ELLEN BAIN

Ellen brings a dynamic, authentic approach to teaching yoga with the goal of making it accessible to all levels of students…particularly athletes, skeptics, beginners, or all of the above. 

In 1996, Ellen was introduced to yoga to address a sports-related injury and quickly realized that yoga was a game-changer… and life-changer. A decade later, she began to teach and has been an avid student/practitioner ever since. Ellen is registered with The Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 200, RYT 500 teacher, having completed her certifications with power yoga luminaries Beryl Bender Birch and Baron Baptiste. In addition, Ellen is a certified Foundation Training instructor.

Ellen has joyfully logged thousands of teaching hours at Equinox Fitness Clubs and several other top yoga studios in New York City, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara since 2007. She has assisted her mentor, Beryl Bender Birch, at several national yoga conferences. In addition, Ellen has been serving as yoga instructor for the NIKE North American sales force at Go To Market meetings since 2011.

She is a Midwestern native with a background firmly rooted in the sports and fitness world. A former Division I athlete with a master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University, she has spent two decades in sales and leadership roles representing NIKE in 5 key cities across the United States.

The inspiration for Peak Power Yoga & Wellness came from Ellen's love of hot power yoga and Foundation Training. Rather than leaving the Ojai Valley for these types of classes, Ellen wanted to bring them to Ojai. And so she did. Peak Power officially opened its doors on April 24, 2017.  Thanks for joining the family!

MOLLY SUPPLE

Molly is a Midwest native, but has lived a nomadic life all over the US and Canada. She has resided here in Ojai, with her husband, two girls and menagerie of animals for the last six years. She registered with The Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 200, having completed her certification with Molly Lululemon's mind.ful.on training program.  She teaches a breath based vinyasa Power Yoga class suited for all levels. Her passion is exploring and sharing the relationship of mind, body, spirit and how yoga enhances this journey.

SUSIE LONGWILL

My love of yoga was definitely not immediate. The quiet and stillness made me uncomfortable and I was overwhelmed by the how the practice made me glaringly aware of weaknesses in my body and mind. But I like a challenge, so I kept showing up. Now 20 years later, still challenging me in many ways, yoga has ultimately become an incredible source of healing and heart-opening. For a long time teaching seemed unlikely, as I was always the shy student hiding in the far corner of the room. But eventually, I decided that the best way to embody the gratitude I felt for the practice and my many amazing teachers, was to share it with others. I hope it helps! I hope you walk off your mat with a calm awareness and the ability to breathe deeper and move through your daily life with a little more ease… 

I recently had the privilege of completing a Foundation Training certification with Dr. Eric Goodman… I am thrilled to have the space and opportunity to share the many benefits of FT.

Come join me on Wednesdays! Foundation Training in the morning and Vinyasa flow/ Foundation magic combo in the evening. I can’t wait to meet you, move with you, and be still with you.

ELEANOR SHANNON

The first part of my life was largely conventional—born and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia, earned a BA at Dartmouth and an MBA at Harvard, got married, taught part-time at the University of Virginia, stayed home to raise my three children, cared for ailing parents for sixteen years. Then, came a series of massive shifts beginning with learning to speak Italian, moving to Italy to teach Italian university students, getting divorced, deciding to live on my own for most of fifteen years in Italy, getting certified to be: a wine sommelier a yoga and yoga nidra teacher, and (soon) 5Rhythms® movement meditation leader, and becoming an expert in Italian natural wine. In the last twenty plus years, I’ve navigated lots of change and paradox—loss and gain, pain and pleasure, hurt and healing, joy and sadness—and ended up in the most creative period of my life. I’m now sharing the tools and perspectives I’ve learned as I accompany others on their journeys toward more authentic, joyful and creative lives. My website: www.cometoyoursenses.com