Yoga Teacher Training

Peggy Kelley

Peggy is a E-500 RYT and the founder of the Austin Yoga Institute. She began her study of Yoga in the late 60’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts, having since studied with Senior Yoga teachers in Europe, Canada, and the US. In India, Peggy has studied with B.K.S., Geeta, and Prashant Iyengar, and other Yoga masters.

She began teaching yoga in British Columbia over 30 years ago and has taught in Mexico, Europe, and the southwest United States. She was a founding member of the Iyengar Yoga Association of the US and served from 1990-1994.

She is certified to teach and to recommend teachers for certification. In addition to her yoga training, Peggy has studied insight Meditation with Rodney Smith and Ayurveda with Bri. Maya Tiwari, David Frawley and The American Institute of Ayurveda, where she received her certificate in 2003.

Krista Kamborian Baldini

Krista was internally driven towards yoga after 20 years in the corporate world. She began taking regular yoga classes in 1996.  After a few years of practice, Krista studied an an 800-hour Teacher Training Course in Mexico City with Herta Rogg at the Iyengar Yoga Center, and was then certified as an Iyengar Yoga Teacher.

Krista has extensive experience in teaching and she has helped students with injuries in the musculoskeletal system, pregnancies, chronic conditions.  She has taught children, adolescents, adults, senior citizens, private and public classes.  Krista had the great honor to teach a public class in Mexico City with 1,500 students in attendance.

In addition to teaching at Yoga Institute, Texcoco, State of Mexico,  she teaches private classes and workshops nationally and internationally. She leads a teacher training course (endorsed by AMYI) and is a mentor to students and teachers who want to continue in their professional development in the Iyengar style.

She is currently an IYENGAR ® certified yoga teacher at the current Level 2 and former level, Senior Intermediate  I ,in the method developed by Yogacharya BKS Iyengar, India.  In addition, Krista is certified as a Yoga Therapist by The International Association of Yoga Therapists, USA, since September 2017.

Krista continues her professional development by attending yoga workshops, intensives and courses with advanced senior international teachers in the Iyengar method. She regularly studies at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, (RIMYI), Pune, India, with Prashant Iyengar, Abhijata Sridar Iyengar and other teachers at the Institute.  She was fortunate to have also studied several times with the late Geeta Iyengar.

In her classes, she takes the students from the external to their internal being to a state of peace and tranquility.

Tess McGrath

Tess is a 200- RYT yoga instructor who studied with Peggy Kelley and completed her yoga teacher training in Costa Rica at the CR School of Yoga. She served first as a teaching assistant for the program. She teaches yoga classes at the massage school in Samara as well as to the local youth. Tess is also a licensed massage therapist who is passionate about body movement and leading an active life.

Tess is also the Director of Operations at CRSMT.  After graduating from Lehigh University, where she studied Accounting and Finance and was the captain of the women’s lacrosse team, Tess traveled extensively throughout the United States, New Zealand and Kenya for nearly a year and half. While in Kenya, she worked for a micro-finance organization helping to launch small businesses. Tess first came to Samara to work for Asociacion CREAR, a local non-profit organization, in June of 2012 as a continuation of her Master’s thesis work in Kenya. In December of 2012 she graduated from SUNY Albany with a Master’s Degree in Non-Profit Management and quickly returned to Samara to pick up where she left off.  In January of 2014 Tess joined the CRSMT team, excited and ready to put her unique set of skills to work. She is an integral part of the staff providing support to both instructors and students as they embark upon a new chapter of their lives. She also continues to work closely with CREAR as a program leader and board member. She is passionate about holistic living, traveling, and working with children. She also loves to be outdoors, hiking, playing soccer or surfing.