As a long time yoga student, Cindy has experienced how this beautiful, ancient practice has empowered and awakened her in so many ways. She began her studies by receiving her teaching certification in 2002 through Peachtree Yoga Center. She continued with many renowned teachers mostly being influenced through the life affirming practice of Anusara® Yoga. Even though she has now resigned her Anusara affiliation, she received her Anusara Inspired Certification in 2011. She has also received certifications in hypnotherapy and is a Reiki Master. Cindy served as a lululemon ambassador in 2010/2011 and was also voted best yoga instructor in the “Best Self Magazine Best of 2013 Contest.” She opened Sacred Garden Yoga, which has been thriving since 2003, and has also led several retreats to the mountains of N. Georgia, North Carolina, Costa Rica and Peru. She is also lead instructor in SGY’s Yoga of the Heart Teacher Training program and founder of the Sacred Alchemy {Live, Love, Thrive} program. In her 20 years of study, Cindy has cultivated a teaching style that strongly integrates alignment of body, mind and heart. She understands both the energetic and physical body so is able to help her students align their bodies to provide greater strength, balance, freedom an clarity. Cindy loves philosophy and is a bit of a spiritual junkie so her teachings are richly infused with theory, but translated in a way that is applicable and practical for greater understanding. Her greatest aspiration is in empowering others to find joy, purpose, and complete well being in their lives.
Born in Peru, Cindy is fascinated with the relationship that the native Peruvians have with nature and loves to incorporate this knowledge into her teachings. A modern day mystic, she is highly empathic, loves ceremony and is a well renowned energy worker. Having that latin flare, Cindy and her husband have also been enthusiastic salsa dancers for over 15 years. Most of all, she enjoys spending time with her greatest teacher and grand musician- her son Ethan, who is 12 and the source of so much delight and inspiration.
Meet Our Staff
He is a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level, certified by Yoga Alliance, and teaches in the Hatha Vinyasa style. He completed his teacher training with Cindy Olah at Sacred Garden Yoga studio in 2015.
He is strongly focused on alignment, accepting where you are today, finding balance between effort and ease, and practicing in a mindful and supportive manner. His goal is to help awaken in others their abilities for self-exploration and development. He holds a Masters degree in Psychology and is retired from a 30 year career as a computer software engineer.
Over the years many changes occurred in her life but the one constant for Kendria was yoga. Kendria has a reference for yoga and uses her practice to fine tune her instrument. Kendria’s unwavering devotion to her practice has led her to share with others through teaching what she has learned. Committed to her practice she continues to study and hopes to inspire confidence, connection, and an understanding of one’s own light with love and direction.
T.V.K. Desikachar said, “The only authentic yoga is one which works for each person according to circumstances and needs and there are many possibilities.” Kendria concentrates on teaching mind, whole body, and spirit alignment as this is what she practices herself. With respect and gratitude she looks forward to seeing you in class.
She signed up for the 200-hr Yoga Teacher Training at Sacred Garden Yoga Studio not to become a teacher but to satisfy her desire to understand yoga more fully. Over the next four months, her life began to transform in ways that she could never have imagined! So much so, that she decided to teach so that she can share her story and her passion for yoga with others! She teaches a vinyasa flow bringing awareness to her students’ inner power and strength.
Yoga is an amazing journey of self-discovery. It takes courage and strength, power and persistence. It is about unbecoming everything that you are not so that you can become who you were truly meant to be in the first place. Be bold, Be brave, Be fearless!!
To Lisa, yoga is more than just a physical practice done on the mat. It is a way of living consciously that includes not only asana (physical postures); but also meditation, scriptural study, pranayama (breath work), and how she relate to others and to herself. Her intention is to deliver yoga as a lifestyle of courage, moderation, awareness, abundance, and creativity.
An English Teacher by trade, Nadia uses her classroom experience to help make yoga accessible, yet appropriately challenging, and fun for yogis of all levels. She is known for using humor to create a warm atmosphere in all her classes.
In her spare time, she enjoys making everyday life an adventure by exploring new variations on yoga such as Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga, Aerial Yoga, and soon Acro Yoga.
She completed her 200 hr yoga teacher training in March of 2016. And has since continued to study and walk the Vedic path, honing her skills as a teacher with nearly 500 hours of vinyasa, pranayama, and meditation taught in the last two years.
Julie is a student of the Tantric path of Fire and Light. For her, yoga is both somatic and spiritual. And this is evident in her vinyasa classes.
Julie came to yoga in her search for relief from intense anxiety. Through asana and pranayama she was able to “come down out of {her} head, and step back into her body.”
She credits yoga with saving her life and is deeply honored to share her love for this powerful medicine with practitioners of all experience levels.
Her classes are centered around the students connection to their breath. Postures are cued to emanate from that breath connection.