Andrea is trained as a trauma-informed teacher who creates an atmosphere where students feel compassionate, safe, and welcome. As a former professional dancer, instructor, and choreographer, she believes that beauty and harmony can be found in any movement, and explores a wide range of yoga methods to help students open up to a place where they can welcome back lost parts, to be with their stories – no matter how difficult – and to have the somatic experience that allow them to be fully present.

A graduate of Sun & Moon's advanced teacher training, Andrea has been teaching yoga since 2003, including classes, privates, teacher trainings and retreats internationally. She is a Reflexology practitioner and a decluttering consultant. In 2025, Andrea became a certified as a Compassionate Inquiry Therapist with Dr. Gabor Mate and Sat Dharam Kaur. Andrea has also trained in Yoga Trance Dance with Siva Rea, and Children's Yoga with Mariann Csiki.

Andrea builds on her love of rhythm and harmony and incorporates into her practice various elements of all the yoga she has studied throughout the years.

From a longtime student:

I've been taking classes with Andrea for years now, and I can say without hesitation – she is unlike any other yoga teacher I've ever encountered. What sets her apart isn’t just her depth of knowledge or her creative approach to movement, but the way she brings her full self into the room, every single time.

She shares from her own life – moments of struggle, insight, transformation – and weaves those experiences into the fabric of each class. That honesty creates a kind of sacred space, where movement becomes more than physical – it becomes a journey inward.

Andrea gently reminds us never to push into pain, but rather to listen deeply to our bodies. “You are your best teacher,” she often says, a phrase that has slowly sunk into my bones over the years. Still, she challenges us to find our “edge” – not the breaking point, but that precise place where growth happens.

She’s constantly introducing new ways of moving, new ways of being in our bodies, and each one feels like a gift. Her classes are never one-size-fits-all. Andrea sees each of us as individuals and somehow crafts every session to serve the highest and best in everyone.

What she's created isn’t just a yoga class. It’s a sanctuary.

Ahmed enjoys teaching multi level classes because he likes to instill strong basics with students and encourages them to progress.  He focuses on teaching strong foundational skills and challenges even the most experienced students to push them to the next level.

“Hard work will always beat talent when talent fails to work hard.”  Ahmed can be frequently seen doing handstands and arm balances all over the city, most especially in Lululemon Athletica in Georgetown and Tysons Corner, where he is a legacy ambassador.  

Although his forte is in inversions, Ahmed has a strong background in various kinds of yoga including but not limited to: Bikram, Ashtanga, Baptiste, Power Vinyasa and Rocket.  Ahmed completed his 200 hour teacher training through Corepower Yoga in April of 2014 and his Rocket yoga teacher training in October of 2014 through Little River Yoga with David C. Kyle.  He has completed a 200hr RYT in Power Vinyasa, 30hrs Yin Yoga and 200-plus hrs (Lvl 2) Rocket Yoga. He has co-hosted the largest YTT in 2020 with BLM Rocket Yoga as we hosted over 2,500 practitioners. Ahmed has been featured in the Yoga Journal and has been in Jade yoga 2021 and 2020 calendars.  Independently, he leads Rocket Yoga Immersions and is frequently invited to instruct YTT's around the world to in the practices of hands on assists, inversions & arm balances and how to hold space.  

Ahmed has a very athletic background that includes Mixed Martial Arts, soccer, golf, running and cycling and practices yoga with prominent instructors such as Carson Calhoun, Irene Pappas, Mimi Rieger and David C. Kyle.  Ahmed specializes in bandha work as it helps the float process, internal cleansing and much more. He was invited as a community leader to the White House Easter Eggroll in 2015 and 2016. Not only does he focus on the physical aspect of yoga, but he also appreciates and practices the spiritual side of yoga.  He meditates regularly and always keeps a regular mindful personal practice.