Teachers

Jane Bahneman

Studio owner

Jane is the owner of Nectar Yoga, and started teaching yoga in 2001.Jane has studied closely with some of the best known names in the industry (Judith Lasater/restorative yoga,...

Nancy Jones

When Nancy discovered this practice, it was like coming home. It provided a welcome respite from an all too busy life working on the Hill, and tending to the...

Christa Brolley

As a recovering marathoner, Christa initially came to yoga for the cross-training benefits and stayed when she found it gave her so much more, including a community of wonderful...

Steve Etkin

Steve’s journey to teaching started with injuries sustained from sprinting while working as a senior-level soccer referee. The injuries had as much to do with ego as with an...

Jessica Ackerman

Jess took her first yoga yoga class in 2017 and hasn’t left the mat since! She loves sharing her practice and her love of yoga with her students, while...

Kellie Kroscher

Kellie fell in love with the benefits of yoga as a way help both the physical body and state of mind. While completing her PhD in Animal Science at...

Alyssa Olsen

Alyssa loves to move. Throughout her early 20’s, Alyssa dabbled in various types of yoga as a means to balance her triathlon training. Stumbling across Nectar Yoga Studios back...

Todd Menotti

A renewed focus on fitness brought Todd to yoga nearly a decade ago and it’s been part of his life ever since. He focuses on power and vigorous vinyasa...

Shelley Newhouse

Shelley is a native of the DC area whose yoga journey began at age 18 when she stepped into a hot yoga studio and knew she’d found her niche....

Marissa Gallo

Marissa used yoga as a fitness supplement growing up as a competition dancer. While in college she tapped into the true spiritual, mental, and emotional benefits of yoga and...

Adrianne Du’sauzay

Adrianne has always loved fitness, and started practicing yoga in her apartment after undergraduate school. She loved how it made her feel in her body and mind! She completed...

Caroline Dawson

Caroline is Power Nectar Yoga’s Coordinator of Special Projects. A certified fitness professional since 1993, Caroline has merged her passion for fitness and wellness with her business background to...