Karma Crew

Susanne Brooks has been practicing yoga for 25 years. She has been on staff for about 2 years (pre- and post- pandemic). When she moved to Anne Arundel County, the first place that caught her eye was Crofton Yoga. Since that time, she has been blessed to practice Prenatal yoga at the studio. Her son now practices yoga at the Kids Yoga Classes whenever possible. In addition to yoga and meditation, she enjoys hiking outdoors, amusement parks, and traveling.

Annie is a newer client of Crofton Yoga (as of 2023), but has been practicing yoga on and off since her 20s. While she enjoys several different types of movement, Annie finds that yoga brings a peace like none other — something she very much strives for.  Outside of the studio, she’s an English Professor at Prince George’s Community College and a mamma to a spunky, little girl.  

Liz has been practicing yoga since 2019. During the pandemic, yoga became her retreat of peace and calming, as well as a way to build strength despite her own physical limitations. Liz especially enjoys learning more about meditation in her time at Crofton Yoga. She loves that there are so many options in the studio, so she can choose each week what her body/soul/mind needs that moment! Liz spends her free time, preferably by a body of water, with her husband, 5 kids, and 2 pups.

Marie has been practicing yoga for years, completing YTT to deepen her practice. Yoga has helped Marie learn presence and she is grateful for the peace yoga brings into her life.

   Yoga has been helping to keep Jean Santiago sane and running for nearly 10 years, almost all those           years at Crofton Yoga. She believes all yoga is good yoga and likes to try different styles and levels. In         her spare time you can find her hanging out with her kids and hounds, working in the garden, or                 reading a good mystery. She womans the desk most Saturday mornings and then rolls into Aimee’s           class for a great start to her weekend.

Laurie has been practicing yoga at Crofton Yoga  off and on for many years but in earnest since 2021- shortly before she retired from a long career in mental health care services. Yoga has been very helpful to Laurie as she recovered from overload burnout, especially tuning into her own body, finding the inner calm and peace there, and going inside. She is now very interested in the connection between yoga and trauma recovery and will begin this next chapter in her yoga journey with 200 hour YTT training in the fall. Yoga therapy and yoga for children and adolescents are also ares Laurie is interested in.

Laurie also loves riding horses, fused glass, road cycling, Pickleball, baking, reading and spending time with her her husband and 3 adult children.

    Sharon Wanamaker is an active Crofton community member who has been practicing yoga for 6 years,      all at Crofton Yoga. Sharon regularly takes Emily’s class, and also is the studio’s Babysitter Coordinator.      You can find Sharon at the desk on Wednesday evenings. For information on how you can earn a free        class by babysitting, please contact Sharon at babysitting@croftonyoga.com