ABOUT US
“Do you pay regular visits to yourself?” — Rumi
Saha Yoga is an intimate studio nestled in the heart of downtown Ballston Spa. Depending on the time of day, our studio is vibrant and energetic from sun shining in the windows or cozy and calm from the setting sun-it is always inviting, it is always peaceful.
We are a woman-owned studio, which means you are supporting a small, local business — the backbone of our communities.
In addition to our classes and workshops, our studio features a dedicated Restoration Room — a warm, inviting sanctuary designed for deep rest and renewal. A cozy fireplace glows softly as Himalayan salt lamps and candlelight create a gentle, calming ambiance.
Delight in softly scented lavender or eucalyptus eye pillows, warmed shoulder and neck wraps, and an infrared crystal (jade and tourmaline) heating pad designed to melt away tension and soothe the body.
This tranquil space is perfect for private sessions, sacred circles, meditation, journaling, or simply sharing a quiet cup of tea and meaningful conversation. Think soothing. Think calming. Think dreamy. An opportunity to truly exhale and find serenity.
Faculty
Compassion. Commitment. Community.
Leanne, Owner
Owner, RYT-200 Yoga Teacher
Leanne, the owner of Saha Yoga, has been practicing yoga for almost 30 years & has been teaching for six. Leanne is also a Certified Reiki Master and has specialty teaching certifications in the Yoga of 12 Step Recovery, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, & Kids Yoga. She is currently completing a Social Justice Yoga Training certification.
Leanne believes sound can be a powerful healer and has begun a deep dive into this area as well. She has completed the required training to utilize the peaceful and soothing Koshi Chimes in her practices. Leanne’s educational and professional background includes Addiction Counseling, Children’s Health & Development, and Management. She refers to herself as somewhat retired, which allows her time to spend with her fur babies, as well as to work part time as a Nanny. Leanne loves to bake and cook, listen to music, do puzzles, write poetry, and spend time with her family and friends. Leanne was raised with a love of the outdoors, especially the Adirondacks, so her favorite places tend to be where she can connect with nature and spirit. This also likely explains her obsession with shiny rocks, or crystals, which she surrounds herself with.
One of Leanne’s favorite yoga quotes is “We are all just walking each other home.” -by Baba Ram Dass
Leslie
RYT 200, Graduate of the Science of Happiness/Yale University online school
Leslie believes that "do more yoga" is the answer to most of life's questions and challenges. Yoga gives us the tools to center and quiet our minds, the means to explore our bodies and a general sense of connection to ourselves and our community.
Leslie's classes focus on building strength, increasing range of motion and playing with balance on our mats; so that we can better cope with life off of our mats. There will be many options and adaptations offered in class for the student to make their practice their own.
Leslie’s favorite T-shirt says "Yoga. Because punching people is frowned upon." She believes Yoga simply makes her a better human and looks forward to growing and laughing together on our mats!
Nyrelle
Yoga Teacher
Nyrelle is a Vinyasa trained yoga teacher who focuses on physical alignment and breath work to help quiet the mind. She received her certification from High Peaks Yoga out of Saratoga Springs, NY. Nyrelle is highly focused on teaching new and existing yogis as they establish their personal yoga practice. She believes in the power of a gentle focused flow that will help ease everyday stress and bring inner peace that radiates to the outside experience.
Shannon
RYT-200, Reiki 1 & 2
Shannon approaches yoga as a powerful tool that can help us to increase our awareness of the present moment and our place within it. In embracing the present moment we are able to release our anxiety and fear tied to the past and future, and access the power and agency that is available to all of us in each moment through breathing, asana and meditation practice. Shannon seeks to help students explore their own mind body connection, and awareness of the present moment with curiosity, playfulness, and embodied heart centered practice that allows us to take what we learn in class off the mat and into the rest of our lives.
Layne
RYT 200, Restorative Yoga Certification, Little Flower Yoga Children's Certification. Currently pursuing SOMATIC Awareness YOGA Attunement certification, part of a 500 hour RYT training.
Yoga has been a way of life for Layne since her teens. She has a deep reverence for yoga and is continually seeking to learn more and go deeper with her practice. She has been teaching yoga for over 15 years.
Layne believes that yoga allows for an undoing of physical and emotional patterns. Cultivating change and wisdom to let go of what no longer serves. You can expect an inviting, gentle class with Layne allowing you to feel into each pose.
Layne’s goal is to create an accessible yoga experience for bodies of all ages. Come explore, discover and connect to the uniqueness of your own body. She would be honored to have you in class, remembering it is yoga practice, not yoga perfect!
Julie
M. Ed, RYT 200
Julie has a background in Education, Social Work and Embodied Practices. She is a co-founder of C.R.E.A.T.E. Community Studios, a grassroots expressive and therapeutic arts not for profit whose mission is to make the arts accessible and affordable to all.
For the last 10 years, Julie has focused her training and practice on the impact of recent discoveries in neuroscience and somatic practices on the mind, body and soul’s ability to heal trauma through embodied awareness. She has trained with Dr. Ann Biasetti in yoga therapeutics, interoception and somatic awareness; received certification in Applied Polyvagal Theory in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery and is in the process of certification in Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT), a somatic trauma recovery protocol developed by researcher and trauma recovery practitioner Dr. Cynthia Price.
Julie is excited to share her experience and knowledge of the deeply healing connections between yoga and a healthy nervous system.
Karen
RYT 200, 300, Reiki Master
Karen is a talented and educated holistic health practitioner, whose modalities include yoga, massage therapy, and reiki. She has completed many certificates in yoga: including philosophy, functional vinyasa, pranayama, and asana sequencing.
Her niche is really yin yoga; she completed a 300-hr advanced course in 2022 specifically focused on yin practice and its other aspects such as meridians, diverse anatomy studies, and myofascial and fascial release. Yin yoga is a tranquil practice and a deep opening of the body based on the principles of traditional medicine. It is accessible to all skill levels and ages. Karen brings the joy of learning to her classes, sprinkling them with mindfulness, and breath awareness.
Jennifer V.
RYT 200, 300
Jennifer has a passionate belief in Yoga’s potential for creating and sustaining a life that has more ease, less struggle. Her teachings are drawn from her own experiences, knowledge of classical Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Tantra, and Ayurveda. She has been practicing Yoga for 22 years and has been sharing Yoga for the last 14. She completed her 200HR training in 2012 and her 300HR in 2016.
Yoga has had such a tremendous impact on her life. It has supported and sustained her through so many changes, transitions, challenges, and successes. It has helped her get on, and stay on a positive path in life and wellness. This is what drives her passion to share it with others.
Caitlin
Caitlin has been a yoga instructor for more than 10 years, recently specializing in pre-and post-natal yoga, while also teaching vinyasa flow, gentle yoga, ashtanga, and yoga for children. She has studied at the Samyak Yoga School in Mysore, India, where she received her 500 RYT certification, and undertook prenatal-focused training in 2017.
Caitlin believes that yoga should be accessible and adaptable for all bodies, and she continues to encourage her students to constantly listen to their bodies, honor what their bodies are saying, and to show up for their yoga practice exactly as they are that day.
Outside of teaching yoga, Caitlin is a mom to two amazing little girls, and has worked as a vegan baker and chef. She loves growing vegetables and flowers in her garden, and playing in the kitchen with her kids.
Jen S.
RYT 200, 300
Jen began her yoga journey in 2023 during a transformative sober women’s retreat in Bali. Inspired by the deep connection between mind, body, and spirit, she completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training in July 2024 and her 300-hour training in 2025 both in Bali at Mindful Bali , where she received extensive instruction in yoga philosophy and inclusive teaching methods.
As a certified holistic coach and Reiki practitioner, Jen brings a nurturing and integrative approach to her teaching, focusing on the whole person body, mind, and energy. She believes that yoga is for everybody in every body, her classes are welcoming, inclusive, and tailored to meet students wherever they are on their journey.
Outside of the studio, Jen is a passionate animal lover. She owns a dog grooming salon, works at a horse farm, and finds joy in connecting with animals in her daily life. Her holistic lifestyle and love for movement, mindfulness, and animals deeply inform her teaching style, making her classes both grounding and inspiring.
Jess
RYT 200, Reiki Master, Thai Yoga II, 3C Activation Coach, Health and Occupational Sciences, B.S.
Jessica believes that yoga is more than just asana. Alongside breathwork and sound modalities, we can quiet monkey mind and reset our nervous systems. Jessica enjoys spending time with Mother Nature and has led flows on hikes as a Hikerbabes ambassador. Finding the middle ground between effort and ease is just as important as taking a moment to breathe in fresh air every now and again. With a background in occupational therapy, Jessica believes that yoga should be accessible to all and can be done anywhere. Find your edge and allow yourself to take pauses when needed. As they say in the gym "True gains are made through rest."
Luna
Professional Astrologer & Trauma Informed Spiritual Life Coach
Luna is our resident witch with specialties in astrology, rituals, & tarot. She has been a member of the American Federation of Astrologers since 2020 & weaves astrological insight into all of her events. While Luna may hold two engineering degrees, explaining the laws of physics & how forces move our material world, she is much more passionate about metaphysical reality & the invisible forces that move our energetic & emotional world.
Luna is a certified spiritual life coach with an additional 60 hours in integrative somatic trauma therapy training. Over the past five years of hosting sacred circles, she has witnessed the profound healing that happens within & without when people have a safe space to embody & express their most authentic selves. The world is alive with Spirit & the more we tap into that, the more magical life becomes. Join one of Luna's monthly events to experience this magick firsthand.
Dali
Dali is a sound healer and musician dedicated to the reclamation of ancestral healing traditions. Drawing from her Taino roots, she weaves traditional rhythms and melodies into mindful and therapeutic yoga flows.
As a multi-instrumentalist and songstress, Dali uses sound as a "universal language of healing," facilitating immersive sound baths that honor the sacred directions and land-based wisdom of the Caribbean. Her classes are designed to be spiritually grounding and inclusive containers where participants can reconnect with their own lineage and inner truth.
Dali has experience teaching in the Capital Region since 2015 and has worked with children, teens, and adults. She also facilitates healing spaces for NYS teachers through the Greater Capital Region Teacher Center.
When she's not on the yoga mat, you can catch Dali directing her Choral and Theatre public school programs!
She is thrilled to lead a monthly Sacred Circle at Saha Yoga!
Andrea
CYT 200, Reiki 1, M.Ed.
Andrea believes yoga should be accessible to all and that there is no single “right way” to practice. Yoga is a tool for tuning into our emotions, strengthening the mind–body connection, and cultivating self-compassion.
With a background in special education, mental health counseling, and art, Andrea has spent over a decade supporting adolescents and adults in expressing themselves through creative embodiment. Her approach is inclusive, trauma-informed, and rooted in honoring each individual’s lived experience.
Andrea encourages a proactive and intuitive practice—doing what feels right for you, both on the mat and in daily life. For her, yoga is more than physical movement; it is a way of living with awareness, intention, and care.
As Aadil Palkhivala writes:
“True yoga is not about the shape of your body, but the shape of your life.
Yoga is not to be performed; it is to be lived.”