Team Ohana
Experience Your Best with Support from Team Ohana!
Ohana Moon Yoga has been a beacon of warmth and community since its inception in 2014, dedicated to providing a welcoming haven for students of all levels and abilities to explore the transformative practice of yoga. Whether you prefer the soothing embrace of non-heated classes or the invigorating challenge of heated sessions, our diverse offerings cater to everyone on their unique journey toward health and well-being.
Our passionate teachers are committed to guiding you through self-nurturing movements that enhance your strength, flexibility, and balance, all while fostering a profound connection between mind, body, and spirit. With a variety of styles and modifications available, we ensure that each individual can experience personal success and growth, empowering you to reach new heights in your practice.
We are incredibly grateful to our wonderful community for recognizing us as the #1 Yoga Studio in El Dorado County in the Style Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards time and time again. Your support fuels our mission, and we invite you to join us in this uplifting journey toward personal growth and well-being—because at Ohana Moon Yoga, our goal is to elevate you to experience your best!
Enjoy one week of complimentary classes and check out our wide variety of offerings!
Beginner-Friendly Classes: Chair Yoga, Yin, Gentle Flow, Kaiut Yoga and Stretch & Sculpt
Intermediate Classes: Slow Flow and Warm Flow
Our Teachers
Gretta Schmidt
Gretta (E-RYT 500) is a movement and music enthusiast, igniting her journey at just seven years old with her first dance class—a spark that has only grown brighter over the years! After dedicating herself to the art of dance and teaching, she found herself seeking a healing outlet for her injuries and a way to maintain her graceful flexibility. It was in a college yoga class that she discovered the transformative power of yoga, a practice that became a beautiful dance of the soul, allowing her to feel strong and graceful while nurturing her body.
In June 2014, Gretta opened the doors to Ohana Moon Yoga, a sanctuary where community thrives, and every student is welcomed with open arms. Her mission is to create a warm and inviting space for all, especially those new to yoga, encouraging them to embark on a journey of exploration through movement, breath, and meditation—a journey that builds a profound mind, body, and spirit connection.
Gretta embodies the philosophy that to teach is to be a lifelong learner; she has completed multiple Yoga Teacher Trainings in Vinyasa, Yin, Buti Yoga, Pranayama and Somatics, and continually draws inspiration from her remarkable students and teachers both at Ohana and around the world.
As a teacher, Gretta is passionately dedicated to crafting classes that are not only fun but also profoundly empowering. She invites students to confront their fears and discover their inner strength in a welcoming and supportive environment.
Miss Daisy
Miss Daisy joined the Ohana Moon Yoga family in March 2020. Her mom and dad (Gretta and Jesse Schmidt) adopted Miss Daisy from the El Dorado County animal shelter and are over-the-moon for their sweet pup!
Daisy’s favorite classes are Chair Yoga and Yin. During Chair Yoga and Yin, Daisy sunbathes and takes a nap in her special ‘nest’ bed. Catch her at Ohana in the morning on Aloha Fridays!
Jessica Bowman
Physical, psychological, and spiritual health have always fascinated Jessica. She has studied medicine, psychology, religion, and behavior at UC Davis. Through her studies, she learned the value of mindfulness, positive thinking, social support, breath work, and regular exercise as integral therapeutic tools. 10 years ago while living in Canada, Jessica fell in love with yoga while taking classes at an intimate studio in Calgary. Since then, daily yoga has significantly improved her physical and spiritual health. Sharing the benefits of yoga is what encourages Jessica to teach.
Her personal healing through yoga sparked a desire to complete a Vinyasa Style Yoga Teacher Training. Since completing the certification in 2015, Jessica continues to enjoy growth as a student and instructor of Yin, Slow Flow, Power, Gentle Flow and Meditation. Instructing yoga allows her to share the many blessings yoga has to offer. In turn, each student inspires her as well. Jessica is grateful to be part of the Ohana Moon community and looks forward to seeing you on your mat.
Joyce Kilburg
Joyce shares yoga the way she was inspired and hopes to inspire someone else, and so on and so on. The yoga classes she teaches are designed for her students to experience the unity of mind and body that are bridged by breath.
Joyce has been practicing yoga for her spiritual growth, following the teachings of her Guru Paramhansa Yogananda for many years. Some of her greatest teachers have been her students and family.
Joyce is also a practitioner of Thai/polarity bodywork, another modality she practices to open pathways and help clear blockages within the energy body.
In her spare time, Joyce likes to spend time with her husband of nearly forty years. They enjoy growing their own fruits and veggies and playing in the kitchen.
Kari Hargon
Kari’s yoga journey began over 14 years ago, rooted in her struggle with anxiety. A friend’s suggestion to try yoga opened a door to a world where she discovered a profound sense of freedom and connection, both to herself and to a welcoming community. For over nine years, Ohana Moon Yoga has been her heart and home, a sanctuary where she’s blossomed into the inspiring soul she is today.
In 2020, she achieved a significant milestone by becoming a certified yoga teacher (RYT 200) through Spotted Dog Yoga, the very studio owned by her first yoga teacher—what a beautiful full-circle moment! Since then, she has continued her yoga education with two additional Yin Teacher Trainings with Joyce Kilburg, Gretta Schmidt and Joe Barnett.
With a BA in child development from Sac State University, Kari brings a nurturing spirit to her classes, especially in her beloved Yin yoga, inviting everyone—yes, even those who think yoga isn’t for them—to find their place on the mat. Her light-hearted approach, combined with a genuine passion for her practice, makes every session feel like a cozy gathering with friends, complete with the warmth of shared laughter and community. So, if you’re ready to discover joy and connection, Kari can’t wait to welcome you to Ohana Moon Yoga, where every body and every journey is celebrated!
Molly Oser
After a 20 plus year career as an Urban Planner, Molly is fortunate to be able to embrace a second passion. She has practiced yoga for nearly as long as her urban planning career. About eight years ago, Molly took her first yin class. Upon losing her first passion of planning, Molly took a giant leap (on a bit of a lark and a challenge by her teacher) and went to a yin yoga teacher training in Sweden. Never intending to teach, just to learn and to feel her transitions, Molly returned home and got the phone call from a studio owner. So…she started teaching. And she realized that selfishly, she had a new passion. Molly subsequently went to an additional yin training in France and found that she wanted to learn even more.
Shortly thereafter, Molly met Karen Miscall Bannon and started learning about embodiment. That is to say feeling yoga from the inside. Not just the poses but deeper, the whys, the more enriched understanding of the body and Molly felt complete; it was enough. Molly had been trained in yin by one the top four teachers internationally and she is able to experience and study Embody yoga with one of the originators. How very fortunate. At this point, Molly has completed 125 hours of strict yin training, 300+ hours of embodiment, and 65 hours of vinyasa and yin assisting.
But not quite satisfied. Upon the suggestion of her teacher again, Molly leapt to study Kaiut yoga. Knowing absolutely nothing about it, she showed up in Toronto in mid-winter for a new adventure. And then she showed up again and again completing a 300 hour Kaiut Yoga certification. And Kaiut Yoga has put it all together for Molly. It combines yin and vinyasa in the true embodiment. This yoga allows and encourages you to feel from the inside, it is challenging, but meditative and fully meets you where you are. And you can do it your whole life letting the passion live on.
Molly feels incredibly fortunate for the opportunities as she continues to learn from her students, teachers, and practice. She feels so lucky to be able to be a guide to others perhaps providing some relief or just some peace in their day.
Cassey Wagner
“To know yourself as THE BEING underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and the joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.” -Eckhart Tolle
When Cassey arrives to her yoga mat there is a sense of coming home, her goal is to lead you to a similar space. Cassey views yoga as the journey inward. Yoga has helped Cassey distinguish the difference between her inner self and her mind/ego. Cassey believes that when all is said and done the body diminishes and the inner self, THE BEING (spirit) lives on, and that our actions while inhabiting Earth matter.
Cassey discovered the physical practice of yoga in her early 20’s when a friend invited her to a Bikram Yoga class, at that time it was solely a sporadic physical practice. It was nearly a decade later in 2013 when Cassey discovered Power Vinyasa Flow Yoga which was life changing, from that point forward yoga became just as much a spiritual practice as a physical one. Cassey has been practicing yoga consistently since 2013, expanding her personal practice in 2017 when she took Yoga Assistant Training and again in 2019 when she received her 200 hour RYT certification from Yoga Alliance. Cassey has been teaching Flow Yoga since April of 2019. Cassey is a compassionate human being who relates to the ethical and physical practices of yoga, modeling this in her lifestyle by eating a plant-based diet and treating ALL kind as she wishes to be treated, with love and respect.
Cassey believes that yoga has the ability to heal the body, clear out stale energy and bring oneself in touch with their most inner being. Cassey believes that her role as a teacher is to guide the students through the asanas while encouraging them to move in a manner that feels authentic in their body, moving them closer to home.
Amy Richards
Amy’s journey with yoga began at the tender age of 15, ignited by a transformative class with Joyce Kilburg in Placerville, CA, where she discovered a beautiful connection to her body through movement. However, it wasn’t until her 20s, amidst feelings of being lost and yearning for healing, that she truly began to grasp the profound value of yoga.
With a heart open to exploration, Amy ventured to various ashrams, delving into the rich history and immense healing potential of this sacred practice. Taking a courageous leap of faith, she embarked on her first 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training with Diana Vitantonio, an experience that profoundly reshaped her life. This training not only equipped her with invaluable tools to navigate the present and heal from her past, but it also illuminated a path of self-discovery and empowerment that she believes quite literally saved her life.
Amy has dedicated her life to the demanding field of emergency medicine, a path that often leaves many grappling with the weight of PTSD, struggling to find a glimmer of hope amidst the stormy clouds. Yet, Amy stands as a testament to the transformative power of yoga, which has not only guided her through her own trauma but has also illuminated a path to inner peace.
Amy’s story is a testament to the transformative power of dedicated yoga practice, encouraging others to embrace their own journeys with an open heart and mind at Ohana Moon Yoga, where a nurturing community awaits to support every step of the
Lauren Matheson
Lauren is a yoga enthusiast and NASM Certified Personal Trainer with a solid foundation from the National Personal Training Institute. She is a beacon of inspiration who embodies the spirit of Ohana Moon Yoga. Her diverse fitness journey, which includes a love for yoga, weightlifting, and Jiu Jitsu, enriches her approach to wellness, allowing her to connect with individuals on multiple levels.
In her classes, Lauren cultivates a vibrant and supportive atmosphere, where positivity reigns supreme and everyone feels empowered to explore their unique health journeys. With her infectious enthusiasm and unwavering commitment to inclusivity, Lauren invites you to uncover your potential and embrace your personal growth. Join her at Ohana Moon Yoga for Stretch & Sculpt on Tuesdays, where each session is not just a workout, but a step towards enhancing your physical and emotional well-being in a nurturing community that celebrates every individual’s path to wellness.
Lynnette Gerondakis
Lynnette’s love for yoga has deepened over two decades. She leads practices that combine embodiment of asana, pranayama & meditation. By teaching classes that are inclusive for all levels & abilities she encourages you to cultivate an awareness so that you can blossom into ownership of your own practice.
Offerings are drawn from her own practice as well as her 500 + hour e-RYT certification & specialized offerings in her passion for The KAIUT YOGA METHOD with 300+ hours of training directly with Francisco Kaiut himself. Please come take a class or connect with her through her website to learn more: www.lynnetteyoga.com
Sid Fogal
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Gina Sandigo
