Yoga Teachers at The Center

Amey Mathews • Steve Zlatunich • Jessica Del Bono
Jeanette Lehouillier • Karyn Bristol • Tricia Hancock

Amey Mathews

Amey Mathews has been a student of yoga since 1993, and her love for the practice grows deeper every day. She began studying yoga as a student at Stanford University, and is always searching out ways to continue her yogic education. Over the years she has studied Iyengar, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Anusara, Jivamukti, and Kundalini styles of yoga. "My goal as a teacher is to create an environment in which students feel safe, challenged, and enthusiastic about the many riches that yoga has to offer. Yoga is an optimistic discipline, which asserts that we all have vast potential beyond our current state. For me, the most exciting thing about yoga has been the process of watching this potential blossom in my life and in the lives of students in my classes." Amey teaches with an emphasis on the philosophy and concepts behind the postures, and works with themes from yoga philosophy that are blended into each class.

She received her first certification from the White Lotus Foundation in 1999, and in 2004 she completed a 110-hour teacher training program with her primary teacher, Kofi Busia. Amey offers her humble gratitude to the many amazing teachers who have guided her practice; most notably Kofi Busia and Sharon Gannon & David Life. 
831.465.6803 
Please check out Amey's Website - www.yogawithamey.com - Return to top

Steve Zlatunich

Steve began practicing Iyengar yoga in 1982, and has been teaching since 1990. He currently studies with Senior Iyengar teachers Ramanand Patel and Kofi Busia. Steve is also a body worker, specializing in deep tissue massage and avyuvedic massage since 1990. (831) 662-9132 - Return to top

Jessica Del Bono

Jessica is a graduate of UCSC’s holistic health certification program, and in addition to teaching yoga she maintains a full-time massage practice at the Massage Center in Capitola. Her many years of working with injuries and rehabilitation bring a special insight into her safe and encouraging beginners class. (831) 464-8840.

Jeanette Lehouillier

Jeanette’s class focuses on developing strength, flexibility and balance with close attention to alignment, breath and presence of mind. Jeanette’s love of fitness and nutrition began in 1986 at the University of California, Davis, where she studied nutrition and health science later spurring her interest in yoga in 2001. Her dedicated practice has led her to explore a variety of styles and teachings but is most influenced by her teacher, Mark Stephens with whom she completed her teacher training. She is passionate about sharing the benefits of yoga and her desire is to inspire her students to develop their fullest potential both on and off the mat.- Return to top

Karyn Bristol

Karyn Bristol has been a dedicated student of yoga since 1986. She has been teaching Iyengar-style yoga since 2002 and had the joy of studying at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India in 2009. She graduated from the Iyengar Institute in San Francisco and has completed Kofi Busia’s teacher training program. Karyn believes it is her own daily practice and ongoing experience as a yoga student that gives her compassion for her students and an understanding of their fears and challenges.

During a 2004 apprenticeship with Elise Miller, Karyn was moved by the incredible healing effect of yoga on people with scoliosis and other serious back issues. She began to offer back care classes soon afterwards. She has since completed Elise’s 20-hour “Yoga for Scoliosis” training. Karyn is registered with Yoga Alliance at the RYT 500 hour level. Contact Karyn Bristol at kkkkbristol@hotmail.com - Return to top

Tricia Hancock

Tricia is a clinical hypnotherapist and Neuro-Linguistic Practitioner. Since 1977 she has been in the field of personal growth and development. A popular speaker, Tricia has the opportunity to lecture throughout California. She is a healing voice in the field of self-awareness and human consciousness. She maintains a private practice here at The Center. Tricia began studying yoga in 1998, and much like her experience with NLP and hypnosis, soon felt the difference it made in her life. "I opened The Center in hopes that I could share the tools that continue to bring me personal fulfillment, joy, and ease of well-being. When teaching yoga, I continue to honor and be inspired by my teachers: Kofi Busia, Perry Spencer, Paul Gould, and Mary White Feather." (831) 685-3596 - Return to top