
Kandara's Founder, Registered Nurse, and might have watched too much Animal Planet as a kid
(RCYT 500, RCYT, YACEP)
For Rebecca, sharing yoga, as well as movement, feels more like a necessity than a choice.
The benefits of yoga have helped change how Rebecca interacts and views the world, her relationships, and enjoy life more fully.
Rebecca holds yoga certifications through Yoga Alliance certified schools, and has studied with world renouned teachers such as yoga master Sri Dharma Mittra and the legendary original Power Yogi, Bryan Kest.
When not on her mat, Rebecca's favorite place to be is among her menagerie of rescue dogs, cats, and her six pet snakes.

Yoga Instructor and The Lead Singer in A Band (Literally)
Mark’s approach to yoga and wellness revolves around a respect for science and an open mind for the unexplained. He uses his background in yoga and various martial arts to offer a mix of fun, vigor, and relaxation to his group classes and private instruction.
Mark is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200 hour level. He holds a black belt in American Karate and is a Level III Reiki Master.
Mark teaches commercial music and technology at West Virginia University. He is a recording engineer, producer, composer, and musician that has been fortunate enough to engineer and co-produce a Grammy-nominated album. Mark performs and composes a variety of music alone and with friends under the name Black Hole Zion. He frequently uses his music for meditation in his own classes.
Mark loves to spend his free time with his wife, Natalie, and their two dogs, Luna and Willow.

Yoga Instructor and Halloween Queen
Jessica Florian has been a RYT since 2019. She believes that yoga is for everybody and every body, and her passion is making yoga accessible.
Jessica lives with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and fibromyalgia, so she understands the need to accessible yoga.
Her interests include Halloween, Halloween crafting, animals (especially cats), horror, and binging her comfort shows. She lives in Morgantown with her partner and their 6 cats.

Pilates, Mobility, & Soul Care
Jessica is a certified Pilates Instructor that beautifully blends mobility and rhythm with Pilates inspired movements.
Her experience does not come from education alone but by application of the Pilates principles to her own personal movement journey, which she has been on for the last 15 years.
Her goal is to make enjoyable movement accessible to everyone.