Our teachers are are the heartbeat of Half Moon Yoga.
They’re more than instructors- they’re the ones who greet you by name, hold space for your growth, and create the sense of belonging our community is known for. Each teacher brings their own unique wisdom, kindness, and personality, forming a family that you instantly feel a part of.
Lauren Bentley
Lauren is the owner of our Medina and Richfield locations- a 500 hour Trauma Certified Yoga Teacher and a 200 hour Mindfulness Teacher. She also has certifications in Access Bars, Gene Keys, Somatic Healing, Sound Healing, Breathwork, Reiki Master, Personal Training and Group Fitness Instruction.
Lauren has always loved the therapeutic benefits that movement offers and has used this idea of creating home in the body as her main focus for her work. Lauren offers a wide variety of classes like Hot Vinyasa, All levels, Restorative, Yin, Meditation and Sound Baths. She knows the importance of finding equal parts of pushing the body as well as resting the body. Lauren loves to help her students and clients heal their nervous systems, heal trauma and find safe and sacred space within.
You can access her wide variety of classes in studio along with private sessions where she uses Mindfulness Mentoring along with breath and movement for a more compassionate and gentle approach to healing. Lauren is also available for private access bar treatments, gene key readings, sound baths, breathwork and yoga.
Join Lauren in studio for a public class, for a private healing session, in our Yoga Teacher Training Programs or even on a destination yoga retreat!
Follow Lauren on Instagram @iamlaurenbentley.
Veronica Correa
Veronica is a dedicated yoga teacher with over a decade of personal practice and five years of teaching experience across various yoga styles. Her journey in the health and wellness industry has been enriching and she is passionate about guiding others towards empowerment, peace, and confidence on and off their yoga mats.
In addition to teaching yoga, Veronica facilitates cacao circles, creating sacred space for participants to connect deeply with themselves and the loving essence of their hearts. This practice is close to her heart and she cherishes the transformative experience it offers. Veronica incorporates sound bath and meditation into her offerings to promote optimal healing benefits and relaxation.
Veronica’s approach is rooted in positivity and a genuine desire to support others on their wellness journey. Wether you’re new to yoga or an experienced practitioner Veronica can assist you in achieving balance and holistic wellbeing.
Sam Grey
Sam Grey is a certified yoga teacher and personal trainer from Medina, OH. Practicing since 2010, teaching since 2018, and training since 2021, Sam brings a well-rounded and knowledgeable passion for movement rooted in reverence and fun. She brings energy, strength, and boldness to the mat and strength training, and a peaceful, nurturing safety and softness to meditation and gentle practices.
Beyond yoga and the gym, Sam enjoys time outdoors and sharing life with her three children and their cat, sipping black coffee, and serving the yoga community as the Vice President of Elevate Akron.
Keni Leigh Scherbinski
Originally from Michigan, Keni Leigh Scherbinski grew up camping, backpacking, hiking, swimming & kayaking in rivers and lakes, and has carried those passions into adulthood.
An avid cyclist and bikepacker, Keni Leigh finds joy in sharing her love for nature and outdoor hobbies with others. There is no place more healing than outside in Nature.
Keni Leigh has been practicing yoga at home since 2001, she was introduced to yoga by her older sister’s yoga books, and Mom’s yoga VHS tapes. It wasn’t until 2024 that Keni Leigh actually stepped foot in an actual yoga studio. Her first class was Hot yoga with Heather Dayton, and she fell in love with the energetic class setting.
Living in Medina, Keni Leigh then found HMY and immediately felt the supportive embrace of community.
Keni Leigh is a CYT 200, trained in under Lauren Bentley & Amber Netherton.
Keni Leigh is also certified in Shinrin Yoku (the art of Japanese Forest Therapy) and Reiki II both through SHINEakron trained under Cortney Martinelli.
Jacki Sullivan
Jacki has always loved helping others on their wellness journey – holding out a hand when needed so becoming an instructor was a perfect opportunity for her to put her love for others into action! She got her 200hr RYT in March of ‘24 which was trauma informed. In addition also has a certification in sculpt and Reiki II. Through yoga, she is able to tap into strengths and weaknesses to embody and embrace the power within herself.
Jacki has always believed that movement is medicine, but there is beauty in the silent, still moments of life too. Yoga has brought her inward to see there is way more to yoga than meets the eye! The community, clarity, and pure bliss she has found, not only in herself, but all around has made her appreciate living in a whole different way! Yoga has shown her that when you go inward and practice what you perch to be your true authentic self, you become unstoppable, limitless, and shine pure love/compassion.
Lisa Turner
For as long as I can remember, I have loved bodies in motion. As a young girl, it manifested itself in ballet, studying under two exceptional teachers, Marguerite Duncan and Nancy Arcury of the North Coast Ballet Company (formerly known as The Cleveland Civic Ballet Company, Cleveland’s first professional ballet company). Yoga found me years after dancing had ended. I knew I had an inner calling but was unaware as to what was calling me. Yoga finds most of us when we are in need of change and transformation and I was no different. When I stepped into my first yoga class with Jane Ruddy, I knew life had set a new path in motion. I studied with Jane for a few years building the foundation of my yoga practice. But it was a move to Medina and finding Joanie Andrews of Half Moon Yoga that elevated my practice to new depths of awareness, philosophy and brought new challenges to my physical practice. On and off the mat my practice has flourished over the last several years at Half Moon. As a born seeker, I constantly strive to expand my knowledge and learn. The Russian Ballet technique ingrained as a dancer carries over into my individual yoga practice and teaching. I aspire to bring awareness to alignment, breath, musicality, and sequencing in each class. As an avid astrologer and student of astrology, my classes mirror the energy of the cosmos while rocking out to music ranging from: Zen, Classical, Oldies, Disco, Pop, Rock and Alternative Artists.
Follow Lisa @astroyogi_cle.
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