Hannah Dodson
Studio Owner — Originally from northern California, Hannah studied the social sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. She married a USAF fighter pilot, moved to South Carolina, and graduated from the USC School of Law. Hannah was a practicing attorney for several years before starting a family, and finally made Charleston her home in 2003. She loves living here with her husband and four children.
A long-time running/spinning/tennis cardio junkie, Hannah went to her first Bikram class on the suggestion of a friend. Having attended several other types of yoga classes, Bikram was the first yoga class that satisfied her necessary “intense workout” component–in fact, she was “blown away.” Hannah spent the next year logging as much time in the hot room as possible, and now she practices almost daily. Although she still loves the difficulty of the workout, Hannah feels that the transcendence of mind is Bikram Yoga’s true jewel. In Standing Head to Knee posture, her mind simply cannot be elsewhere than with the body at that moment.
Hannah went to Bikram teacher training in Los Angeles in 2013, and greatly enjoys connecting with the practitioners in her classes. She is committed to providing traditional Hatha Yoga at 360 Yoga Charleston, in a kind, friendly and supportive environment.
Jen Bearden
Jen Bearden is originally from upstate New York, and attended the University of Delaware where she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. (Her work is on display throughout the 360 Yoga website!) Upon graduation, the need to pay bills and seek adventure led her to become a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines. It was there where she met her husband, Jim, and started a family. After moving to Charleston in 2006, Jen decided to pick up the photography business.
Photography proved to be a wonderful creative outlet for Jen’s mind, but horrible for her lower back. At the advice of her yogi younger sister, Jen attended her first Bikram Yoga class in 2008. It only took one class and she was hooked. Jen has been practicing ever since, and started teaching in 2016. Jen is thrilled to be part of the 360 Yoga team.
Sally Caldwell
Sally took her first Bikram yoga class in September 2011. She has always been physically active but was looking for some peace amidst the chaos of teaching elementary school and raising 3 boys. What she found was not only a challenging workout but also a meditative practice that required immense mental and physical discipline. She was instantly hooked and practicing Bikram yoga became part of her everyday routine. She notices an immense calm and peace after practicing Bikram. She sleeps better, has more patience with others, worries less and loves more. Sally enjoys watching students transform and the smiles they get after accomplishing something new in their practice. She lives on the Isle of Palms with her husband Ryan and their three boys. Sally loves backward bends, coffee early in the morning, and walking the beach with her family and yellow lab. She is so grateful to have found Bikram Yoga Charleston and looks forward to teaching and practicing alongside you in the hot room!
Amy Lane Huston
Amy Lane was born and raised in Atlanta Georgia. She took her first Bikram Yoga class at the age of 19 while studying at the University of Denver. While finishing her Master’s Degree in early childhood education, she completed a 200 hour Hot yoga teacher training.
Amy Lane then attended Bikram’s teacher training in the Fall of 2006. After certification, she taught briefly at Bikram Yoga Marietta and then at Bikram Yoga St. Augustine. Amy Lane moved to Charleston in the Fall of 2009 to teach for Bikram Yoga Charleston. Here she met her husband and started her family. Amy Lane teaches from the heart. She is passionate about sharing her love of Bikram Yoga with others.
Rachhpal Gill
“I learned about Bikram Yoga through one of my friends who had purchased Bikram’s book. I loved it. After that, I researched the Internet to learn all I could about Bikram. I especially enjoyed the 60 Minutes story about Bikram himself. I saw him running around and making students work hard. I said, “Man, I am coming there one day”. The closest studio to where I lived was five hours away. Finally after six months I end up taking a Bikram Yoga class at the North York studio in Toronto when I was visiting my friend. I was immediately hooked at the age of 55. Like Boss (Bikram) says, “You’re never too old, never too bad, never too late and never too sick to start from scratch once again.” And I did.
“The Asheville, NC Bikram Yoga studio opened in spring of 2008. At that time, I drove 4-5 hours to practice Bikram there. I also took any other opportunity available to practice somewhere else. One day, when the Asheville studio owners were looking at teacher training pictures, I told them I had a dream to go to training. They told me I was ready. So I went to training in the Fall of 2008. That was the best time of life.
“I am a dialogue- driven teacher and my effort is always to put 100% of my energy into teaching the class. I am very compassionate and try to never hurt any student’s feelings.”
Lisa Hudd
Lisa has been passionate about fitness since she can remember – from swim and cross-country teams in high school to being an avid runner and weight lifter through university. It was while living in Brighton, England and working in a high-stress corporate environment and needing something new that she tried out Bikram Yoga in 2005, and she was immediately hooked.
Since moving back to the US a few years ago, Lisa made a career transition from the corporate IT world into health and wellness. She trained as a hot and flow yoga instructor in 2017, obtaining a 500 hour yoga certification. She is also a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and an Academic Life Coach – both through accredited international health coaching programs (ICF). She enjoys ongoing education in this field and has continued her education with yin yoga, gut health, and myofascial release advanced courses. She loves to combine yoga, meditation, and nutrition to pull together different aspects of health and be able to provide a well-rounded approach to teaching classes and workshops.
Her favorite aspects of yoga are the development of self-awareness, stillness, and peace that float into all other aspects of life. She believes fully in the rich healing powers of yoga. The students in our studio never fail to impress her with their dedication to their practice. She is deeply honored to be a new member of this strong team.
Aylin Konhilas
Aylin is originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan but was never able to acclimate to the cold winters. She has always preferred the heat, so naturally, Aylin fell in love with hot yoga at her very first class in 2002. At the time, she was a full time real estate agent in Chicago and the Bikram Yoga studio offered her a place of great solace and rejuvenation. Eventually, Aylin decided to dedicate her life to helping others through yoga. She attended Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in Acapulco in the fall of 2008 and immediately started teaching full time in Chicago and Naperville, Illinois. It was one of the most rewarding decisions she ever made. Aylin was later trained in Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga, prenatal and Power Yoga. Although Aylin branched out to other styles of yoga, her true love is Bikram Yoga. She firmly believes that the series of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises provides extraordinary therapeutic benefits to the body, mind and spirit.
Finally departing from the harsh Chicago winters, Aylin moved to Charleston in 2016 with her family and absolutely loves her new home and studio. It has always been important to Aylin to continue her personal and spiritual growth. She continues to learn more by reading and attending classes and workshops. Most recently she became a Reiki Master.
Wendy Wilson
Wendy took her first Bikram Yoga class in 2002 and was immediately hooked! She never felt better in her life. Traveling as an International Flight Attendant for more than 20 years, she has found the health benefits of Bikram yoga to be unsurpassable. Her under active thyroid condition started to improve, and she is convinced this practice is changing her life. In fact, Bikram yoga has become her practice for the rest of her life! Graduating from Bikram’s Yoga College Teacher Training in 2003 was by far one of the most challenging events she has ever experienced. Wendy believes it was well worth the financial investment, as she knows it’s a return on a healthy, well balanced life — better than any 401K.
Wendy taught yoga in Atlanta for 8 years before moving to Charleston in 2011. She is also certified in Yin Yoga, and Pre Natal Yoga. She is a part time teacher with Bikram Yoga Charleston, as she is still with American Airlines. Wendy loves practicing Bikram Yoga around the world on her layovers as it helps with jet lag, and she always learns something new from the teachers. Here at home, Wendy is an advocate for protecting the Charleston waterways and marine life, and volunteers and organizes fundraisers for Charleston Waterkeepers.
Charelle Grgas
Charelle moved to Mount Pleasant 2 & a half years ago, with her husband and two boys. She is originally from Westchester, NY, where her Yoga foundation and her fitness journey began.
Charelle has a strong ballet background, having studied at The School of American Ballet at the Juilliard Building in New York City. Her extensive ballet training has contributed to her discipline, posture and form. Although Charelle finds Bikram yoga to be one of the most challenging workouts, other forms of yoga and exercise, such as Soul Cycle and Hot HIIT, have helped to increase her stamina and endurance.
Incorporating Hot HIIT into her weekly routine created the most complete workout by ensuring that every muscle in her body was used. Her passion for yoga, coupled with her love for helping others, were deciding factors that motivated her to enroll in a teacher- training program. That course led to her certification as a Hot HIIT Instructor in November 2021.
Charelle considers Hot HIIT to be a natural compliment to the current methods of movement used in yoga studios. “This practice burns fat and creates long, lean muscle mass, with rapid results. It is paired with upbeat music, making it a full-body, beat-based-burn. Through consistent practice, you will gain health and flexibility, increase neuromuscular control, promoting good posture & strength, while improving circulation throughout your body.”
Charelle is committed to sharing this effective, fun, safe and challenging workout class for all ages and body types.
Caroline Hatgidimitriou
Caroline began practicing Bikram Yoga in Columbia, SC after a doctor referral for heart palpitations diagnosed as Mitral Valve Prolapse. Caroline did not fall in love her first class, or her second, or her third, but after being persuaded into turning her attempts in the hot room into a thirty day challenge, she was hooked. After months of steady practice, her MRI’s came back with a completely regulated heartbeat and zero pain. She was happier and able to manage stress easier than ever. She continued her practice until she graduated college in May 2014 and took her first opportunity to go to Bikram’s Teacher Training in Thailand in the fall of 2014. She began teaching at her home studio in Columbia and has since taught in several studios in New York, but is happy to be back with her 360 Yoga Charleston family! When Caroline is not teaching or practicing, she likes to spend time with her twin girls.
Charlene Bland
Charlene discovered the transformative benefits of the original hot yoga (Bikram) over 20 plus years ago. In early 2011, she found herself lost emotionally and challenged in ways she had never faced before. She needed something that got in her head, turned off the chatter, calmed her mind, and supported refocus in her life—-She needed a new beginning. That was the start of her committed journey on her mat, what she likes to call her “private island” and her practice of 26 & 2. She yearned for the physical and mental challenge it presented. Hot yoga has not only cleansed her mind, body and soul as well as provided her clarity of mind, improved memory, better circulation, increased energy and a feeling of peaceful calm inside. Charlene smiles from the inside out and it feels amazing.
After attending training in 2014, she continues to find joy in sharing the beauty of yoga and paying forward the healing promotion of this practice. Charlene’s yoga is a lifestyle and it can be yours as well. She learned and now believes that only she can take care of her and ”only you can take care of you”. Give yourself the gift of taking care of yourself by stepping on your mat. She looks forward to seeing you in class and will encourage you to embrace every drop of sweat!
Sherri Ginger
Sherri Ginger was born and raised in Thomaston, Connecticut. As a dancer since the age of 2, and dance instructor since the age of 15, her love of fitness, health and body movement has always been second nature. At the age of 17 she joined the USAF, attended flight school and achieved a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. Trying to balance the stress of the military, flight school, college and a first heartbreak, at the age of 19 a friend dragged her into a Bikram Yoga class in New Smyrna Beach, Florida where her life was changed forever.
As an officer and pilot in the Air Force for nearly 10-years, Sherri has traveled/lived all around the world. From 2008-2011 Sherri was based in Charleston and found our Bikram Yoga studio as a place to escape the hustle and bustle of her stressful career. Now as an International Airline Pilot for Delta Air Lines she chose to move back to Charleston in 2019 to settle down near friends and her parents. Over the years she’s tried several other health/fitness avenues to keep a healthy mind and body, such as Marathon Running and CrossFit Coaching; but not until a car accident in 2023 left her grasping for answers on how to heal her body, did she truly recognize the complete physical, mental, emotional and spiritual healing that a Bikram Yoga practice provides. In 2023 Sherri achieved her Hot Yoga “26-2” Hatha Yoga Instructor Certification in Bali (a goal since her first class at age 19). Her 20 years of practice of this moving meditation shines through in her joy, love and excitement to help others in their practice. We are so excited to have her as part of our team.
Darcy Mahan
Darcy first fell in love with yoga at the old Bikram Yoga studio in Mt Pleasant in 2012 before starting her own teaching journey in 2015, so joining the teaching team at 360 Yoga felt like such a beautiful full circle moment! She truly believes that yoga is for ALL, and her teaching style is inclusive and introspective. When you take a Yin & Nidra class with her, you can expect the deep physical stretch that you know and love from 360 Yoga, as well as the opportunity to dive deep into your own heart and mind to deeply connect with yourself.
Marianna Michaels
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Marianna has resided in Mt. Pleasant, since 2004. Upon completing Bikram’s teacher training in 1999, Marianna instructed for Mike Winters in Houston, Texas. In 2002, Marianna ventured out and opened her own studio, Yoga Body, Houston. Most happily, in 2015 Marianna joined the 360 Yoga Charleston team led by Hannah Dodson. After an extended hiatus started in 2020, Marianna returned to 360 Yoga Charleston in 2024 where she is most grateful for its wonderful community. She truly loves sharing the beautiful and transformative power of yoga.
Angie Shuler
In July 2014, Angie tried her very first Bikram yoga class and has practiced daily ever since. Angie owned a ballet school in Brevard, North Carolina at the time and was desperate for an intense form of exercise to replace running because it had become too painful. Yes, Bikram was intense, and she loved it, but she was immediately hooked because it was the first time in over seven months since her husband had died that she was able to think about something else. She loved that she had to be absolutely present on her mat, focusing only on what the teacher was saying and trying to do it to the best of her ability. Bikram yoga put her back together, helped her heal and taught her
how to move forward with her life. Do the best you can with what you have today and the rest will take care of itself.
During the pandemic, she closed her ballet school and went to online teacher training with Ida Ripley and the Original Hot Yoga Academy. At the same time, Angie began practicing virtually with Bikram Yoga San Jose, which further informed her practice. She graduated from teacher training in 2021 and began teaching yoga and ballet in Atlanta. Later, she moved to Salt Lake City and met Joel, another daily yoga practitioner. They got married in 2023 and moved to Charleston with their cat, Vera, to be closer to family and to escape the harshness of winter.
She is an American Ballet Theatre National Training Curriculum certified teacher and a former professional dancer, and she teaches in a few ballet schools here in Charleston. She is excited to join the 360 Yoga Charleston family.
Kendell Stange
Kendell Stange is a 200 Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher. She completed her 26-2 training through the Sun Lotus Center under the direction of 2011 Male International Asana Champion, Joseph Encinia. Kendell was a collegiate gymnast and later developed arthritis in the facet joints of her lumbar spine. After struggling with back pain for a couple years, she decided to try hot yoga 26-2 at 360 Yoga Charleston. She found tremendous healing and strength through the practice of 26-2 yoga. Through her own healing experience she is passionate about helping others grow in their practice, correctly execute postures, release tension, and be their own best teacher.
