Om Institute Teachers

Join Krystal Tues/Thurs for Yin-yasa at 9 AM PST and Wed. for Yin Yoga at 7:45 pm PST
Krystal Akin - Helps students with trauma, mental/emotional health

Join Gia-Raquel For Find Your Balance Every Tuesday at 7 am PST & Thursday at 3pm PST
Gia-Raquel Esposito - Helps Students With Pain Management
Gia-Raquel Esposito, owner of Airs Above Yoga, LLC and a real estate sales associate in Tewksbury, New Jersey has had a love for horses stemming from early childhood. Growing up in “horse country” afforded her the privilege of beginning to ride from the tender age of four. It was forces beyond her control, which brought her riding aspirations to an abrupt halt. It took twenty years before she was able to reunite with her long lost passion for horses and their ability to heal. In that time, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Corporate Communication from Arcadia University and became a twice two hundred hour certified yoga instructor in both Hatha and Vinyasa. It was the loss of her mother, Rose, to breast cancer that ultimately shifted her trajectory from the corporate world to the internal work for which yoga, as a practice, is renowned. Airs Above Yoga, while tailored to the Equestrian, also focuses on injury rehabilitation. Since childhood, Gia-Raquel has suffered both chronic and acute injuries and is able to offer her clients ways to reintegrate their bodies to accommodate their recovery. Over the years she has worked extensively with private clients both outside and within the equestrian community. Having lived in Philadelphia, New York, and most recently Santa Monica California, her heart has always remained where she was born and raised. Deciding to return home to Hunterdon County has allowed her to keep rooted in the land she loves, while giving wings to her love of helping others all over the country.

Join Monste For Foundations of Yoga Tuesdays at 11am PST and Yin to Bliss Saturdays 8am PST
Montse Gili - Helps Students Who Feel Lost/Stuck/Unfulfilled

Join Jennifer for her classes Core Mindful Flow Wednesdays at 4 AM PST and Yoga is Medicine Sundays at 6 AM PST
Jennifer Degen - Helps Students With Exhaustion & Burn Out
I was looking for a way to recover from feelings of self-doubt after having had a traumatic brain surgery. I decided after watching the character Nick in the movie Enlighten Up, the yoga skeptic, tear up, that yoga would be worth the experiment. The next day I committed to practice 100 straight days of yoga online. The intention at the time was to transform my pain. 12 years later, here I am a dedicated student of yoga. Teaching, somatic coaching, and retreats are the center of my life. I spend my days facilitating change and transformation and feel grateful that my stress/pain/overwhelm led me here. Having always been a spiritual seeker, with multiple losses, and injuries that influence my journey, I have discovered my intuition is my best guidance. That gut feeling and heartbreak have new meaning to me now. My classes are experiences for you to garner the tools that can support you to move through life’s inevitable disruptions, traumas and personal events that leave us contracted, exhausted, fearful, uncertain or addicted. My classes help you explore the truth of what is getting in the way of you living more wholly and fully. You will discover the sweet nectar of whole life fitness; deepen both your core values, while also restoring balance and strength back into your life. If you have a desire to feel more joy, ease and freedom, while deepening your commitments to yourself, then come to my class for some inspiration. We all have an inner guide that we can tap into to reach our greatest potential if we hold the mirror up to ourselves. See you in the yoga room!