Amelia Reiser, RYT 500
Atlanta based movement artist Amelia Reiser, a native of Norman, OK, attended The University of Georgia and completed a BFA in Dance Performance in 2011. Finding home in Atlanta, Amelia began practicing yoga steadily at Decatur Yoga & Pilates as an approach to manage ongoing anxiety and strengthen her dance performance. Finding herself interested to know more about the ancient history of yoga, better understand the mind body spirit connection, and deepen her knowledge of anatomy, she decided to pursue teacher training. Amelia completed her 200 hour Yoga Alliance certification in Pranakriya Yoga (2014) and her 500hr Yoga Alliance certification (2022) from Tough Love Yoga.
Amelia is greatly influenced by her late mother, Dr. Joan Phillips PhD, LMFT, LPC, ART-BC, who worked primarily as an art therapist and crisis counselor, and instilled in her at a young age the importance of community care and outreach. After her mother’s passing in 2017, Amelia felt called to carry on her mother's legacy in her own way, and began working with Centering Youth at the Department of Juvenile Justice.
Maya Nenova
Maya’s journey began in Europe where she found yoga during her first
year at University. Curiosity and the love to study led her to degrees in
Finance, Visual Arts, and an MBA. Yoga enchanted her with the first
class and has always been there for her through her academic years.
While building a career in European Project Management she was
serving for many humanitarian projects in her homeland and in the EU.
Realizing her love of helping people could be channeled through yoga,,
Maya left the corporate world and moved to the US. She is E-RYT 500
certified. Some of her additional education is Yin Yoga Teacher Training and,
Accessible Yoga Training. She is an Emory certified Health
and Wellness coach, as well as a NBHWC.
Jennifer Frisco-Bartl
I found yoga more than 20 years ago when I wandered into a lunchtime class, and it has shaped how I see people and possibility ever since. Over the years, my practice has become less about perfect poses and more about connection, resilience, and learning to breathe when life feels heavy.
Today, I have the privilege of sharing yoga with adolescents in juvenile detention—young people whose strength and courage inspire me every single day. My approach is about creating a safe space where they can move, rest, and remember their own power. Together we explore ways to release stress, build resilience, and discover moments of calm, even in hard places.
I believe yoga isn’t about fitness—it’s about belonging to yourself. In my classes, there’s no “right way” to move; there are options, there’s music, and there’s room to be human. We laugh sometimes, we sit quietly sometimes, and we practice listening to what our bodies and hearts need.
Ian Elmore-Moore
Originally from Newark, New Jersey, Ian has been committed to serving others. Known as the “Mindset Coach” Ian Elmore-Moore has been a certified RYT since 2016. He brings the skills, strategies, tools, and techniques to reprogram you and your organization's mind and body to success.
Since 2013, he has been dedicated to providing mindset education to people, schools, and corporations. His experience includes serving as CEO of Noble Truth LLC, Executive Director of the Noble Truth Project Inc. Owner of Glaciers Italian Ice, Senior Director at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Gang Prevention Director of the Fulton County District Attorney Office, and a two-time nominee for district Teacher of the Year.
Ian has founded a yoga series entitled Real Men Do Yoga designed to expose males of all ages to the benefits of yoga and mindfulness.
He is a proud alumnus of Morehouse College and lives in Atlanta with his wife, two young boys, and yorkie-poodle.
Vladimir Tchakarov, RYT500
Vladimir discovered yoga at age 7 when he opened his mother’s yoga books and found that he could do all the postures inside with ease. Both his parents practiced yoga and meditation and attempted to pass on to him different techniques but as a young boy Vladimir showed more interest in martial arts. He spent the next 17 years practicing various traditional styles obtaining a black belt and winning numerous tournaments in his country of birth Bulgaria. He stepped back on the yoga path when in his early twenties he lost his father to colon cancer and began to practice yoga to heal his grief and to fulfill his father’s wish that he developed spiritually. After a few months into the practice Vladimir was attending classes and meditating every day, sometimes spending a whole day at the studio and taking up to 5 classes. Since then Vladimir has completed his 500 hour certification with Yoganand Michael Carrol and has studied closely with him assisting both 200 and 500 hour trainings and working to become a senior teacher in the tradition. Vladimir teaches yoga full time and he has a broad spectrum of experience. He’s taught classes to students, seniors, advanced practitioners, beginners, disabled military veterans and individuals with mental disabilities. Vladimir’s goal as a teacher is to pass on the tool of transformation that is yoga to everyone in his path in need of physical, mental, and emotional healing.