Our Instructors
Get to Know the People Who Bring Airmid to Life!
Sarah Smith
Director of Operations & Wellness | Meditation Instructor Facilitator
Sarah is a holistic practitioner and within her Director role, she curates intentional programming and fosters meaningful community experiences. She blends her background in marketing, event planning, and studio operations to support a grounded and accessible wellness space.
Sarah is a Certified Medicinal Herbalist, Flower Essence Therapy Practitioner, Reiki Usui Practitioner, and Integrative Energy Therapy Practitioner. She has also completed a three-year aprenticeship in women’s space holding and the Rose Priestess lineage, which deeply informs her trauma-aware, heart-centered approach.
Sarah facilitates meditation classes, women’s circles, and workshops that support emotional well-being, embodiment, and connection, guiding others back to themselves through intentional and integrative practices.
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Juli Eckmeier
Studio Manager | Yoga Instructor
E-RYT500, YACEP, PRYT
Juli believes that yoga is for every body. As both a Teacher and the Studio Manager, she’s often the first friendly face you’ll see when you arrive. She specializes in making yoga accessible to all, beginners, children, seniors, and those with special needs.
A practitioner since her teens, Juli’s journey supported her through pregnancy, motherhood, and recovery from a car accident that reshaped her approach toward the body’s innate strength and nervous system regulation. Her classes blend movement, art, and music, guiding students toward resilience, not just flexibility.
Currently studying Yoga Therapy, Juli is certified in prenatal, children’s, and chair yoga, with advanced training in trauma-informed care, grief, and S.A.F.E. yoga for conditions like osteoporosis, scoliosis, and hypermobility. When she’s not teaching, she’s at the front desk helping you feel at home in the studio.
Julia Dank
Yoga Instructor
As a Certified 200hr Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher, Chair Yoga Teacher, and Sound Healing + Reiki Practitioner, Julia offers a ceremonial and intentional approach to her classes integrate all layers of the Self; Body, Mind, and Soul. With a Trauma-Informed background, Julia focuses on creating classes that are accessible and centered around one’s individual and unique practice, where you are always your own best guide on your mat.
Jennifer Gilbert
Yoga Instructor
Jennifer Gilbert is a certified yoga instructor and meditation teacher whose passion is creating spaces where people can slow down, reconnect, and experience the healing power of yoga. Her teaching is grounded in Hatha and Ashtanga yoga, while drawing from a blend of Yin, Restorative, Viniyoga, Chair Yoga, Yoga Nidra, breathwork, meditation, and trauma-informed practices. She believes every body is unique and encourages students to honor where they are each day.
Jennifer facilitates yoga and mindfulness programs in mental health and recovery settings. Her compassionate, trauma-informed approach welcomes students of all levels, using movement, breath, and meditation to reduce stress, build resilience, and foster greater self-awareness.
Outside the studio, Jennifer enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, gardening, and exploring nature. With a background in landscape architecture and sustainable business, design and yoga have become her greatest passions. She believes healing begins by slowing down, breathing deeply, and embracing the present moment.
Carol Garner
Yoga Instructor
Carol's classes range from Neurogenic yoga, gentle flow, beginner to intermediate levels, with modifications and challenges for all to explore. Swimming, reading, long walks in nature, and getting in touch with her spirituality are outside interests that Carol enjoys.
Gail Rowan
Yoga Instructor
Gail has been happily practicing for about 20 years. She is a special education teacher in the Northern Burlington School District in New Jersey and is currently teaching sixth grade. However, she has taught preschool up until the eighth grade.
Jen Leary
Yoga Instructor
Jen is a certified 200-hour Yoga Instructor, Yoga Kids instructor, Chair Yoga Instructor, and Yin Yoga Instructor. She has been practicing yoga as a student for 20 years and brings this long love affair with yoga and mindfulness into her teaching style.
Justin Ballasy
Somatic Movement Instructor
Justin's passion for movement began at age four with tap dance. He continued his journey at Muhlenberg College, earning a B.A. in dance, choreography, education, and kinesiology. Now, he shares the healing power of meditation, mindfulness, and intentional movement. His goal is to raise awareness in both students and peers about how movement affects the body and mind.
Margo Langlotz
Yoga Instructor
Margo has been called to the healing space since 1999. She graduated from The Center of Human Integration Therapy as a massage therapist and Reiki practitioner. Ever curious about holistic healing, she has been practicing yoga for over thirty years, entering YTT back in 2020 and graduating with a 200-hour program from Nourishing Storm. Her Yoga and Mindfulness meditation classes are both inspiring and deeply transformative.
David Vanadia
Tai Chi & Qi Gong Instructor
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Lydia Langlotz
Yoga Substitute
When Lydia is not working as an Esthetician, she steps in the substitute!