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Joanna Elkhoury
200 ERYT, YACEP
Owner, Teacher, Energy Healer, Life Long Student
Joanna Elkhoury’s transformative journey with yoga began in 2005 after the birth of her first child. Balancing the demands of a corporate career and new motherhood, she sought a practice to help her manage stress, find clarity, and restore inner strength. Yoga quickly became her sanctuary, offering her the grounding and balance she needed. By 2011, Joanna made the decision to follow her heart, leaving the corporate world to pursue her passion for yoga full-time. She completed her 200-hour teacher training with Yoga Alliance certification in March 2012. Since then, she has deepened her expertise with specialized training in yoga nidra, restorative yoga, and trauma-informed practices.
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Joanna’s teaching style is as fluid and intuitive as her own practice. Drawing inspiration from a variety of teachers and yoga traditions, her classes emphasize mindful alignment and the seamless connection between breath and movement. She guides her students through the full spectrum of yoga—including asana, pranayama, and meditation—so they can take lessons from the mat into all areas of their lives.
Alongside her passion for yoga, Joanna is deeply invested in energy healing. Since 2010, she has trained extensively in Pranic Healing and is a certified Usui Reiki Master. This background in energy work enriches her yoga teachings, offering students insight into the subtle, unseen layers that complement their physical practice. She often incorporates these perspectives, guiding her students on a journey of deeper self-discovery and healing.
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Yoga has been Joanna’s anchor and source of growth, accompanying her as a wife, mother, friend, and teacher. It has helped her uncover her essence and inner power, and she is dedicated to sharing this transformative tool, inspiring others to experience the same profound connection within themselves.
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Melanie Stewart
200 RYT
Teacher, Life Long Student
Melanie has enjoyed yoga for over 20 years. She believes in the healing power of movement, meditation, and connection of a yoga practice.
After a vision boarding workshop at Truth in Motion with Joanna in January 2020, she felt led to pursue her 200 YTT with Grey Owl studio. She leads a weekly community practice at her church and is pleased to be part of the Truth in Motion team!
Melanie's classes are flow based classes coordinating movement with breath. Her goal for each class is to guide an inclusive practice of intentional movement culminating in a time of stillness for the body and mind.
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Allison Van Camp
200 RYT, 500 RYT
Teacher, Life Long Student
Allison van Camp is a 200-hour registered yoga teacher with certifications in restorative yoga, chair yoga, and Ayurveda. She has been practicing yoga for over ten years and began studying Iyengar yoga in 2009 while living in Shanghai. Stiff and totally disconnected from self, yoga was transformational in her life. By connecting more deeply within, she was inspired to earn a second degree in dietetics and started a nutrition coaching practice while living abroad. She has been helping others reach their health and wellness goals for the past 8 years. Knowing the deeply healing power of yoga, she began incorporating asana and meditation into her wellness programs. In 2019, she completed her yoga teacher training at the Yoga & Ayurveda Center in Bangor, PA, under Steph Ball-Mitchell. Since that time, she has been teaching private yoga, holding workshops, and offering hatha yoga classes to her community. Her classes are a mix of pranayama, vinyasa, hatha, restorative yoga, and meditation. Her goal is to help students gain strength and flexibility in the body and mind, so that they can enjoy the incredible benefits of yoga both on and off the mat.
Lilian Leone
200 ERYT, YACEP
Teacher, Life Long Student
Lilian discovered Yoga in 2006. At that time her health was not good and she was looking for a more
meaningful life. Her first yoga class was Bikram Yoga which she practiced for about 3 years every
single day, and very quickly, the daily practice became an important part of her life.
In 2009 she tried Ashtanga Yoga for the first time and it was a case of love at the first Sun Salutation.
In 2013 she took her 200-hour yoga teacher training and earned her RYT-200 credential. From that
moment on she never stopped studying and learning more about Ashtanga, anatomy, movement, mobility
and the mental benefits of yoga. She's trained with leading yoga, anatomy, and philosophy teachers
including David William, David Robinson, Taylor Hunt, Tymi Howard Bender, and Kino MacGregor.
For her, Yoga is about the balance between strength and flexibility, exertion, and release. Her classes
combine both strength and mobility work in an Ashtanga Vinyasa style. Expect to move, sweat, and
breathe. She is a dynamic and also very compassionate teacher with a true regard for her students’
healing. She loves to encourage self-empowerment and self–awareness in them.
Teresa Pando Magers
200 RYT
Teacher, Life Long Student
Yoga makes me happy. Twenty-five years ago, I took my first class at a community college in Miami, and I fell in love with yoga and meditation. Since then, I have always felt that yoga has been my companion.
In 2009, I moved to Atlanta and my interest and curiosity motivated me to enroll in a 200-hour teacher training program in Hatha Yoga under the instruction of Swami Jaya Devi at Kashi Atlanta Urban Ashram.
I first taught yoga as a substitute teacher at Lifetime Fitness in Peachtree City, and led bi-weekly sessions for two years at the clubhouse of the apartment complex where I lived. I was learning so much at this time in my life and felt a sense of satisfaction and completeness.
I continued exploring various approaches to yoga to improve my skills:
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a workshop with Aadil Palkhivala who is a well-known teacher in Purna Yoga
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Iyengar practice with my mentor, Avril James at Piedmont Hospital, who opened my eyes to a better understanding of alignment of the human body
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“Wisdom of the Body” workshops with Allen Pittman along with Egyptian Yoga.
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Certified teacher with 100 hours in restorative yoga with Rutu Chaudhari at All Life is Yoga
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Practicing Ashtanga under the fabulous teaching of Lilian Leone at Sunny Street Yoga
Yoga makes me feel joyful and restored. My goal as a teacher is for my students to always leave class with happy hearts.
Kay Frederick
200 CYT
Teacher, Life Long Student
I fell in love with yoga when I was 15 years old. The flexibility and strength of those who practiced yoga amazed me! And they made it look so easy.
I soon came to realize it’s more than just about strength and flexibility. It’s a lot deeper than that.
Yoga has helped me through so many things in life including cancer, anxiety, depression, and any other obstacles that came my way.
I enjoy teaching and bringing the same light that yoga has brought into my life, to others.
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Savannah Bailey
RYT200
Teacher/Life Long Student
Savannah has been practicing yoga for about 10 years now. During difficult times of her life, she found a safe place with yoga. Yoga became a deeply transformational practice and continues to provide that safe space each day. She felt drawn to learning more and enrolled in 200-hour teacher training in Bali, Indonesia in 2023. Savannah's goal is to provide a comforting and safe space for all her students to find more acceptance and love in their lives. Her classes range from vinyasa, gentle, restorative, and yin.
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Lana Kolpakova
500 RYT
Teacher, Life Long Student
Hello Friends! My name is Lana Kolpakova. Yoga has been my love and passion for more than 20 years- while building a family, a career and raising kids, Yoga was that part of my life that kept me going, smiling and most importantly feeling healthy … Until 2020 …when I took one small step that initiated a cascade of other changes…That year opened up a new path for myself- Kim Saunders at Lift Yoga taught me to fly high with her live classes of 200- hours YTT program. That was followed by 500-hours of Vinyasa course by Dr. Kumar at Traditional Yoga. I also received a certification in Essential Oils for Yoga, and practiced leadership with weekly Community Yoga classes at Wills Park in Alpharetta. These movements let me grow spiritually and mentally and were fitting very well with my desire to focus on exercising and teaching gentle and/or restorative yoga with concentration on longevity and vitality. There was no doubt in my mind anymore, that with ancient tools known as Asanas, Pranayama and Mudra techniques along with meditation, we are able to maintain the whole body at balance in any stressful environment .
At Truth in Motion Yoga we created a sacred place just for You - please come and find your style, your teacher, and your group of people to share vibes with.
Dina Iranmanesh
200 CYT
Teacher, Life Long Student
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Originally from Iran, Dina moved to the U.S. a year and a half ago, bringing five years of experience as a yoga instructor. Despite language challenges, her passion for Yoga led her back to teaching.
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With a 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification and ongoing studies in Ashtanga Yoga, Meditation, and Physical Therapy, she is committed to deepening her practice and her understanding of Yoga. Her yoga journey was serendipitous, combining her interests in sports, health, psychology, philosophy, and meditation.
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She believes yoga is a way of life - a harmonious blend of body, mind, and spirit. As both a teacher and eternal student, She embraces every opportunity to learn and grow, guiding you on a transformative journey where Yoga becomes a lifestyle of profound connection and vitality.
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