Wendy Hunter is a certified Bikram Yoga teacher who graduated from Bikram’s College of India in 2018 and re-certified in 2025 in Thailand. She has taught across the western U.S. and owned Paradise Hot Yoga Eugene (2020–2025). Passionate about the practice, Wendy believes Bikram Yoga fosters deep mind-body connection and lasting healing.
Certified in Bikram/26&2 at Hot 8 Yoga Beverly Hills in 2023, she was hired to teach upon graduating. This practice carried her through hardship and became a source of healing, strength, and joy. She teaches to share Bikram Yoga’s benefits and preserve its traditional path for future generations with love for her daughter’s generation.
Aijiro Tanaka, known as IG, trained, worked, and competed in Japan for 10 years as a professional dancer before moving to LA. Pole King Japan 2012 winner and World Pole Sport Fitness finalist, he has danced for Lady Gaga and Anitta, taught pole and yoga, and founded IG Online Studio to share his work worldwide across dance and fitness.
Isabella discovered healing through yoga, building emotional and physical awareness on the mat. Certified in 2021 with a 300-hour 26+2 training from Ivy Standard Yoga Institute, she teaches with discipline, clarity, and compassion, guiding students to find stillness, strength, and home in each asana. Her focus is mindful, steady growth.
With 15+ years of practice, she feels most alive in a hot hatha room. She completed her 500-hour YTT through Modo Yoga in 2019 and continued training in flow sequencing, vinyasa, yin, and breathwork. Her classes honor each body’s limits, using breath-led movement to guide growth, release, expression, and deeper self-awareness each day.
Born and raised in Palm Springs, Leslie is deeply connected to the desert community. Her passion for helping others began 28 years ago as a hairstylist. For 21 years, she has woven energy work, Reiki, sound healing, and yoga into her path, guiding others to connect mind, body, and soul for healing, growth, and self-care with compassion.
Certified in Bikram Yoga, Inferno Hot Pilates, Power Yoga, and as a CrossFit Level 2 coach, she is passionate about teaching and helping others grow. She believes it is never too late to begin and when students are ready to take the first step, she is honored to guide them on with encouragement, strength, and care every step of the way.
Marsha has practiced yoga for over 40 years, beginning at age 14 in Detroit. Her wellness path includes work with Richard Simmons, personal training, shiatsu massage, and natural foods. After years of study, she trained under Bikram Choudhury and Emmy Cleaves in Los Angeles, earning her Bikram teaching certification in 2000. with pride.
Leesann’s love of healing through movement began in childhood through dance and recovery from a life-threatening heart condition. A certified Bikram teacher since 2011, she has also completed 600+ hours in Yin Yoga and meditation. Her work blends trauma-informed yoga, healing, and mind-body integration with deep compassion with wisdom.