Meet the yoga instructors

Dana Walters grew up in Richmond and attended Virginia Commonwealth University, where she graduated with honors, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Religion with a focus on Asian philosophical traditions. She has practiced yoga for over ten years and recently used its techniques to help rehabilitate herself following an accident in 2007. She enjoys greater flexibility, strength and balance as a result of practicing yoga and wants to impart those skills to her students. She especially enjoys the inner peace and sense of connection that the practice of yoga on and off the mat can provide. She is working towards her 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) certification through YogaFit and believes that anyone can practice yoga. Dana lives in Richmond with her husband Ben and her two dogs and enjoys working out, reading, cooking, gardening, and riding her scooter.

Bonnijean Boggess is an AFAA certified group exercise professional.  She began teaching aerobic dance while a student at James Madison University and has never stopped.  Always an avid dance exercise enthusiast, pregnancies and injuries forced her to pursue a lower-impact form of exercise and her love of yoga was born. Bonnijean has been leading yoga practices in the Richmond area since 2000.  She teaches at area YMCA locations, is part of the Owens + Minor Corporate fitness team and participates in the DCAC Fitness Professional Conference.  Her hatha style yoga classes are designed for "Every Body" including special populations.