Your Teachers

Carmen Champion E-RYT 500, is the Owner and Director of Main Street Yoga.  She began taking yoga classes at MSY in 2004 while going to college. She found the practice to alleviate anxiety of mind and tension of the body.

If you take a class from Carmen, you will find that she tends to focus a lot of her language around the muscles of the body and how they affect your body and your movement.  You will learn each of the muscle’s role in a posture and how to strengthen and lengthen each one.  Carmen strives to educate and empower students by using each class as an opportunity to learn about themselves.

Carmen has her 500Hour Certification from the Pranakriya School, is an E-RYT 200 and a Prenatal Yoga Teacher. Carmen is also and Director-in-Training with the Pranakriya School.

She been trained by the following teachers:
–Yoganand Michael Carroll
–Jacci Gruniger
–Tra Kirkpatrick
–Jeff Schoaf
–William Hufschmidt
–Shelbi Miles

In addition to others.

Sonya Stremming has had a long time Pilates practice. She gained her certification to teach and has been running on-site Pilates for a number of years. Sonya is an energetic teacher who will encourage you to explore your range and abilities. Sonya spends much time outside of class continuing her education to always provide her students with new information and support.

Amy Hancock-RYT 200 (she/her) began practicing yoga in 2018 as a way to connect with her body. Throughout her short time practicing, she has found relief in joint pain and anxiety, as well as an easier ability to approach things with love (including herself). She completed her 200 hour training with Pranakriya in October, 2020. Outside of the studio, Amy is a high school special education teacher, gardener, hiker, and letter writer.

Logan Geigner is a 200-hour Certified Yoga Instructor through the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts.

Bio: Yoga provides far more benefits to my health than I could have ever imagined! It has provided me with spiritual and higher-level experiences, as well as clarity that has helped me heal in emotional and spiritual spaces. I wanted to be able to freely and easily play with my son on the floor or the playground, or anything else that requires physical mobility. I also have witnessed first-hand what gradual degradation of mobility has done to some of my older family members. Yoga gives me a healthy way to strengthen my body, my mind, and my soul!

Shana Parker, RYT 200 Certified through Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts

Nell Wood started down her yoga path in 2001. She came to yoga as just another way to exercise but it was quickly revealed to her how yoga is so much more than just a way to exercise your body. With a dedicated practice she has found that yoga has not only strengthen her body but also her mind and soul. Strengthen in ways that were never thought possible before she found yoga.Nell became a certified Pranakriya Yoga teacher in 2013 and hopes to share her passion and encourage students to explore the ways yoga can strengthen and open body, mind and soul.

Nina Gorden completed her 200 hr training at Amara in Urbana in 2020.  She started practicing yoga in 2008 when she was pregnant with her first child.  She was so taken with the practice and its physical benefits during pregnancy, labor, and delivery that she continued her practice.  She liked the physical practice of yoga but really fell in love with the philosophy and teachings over the years.  The connection of mind, body, spirit has been a life giving journey, which she is excited to share through her teaching.  Meditation and reflection, along with breath work and gentle movement is what you can expect in Nina’s class.l.

Vanessa Walker completed her 200-hr training at Main Street Yoga through the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts in 2023. 

As a lifelong fitness fan and runner Vanessa sought out a yoga class in 2008 to relieve stress from her lifestyle, gain a healthy picture of her body, and strengthen and understand the mind and body connection. Vanessa also wanted to benefit from stretching techniques and to gain ongoing flexibility. After years of practicing yoga she decided to expand her practice and enrolled in Yoga Teacher Training so she could become trained/certified and grow her practice deeper and share her experience in yoga with others. Vanessa looks forward to helping you tend to your body, your soul, and exploring your own growth on and off the yoga mat.

Interested in joining the MSY teaching family?

MSY is always looking for wonderful, qualified teachers to add to our client’s experience!

Minimum requirements of our teachers:

1. 200hour Certification to teach yoga by a Yoga Alliance Recognized school.
2. Have attended classes at Main St Yoga for a minimum of 1 month.
3. 3 professional references.

Please submit your resume to carmenlchampion@gmail.com. Include what you’re experienced in teaching, what you’re looking to teach, how many classes a week you’re looking for and anything else that we should know about you!