Instructors
William W. Mejia, CSCS, CYT (A.K.A., Bill) created Holistic Fitness in order to integrate the most vital exercise training styles. After a combined two decades of experience in sports, yoga and personal training, Mejia discovered that any particular exercise style alone was insufficient. Mejia’s extensive experience made him realize that only a properly hybridized fitness style, like Holistic Fitness, would deliver optimal fitness results and well-being for his clients. Holistic Fitness combines mindful, dynamic-movement yoga poses with key elements borrowed from the following popular training styles: resistance strength-training; Olympic weight-lifting; sports-specific training; plyometrics; stability training; mixed martial arts; and Pilates.
Jessica began her practice under the influence of her mom and Rodney Yee’s home video series. After moving to Park Slope a handful of years later, she started to study under Vivekan at Bodhisattva Yoga. She came to appreciate yoga as a means to not just benefit herself–but the world and people around her. She doesn’t find it coincidental that as her practice deepened, she became an environmental journalist and an active voice in the green movement. As a teacher, she hopes to draw out her students’ inner and outer rock stars and spur positive community action on a local and worldwide scale. A graduate of Bodhisattva Yoga’s Teacher Training Program, Jessica is honored to teach here and owes relentless thanks to her teacher, Vivekan, and her parents, Keli and Jeff.
Kelly Eudailey began practicing yoga ten years ago as a welcome antidote to life in the dance world. She received her yoga teacher training in the Ishta yoga lineage at Be Yoga, which focuses on adapting yoga practice to the individual’s needs. Kelly enjoys teaching at Bodhisattva Yoga because there is ample opportunity for personal attention and care in each class. She is drawn to Bodhisattva’s community roots, impeccable space and the studio’s commitment to yoga as a life practice.
Kristin Hoesl, having recently completed her Bodhisattva Yoga 200 hour Level I yoga certification, with Vivekan, is thrilled and excited to start teaching here. Originally from Long Island, Kristin holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Syracuse University and has lived in Park Slope for several years. After a short stint in the acting business, she started training clients in the Pilates method in October of 2005 and has been teaching ever since. After starting her yoga practice in the spring of 2006, she spent some time looking for a certification program that was right for her. How lucky she was to stumble upon this wonderful shala right in her home neighborhood! Kristin is very active and participates in many activities to stay strong and healthy, including Pilates, running, boxing, and of course, yoga. She loves helping people realize their full potential of strength and flexibility, and is attracted to yoga not only for its obvious physical benefits, but for its positive effect on the mind. The practice of yoga has helped her to live her life in a healthier and more peaceful way, and she hopes to inspire others in the way that Vivekan has inspired her.
Sylvie was bit by the yoga bug in early 2004 while struggling through hard times. Originally from France, she settled in Brooklyn in the same year.
She is a practicing architect in Manhattan and is also a dancer, choreographer and set designer. Yoga practice at Bodhisattva Yoga brings her essential balance and happiness, which in turn permeates all other activities in her life. She’s thankful to have been a trainee under the inspiring guidance of Vivekan. Today, she’s thrilled to accompany others on this path.
