Our Team

Urban Yoga Foundation Instructors, Ambassadors, and Interns  

A number of selfless individuals committed to service make the work of UYF possible. Our team includes karma yoga instructors volunteering their time to teach studio classes, ambassadors donating their time to fulfill administrative duties, and mindfulness instructors bringing programs to schools.  

Ghylian B
Ghylian B
Business Owner
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Hillary L
Hillary L
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Jourdan A
Jourdan A
Admin
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Life is Hard F
Life is Hard F
Instructor
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Brother Yah-ya
Brother Yah-ya
Instructor
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Derrick
Derrick
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Mooyoung
Mooyoung
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Shindera J

Shindera Jackson, nurse, doula, yogi, acupuncturist and
herbalist in training, momma of 2 and Light to many. She started
this journey 14 years ago at the guidance of her grandmother and
hasn’t stopped since. Volunteered as a wellness director for Urban
Yoga Foundation guiding underserved children and adults to better
health within the communities of New York for over 12yrs. Now
making her main focus women’s health, brown skin mommas womb health
to be exact. Trail blazing with a different type of approach,
wholistic realiness.

Shindera has been and will always be, an activist for
health, just now, she’s had a better platform to be heard. Stepping
out on faith and stepping into your wealth, womb wealth. Coaching
women one on one, setting their bodies on the right track, via
lifestyle changes, exercise and mindfulness meditation. Showing
you, brown skin women, that just because you were taught that way
doesn’t mean it has to stay that way. “Puedenda
edumonia”. 

Shindera J
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Mya C
Mya C
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Boo B
Boo B
Instructor
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Rafael/a Luna-Pizano
The waters that connect the island of Cebu to the west coast
of Turtle Island is my ocean.  I have grown under the
protection of Mt. Tahoma and the mountains of Tongva and Chumash
peoples.  I have been nourished at the banks of the Duwamish
river.  My ancestors are Ilocana, Visayan, Xicana,
Chiricahua-Apache, and more unnamed.  Therefore, I am bakla, I
am trans*formational and the name given to me is Rafael/a
Luna-Pizano.  I have practiced a combination of energetic and
biodynamic bodywork for the last 13 years, culminating in
somatic presence and craniosacral therapy.  My
bodywork practice is informed by my experience as a
capoerista, a danzante, and a lover of sound.  I am excited to
offer place-practices to movement communities as a way to
(re)connect with our honorable ancestors and their vision to
restore our relationships with land and water.  Thank you for
reading, moving and listening!
 
Rafael/a Luna-Pizano
Educator
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Dr. Jerika J
Dr. Jerika J
Educator
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