Our Teachers

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Garland Hume, Owner of Kauai Hot Yoga: I began my yoga journey in January of 2007 and completed the 9 week Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in Waikiki at the Ilikai Hotel in the fall of 2007.  After teacher training I fully immersed myself in teaching and practice and have been ever since.

In 2010 I became the co-owner of 2 Bikram Yoga studios in Richmond, VA., and was fully dedicated to that community of people until I moved to Kauai in 2017 and opened Kauai Hot Yoga.

I also participated in competitive yoga from 2009-2020 and was the Board President of USA Yoga, the national sporting organization for yoga, from 2017-2020.  The yoga competition taught me how to do the postures correctly, why they should be done correctly, and to overcome my fear of judgement. I am forever grateful for my training and experiences with USA Yoga.

The Kauai Hot Yoga community provides me with so much, it is difficult to describe in words.  Yoga has made my life better than I ever could have imagined.  The students and teachers at Kauai Hot Yoga have become my family.  When I walk through the doors of the studio, it is impossible for me to be sad.  The vibration of the community is so high, it instantly lifts me up to a place of gratitude and joy.

Kauai has also changed the way I teach and practice yoga.  I have expanded my teaching to Inferno Hot Pilates, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Sound Bath, and Reiki, and I continue to grow as a teacher every day.  I curate my classes how I would want to take class if I were a student.  I want students to leave Kauai Hot Yoga feeling like they just had one of the best yoga experiences of their life.  I want to represent the yoga and the island of Kauai in the best way possible.  

At Kauai Hot Yoga we try to offer something for everyone.  We want everyone to feel welcome regardless of fitness level or experience.  Whatever yoga experience you are looking for you will find it at KHY!

More than ever I see the value of yoga, pilates, sound bath, and meditation.  In a world where many people can feel lost or disconnected from themselves, yoga can help you to reconnect you to your life's purpose.  Simply by taking classes regularly, you start to build trust with yourself and you reconnect with your own intuition and nature and you find strength with in yourself that you never knew was there.

I look forward to many more years of sharing yoga on this beautiful island of Kauai!

Marvin Nunez has been practicing Bikram Yoga since the summer of 2003.  He began his practice as a way to heal old injuries but the Yoga ended up changing his life in ways he couldn't imagine.  He became a certified instructor in the spring of 2011 and has been loving and living the yogi lifestyle ever since teaching full time.

Will Glass began his journey as a yoga teacher in 2007 in Phoenix, Arizona. In just a few months he was on the schedule at the Valley's hottest Vinyasa studios such as Modern Yoga, Lifepower Yoga and Montelucia Resort. After visiting the Island of Kauai every year for half a decade, Will realized his heart belonged in a more peaceful setting.. Setting his intention on relocating his family to Hawaii, Will moved in the winter of 2017 and has since taught regularly on the beach at Kauai Shore Hotel. Will teaches a variety of levels and specializes in leading practitioners in his "Will Power" class that blends a variety of asana and calisthenics to help  students lengthen, strengthen, balance and breathe.

My name is Pamela and I’m a Yoga student and teacher. I have practiced many styles and teachings throughout my adult life. I began practicing Baptiste Yoga in 2011 and went on to get my 200 hour teaching certification through the Baptiste Institute. I have also studied Vinyasa, Hatha, Chair Yoga and am certified in Yin and Restorative.

Having Yoga in my life ignited a desire in me to share Yoga as a lifestyle with others. Studying and practicing with so many amazing teachers has encouraged me to be authentic and helped me develop a style of teaching that is positive, upbeat and fun! My main goal as a teacher is to inspire and encourage people of all ages, shapes, sizes and walks of life to experience the many joys and benefits that an ardent Yoga practice brings.

Yoga brings people together and is so much more than a physical experience...it is a discipline and deep, spiritual sense of self. Come play! Let’s sweat, have fun, and get deep together!

My name is Natalie Segal. I started falling in love with practicing yoga around 2015 in west palm beach, Florida. I got certified and began teaching yoga in 2017. Yoga for me has been able to bring me to places nothing else could take me… the breath work mixed with the movements allows me to be so present that the only thing that matters is the moment. In my class I like to keep a steady mellow flow mixed with some funky variations. Every class is different & I always love incorporating movement to leave class feeling more flexible and tranquil.

Cheyenne has been teaching yoga since she was 17, for the past 10 years now! She completed her 200 hour teacher training in Chicago and yoga sculpt teacher training in Dallas, TX. When Cheyenne isn’t teaching yoga, she teaches elementary school at Kapa’a Elementary. She loves to run, hike, and spend time with her dogs! Cheyenne’s yoga sculpt classes are a full body workout, incorporating exercises from core to pushups to squats to cardio and yoga flows! They are always fun, empowering, and energetic! 

Harper Ness believes yoga should be accessible to every body, and designs her classes to suit and satisfy all levels. An integral part of her style of teaching is incorporating new shapes by taking traditional poses and spicing them up a bit. Her 400 hours of teacher training took place in Rishikesh, India and her home-town of Salt Lake City, Utah. She was initially drawn to yoga through its foundation of movement, and connected deeply to the practice upon discovering the brightness woven throughout the philosophy. As a person, she is driven by personal connection and spreading kindness and acceptance to all she encounters

Julie was introduced to the world of yoga after seeking out a way to help rehabilitate a broken leg in her early twenties. The decision ended up changing her life entirely, not just with her relationship to her physical self, but to her mental and emotional self as well. Since then, she has dived deeply into the vast sea of information that is found within the history, philosophy, and physical practice of the comprehensive discipline vaguely referred to as Yoga. Julie received her 200 RYTc in 2018 from Seasons Holistic Arts while studying Philosophy and Holistic Wellness at Ohio University, and received her 500 RYTc in November 2022 from Vikasa Yoga Academy in Koh Samui, Thailand, and has continued to train with teachers from all over the world on different styles of physical practice, philosophy, meditations, and breathwork techniques. Julie believes wholeheartedly that connection to self and creative flow, or play, are two of the most important things to experience in this life. She believes this comprehensive root system of knowledge, practices, and examples given from the yoga tradition can assist people with deepening their relationship and knowledge with their own self, so far past the surface.

Natali is a STOTT Pilates mat-trained instructor and personal trainer with a deep understanding of anatomy and body mechanics. Her teaching style is inclusive and challenging, with a strong focus on alignment and body awareness. Drawing from her background in competitive sports and her journey through injury recoveries, Natali emphasizes the power of the "slow burn," believing it to be more effective for building lasting strength and body connection. She creates a space where clients feel present, meditative, and stronger, with a deeper connection to their bodies and a more balanced nervous system.

Yoga and meditation found me in 2006, on the island of Madagascar where I was serving as a volunteer with the Peace Corps. A friend introduced me to the series, and we practiced on the beach; no mirrors or walls, just waves and sky, so you can imagine my shock when I returned stateside and had to look at myself in a mirror! What is this, I wondered. I didn’t realize it at the time, but that mirror was instrumental to recovering my Life. As a former competitive gymnast turned marathon runner, at the age of 23, my back and knees were in constant pain, and my mind even more so. Within a week of practicing, I discovered that, with breath and stillness - meditation - the fluctuations of the mind slowed and ceased, and I could move my body on earth, lightly, and with ease.

I felt called to become an instructor of this series, a natural fit for me, as I'm also a literature and creative writing teacher. In 2015, I attended Craig Villani's training in Queensland, Australia. Since then, I’ve continued to deepen my own practice and learning. In addition to original hot yoga, I practice the classic 84 sequence, yin yoga, and Vipassana meditation. I've taught and managed studios across the southwest and southern New England and also had the privilege of owning and directing Bikram Yoga Key West. Yoga opened the pathways to many (meditative) loves of my life, including open-water swimming, reading and writing poetry, traveling to the most remote of places, and sitting in a sun patch, simply existing. 

I'm blessed to have learned from and trained alongside many inspiring yogis and teachers of this lineage. I wouldn't be here, in this form, on this plain, if it weren't for them holding space for me and transmitting their wisdom and Light. There is no greater joy for me than serving as an educator of yoga and witnessing the profound healing of mind, body, and Spirit that comes from this truly therapeutic system.

The poet Rabindranath Tagore said it best: "I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold service was joy." 

I'm honored to serve the Kauai Hot Yoga community as a teacher but most of all, a student on the path. Come join me for practice and access the joy and liberation that come from dissolving the mind and entering the space and time of breath and stillness, the altar of the Spirit. 

Citta vritti nirodha.

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