Beverly Steiger*, MPH, C-HYI-500, C-HYT-500, E-RYT-500, YACEP (HYCT Founder, *Certified Master Holy Yoga Instructor, Holy Yoga Therapist, Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider)
Beverly is a Master Holy Yoga Instructor, health educator and Teacher Trainer for Holy Yoga Global. She has been a student of Hatha and Vinyasa yoga for over 25 years and has over 4,000 hours of in-person teaching experience. In 2012, Beverly felt called to merge her background in public health education and family
ministry to promote holistic wellness and was the first to bring the practice of Holy Yoga to Connecticut. Over the next three years Holy Yoga of New
Fairfield grew to several locations in CT and NY.
Her calling to open a Holistic Community Wellness & Yoga space where people could come, free of judgement or denomination labels to connect with
God became a reality in October 2015 with the opening of Holy Yoga of CT (New Fairfield Yoga) in her hometown.
The opportunity to serve all ages in her community with holistic yoga, prayer and soul care is both an honor and a blessing.
While Beverly has practiced many different styles of yoga over the years, never has her soul been touched, healed and uplifted as when practicing Holy Yoga. Beverly has a heart for those suffering from trauma, grief and loss and offers private, trauma-sensitive and yoga therapy sessions. She looks forward to beginning the Master of Divinity program at Drew Theological School in the Fall of 2025.
Beverly's certifications include: 300-hour Holy Yoga Therapeutic Yoga Instructor (HYT); 500-hour Master Holy Yoga Instructor (M-HYI); Yoga Alliance Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT-500); PiYO Live! Instructor: Thai Yoga Massage Levels 1 & 2, Certified Holy Yoga Instructor - 225 hr (C-HYI), Holy Yoga Touch (HYT) which incorporates massage and touch techniques into Holy Yoga classes; Christian Leadership; Holy Yoga w/ Weights (HYW); Holy Yogalates (HYL), Trauma Sensitive Holy Yoga (TSHY) and Holy Yoga Yin Levels 1 and 2. and most recently Yoga for 12 Step Recovery.
Toni Maconi*, OFS, C-HYI 500, E-RYT-200, C-HYI-95, YACEP (HYCT Co-Founder, *Certified Master Holy Yoga Instructor, Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider)
Toni took her first yoga class in 2008 and received her 200-hour Vinyasa Yoga certification at Yoga Culture in Danbury in 2014. She then completed her 95-hour training with Holy Yoga and teamed up with Beverly Steiger to open Holy Yoga of Connecticut, LLC. She sees herself as a teacher offering yoga as a unique gift to each student, and a chance to have them draw closer to God. She has 2 certifications in chair yoga and is also trained to teach restorative yoga. In 2017, she completed the Holy Yoga Masters Program (300 hours) and has recently achieved her EYT-200 status, having taught 1,000 hours. Toni sees yoga as a source of calmness and peace, and it has taught her how to stay focused. The values she holds dear — nonviolence, truthfulness, integrity, moderation, kindness, compassion — are all values instilled in her as a child and embraced as a Secular Franciscan. Yoga deepens all these beliefs. She sees herself as a teacher offering yoga as a unique gift, and it can be anything the recipient wants it to be. She offers it with love, gratitude, generosity and a full heart. “Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love” — Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. Small things, great love — this is how she lives her life; this is how she lives her yoga.
Maryann Ness*, RYT-200, C-HYI 100 (*Certified Holy Yoga Instructor)
Maryann accepts that life is a constant process of growth and change and that we are all on this earth journey together. Retired from a career in special education and now teaching yoga, Maryann wishes to share her expertise in individualizing instruction according to specific needs. As a lifelong educator, Maryann is passionate about assisting others on this journey of wellness and contentment. She has always been drawn to helping individuals who are seeking emotional balance in the midst of life's challenges.
One of Maryann's greatest joys was being supervisor of special education at a large high school for many years. While in this role, she nurtured a vision of inclusion for ALL students. Maryann is still interested in helping ALL individuals support their bodies, hearts, minds and souls through the utilization of qualities that she believes are intrinsic in all of us. Maryann believes that the human race is not a competitive event and thus, strives to create a sense of community, caring and kindness in each and every yoga class that she guides. Join Maryann for a gentle and peaceful practice.
Kathleen Kelton, RYT-500 ( Bio coming soon)
Holly Adams, RYT- 200 ( Bio coming soon)
