. Their teachings inform her practices through facilitating sacred circles for human discovery and seasonal celebration.

Having her clinic room located in the soulful refuge of Shanteel since Fall 2020, she deeply appreciates being part of this growing community that offers a special place to feel comfortable just being your authentic self.

“The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships.”-T.K.V Desikachar

Michele was introduced to Yoga at the age of 18. The deepening connection between the mind, body

and breath drew her in immediately. Yoga saw Michele through very trying times in her life, as well as the most beautiful times. Through her practice, she has come to know, honor and respect her true self.

Michele has been practicing at Shanteel since 2019. She knew she had found her home from the moment she walked in the studio.

In 2021, a friend had suggested that Michele consider taking the 200hr YTT at Shanteel. Although

Michele did not have intentions of teaching when she embarked on this journey, she remained open to any and all possibilities. Over the course of the six month program, Michele came to see all that Yoga had provided for her, and could not deny that she wanted to share that with others. She has embraced all opportunities to share the gifts of yoga with the community. Michele is enrolled and scheduled to begin her 300hr YTT in October 2022 at Shanteel.

Michele’s life off her mat is dedicated to raising her two children, Mason and Emlynn, alongside her husband and best friend, Eric. Together they enjoy spending time with family and friends, and are fiercely competitive when it comes to miniature golf.

A Flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it , It just Blooms - Zen Shin

Megan completed her 200 RYT with Yoga Alliance in 2017 & is currently enrolled in her 300 RYT with Shanteel Yoga Sanctuary .

With Megan's soft & patient approach ,she loves to share her joy of yoga with her students . She teaches many types is yoga including restorative , Yin, gentle, all levels flow , vinyasa & chair yoga . You'll leave her classes feeling relaxed & grounded.

Megan loves spending time with her husband and 2 children & their many animals. She also loves going to beach, traveling, spending time with her friends & of course doing Yoga

“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Martha’s Yoga journey began in 1998 when she began practicing at local studios, fitness centers, and at home. In 2016, her practice really deepened when she began practicing regularly and realized how wonderful it made her feel physically and emotionally. As she continued to practice over time, she felt drawn to try a teacher training program. In March of 2021, Martha completed a 200 Hour Teacher Training through Yogasphere in Newtown. Martha started to offer classes to her neighbors and to other studios. In 2022 she once again felt the pull of deepening her practice and what she could offer to other students. She completed a 50 Hour Teacher Training in Yin Yoga through Sally Miller Yoga. Martha looks forward to continuing her Yoga training with a 300 Hour Yoga Teacher Training.

When Martha is not teaching yoga, she is a reading teacher at New Hope Solebury School District. She loves to read all genres of literature and has a deep passion for learning as well as teaching. Martha loves spending time with her husband John and her children. She has a love for being outside in nature and enjoys walking, biking, hiking, and gardening. Martha and her husband love music and John is a musician in a local cover band. Martha has two grown children who she cherishes. She also has a sweet senior black lab lady named Riley who she spoils without limits.

It is a deep desire of Martha’s to share the practice of Yoga with all people who are interested in Yoga. Her classes are accessible to all levels of Yogis. She looks forward to nurturing and offering the practice to all.

“Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.” - B.K.S. Iyengar

Gabby is a 200 hour RYT with a “happy to be here” attitude and a belief that anyone can find happiness through yoga. Her path with yoga is rooted in her own life experiences, having found the practice in 2019 at the start of her mental health journey. For Gabby, yoga is not just a practice; it is a way of life—a place to land, to come home, and to meet oneself.

In 2024 Gabby completed Shanteel’s 200- hour YTT. Through this training, she discovered the true transformative power of yoga, allowing her to release suffering and grow in ways beyond her belief. This experience instilled in her a deep sense of gratitude and interconnectedness.  She continues to deepen her knowledge and is enrolled in a 95-hour Children's YTT and Shanteel’s 300-hour YTT. She is looking forward to not only being a support to other adults, but to helping the next generations as they navigate the ever changing world.

Gabby understands the importance of community and strives to create an open hearted atmosphere where students can come together to celebrate the freedom of movement and exploration. With each class she hopes to inspire others to embrace their own unique paths, reminding them that through yoga they can cultivate happiness, resilience, and a deeper connection to themselves and the world around them. She emphasizes that students meet themselves where they are in that moment, on and off their mat. Gabby believes that life is meant to be experienced fully, and she is committed to supporting others in their own journeys of healing, self discovery, and creating lives worth experiencing.

Outside of teaching, she enjoys spending time with her kids and finding joy in the simple pleasures of life.

“Yoga is a dance between control and surrender - between pushing and letting go - and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open ended exploration of your being” 

Joel Kramer 

Mary Grace discovered yoga at the end of high school in 2017. A seed was planted by her older sister that has bloomed into a deep passion for yoga. What started off as curiosity and lust for a physical practice, has now turned into a love and understanding of yoga as a way of life. 

Mary Grace completed her 200-hr YTT at Shanteel in the late spring of 2024.  Through this journey she was able to delve deep within herself, uncovering hidden strengths and confronting limiting beliefs. This journey of self-discovery allowed Mary Grace to cultivate a deeper understanding of her true essence and connect with her authentic self.

Mary Grace is passionate about helping her students connect to their bodies and find inner peace through their practice. With a strong emphasis on mindfulness and body awareness, Mary Grace’s classes are designed to guide students in exploring the mind-body connection and cultivating a deeper sense of self-awareness.

Through mindful movement, breath work, and meditation, Mary Grace encourages her students to listen to their inner wisdom, release limiting beliefs, and tap into their inner strength and resilience. She believes that yoga is a powerful tool for self-exploration and growth, and she is committed to creating a supportive and nurturing environment for her students to explore and unfold on their path to self-discovery.

When she is not teaching or on her mat, Mary Grace finds joy in immersing herself in nature, exploring her cooking skills, unleashing her creativity, and staying active through activities such as Pilates and hiking.

"The success of Yoga does not lie in the ability to perform postures, but in how it positively changes the way we live our life and our relationships. - T.K.V. Desikachar

"You'll miss the best things in life if you keep your eyes shut." - Dr. Seuss 

Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you - to make you realize that you are a part of Spirit and that just behind the sparks of your life is the flame of infinity. Paramahansa Yogananda

Darlene started practicing the “asana” part of yoga in 2010.  As she practiced this physical part of yoga, she began to rid herself of trauma and heal emotionally through the body-mind connection that is always proving itself to be at the forefront of her journey to well-being. Darlene believes that energy from unexpressed emotions can get stuck within the body like layers of sediment getting compressed into a rock. Her practice became like an archaeological dig and asana was her shovel. She began to feel more present and connected to herself, strengthening the ability to turn inward rather than being concerned with the external world around her. 

Her faith in God, meditation, ayurveda and energy work compliments her journey.  To observe how her life has evolved throughout the years, Darlene is in awe observing past experiences, counting her blessings and taking the good with the bad, knowing it is all part of the plan.  She is walking the path set before her one step at a time, without rushing, embracing the beauty in all that she experiences, and not allowing the bad times to bring her down.

Darlene trained under the wonderful teachers at Shanteel Yoga Sanctuary and completed her 200 Hr YTT in June of 2023 and is currently enrolled in the 300 Hr YTT program at Shanteel as well.  She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT®) through Yoga Alliance and holds certificates in Herbology and Crystal Singing Bowls.   Off the mat, Darlene works in the financial services industry and spends her play time taking long walks, working out at the gym, golfing, enjoying live music, cooking, and creating household items and gifts with essential oils.

“The world around you is beautiful when the world within you is peaceful.”

Alexa took her first yoga class in college, and after falling in love with the flow and community, she became certified to teach in 2019.

Throughout her yoga journey, she’s learned that simply showing up on your mat is the most important (and sometimes the hardest) part… but every time she rolls out her mat, she never regrets it!

Alexa truly believes yoga is for everyBODY, which is why she loves sharing the practice with anyone who wants to join. So come as you are and take what you need— all are welcome!

“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” - Walt Whitman

Alison has practiced yoga on and off over the past decade and throughout various phases of life. It wasn’t until 2020, amid covid shutdowns, that she started practicing more regularly at home. Life changed almost overnight with the shift towards remote work and virtual interaction. While she enjoyed all different types of online classes, yoga was something special and different during this time. When life started to return to normal, her home practice slowed down as she focused on work and family. In early 2023 she was looking for a studio to practice yoga and barre, and was immediately drawn to Shanteel’s community space, teachers and students.

In January 2024, she decided to enroll in Shanteel’s 200 HR YTT with the intent to improve her own yoga practice. After graduating in June, she discovered she enjoyed the teaching aspect of the training, and recently enrolled in the 300 hour program to continue her education. She enjoys challenging herself with arm balances and inversions, and will be crafting workshops around this to share with Shanteel in the near future. She wants to help others overcome the fear of falling so they can fly!

She lives in Hilltown with her husband Joe, son Logan, and 3 amazing bonus kids, along with their dog and 2 cats. She enjoys gardening, especially dahlias and flowers, and would love to have a farm someday. She’s an Italian foodie and enjoys making her own sauce and pasta.

Alison also practices barre at Shanteel and is teaching Tuesday mornings in Sellersville.