About Us
Rebeccah Potavin, M.Ed.
Rebeccah received her Master of Education in Educational Administration and Supervision from Arizona State University in 2009 and her Bachelors in Elementary Education from the University of Arizona in 2002. Her educational career has been multi-faceted and led her through a journey of teaching and serving others. As a former K-8 Principal, Rebeccah continued to seek ways to relieve stress and tension which furthered her love and passion for yoga. Through the physical practice of yoga, she built a stronger connection to mind body and spirit. This connection led her to want to know more about the history and origins of asana and the eight limbs of yoga.
As a lifelong learner, Rebeccah decided to further her knowledge and practice of yoga by completing a 200 hour yoga teacher training with John Salisbury. She has continued to increase her depth of knowledge by attending various workshops and trainings and completed her 300 hour yoga certification with John Salisbury at Modern Yoga. Her background in education has given her a deep understanding of explicit and differentiated instruction which translates in the studio through breath work, alignment, cuing and safe sequencing as she strives to make yoga accessible for every student.
Michael Potavin
Michael is a firm believer that yoga can change lives. When he was twenty-two years old he was involved in a car accident that caused permanent damage to his lower back. For years, he went through periods of debilitating pain. Doctors have told him that he should get his spine fused. With only a fifty percent success rate, he decided to seek other options.
He had been taking yoga on and off for a few years, and one day he asked one of his teachers what pose could relieve lower back pain. He was told to do agnistambhasana (burning logs) for ten breaths every day. At first it was agony. Every breath felt like a lifetime, but in time, he could hold it for longer and eventually, the pain stopped.
This led him to seek more about the other limbs of yoga and eventually earn his 200 hour teaching certification with John Salisbury at Modern Yoga. Michael teaches a strong Vinyasa practice that will make you sweat! For many years, Michael has strived to improve the lives of others through his work with non-profits all over America and brings this ideal of yoga as a transformative practice into every session.