Our team is our best asset.
SolarYou Yoga hires the best of the best teachers in the area! We are hiring only 500HR+ certified teachers who can teach unique, mindful, educational and resultful classes!
We value ability to create a sequence that is balanced to impact all major joints in all ranges of motion and offer strengthening and stretching. Our teachers are able to offer beginner or intermediate drills to practice inversions and arm balances.
We act not like a drop-in based workout facility but as a school of yoga.
Irina Novikova - studio owner
Irina Novikova is a former Microsoft Program Manager with 12 years of experience in the tech industry. During her time working in the corporate world Irina discovered and embraced the transformative benefits of a committed yoga practice. Irina spent countless hours working at a desk and during that time found that yoga helped bring the benefits of movement and health into her life. She knows what does it mean to not being able to reach toes or come up to wheel, and suffer from low back pain and tide hamstrings. No wonder that posture, alignment, joint safety are her primary focus along with healing breath. I
rina grew up overseas and lived in 4 countries. She always loved dancing but had to follow a different path to provide for the family. However, passion for movement never left her alone and over time she notices that she silently repeats instructions after her teachers and pictures herself being a teacher. At the age of 33 she left software industry to become a yoga teacher.
Irina loves seeing her students grow! She offers a few stages of asana so everyone has something to work on. She challenges her students to look inwards to discover the best parts of their personality and shine them out to the world. Irina is a certified 200E-RYT, 500-RYT, RPYT with the Yoga Alliance with additional Yin,, Restorative and Prenatal Teacher Trainings taught by West Coast leading yoga teachers like Ali Valdez, Lisa Black, Jodi Boone, and Colette Crawford. Irina is 300hr Certified Baptiste Lead Additional depth to her classes comes from Ana Forrest Advanced Teacher training taken in 2018. In 2018 Irina completed teacher training with world famous teacher Andrey Lappa and her heart was fully dedicated to his system of Universal Yoga. That was the moment when Irina got a dream to offer this practice to Eastside community. In 2019 just two months prior to giving birth to her son, Irina rented a wonderful space that was built into a yoga studio called SolarYou Yoga. In her personal practice and in her current teaching, Irina studies, practices and teaches classes inspired by the Universal Yoga system to become conscious of and liberated from their behaviors and individual patterns. Irina believes that personal evolution is the only way to influence change within and then in the surrounding environment. Now Irina is aiming to share the art of yoga and healthy lifestyle with the Seattle and Eastside communities!
Dikla Kafka
I started my yoga journey back in Tel Aviv, my home town, after 5 years of Korean martial arts practice. I was immediately drawn to the magic and depth of yoga. I practiced Ashtanga, Iyengar and Sivananda yoga, and finished my level 1 Ashtanga training in 2010, while pregnant with my second child.
I teach Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Hatha yoga. I lead TT programs since 2017 and advanced trainings and Yoga Philosophy workshops since 2015.
Dikla is Viveka Yoga School co-founder, E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500 Yoga Alliance certified teacher. Over the years I studied with Kino MacGregor, Dharma Mittra, Jason Crandell, Edward Clark and many other great teachers around the world: Ashtanga, Yogalab TLV, Hatha at HYI, Vinyasa with Les Leventhal, Yin with Ali Valdez, 500h advanced certification, Sattva Yoga.
Dikla has MA in political Science and philosophy, Tel Aviv university and BA in Interdisciplinary Arts studies, Tel Aviv university. In her spare time she raises her 2 amazing girls, plays the violin and practices martial arts.
Lara Ederer
Lara was introduced to yoga in 2002 by a newly certified friend who needed practice students. Over the next several years she ventured in and out of the practice as well as different styles until she found her "home" in Vinyasa and Ashtanga traditions. In 2011 she completed her 200 Hour with Be Luminous with a primary focus in Power Vinyasa, Vinyasa, and Slow Flow. Lara has spent the last 3 years studying with her teacher Tiffany Cruickshank and Yoga Medicine, a school that is an adjunct to eastern and western medicine with a yogic component. In August, 2018 Lara completed her 500 hour advanced studies having added yin, restorative, myofascial release, therapeutics, internal medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, orthopedics, and cadaver dissection studies to her training experiences. Lara is also registered as a Therapeutic Specialist and has continued with her 1000 hour studies through Yoga Medicine.
In addition to teaching she is the co-founder of Yogalab Northwest, a community inspired organization that hosts international yoga teachers in the Seattle area. YLNW has hosted Sri Dharma Mittra, Kino Macgregor, Jason Crandell, Tiffany Cruickshank, Chris Chavez, Amy Ippoliti, Carmen Aguilar.
Lara has completed 75 hours of Advanced Teacher Training with Jason Crandell, 50 hours of Advanced Therapeutics and Teacher Training with Amy Ippoliti, 25 hours with Sri Dharma Mittra, 40 hours with Kino Macgregor, and 25 hours of assisting with Lisa Black.
Lara is a Viveka Yoga School co-founder, E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500 Yoga Alliance certified for Ashtanga Variations, Slow Flow, Restorative, Yin, Myofascial release classes.
When she is not teaching she spends time traveling with her husband and son.
Cameron Nagashima
Cameron is wellness and breathwork facilitator, yoga guide, sound healing practitioner, passionate about creating spaces for people to reconnect with themselves. Through yoga, breathwork, and sound healing practices, he helps others find balance, presence, and intentional living borth on and off the mat. With over 1200 hours of training and a decade of guiding these practices Cam's work is to bring each practitioner into their personal authority and authenticity; So they can live a life Aligned and Empowered.
When he's not teaching or facilitating, Cameron is behind the lens, capturing the heart and soul of the greater wellness community.
Alex Rosenblum
Alex has made a career combining his two passions - yoga and fitness - to help students challenge their notions of what they call impossible. His unique perspective combines years of practice, study, and teaching of both authentic Himalayan yoga and western fitness. That personal devotion to practice and study is clear in every class he teaches. Alex specializes in intermediate and advanced yoga classes, armbalance and inversion workshops, and Bootcamp and HIIT-style circuit training. He has amassed over 1000 hours of professional yoga training, 500 directly under Lama Andrey Lappa, the founder of Universal Yoga. Alex is certified 500 RYT, RCYT, YACEP and 200 E-RYT through Yoga Alliance, as well as a certified Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor through ACE. He also holds numerous specialty fitness certifications- including certification as Total Body Tabata™ Instructor, a certified TRX Trainer, a Functional Range Conditioning® Mobility Specialist, and a Corrective Exercise Specialist in the BioMechanics Method. Additionally, Alex is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist with a certificate in Plant-based Nutrition.
Jialing Wu
Coming soon…
Kate Mensah
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Chelsey Ocean
Chelsey Ocean has been in the health and wellness field for over 18 years. She has a Masters of Science as a dietitian and experience as a certified diabetes educator and sports dietitian. She wanted to take the holistic nature of a healthy lifestyle one step further and after practicing yoga for 10 years, received her 200 RYT with Greta Hill trained as a Rasa style yoga teacher. While taking this training 28 weeks pregnant, she also found a passion for helping women through their pregnancies with yoga and soon thereafter became a prenatal yoga teacher training under Julia Piazza. Pursuing extremes like running 5 marathons and competing in 5 body building competitions, Chelsey feels yoga is the perfect way to find balance among extremes and aims to create flows and space to help her students seek that balance in their life too.
Leah Adams
Leah is rooted in the belief that somatic practices cultivate resilience, connection, and joy. She helps others explore and develop practices that evolve with their changing needs throughout life. A dedicated yoga teacher trainer and mentor, she leads international retreats and trainings. She has been sharing movement, meditation, and breathwork practices since 2011, and is ever-grateful to her teachers, Bernie Clark, Celeste Young, and Sarah Powers, whose teachings continue to inspire her work.
Leah, a cancer survivor, is deeply honored to offer practices that support both patients and healthcare providers in navigating the complexities of care with resilience and compassion. Her work spans leading sessions for Nurses Week and the healthcare workforce, co-facilitating metastatic cancer retreats, and teaching regularly at the International Prostate Cancer Symposium, where she brings mindful movement to both patients and caregivers.
A certified yoga instructor, Leah also holds certifications in Mindfulness Meditation, Ayurvedic Health Counseling, and Functional Nutrition. She is a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Credit provider and a faculty member in Brian Utting’s massage therapy course, Neuroendocrine System and Stress. She is currently immersed in the three-year Somatic Experiencing Training, further deepening her understanding of the nervous system and embodied healing.
Olivia Flemming
Olivia has always been a seeker. Growing up between tall skyscrapers in Seattle, Washington, she was always looking for meaning, symbols, and secrets hidden in the world around her.
Her first yoga class she attended at 13 years old was where she caught a glimpse of these vast and divine moments of truth. Since then, under the guidance of her own teachers and mentors, her practice has evolved, unfolded and continues to do so each day.
After 12 years of study and practice, she holds a 500-hour yoga certification with extensive studies in yogic philosophy, pranayama, mudra yoga and Reiki. Through her curiosity and quest towards something deeper, her yoga practice has guided and expanded her passions in meditation, holistic medicine, sound healing and mantra recitation.
Olivia believes that a sincere commitment to Ahimsā (non-violence) keeps us on a direct path towards inner peace. As such, all of her work including her classes, trainings, retreats, and workshops, stem from this foundational and loving principle. Her teaching emphasizes yoga in its full, eight-limb spectrum, supporting her students towards inner stillness and transformation.
Isabela Carvajal
Isabella has been practicing yoga since the age of 17, beginning with Baptiste Power Yoga in North Texas. She has completed multiple 200-hour teacher trainings in Baptiste, 26/2, Power Yoga, and Ashtanga/Rocket Yoga. She also completed a Kids Yoga training through YogaCalm and helped develop a yoga program designed to support emotional resilience in children with autism through movement and breath.
In addition to her yoga teaching, Isabella holds a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and integrates therapeutic yoga and somatic practices into her counseling work.
Her classes offer a balance of structure and freedom, grounded in tradition, yet open to exploration. Isabella teaches to help students step beyond their comfort zones, connect more deeply with themselves, and embrace their full potential. She especially enjoys witnessing students embody their practice and feel more at home in their bodies.
Serena Laursen
Serena is certified in Vinyasa, RYT 200 working on 500HR at SolarYou Yoga. She is also certified in Yin Yoga and Transformational Coaching.
She loves practicing Yoga because it calms her body and mind, which allows her to think clearly without the distraction of external influences. Additionally, Yoga practices enable her to physically release at deeper levels supporting her body’s natural healing ability.
She loves teaching yoga and supporting people who are overwhelmed, physically exhausted, in pain, and always “doing” at the expense of their well-being to reconnect with their bodies, release stress, and cultivate a life that feels aligned and whole. After spending 20 years in the corporate world Serena ventured out to start her own Life Coaching business, inspired by her belief that self-care and life balance are critical for our overall well-being. When she is not teaching yoga or serving clients, you can find her walking in nature, connecting with friends, and spending quality time with family.
Lori Broznowski
Lori is a PNW native, and being active is absolutely part of her DNA. A skiier, hiker, climber, and triathlete, as well as a 25-year veteran of fitness instruction, she enjoys all the Pacific Northwest has to offer. Also an artist and designer, Lori enjoys the creativity involved in crafting a Universal yoga class. She first discovered yoga practicing vinyasa flow and Ashtanga with Theresa Obert in Bellevue. She later practiced at Shakti and learned the Baptiste style flow. She discovered Universal in 2022 and the rest was history. She received her 200 hour UYT studying with Andre Lappa in 2023.
You will find Lori Sunday mornings at Solar You teaching Deep Stretch. Lori loves the combination of strength , flexibilty, breathwork, balance and creativity found in the Universal practice. Lori's goal in her classes is for her practitioners, through body and breath, to find a sense of peace and well-being as well as a more open and flexible body.
Pam Chang
Coming soon…
Konstantin Novikov - studio co-founder
Konstantin is a co-founder of SolarYou Yoga studio and a software engineer. Konstantin practiced yoga for several years and observed all the magic that yoga practice brings to people.
Konstantin believes that joy and harmony stem from within and therefore he cherished an idea to deliver the beauty of yoga practice to local yoga community. He was the one who inspired his wife Irina to open this yoga studio and supported her and community during unprecedented Covid lockdown to keep this local business alive.
Konstantin is a professional photographer and videographer. To book photo family or professional sessions reach out via nov.works.
Cameron Nagashima
Cameron is wellness and breathwork facilitator, yoga guide, sound healing practitioner, passionate about creating spaces for people to reconnect with themselves. Through yoga, breathwork, and sound healing practices, he helps others find balance, presence, and intentional living borth on and off the mat. With over 1200 hours of training and a decade of guiding these practices Cam's work is to bring each practitioner into their personal authority and authenticity; So they can live a life Aligned and Empowered.
When he's not teaching or facilitating, Cameron is behind the lens, capturing the heart and soul of the greater wellness community.