Meet Meg
Megan co-founded Santa Monica Yoga Studio, in Santa Monica, CA in 1993 at the same time as receiving her M.F.C.C. Always a student, she has over 1500 hours from accredited Yoga Teacher Training Programs, plus her Yoga Therapy Rx Certificate from Loyola Marymount University.
Megan created and facilitated Yoga Therapy for the Orange County Pain and Wellness Center in Santa Ana, CA. She assisted in the opening of the Venice Family Clinic for LMU’s Yoga Therapy Rx program at Venice Family Clinic in Venice, CA in 2012.
Today, Megan is a Program Director, Practicum Supervisor, and faculty member at AlcheMe Yoga Therapy School in Irvine, CA. Megan teaches public group classes at Orange County Yoga in Laguna Hills, CA, and a weekly online Mindfulness Meditation for the Susi Q and Laguna Beach Community Center in Laguna Beach, CA. This year, she will be co-leading an annual meditation retreat to Land of Medicine Buddha in the Redwood Forest, CA, and a Radical Family Retreat in San Diego, CA this summer.
Meet Tess
Tess received her doctorate degree in Physical Therapy in 2014 and worked as a Physical Therapist, Therapy Manager, and Chief Therapist for California Children’s Services in Los Angeles and Orange Counties for 23 years. She created and developed programs for improved family and patient centered therapy services and co-created a new model of therapy service implemented countywide for over 6000 patients with special health care needs.
Tess received her Clinical Yoga Therapist Certification from Loyola Marymount University in 2012 and became certified as a yoga therapist by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) in 2017. She has provided yoga in-services to therapy staff at California Children’s Services in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. She has also mentored pediatric therapists to incorporate yoga into physical and occupational therapy sessions. She presented on yoga therapy as a guest lecturer in the California State University, Long Beach, Physical Therapy Program.
Tess is a co-founder, co-director, and faculty of AlcheMe Yoga Therapy Program in Irvine, CA, an IAYT accredited program and provides private yoga therapy to clients in person and online. She currently serves on the IAYT Accreditation Committee.