our instructors

Kim Allen

Kim has practiced meditation since 2003, including intensive retreats up to 3 months in length. Interested in both natural systems and human communities, she works as a sustainability consultant, and practices and teaches tai chi and qi gong. She volunteers at a local hospice and at the Insight Meditation Center, including as board president.

Robyn Capobianco

Robyn leads heart oriented classes that stretch your mind as well as your body, helping you achieve breakthroughs both on and off the mat. As a certified Anusara-Inspired yoga teacher (RYT), Robyn believes that the highest self is revealed when we let go of the things that don’t serve us and cultivate the divine spark within; along the way, inspiring others to do the same. She invites you to roll out your mat, work hard, have fun, and leave feeling better than you did when you arrived.

Robyn has been a student of yoga for over 10 years and started her formal teacher training in 2004. She has completed teacher trainings and continues to study with some of the most celebrated teachers in the Anusara and Vinyasa systems including John Friend, Sianna Sherman, Amy Ippoliti, Kenny Graham and Shiva Rea. Robyn is a passionate student and continues to avidly study with John Friend and other senior Anusara teachers as well as Rajanaka Tantra Scholar Douglas Brooks. Robyn is trained in yoga therapeutics as well as sports injury and performance massage. Her yoga training has helped her complete numerous triathlons, including an Ironman, and running races ranging from 5k to marathons.

Cain Carroll

Cain teaches yoga, qigong, and meditation worldwide. Since 1986, he has trained extensively under the guidance of known and hidden masters of Yoga, Tantra, Taoism and Buddhism. His journeys have taken him to remote areas of India, China, Nepal, Tibet, Thailand and South America, where he received initiation into many rare and powerful practices. Cain is author of Partner Yoga: Making Contact for Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Growth (Rodale 2000), The Complete Book of Indian Mudras (Singing Dragon 2012), and three self-healing DVDs (Pain-Free Joints, Heal Neck & Shoulder Pain, and Digestive Power). He served for two years as the Director of Yoga Teacher Training at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (Tempe, AZ), and four years as Yoga Director and co-owner of Yoga Shala (Prescott, AZ). Cain is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the E-RYT 500 level. For more information please visit: www.caincarroll.com 

Christy Cooley

Christy came to yoga when she was a little girl, when she began to explore the interconnectedness of the mind, body and spirit. Intrigued by the complexity of the self-transformation she experienced on her mat, she practices yoga to harmonize all elements of being. Remaining open, clear, and grounded on the path of self-realization, she believes, one can manifest life in congruence with the true selves.

Christy teaches a graceful flow integrating the feminine/masculine, yin/yang, where one can be grounded in the full dimension of being. Yoga can help one to clear mental chatter, balance the body, and ground one’s spirit with their self, to live moment to moment with a sense of wonder and excitement. She encourages her students to let go and be one with the flow.

Christy completed YogaSource’s 200 hour, Yoga Alliance Certified, training with Linda McGrath summer of 2010, and has taken other various teacher training intensives and workshops with teachers like Mark Stephens, Max Strom, and Jill Miller since 2008.

Jeanette Goudallier

Jeanette loves to blend Hatha, Iyengar style, slow flow,gentle therapeutic, yin and weaving in mindfullness practise of yoga nidra. As a healer she practises cranial sacral, shiatsu, deep tissue, Swedish, & zero balancing. She contributes her passion and love for yoga to all her inspiring & gifted teachers.

Morgan Levay

Morgan has explored using asana as body/mind therapy since 2004 when her love for the culture and practice of yoga benefited physical and personal growth in all aspects of development. The scale of these benefits erupted with the consistency of her asana routine. She sought formal training in the summer of 2010 with the YogaSource Teacher Training. Linda’s teaching allowed her to blossom in movement and breath sync, structured knowledge of the ancient history and philosophy which gave birth to yoga sutras, and used applied anatomy of movement to awaken alignment and facilitate intelligent healing.

As a devoted student and teacher, Morgan integrates all the pearls of wisdom that drove her to pursue a life as a yogini. Morgan feels that expanding tolerance for foundational movement heightens physical well-being and allows for a steady progression into asana. The use of applied metaphor woven into her classes makes her accessible spirituality more applicable to our lives.

Angela Majic

Angela discovered Yoga over 13 years ago as a powerful method of healing on a physical, mental and emotional level.  After several years of developing a consistent Yoga practice, she felt inspired to become a certified teacher to share her passion for Yoga.

Angela is a Yoga Alliance certified instructor and has formal training and certifications with Integrative Yoga Therapy, Ana Forrest, Shiva Rea, Ananda School of Yoga for Prenatal and Postnatal Training, and Yogadoodles training for young children.  She regularly attends workshops and teacher intensives to continually enhance her knowledge and teaching.  She most recently spent one month in India, the birthplace of Yoga, learning about the philosophy and history of Yoga.  In addition to being a Yoga Instructor, she is a credentialed elementary school teacher, a certified massage therapist and a Marriage and Family Therapist.  She also enjoys traveling, hiking, cooking, and spending time with family.    

In her dynamic flow-based classes she emphasizes linking breath with movement.  Her teaching style builds strength, flexibility and self-awareness. She encourages her students to listen to their bodies and attend to proper alignment during her challenging, but fun-filled classes.

Angela has dedicated herself to a life of balance, awareness and compassion.  She has a tremendous amount of gratitude for this practice and has devoted herself to learning how to use the practice of Yoga to heal, empower and inspire others!! She instructs classes, workshops and leads retreats all over the globe!

Angela’s class, workshop and retreat schedule can be found at www.bodymindbliss.com

Linda McGrath

Linda began her yoga practice in the late 1990’s. She has trained in both the US and India in Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Power, Pilates, Ayurveda, Yin and Vipassana meditation. She has taught thousands of private and group classes and led many workshops and retreats in the US and internationally. As the Director of the acclaimed YogaSource Teacher Training, she has certified hundreds of successful yoga instructors from across the country.

Linda has been interviewed and profiled by YogaJournal, NBC News, ABC’s Best of the Bay, Common Ground, Yogi Times, San Jose Magazine, Los Gatos Weekly News and other publications. At other times of the day, she is a wife, mother, writer, CEO, foodie, artist, and always a student. Linda is a Senior Ambassador for Lululemon Athletica and Insight World Aid. She is the founder and owner of YogaSource Los Gatos, Silicon Valley’s premier yoga studio.

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Nicole stumbled into her first yoga class as a stressed college student looking to find balance in life. Being an active person, she was drawn to the physical aspects of the practice, but it was the mind-body connection that really spoke to her and she has been hooked ever since. She grew to crave the sense of strength and calm that she found on the mat, and has relied on this over the years to see her through life’s ups and downs. After teaching group fitness for seven years, Nicole decided to follow her true passion and began teaching yoga. She completed a 200-hour training with Linda McGrath at Yoga Source Los Gatos, as well as various teacher trainings and workshops with Judith Lasater, Sarah Powers, Jill Miller, Jason Crandall  and YogaFit. In Nicole's classes you will experience a breath centered practice that encourages you to quiet the mind and tune deeply into your body, while finding your edge. When not on the mat Nicole can be found hiking the Los Gatos mountains with her husband and pack of beagle mixes.

Roxanne Rashedi

Roxanne Naseem Rashedi has practiced yoga since 2000 and was certified at YogaSource Los Gatos. She completed the Teacher Empowerment and Mentoring program at The Studio DC and has been teaching Vinyasa, Power, and Gentle Flow full-time for the past two years in Washington D.C.

Drawing from various styles of yoga, ranging from Power, Forrest, to Yin, Roxanne’s classes are eclectic. By elegantly synchronizing movement with breath, Roxanne creates a flow that is truly liberating and pleasurable to the body, mind, and heart, allowing one to delve deep into their ways of moving, thinking, and feeling, and providing them with the space to express themselves to their fullest potential both on and off the mat.

Roxanne writes fiction, poetry, and literary criticism; she also teaches English composition. She holds a Masters of Arts in English from Georgetown University (High Honors, May 2011) and a Bachelors of Arts in English from the University of California Berkeley (High Honors, May 2009.)

Matece Skow

Matece began her healing journey in 1999 at the Healing Arts institue in Ft. Collins, Colorado where she studied massage and Bodymind therapy.  In 2006 she attended her first yoga teacher training at the Sivananda Yoga Retreat in the Bahamas, living, working, and studying with teachers and fellow students in the ashram environment. 

In 2007 Matece moved cross-country to California where she was delighted to find a thriving and welcoming yoga community. In 2008 she became a Thai Yoga Massage practitioner, bringing together two of her passions; massage and yoga and combining them with meditation, breathwork and deep relaxation.  In 2010 she completed her 500 hours of yoga training in Vinyasa Flow with Mark Stephens.  

In Matece's classes and massage sessions, her aim is to create a nurturing space in which it is safe to explore honestly, openly and courageously within to discover the truth; that wisdom, clarity and beauty are already there, just waiting to be claimed.  She lives in Los Gatos with her husband and is constantly digging in her garden.

Kylie Sloan

Kylie started practicing yoga in 2006 after years of training as a competitive gymnast at Gold Star Gymnastics LLC. She fell in love with Vinyasa flow which stood in stark contrast to her mentally and physically strenuous gymnastics practice. No longer pressured by the quest for perfection, Kylie felt liberated through the practice of yoga regardless of the style. She discovered her open and grounded center and tries to bring that awareness into her everyday life. As she began to read more about yoga, she felt a strong connection with Buddhist philosophy and works to integrate this learning into her own practice.

Kylie is a Yoga Alliance certified instructor. After completing the 200-hour Teacher Training at YogaSource Los Gatos in the summer of 2010, she became fascinated with anatomy and even more drawn to yoga philosophy. In her classes, Kylie emphasizes the importance of breath and listening to one’s own body as a guide for the practice. To enhance the connection between mind, body, and spirit, she incorporates movement and deep meditation into her sequences. Kylie creates a relaxing, welcoming environment with her calm, reassuring presence to foster a healthy, feel-good experience for her students. Kylie loves working with children. She gained experience teaching gymnastics at a camp for kids at Gold Star, and is developing a yoga program for kids through the city of Cupertino.

Studying art history and literature at University of California Santa Cruz, Kylie plans to graduate with her bachelor’s degree in June of 2014. When she is not on her mat, Kylie enjoys practicing modern dance, throwing pottery, and spending time with her family and close friends. After getting certified as an instructor, Kylie felt a new kind of devotion to her yoga practice and is excited to share the practice she loves wholeheartedly with others.

Kylie owes many thanks to those who have greatly influenced her practice and encouraged her to teach. She would like to acknowledge Nichole Wargo, Jaclyn Long, Linda McGrath, Erin Matteucci, Sensei Kevin Snorf, and Melody Wu for their guidance and inspiration.

Trevor Taylor

Trevor has been practicing yoga regularly since 1995. He began teaching Hatha yoga in 1998. His committed practice and teaching styles draw from Shadow, Ashtanga, Power, Bikram and Hatha yoga. After many years of beating his body down through weight-lifting, triathlon and gymnastically inspired yoga, Trevor smartened up and shifted his approch on the mat in to bring health and well-being to all the tissues.

His creativity, authenticity, and sense of humor make him a favorite among students. He lives in the Los Gatos Mountains with his wife Jen and their huskies. Trevor is one cool cat that we love having back at YogaSource after a few years of tormented exile.

Maria Vogel

Maria stumbled upon yoga when she accidentally mistook it for a Pilates mat class. She was immediately interested in the connection between breath and movement and its ability to stimulate the mind, body, and spirit. Believing that no accident is without purpose, she began her journey as a yoga student. Eight years later, after trying many forms of yoga, she felt that the physically challenged are underserved in the yoga community.  She witnessed how her mother’s multiple sclerosis and father’s battle with cancer left them with very limited mobility, flexibility and strength. This inspired her to develop a flow-based chair yoga practice that is accessible to people with mobility restrictions so that they can also experience the many benefits of a more traditional yoga practice. She feels that yoga should be less about projecting ideals and more about building independence and increasing self-esteem which lead to a well-balanced mind and body. 

 Maria recently completed the 100-hour teacher training with Linda Schlamadinger-McGrath.  She has also trained with Joyce Anue in therapeutic applications of yoga and taken workshops over the years with Dharma Mittra, Scott Blossom, Jill Miller, Saul David Raye, Sean Corn, Rolf Gates, and Krista & Brock Cahill.  

 Off the mat, Maria is busy raising four children, trying to find quiet time with her husband, and hiking with her dogs. She is also an avid San Jose Sharks fan and is always in pursuit of fresh powder and cold mountain air.

Cindy Walker

Cindy Walker, R.Y.T. has been teaching Yoga for over 20 years. She has a B.A. in Movement Therapy and Psychology, and holds certifications from the White Lotus Foundation, Erich Schiffman, Bryan Kest, Paul Grilley and Judith Lasater. She teaches Vinyasa, Kundalini, Restorative, Gentle, Pre-natal, Post-partum & Yin Yoga. Her teaching style is eclectic, and draws into each class the wisdom of the eight limbs of Yoga theory. She teaches a holistic approach that uses breath, movement, magic, humor, psychology and deep relaxation.