A Message from Our Founder
Dear Yoga Friends,
Embarking on the journey of yoga is a beautiful step towards self-discovery and well-being. Whether you're new to yoga or considering taking that first step, we extend a warm welcome to you from the heart of Home Yoga Studio.
At Home Yoga Studio, we understand that stepping onto the mat can be a transformative experience. Our studio is more than just a space; it's a sanctuary where serenity meets self-discovery, and where you are invited to embrace your unique path.
Our diverse classes cater to all levels, ensuring that every practitioner, from beginners to seasoned yogis, can find a practice that resonates with them. Each session is an opportunity to explore, learn, and reconnect with your mind, body, and spirit.
As we welcome new students and prospective ones, we want you to know that you're not just joining a studio; you're becoming part of a supportive community. Our commitment is to create an inclusive space where everyone feels valued, inspired, and supported on their yoga journey.
Feel free to explore our class offerings and reach out with any questions. We're here to guide and support you as you embrace the benefits of yoga, both on and off the mat.
Welcome to Home Yoga Studio—a place where your journey unfolds, and your yoga family awaits.
With gratitude, Adriane
ADRIANE ALVAREZ
Founder Of HOME Yoga Temecula, Sunday 9am & Wednesday 9:00 am
Adriane, an E-RYT 500-hour yoga instructor, Reiki Master, and perpetual student, is the owner and director of Home Yoga Studio in Temecula, CA. With an unwavering commitment to learning, she explores anatomy, mythology, and Tantrik philosophy, deepening her insight into the intricate connection between yoga, the human mind, body, and essence.
Adriane is not only dedicated to leading classes but also takes pride in being the lead teacher of the yoga teacher training at Home Yoga Studio. Her teaching philosophy encompasses a holistic approach, blending yogic philosophy with physical postures (Asanas). Through captivating storytelling that includes yoga mythology and practical anecdotes, she guides students on a journey to understand various aspects and origins of the practice, enabling them to move beyond conditioned states and connect with their deepest selves.
Having healed her own body through yoga, she draws inspiration from Anusara tradition teachers, emphasizing the importance of understanding pose mechanics to empower students in protecting their bodies during practice.
A true advocate for the integration of yoga into daily life, Adriane believes that every BODY can benefit from yoga as a tool for achieving a long, vibrant, and healthy life. Whether you're seeking a healing and gentle restorative class or a vigorous, fun advanced class, Adriane is dedicated to supporting and enhancing your yoga journey, meeting you wherever you are in your practice.
Alicia Richardson
Friday 5:15pm
Alicia was called to the mat to help with her depression back in 2018 attending her first spritual/yoga retreat. Having only dabbled in yoga through some online videos for fitness reasons she was surprised to learn how all encompassing a practice could be for your mind, body and spirit.
In fall 2020 she decided to pursue her RYT 200 certification with Home Yoga Temecula in hopes to deepen her personal practice with no intention to teach (which Adriane lovingly laughed when she claimed this). She has since fallen in love with teaching and couldn’t imagine a life without it. She teaches yoga to help others find peace in being human and hopes to help others know that they are never alone like she once felt.
In addition to teaching Alicia is also a private chef specializing in yoga retreats. She uses this opportunity to teach others how to nourish their body and relearn their relationship to food and nutrition. Wellness has been a passion of hers for years having struggled with eating disorders herself.
She specializes in Yin Yoga using Chinese medicine to mindfully build each class providing maximum healing. She partners this with using essential oils to deepen the body mind connection as well with hands on adjustments.
Liana Soria
Tuesday 5:15pm & Thursday 5:15pm
Liana Xochitl Soria is a psychic guide, an energy healer, shaman, and past life hypnotherapist.
She uses a unique blend of all of these modalities to craft a powerful guided meditation experience for you. Learn to integrate healing experiences into your physical body, mind, emotional field and energetic presence with her classes, trainings, and private healing sessions. Part of Liana’s life purpose is to act as a guide for spiritual seekers, and as a source of new information from the cutting edge of consciousness.
www.thehealingmindcenter.com
Ashley Llano
(Manager of HOME YOGA studio) Monday 5:15 & 6:30 pm, Tuesday 9:00 AM and Friday 10:30 AM
Ashley Grew up in North County San Diego surrounded by the culture of yoga. The idea and experience of yoga has always intrigued and moved her. She began a meditation series at the YMCA at the age of 12 and incorporated yoga as a competitive gymnast as an adolescent. Doing this work at such a young age ingrained in her a deep-rooted understanding of the necessity and importance of duality. It takes both strength and fluidity to practice anything in an aligned way.
She began practicing yoga on a regular basis in 1999 and immediately felt a strong connection to it. In 2009, she did her 200 hour certification and continues to actively engage life as practice of yoga. She consistently practiced yoga through her first 2 pregnancies, and completed an 100 hour Advanced Pre and Post Natal Yoga training during her third pregnancy. Ashley is known for having a gentle heart. She is easy to be around and her intention is to offer a practice where people feel supported, calm and safe. Ashley uses essential oils in her classes to deepen the body mind connection.
Kristen Rud
Friday 9:00 am & Tuesday 6:30 pm
Kristen is a transformation facilitator, doula, and multi-passionate entrepreneur. Her experience in serving others began with a college major in early intervention and childhood education. Kristen worked with children in preschool settings and special education classrooms as a teenager and young adult, which helped her develop her natural teaching skills at a young age. Through a series of synchronistic events, she was eventually led to a path of spirituality, body awareness, intuitive healing, business coaching, yoga, doula work, and more. She is a 200 RYT instructor, has led over 15 retreats across the US (and one in Tahiti!), served hundreds of women from all over the world, and created the pathway to her vision of massive world healing through community, compassion, and ancient healing modalities.
Kristen uses essential oils in her classes to deepen the body mind connection.
Melissa Verhagen
Tuesday 10:30 am & Thursday 10:30 am
Melissa Verhagen, our Vini Yoga instructor, has been working in the health industry since 1995. She has an extensive certified background in herbology, the yoga field and is a Reiki Master. Melissa has studied yoga therapy at the American Vini Yoga Institute under T.K.V. Desikachar, Gary Kraftsow and Mark Whitwell. She is a certified yoga instructor and has taught professionally since 1997.
Melissa has also studied at the San Francisco Integral Yoga Institute. She is trained to use Yoga therapeutically for a variety of special needs and conditions. Combined with a comprehensive education on the skeletal, muscular, nervous and other intrical systems of the body, Melissa structures her classes to help students experience strength, flexibility, deep relaxation and well-being. Each student receives individual attention to become more in tune with their body and soul. The Viniyoga style emphasizes movement, breathing, and body awareness. She is sensitive to each student’s expectations and limitations, and tailors her classes to the needs of those who attend. Melissa brings the clarity of alignment, the dynamic power of the breath and a warm open-hearted quality to her teaching.
Teresa Roberts
Thur 12:30 PM
It was the love of her personal yoga practice, and the influence of all of her amazing teachers, that led Teresa to become a yoga teacher. She finds tremendous joy in helping others experience the benefits of the practice. For her it is a wonderful feeling to come together as a community to keep growing, evolving, and bringing the best parts of ourselves forward on and off the mat. RYT 500, Trauma Conscious Yoga Training, 1st/2nd Degrees Reiki Training. In her classes she uses essential oils to deepen each students experience.
Lorrie Shepard
Wednesday 10:30 AM
Lorrie’s yoga journey beginning in the B.K.S. Iyengar tradition in 2000, swiftly transitioned from tentatively taking her first class to attending as many classes as would fit into her schedule. Eventually, there came a moment when she realized yoga was no longer something she did, it illuminated who she is.
Now with multifaceted experience and trainings under her belt, Lorrie; who is herself a forever student, teaches AcroYoga, partner yoga and yoga nidra workshops, and vigorous vinyasa classes. The healing art practice of meta/loving kindness has cracked Lorrie’s heart wide open. Her classes blend traditional and healing qualities of yoga through the lens of devotion and love. She encourages students to explore, discover and cultivate their potential and bring lightness into their practice and into their lives.
Elissa Marshal
Monday 9:00 AM
E500RYT certified with extensive education regarding anatomy, yoga philosophy, and yoga therapeutics. She uses a love for alignment combined with adaptability to create a fun and flowing yoga lifestyle practice. Elissa is supportive and encourages everyone no matter their level of experience. Her style helps those who learn with her feel strong and empowered so they may recognize their inner light.
While being supportive, Elissa also offers opportunities to challenge yourself in her classes. She helps you to understand that growth arises from pushing yourself a little harder while treating yourself with patience and love. This approach is what guides her students to find the strength within themselves.
Mikal Davis
Monday 10:30 am & Thursday 6:30 pm
Mikal found his way onto the mat by chance and the invitation of a friend, and was immediately hooked. As a hyper active person with many passions and hobbies, finding a way to come to center and find stillness while exerting energy, and increasing familiarity and intimacy with the body and self, was a life changing experience.
He later went on to get an RYT 200 certification from Home Yoga Temecula, and has since been teaching passionately with a focus on a healthy exertion of energy, and an emphasis on breath, along with a little bit of balance. He teaches Hatha, Hot Yoga, Gentle yoga, Chair yoga, and Vinyasa styles. He works to bring a smile to your face, and help you open, stretch, and strengthen your body a little more each day.
Jordan Risdon
Thursday, 9:00 am & Saturday 9 am
Born in Toronto, Canada, Jordan is a retired professional dancer, faithful yogi and insatiable student. Jordan has a BFA in Dance from the University of Michigan. It was there that she was first introduced to yoga, a practice that became a natural companion to Jordan’s dance career and an entry point to a lifelong investigation of anatomy and mindfulness. She received her E-RYT 200-hr from Yogaworks in 2012. Jordan’s teaching is a reflection of her practice and her interests. She believes that every practice is an opportunity to deepen the connection to her body and her mind.
Jordan’s classes are thoughtfully sequenced, build heat and focus on alignment. Always sweaty, always challenging and always end with an indulgent savasana.
D’Andre Clayton
Wednesday 6AM & 6:30PM
D’Andre is a Power Yoga Teacher who focuses on creating safe spaces that help people access their power and peace while processing their stress, blockages, and challenges so they can turn their problems into purpose, and live a life of calm and confidence.
You can expect class to be challenging, but empowering, fun, and inspiring. He’s a DJ too, so you can expect to have some moments fun moving to feel-good beats as well.
“Stress is an invitation to grow, and if we can learn to breathe and sit in our stress, we learn that our stresses become our greatest strengths.”
Alex Bedolla
Monday 6:30am
Alex first started their yoga practice looking for a way to destress from a career that was not fulfilling them. They quickly fell in love with the practice, turning it into a passion. Yoga started off as purely physical practice for Alex, until they were challenged to try yin which helped them begin to quiet the mind. Yoga taught them how to be more aware and mindful of their body, breath, and mind.
Alex went to live in South Korea for three years where they continued their yoga practice in new styles. In April of 2023 Alex went to Bali to complete an intensive 200-hour teacher training where for a month, they were completely immersed in yoga, spending every day with meditation, yoga, and learning about different topics from a group of experienced teachers from all over the world. Upon returning to the States, Alex was looking for a new studio to call home, leading them to Home Yoga. Their experiences have shaped the way they view and teach yoga. Alex’s goal as a teacher is to challenge their students while helping them learn to bring awareness into their body.
Our Substitute Teachers
Aaron Rud
Tuesday 6:30 PM & Universal Men’s Group
Aaron Rud is a Home Yoga certified 200 hour yoga teacher with a background in mixed martial arts and religious studies.
His unique classes incorporate multiple modalities to create a whole experience- including yoga, martial arts, breathwork, meditation, and community connection through storytelling.
Brian (Masker) Walters
Masker's journey into yoga began completely by chance. As a child of age three a game character by name of Dhalsim on “Street Fighter II” piqued his interest and curiosity in Indian lore and mythology. The character had a signature move called yoga flame, that introduced masker to a world and a word he had never heard before “YOGA”. This became the catalyst which propelled him to give him first yoga class, consisting of Masker and his four sisters emulating the moves on the screen. As a lifelong student of the esoteric in all forms, yoga has allowed Masker to develop an introspective worldview and understanding of the living form, Psyche, an essence of humanity working as a singular entity as opposed to separate and opposing factions. After receiving his 200 hour YTT as well as his credentials as a reiki master in 2016 he continued his yoga journey earning his 500 hour in 2022 as well as his Kemetic yoga certifications. In addition to yoga instruction, Masker is also a mobility and movement coach specializing in hyperbolic stretching and belly dance.
Danielle Glover
Danielle began her yoga practice 17 years ago after retiring from her professional dance career. As an RYT 200 instructor with an extensive background in movement, Danielle’s style of yoga uses creative flows that bring you through familiar poses in new and unique ways. Her classes focus on building strength and creating alignment-based habits. In her personal practice, she uses yoga to manage her stress levels and increase her energy, and her hope is to provide the same benefits to her students.