Imani Smith

Imani Smith is a Detroit native who grew up on the westside of Detroit. She started practicing yoga in 2012 and has been teaching since 2014. She found the practice when she saw a job listing for a studio host and thought it would be a perfect way to make extra cash while in college. At that time she didn’t know it would lead to a forever journey in yoga. She was soon encouraged by the owner to sign up for teacher training and ever since has dedicated a chunk of her life to guiding students through their practice.
Imani’s style of teaching is described as challenging with lots of support and grace. She likes to play around with fun and spicy transitions that are still rooted in authenticity. With accessibility as her foundation, she makes sure to encourage her students with modifications and props.

“My only ask is that you show up in your authentic bodies” is her main affirmation to her students, she feels that yoga should be accessible and if students can feel that when they leave their mat, she's staying true to her journey as a teacher.

Rebecca Wolf

Rebecca (Becs) Wolf is a yogi, mama, travel lover, and house plant enthusiast (though she's still working on keeping them all alive). She’s a 200-hour certified yoga teacher with additional training in prenatal yoga. With over a decade of personal practice and teaching since 2017, Becs brings a grounded approach to her classes, creating space for connection, growth, and self-discovery.
She found her way into yoga much like many others: feeling lost and searching for something outside of herself, only to discover—through yoga—that what she was seeking had been within her all along.
For Becs, yoga has been a journey of connection—body, mind, and soul—helping her feel united with others and the universe by stripping away the excess and uncovering the essence of what brings us together. Her true desire is that students leave her class with a deeper connection to themselves, feeling recharged, seen, and worthy.

Dana Johnson

Dana began practicing yoga in 2014 as a means to relieve stress, increase body awareness, and clear the mind. Since then, yoga has been a consistent teacher in her life both on and off the mat.
Students can expect a breath-centered and carefully paced experience that encourages inward awareness. Dana’s classes are thoughtfully themed and intentionally sequenced with energetic intent at the heart of each class plan. Pranayama is emphasized in every class and subtle body concepts like the chakras and bandhas are often instructed to encourage accessible, practical application.
Dana has been practicing for more than a decade and teaching since she completed her 200-hr YTT at aUM Yoga Ann Arbor in 2018. She’s since completed hundreds of hours of additional training, workshops, and studies in topics including yin yoga, sequencing, and hands on assists. In 2022, she completed a 50-hr mentorship at Detroit Yoga Lab. In 2024, she completed a 5-month 1:1 personalized continuing education training with Jim Bennitt and James Tennant focused on philosophy, pranayama, Ayurveda, chakra, bandha, and mudra.
Dana’s teaching mission is to create a supportive environment where students feel cared for, empowered to listen to their bodies, and encouraged to tap into their own inner wisdom. She strives to offer practical insight to guide students in their yoga journey, and to recognize yoga not simply as something we ‘do’ for 1-hour blocks, but as a way of intentional living.

Rebecca Murawski

Rebecca is a skilled, compassionate, and dynamic yoga teacher with over 13 years of experience and currently serves as lead instructor at Detroit Yoga Lab. For her, yoga is more than a physical practice—it’s a sanctuary for exploring the everyday struggles and complexities of being human. This deep, personal connection infuses her teaching with authenticity and heart. Her classes are creative, intuitive, lovingly challenging, and thoughtfully designed to support both physical growth and personal reflection.
Rebecca fosters a supportive, inclusive space where every student feels seen and valued—no matter their experience or how messy their journey may feel. Her thoughtful sequencing and compassionate guidance invite students to meet themselves just as they are. Students often leave her classes feeling grounded, renewed, and inspired—more deeply connected to their bodies, their inner wisdom, and the infinite potential within.
Join Rebecca with a curious heart and discover how yoga can nourish the way you move, live, and grow–on and off the mat.

Paty Hinojosa

Paty Hinojosa, a yoga instructor since 2020, first came to yoga in search of stress relief—but what she found was something far deeper. What she discovered was that the practice of yoga embodied the essence of life’s journey. Since then, yoga has helped Paty foster her confidence and taught her to embrace failure and persist, despite setbacks.
Inspired by her own experiences, Paty entered teaching to share the benefits she’s gained with others. She infuses her class sequences with intentionality and weaves themes that connect students with the practice on the mat and beyond.
She strives to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. Throughout her classes, she provides a great music playlist and offers pose variations to support students of all levels. Her goal is to connect with students and guide them on their yoga journey, wherever they may be.

Charles Rodgers

Charles is a yoga teacher who began his journey in 2018, practicing on his own and learning from experienced instructors. He fell more deeply in love with yoga while navigating the COVID pandemic as a first responder—a time of stillness, reflection, and self-care. His yoga practice became a source of strength and clarity, marking the beginning of an incredible path that led to his certification as a yoga instructor in 2022 at Detroit Yoga Lab.
Charles’ classes offer people from diverse backgrounds a shared space to pause, connect, and find relief from the demands and chaos of everyday life. His “why” is his students—he wants them to understand, feel, and be fully present in the moment, in their own space, on their mat, discovering who they are. His empathy, love, respect, and unwavering passion for creating meaningful experiences offer a well-rounded journey for every student who steps into his class.

Margaux Forster

Margaux Forster (she/her) is a 200-hour certified yoga teacher with over a decade of personal practice and nearly two years of teaching experience. She has also completed additional training in trauma-informed yoga and Yin yoga, which continue to shape her approach to holding space with care, presence, and purpose.
Margaux’s classes are approachable, intentional, and grounding—inviting students to slow down, connect with their breath, and move with awareness and autonomy. She believes yoga is a powerful resource for supporting mental and emotional well-being, building resilience, and preventing burnout. Whether you're looking to reconnect with yourself, find steadiness in your week, or simply breathe a little deeper, her hope is that you feel seen, supported, and at home on your mat.

Tim Clark

Tim Clark is a martial artist and yoga instructor with over twenty years of experience. His classes are known for their unique presentation of dynamic movement, creative sequencing and spiritual messaging. Influenced by the ancient yogi Krishnamacharya, Tim believes in the importance of adapting a yoga practice to the student’s individual needs and capabilities while still promoting their growth and holistic development.
Tim’s classes, intentionally casual and care free, provide students the space to unconsciously relax, reflect and restore. Tim feels every yoga class is an opportunity for the student, as well as the instructor, to immerse themselves in healing and wellness.

Erin Smith

Erin Smith started practicing yoga in 2005 as a healing practice from an injury. She quickly fell in love with the practice and took the journey to become a teacher. Over the last 15 years, Erin has developed a knack for teaching students of all different levels and making all classes and poses accessible to all bodies. You can expect Erin’s classes to be smartly sequenced, accessible to all levels, and a bit light hearted.
Erin travels for work and, therefore, gets to practice yoga around the globe. This extensive experience allows her to weave her studies from around the country into an eclectic blend of Prana Flow, vinyasa, power yoga, and yin! Recently, Erin has focused her skills on the more restorative, softer side of yoga, and enjoys leading students through restorative and yin yoga. She takes it as a compliment when students fall asleep in her classes with her soothing cues.
No matter what class you try of Erin's, she will make you feel comfortable and welcomed!

Kelsey Zinzi

Kelsey Zinzi is an E-RYT 200 and is currently enrolled in her 300 hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training. She has been a yoga teacher since 2017 but first and foremost a student of the practice since 2013. Kelsey co-leads the Elevate & Embody Mentorship Program at DYL — encouraging teachers to confidently lead from an authentic place has brought a new sense of purpose to her own teaching journey.
She would describe her teaching style as empowering, immersive, and grounding. The tone of her class is inclusive and gentle, yet precise no matter what style of yoga she is teaching.
Kelsey hopes to help students see that the practice of yoga can be used as a tool to navigate and express our physical, emotional, and energetic individualities while also connecting us to a whole community. Weaving these pillars of yoga is important to her as she aims for students to step off of their mats feeling safe to be themselves, open-hearted, and centered.

Rebecca Mennen

Rebecca Mennen is a seasoned yoga instructor with over 15 years of guiding students toward connection and alignment. Rebecca fosters safe and welcoming spaces where students can explore both their strengths and softness.
Rebecca came to yoga after ending a toxic relationship—a friend suggested it as a way to detox and heal. She arrived feeling broken, wounded, and barely hanging on. Through the practice, she discovered a path back to herself. Rebecca left each class more empowered, more grounded, and more connected to her inner strength. Yoga didn’t just help her recover; it transformed her. It became her elixir for healing, for growth, and for life.
Known for her grounded presence and playful spirit, Rebecca inspires students to tune in, slow down, and reconnect with their inner wisdom. Whether she’s leading a class, retreat, or workshop, Rebecca’s work emphasizes authenticity, embodiment, and growth.
Beyond the mat, she’s a lover of nature, seeks adventure, and is an avid reader and gardener.

Alexa Busnot Marchio

Alexa Busnot Marchio is the studio manager of Detroit Yoga Lab and a passionate yoga teacher. Her teaching style blends playful, creative sequencing with grounded mindfulness and honest, straightforward guidance. With a background that includes training in prenatal yoga, trauma-informed practices, and Yin Yoga, Alexa creates spaces where students can explore movement, breath, and stillness with curiosity rather than pressure. Her classes are an antidote to the constant chatter of the mind; encouraging students to get out of their heads and into their bodies, to laugh when they stumble, and to find joy in being fully human.
Since beginning her teaching journey in 2020, Alexa has developed a strong passion for supporting others on their path, co-leading a mentorship program for new yoga teachers to help them find their voice and confidence. Her relationship with the practice began in her teens but became a lifeline during one of the hardest seasons of her life, offering her a path to self-love, community, and trust. She teaches from that place of knowing; offering guidance rooted in lived experience and the belief that yoga can meet you exactly where you are.

Samantha Sills

I am Sam! I have been practicing yoga for almost 20 years and have been teaching for 6. I started practicing yoga while in high school as a recovery tool for rowing and it quickly became a great way for me to find some peace. I have continued to use yoga as a recovery tool for sports and I credit my longevity in competitive and recreational sports to yoga.
I completed my teacher training in Rishikesh, India and that gave my practice the depth it needed. I am grateful for the 7 limbs of yoga and the balance they have given me in my life. I am also grateful that I get to share my practice with others. I went to school to be a teacher and now work in higher education and am grateful for these skills that I now transfer to teaching yoga.
I look forward to practicing with you!

Lisa Ronzello

Lisa began her yoga journey in 2020 with a 200-hour teacher training at Zen Yoga Garage in Chicago. After moving back home to Detroit in 2022, she found her way to Detroit Yoga Lab and felt inspired to deepen her practice by completing a second 200-hour training. With each step on this path, Lisa has discovered more peace, acceptance, and connection—within herself and in community—and she’s passionate about sharing that with others.
Her classes are breath-focused and playful, blending moments of vigorous movement with space for softness and stillness. Lisa invites students move intentionally, and meet themselves just as they are. She has a deep love for the way music shapes the energy of a class—offering grounding quiet in yin or a driving rhythm to carry breath and movement in vinyasa.
Lisa teaches from the heart, with a supportive space where students can reset, reconnect, and leave feeling lighter—in body, mind, and spirit.

Argy Selman

hi, beautiful people — my name is Argy + my yoga journey started right here at DYL! i’ve been teaching for 3 years + i’m honored to be back at my home studio with you all. my teachings are a delicate blend of strength, balance + breath. i cannot wait to flow together!

Gabbie Gordon

Gabbie Gordon began her yoga journey in 2015, but it wasn’t until the pandemic that she realized how vital yoga had become in maintaining not only her physical health, but also her mental and emotional wellbeing. This discovery ignited a passion for yoga and a desire to help others find their way to the lessons of self-love and acceptance yoga teaches. Gabbie understands firsthand that it can take time to find a personal groove and discover the peace in a practice of maintenance, so she often likes to remind her students that “Yoga is a journey, not a destination.”
Through mindful transitions, intentional sequencing, and an earnest compassion for each of her students, Gabbie offers grounding, actionable cues to empower students wherever they may be on their yoga journey. She encourages the exploration of individual authenticity by removing the pressure of expectation, and always finding space for grace. She cultivates openness, encouraging students to share in the joy of breath and movement, connecting to one another in community, and discovering opportunities to turn inward, to reflect, to question, and to shift perspective.

Roja Mullins

I was introduced to somatic movement practices while studying dance at Interlochen Arts Academy in 2016. Yoga became a fundamental conditioning practice to supplement my dance training throughout high school and college. Then, in my final year of college at Wayne State I felt an intense urge to deepen my knowledge of yogic teachings and philosophy. That’s when I was called to take Naomi Gold’s Yoga Teacher Training here at DYL where yoga became much more of a spiritual, meditative practice for me beyond a physical one. This is the experience I would like to share as I enter my journey of teaching yoga. To give everyone who enters my class a chance to connect with themselves more deeply, and in doing so deepening their connection with the world around them. A goal of mine is to make this practice more accessible to people from all backgrounds and walks of life. Everyone deserves to breathe and move their bodies. Movement is life! Breath is life <3

Markie Mullins

Markie is a yoga teacher, astrologer, wellness retreats leader. What started as a casual yoga practice in a tiny NYC apartment led to a decade of self-discovery and growth. Her journey through grief reshaped her focus, inspiring her to live unapologetically and embrace the importance of mental and physical health - a mission she shares with warmth and wisdom. She is passionate about helping others find compassion for themselves and their life experiences through conscious movement, learning about their birth charts, intentional conversations with their communities, and mindfulness practices. Through her classes and other work, she weaves community, mindful movement, and cosmic insight to empower others to nurture body, mind, and soul. Connect with Markie through Instagram @sukhabymarkie to stay up to date on her upcoming workshops, classes, and retreats.

Dana Hafer | Studio Director

Dana Hafer is the force behind Detroit Yoga Lab. As owner and studio director, she leads with a deep-rooted commitment to trauma-informed care, nervous system regulation, and disrupting the performative culture often found in modern yoga spaces. With over 25 years of vinyasa-based practice, Dana brings the wisdom of longevity and personal transformation to everything she creates.
A lifelong athlete, Dana is fiercely passionate about weightlifting, women’s health, and the exploration of nontraditional healing modalities. Her approach to wellness blends movement science, somatic awareness, and yoga philosophy.
Dana has trained in somatics, trauma-informed yoga, and sound healing modalities that shape both the studio’s ethos and its offerings. While she currently does not teach classes, she is the creative and strategic engine behind Detroit Yoga Lab.
Detroit Yoga Lab is Dana’s unapologetic vision: a fiercely inclusive, prop-positive, bullshit-free space where students drop the performance and reclaim their power.