instructors & staff
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Voted Preferred Yoga Studio and Favorite Yoga Instructor in 2009 by Natural Awakenings Magazine, The Yoga Sanctuary is recognized for its amazing teaching staff. All of our instructors are highly respected and well educated in various styles of yoga. Each one brings years of experience joined with passion, a unique style, and a deep commitment to their teaching and personal practice. All instructors also attend ongoing training and studies to continually broaden their knowledge.
If you’re interested in a private yoga session with any of our instructors, click here to request an appointment or contact the studio at 941.505.9642.
Bonnie Yonker, owner/ director of The Yoga Sanctuary, has been practicing Yoga since 1993. Under Yogiraj Alan Finger, she completed the intensive Be Yoga ISHTA teacher training.
Cody McClymont has been a student of Yoga Asana for more than 25 years, mainly within the Iyengar tradition. After teaching hatha yoga for four years in the Woodstock area of New York, she relocated to Southwest Florida… 
Gwen Burdick is a certified Yoga Ed Instructor. Her passion for yoga developed in the early 90′s when she lived and studied at the Himalayan Institute in Pennsylvania for many years. 
Jennifer’s interest in yoga began in 1998 when a friend recommended BKS Iyengar’s book, Light on Yoga. Soon after, she took her first group classes in Rochester, NY with an Iyengar certified teacher.
Margit Bannon is a certified Tennis Professional through the USPTA and has been teaching tennis for 11 years. After suffering from several sports-related injuries, a physical therapist suggested yoga to Margit… 
Lisa Ahrens has facilitated various spiritual courses since obtaining her psychology degree from Oklahoma State University in 1999. 
benefits: strengthens the wrists, arms, shoulders, abdomen, back, and legs; opens the shoulders and chest, brings focus to the mind, invigorates the body and mind, prepares the body for full handstand pose. 
