Elaine Rosenberg, Director

Elaine became certified in the spring of 2003 after becoming hooked almost immediately. She began taking various Hatha yoga classes after giving birth to twins. "My hips were misaligned, and I had chronic neck and shoulder pain," she explained. Although the yoga did help to relieve some of the pain, she wasn't satisfied until she took her first Bikram class. "The heat, the intensity was what was missing. I couldn't wait to come back."

After a long career in Retail Management, Elaine left her twin boys and husband for nine weeks to attend the teacher training and has been teaching ever since.

"There is no end to the power of Bikram Yoga - it makes you stronger mentally and physically. You feel better, look better," Elaine says. She hopes to continue to share her enthusiasm and spread the word about Bikram Yoga wherever she goes.

Lara Rubin

The first-place winner of the regional Yoga Asana Bishnu Gosh
competition, Lara will get to compete in the international competition in February in Los Angeles. Congratulations to her!

Lara became a certified Bikram teacher in the Fall of 2003. She is originally from Philadelphia and was a actor in the D.C. area before becoming a full-time teacher.

Lara discovered the Bikram series after shopping around for the "right" yoga class for her. She loved the intense workout and the concentration Bikram Yoga demands. She continues to be amazed at what her body is able to do with regular practice, both physically and mentally.

Bikram Yoga continues to improve her quality of life and now as a teacher, she gets to help others experience their own great potential.

Debby Nachmann

Debby, a Philadelphia native, has lived in D.C. since 1996, when she came to attend the George Washington University. In 2000, she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and began a career in public relations. Though she enjoyed working in public relations, she felt that it was not quite the right fit.

While working, Debby started taking Bikram Yoga classes and loved them instantly. She was surprised to find that she was hooked from the start, despite the fact that she normally doesn't like the heat. Unwilling to settle for what was expected of her, Debby decided to leave P.R. and search for a job she loved - no matter how far off the beaten path that search might take her.

Debby graduated from the Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in the spring of 2003 and has been teaching in studios around D.C. ever since. Debby feels that every class she teaches serves as confirmation that she made the right career decision and finally found the perfect fit. She loves watching her students grow and accomplish new feats. Besides being a Bikram teacher, Debby is a full-time student at the George Washington University, working towards a Master's Degree in Exercise Science.

Constance Castrence

Constance discovered Bikram Yoga after "taking a break" from another style of yoga due to injuries. She has been hooked since.  After several years of practice, she went for the teacher certification from Bikram Choudhury in 2003 and has been teaching in the Washington Metropolitan Area since graduation. She continues her yoga studies with world-renowned teachers across the country in Ashtanga Yoga and Structural Yoga Therapy.

Constance spent all of her life moving from one country to another.  She has lived in the Philippines, Thailand, Australia, Japan, Canada, and since 1986, the United States.

Since 1990, she has worked in the field of International Development and is currently a management associate for a technical and consulting firm in Washington, D.C., which specializes in education and communities in transition.

Alex Gombert

Born and raised in Rome, Italy, Alex grew up traveling around the world and the United States with her family until her college years. At that time, she moved to California permanently to pursue her undergraduate studies in International Policy, Political Science, and Italian at the University of California, Davis and the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Alex married her husband, a Naval officer, while in graduate school and once again began travelling around the globe.

Alex discovered Bikram Yoga in 2000 when she was looking for some form of exercise that wouldn't bore her after a couple of weeks. Bikram Yoga was it! A natural athlete throughout her high school and college years, Bikram Yoga was a mental and physical challenge and journey she never expected. Yoga became a way to care for her body from the inside and out, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Wanting to improve her own practice and help others to heal their own bodies through yoga, Alex went to Los Angeles to complete the Teacher Training in Fall 2003 and has been teaching Bikram Yoga since, wherever the Navy takes her and her family.

Marsha White

Marsha took her first yoga class at the age of 14 in her home town of Detroit, Michigan. Since then, she has been an aerobics instructor, personal trainer, shiatsu-anma massage therapist, natural food advisor, yoga instructor, as well as a mother and (most recently) a grandmother.

In 1995, she joined Bikram Yoga in South Florida, and soon her enthusiasm for the practice led her to move to Los Angeles, where she spent the next four years studying and training under Bikram and his wife, Rajashree.

Marsha received her certification as a Bikram Yoga instructor in 2000 and has traveled within the U.S. and Israel to teach at studios worldwide. She was the first certified Bikram Yoga instructor to teach in Israel. Marsha uses the spiritual peace and internal insight she has gained through her personal pursuit of yoga to guide her instruction.

Yasmin Tuazon

Yasmin started practicing in 2002, mostly as an attempt to see more of her friend, Lara Rubin. After six months, she knew she wanted to teach. Two years later, she got around to it.

Yasmin is constantly inspired by the love, discipline and determination she sees in her students. She is also an actor and company member of Rorschach Theatre in D.C. She is a little obsessed with Bravo reality competitions right now (Project Runway is by far her favorite).