Our Teachers
Dee Gold, Founder
 Dee Gold has earned the highest certification offered by Yoga Alliance (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher-500) She is a
certified Phoenix Rising yoga therapist, registered dance/movement therapist, level one Reiki practitioner, and a certified
advanced practitioner of the John Barnes school of Myofascial Release Technique. She is a professional member of the United
States Association for Body Psychotherapy and currently maintains a private practice in psychotherapeutic bodywork. Dee
offers on-site seminars and workshops in mind-body wellness, self- discovery, creativity, meditation, stress management,
and yoga, at home and in the workplace. Her passion is helping people embrace challenging life transitions and guiding
them in their search for wholeness, authenticity, and spiritual grounding.
Abby Spencer, Studio Manager
...began taking yoga in 2002 after many years of aerobic training, fitness walking, and other forms of exercise  that helped
her manage the physical and mental stresses of working in a demanding law office. Upon turning 40 she began to seek an
exercise discipline that would be kinder to her body and enrich her spiritually as she aged. Abby is grateful to have
found her first teacher, Hillary Blackton at Divine Life Yoga in Gaithersburg, MD. Under Hillary’s tutelage, Abby found
that her life became more balanced, she was physically stronger, and she enjoyed a deep sense of stillness previously
unknown to her. It was then that she became inspired to share the gift of yoga by training to teach. In 2006, after
studying for a year with Dee Gold at Inner Reaches, Abby began apprenticing in Dee’s yoga classes. After assisting Dee
for a year and a half, Abby began teaching Hatha Yoga classes at Inner Reaches in 2008. Dee’s influence is evident in
Abby’s yoga classes, which emphasize the integration of mind, body, and spirit as a path toward a happy and fulfilling
life. Today, as manager of the Inner Reaches studio in the Kentlands, Abby’s love of yoga reaches beyond her yoga mat as
she strives to strengthen the Inner Reaches tradition of high quality service, harmony, and unity.
Dainis Jirgensons
...has been practicing yoga since grade school. He began his study of Tai Chi (Taiji) over 20 years ago with Robert Smith, a
respected teacher of the internal martial arts (Taiji, Bagua, and Xingyi.) Qigong is a major component of these arts and
Dainis is honored to share his knowledge of both, Tai Chi & Qigong with the Inner Reaches community. His other interests
include playing music (piano and flute) and maintaining a therapeutic massage practice.
Anita Kapoor
...is a registered teacher with Yoga Alliance (200 hours) and has been pursuing the practice
of yoga for nearly 30 years. An
ardent student of Anusara Yoga for eight years with Kathleen Hogan, Anita became inspired to enter the teacher training
program at Willow Street Yoga Center in Silver Spring, MD where she cultivated her heart-centered approach to teaching.
Her goal is to help students connect with all parts of themselves, within and without, so that they can enjoy a healthy,
wholesome and balanced life while gaining a deeper understanding of themselves. Anita encourages her students to apply the
many lessons of yoga to their daily lives. She is known for her compassionate and gentle spirit and her light-hearted humor.
Colm McCarthy Lister
 …has been practicing yoga and meditation for several years and completed the ISHTA (Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra and
Ayuerveda) 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training with Alan Finger at Thrive Yoga Studio, in June 2008. Colm also studies Kung Fu
and Tai Chi with Jon Fundi in Wheaton, MD, and is a full time student at Montgomery College, where he is pursuing studies
in dance and anatomy. Additionally, he has studied Thai Yoga Massage, and is an All Star Swimmer in Montgomery County.
Colm has a particular interest in yoga and meditation for their contributions to the sense of balance and overall well
being that he has experienced in his own life. And he is drawn to teaching in order to share with others his experience
of the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits of regular practice. Colm is grateful to Inner Reaches Studio
for the opportunity to teach and to learn from others, and to further his personal and professional growth in a yoga
community.
 Shannon Mayhew
...is a certified hatha and prenatal yoga instructor, who has been teaching prenatal yoga and mom/baby yoga for the past six years.
Shannon has practiced and taught yoga through both of her pregnancies, and is excited to share the benefits of a prenatal yoga practice
with others.
Sharon Neubauer
...is a Certified Anusara Yoga teacher. She came to 
Yoga in 1996 looking for a physical discipline to help with her work as
an actress. She began teaching in 1999 after completing the Teacher Training Program with Betsey Downing at The Health
Advantage Yoga Center in Herndon, VA. She has completed several Teacher and Therapy Trainings with John Friend, the founder
of Anusara Yoga as well as a level I Anusara Yoga Teacher Training with Kathleen Hogan and Mary Romeau, She has also
studied Iyengar Yoga with Mary Dunn, John Schumacher and Carolyn Bluemle. Sharon did Yoga throughout her three complete
pregnancies, and she teaches with warmth, compassion, playfulness and a lively sense of humor.
Lisa Thuro
...is a certified instructor at the 200-hour level through the ISHTA (Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra and Ayuerveda) Yoga
Teacher Training with Alan Finger and Sarah Platt-Finger. Her love of yoga and teaching has inspired her to continue training
and she has completed the first module toward her 500-hour teaching certification. Lisa feels that yoga has brought infinite
benefits to her life and the more she learns about and practices yoga, the more she wants to share those benefits with others.
Lisa is known for her gentle, compassionate spirit. The warm and friendly atmosphere of Lisa’s classes inspires her students
to do their best and to integrate yoga into their daily lives.
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