Teachers
Khristine Jones
Khristine is a longtime practitioner of yoga and meditation, rooted in the teachings of India and informed by the lineages of Bhakti Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, and Vedic philosophy. She teaches from a place of tradition, with a rare ability to meet each student exactly where they are—offering accessibility, humor, and deep reverence for the practices. Khristine believes that teaching yoga is an honor and a privilege, and she holds her work in dedication to the liberation of all beings.
Khristine found yoga in 2006 while working as a social worker and experiencing burnout. Through practice, she discovered profound tools for self-care, insight, and awareness that transformed not only her life on the mat, but how she could show up in service to others. Yoga continues to support her physically, mentally, and spiritually, offering a pathway toward deeper connection with herself, her community, and the world at large.
In 2010, Khristine founded Yoga Punx, a donation-based yoga program in the Bay Area created to serve communities that might not otherwise seek out yoga. What began as a grassroots offering has since grown into an international movement. In 2011, she began traveling regularly to Mysore, India to study Ashtanga Yoga with Sharath Jois at the Ashtanga Institute, and in 2015 she was authorized to teach the Ashtanga Method.
The practice of yoga has profoundly transformed Khristine’s life, and she teaches from that lived experience. She is deeply committed to remaining a student first and honors the teachers who have transmitted these sacred teachings to her, including Sharath Jois, Devorah Sacks, Steve Dwelly, Stephanie Snyder, and Kaya Mindlin.
Khristine and her husband, Bhava, opened 9th Limb Yoga in 2017 as a space to share their love of yoga, practice, and teaching with the Morro Bay community. Rooted in tradition and accessibility, the shala reflects their shared devotion to yoga as a living practice.
Khristine is also an herbalist, hiker, traveler, and nature lover. She lives in Morro Bay, California with her husband, Bhava, and their cat, Pacho.
Bhava Das
Bhava Das began piercing in 1997, and through both receiving and offering piercing, he developed a deep interest in meditation and inner inquiry. In 2000, he opened Inr. Energy Body Piercing in partnership with Eddy Castro. Shortly thereafter, just down the street from the shop, he discovered The Shiva Center for Yoga & Ayurveda—where he met his guru, Kali Ma.
Bhava lived and practiced within his guru’s community for seven years, immersing himself in asana, pranayama, meditation, and the art of teaching. This period of devotional study and daily practice continues to inform both his personal life and the way he shares yoga.
Bhava’s classes are a mellow, spinal-based Hatha practice, weaving together subtle asana, breathwork, and meditation to support regulation, awareness, and inner stillness. He is currently a tattooer and the co-owner of 9th Limb Yoga Shala with his wife, Khristine.
Maddie Feron
Maddie is a devoted practitioner of yoga with a deep love for learning. What began as genuine curiosity for movement and breath gently unfolded into a journey of self-healing and inner peace. Through practice, she came to experience yoga as a pathway to presence and connection with the subtle body. Her studies have expanded into the healing arts through training in Usui Reiki Ryoho and traditional Thai Yoga Massage.
After completing her 200-hour YTT with Javiera Palacios and Haylee Burton in the mountains of North Bali, she was inspired to serve as a karma yogi, offering donation-based classes. Maddie teaches with humility and reverence, creating a warm, supportive container for uplifting pranayama, mindful movement, and grounding spiritual practice, inviting every person, in every body, to return to the heart with curiosity and loving awareness.
Amber Black
Amber is humbly and foremost a student of yoga and a product of those who came before her. She aims to create a space that invites curiosity and presence in the moment through breath and conscious movement. The practice has a way of unearthing deep knowledge about the self that extends far beyond the mat, and she hopes to foster some of that inquiry
during her guided classes.
Amber's asana classes incorporate slower, intentional movement, taking time to find stillness and cultivate a clear container through which prana can move. Students are encouraged to become observers of their bodies and minds' unique tendencies and apply that knowledge to their practice accordingly.
Amber has been fortunate and incredibly privileged to be on this path and hopes to continue onward, forever learning from others and herself with humility, compassion, and gratitude.
Caroline Smith
Caroline began her yoga practice in 2012 when a childhood friend brought her to a lavender-infused slow Vinyasa flow. An avid mover since her childhood (like so many of us!), she was enchanted to find a place to move creatively & intuitively as a young teenager. Caroline went on to complete her 200 Hour RYT in Boulder, Colorado in Spring 2016. From there, she taught back porch classes at her childhood home before expanding into studio & retreat teaching. During the Summer of 2018, Caroline immersed herself in her Yin practice through a RYT program with Yin Culture in Canggu, Bali. The teachings of Sarah Powers & her lineage were handed down to her by way of Nik Robson & Aimee Stevens, with the Prana Vayus (Winds of the body) woven in throughout.
Throughout the first half of her twenties, she worked & studied with Heather Briann of Altar Movement Studio on San Juan Island in Washington state.
Seeking a bit more expansion & play, Caroline now lives on the Central Coast & is glad to call Los Osos home. Her teachings weave natural breath with a subtle sense of connection to land, human & beyond kin, the turning tides & seasons, & the practice as a whole. In her Yin classes, you’ll be encouraged to meet stillness like an old, dear friend & let it hold you amidst silence & gentle sensing of self & all your layers. In her Vinyasa/Flow classes, creative movement as your body asks & a general sense of open curiosity for your practice & self are welcome.
David Sirgany
David has been an ardent practitioner of Iyengar Yoga for over 35 years. He studied directly with B.K.S. Iyengar and the Iyengar family during numerous training intensives in India, and he’s been teaching nationally and internationally for the past 25 years.
His work draws from deep roots in Vipassana meditation, Shintaido (a Japanese somatic art), and over two decades of experience as a bodyworker and somatic educator.
Ana-Mari Hamada
Ana-Mari is a Central Coast native with ancestral roots in Asia, Latin America, and Europe. She is a Certified Iyengar Teacher with nearly 30 years of daily personal practice, 18 years of formal training in the Vedic arts, and a lifelong connection to Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism.
She holds a powerful vision of yoga as a profound yet practical discipline — helping students meet life with attention, care, creativity, and joy.
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