Marianne is a long-term Crofton Yoga student.  She has four adult children (three sons and one daughter, where the youngest three are a set of triplets, two identical boys and a girl) and came to yoga after they all started college.  She continues to work full time as a patent examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, part of the Department of Commerce.  She reviews applications for inventions in biotechnology.  Her academic background is in chemistry and neurobiology.  She enjoys hiking and reading, and she also volunteers as an usher for Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.  She believes in the value of yoga for physical, mental, and spiritual health.

CO-TREASURER

Jennifer is a long-time Crofton Yoga student who worked in the banking industry for 15 years. After retiring, she has offered her time on multiple local Boards serving the PTA and a local swim club as their Treasurer. Jennifer is an avid volunteer - weekly at a local elementary school and as needed at her daughter's high school functions. She came to Yoga about 10 years ago to start her self-care journey.

BOARD SECRETARY | RYT 500

Marybeth brings with her more than 26 years as part of the federal prison system, a career that taught her that all people have value, sometimes you just have to look deeper and see differently. She came to yoga to adjust to her changing physical abilities and completed her 500-hour certification and yoga therapy training through the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts. She has been an IAYT certified Yoga Therapist (retired) and thoroughly believes yoga is a path to healing.

Marybeth has served the PK community for many years with her steady, strong wisdom as a Board Member, Committee Member and volunteer extraordinaire.

BOARD PRESIDENT | E-RYT 500, RCYT, YACEP

Emily is a seasoned yoga educator, teacher trainer, and community leader with over 20 years of experience helping people connect more deeply with their bodies, breath, and purpose.

Emily co-developed several continuing education programs for PK’s advanced training, including The Science and Art of Assisting Skillfully and Musculoskeletal Assessment—both designed to help teachers grow in confidence and skill.

A recognized leader in children’s yoga, Emily founded the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts’ 95-hour Children’s Yoga Teacher Training, along with three additional 20-hour specialty courses.

Over the years, Emily has served PK as Interim Executive Director and Board member.

BOARD MEMBER | RYT 200

Katie began practicing yoga at Whole Body Yoga Studio in North Wales, Pa during the time of Covid to help with those stressful times. Here she experienced a strong spiritual and yoga connection thanks to the Pranakriya trained teachers. This left her wanting to learn even more to further her practice and share it with others. She completed her 200 YTT with Pranakriya in 2022 and continues to work towards her 500 hours.

Combining her love of yoga with her elementary teaching experience and youth coaching background, she has been able to share her knowledge and excitement of yoga with youth and high school athletic teams, as well as, teaching kids, family and adult yoga. Her goal is to make yoga accessible to people of all ages and abilities because everyone deserves a little peace and love in their lives.

BOARD MEMBER | E-RYT 500, IAYT, LMT, CST, YACEP

Shelbi completed her 200-hour yoga training in the Kripalu and Pranakriya traditions and her 500-hour in the Pranakriya tradition with a focus in Yoga Therapy. She created and has led the Client Relationship: Cultivating Intuitive Presence and Boundaries program, and the Teaching Restorative Yoga Program for the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts.

As a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT), Shelbi brings over 20 years of training and experience in private practice to her Craniosacral therapy (CST), medical intuition and distance energy healing sessions. Shelbi is a Certified Yoga Therapist through IAYT and is the former co-owner of Crofton Yoga.  She is the Curriculum Committee Chair for Pranakriya and has been on the Board since 2021.

CO-TREASURER | E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, YACEP

Kimberly is certified at the 200-hour level through both Kripalu and the Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts. She also holds her 500-hour and 500-hour Yoga Therapy certifications through Pranakriya. Additionally, Kimberly is a Thai yoga practitioner, yoga therapist and reflexologist. She is a Program Director for Pranakriya’s 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training program and for the Teaching Restorative Yoga program at the 300-hour level.

Kimberly believes that yoga can heal the body from the inside out and is a necessary component to any fitness goal, and life. After suffering from bouts of depression most of her life, Kimberly began to practice yoga in 1992. Realizing that when yoga was part of her everyday routine, she was able to see things in a positive way and as a result had more energy, felt alive and was able to face whatever challenge life brings. Kim has a passion for knowledge that led her to teaching, but she will always be a student first.

Kim is the owner of Crofton Yoga, and is part of Pranakriya’s 200-hour subcommittee. She also serves as a mentor for a Director-in-Training for the 200-hour YTT.