Our Instructors
Tom Hess
co-owner
Iyengar YOGA
Tom has been a certified Iyengar yoga teacher since 1995. He loves the way Iyengar yoga can speak to the spirit of the student through the body. Tom is always trying the find the perfect balance where he leads the student towards yoga and then allows the student find it themselves. Yoga has provided a path of purpose for Tom and he will always be grateful for that blessing.
Rex Stromness
co-owner
Ashtanga-based Vinyasa Yoga
Rex began practicing yoga in the 1970's with his first introduction while attending CSU Sonoma. He has studied and practiced a variety of different styles including Sivananda, Tri-Yoga, Iyengar and Integral Yoga but he considers Ashtanga to be his main influence.
Rex has been teaching yoga for over 30 years and founded the Yoga Center of Chico in 2013 with Tom Hess. He also practices Deep Tissue Massage, and leads yoga retreats around the world.
Lisa McKinley -Weber
dynamic vinyasa flow yoga
Lisa is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) at the 200-hour level through Northern California Yoga Institute. Lisa's teaching style is deeply rooted in alignment based principles blending classical yoga and meditation practices with contemporary exercise science and fitness methods to establish optimal health, wellness, fitness and spiritual awareness. Her classes are a playful mix of dynamic vinyasa flow integrating alignment, core work, breathing techniques as well as basic entry level poses. She encourages students to find the balance between ease and effort, strength and surrender in each sequence.
Theresa Markwood
Iyengar yoga
Maureen Crowley
PreNatal yoga
Maureen Crowley began practicing Yoga in 2003 and received her teacher training certification from the Santa Barbara Yoga Center in 2008. She specializes in Gentle & Restorative Yoga as well as Family-Focused Yoga which includes Family Yoga, Prenatal, Yoga with Baby, and Children’s Yoga classes. Maureen Crowley received her Pre& Postnatal Teaching certification from the esteemed Santa Barbara Yoga Center under the guidance of Siddhi Ellinghoven in 2008. She has 4 beautiful children and benefited greatly from her Yoga practice throughout each pregnancy, labor, and postpartum time.
Guillaume Marchisseau
Vinyasa & Yin yoga
Guillaume took his first yoga class in 2012 in search of flexibility. In 2015, he discovered Vinyasa yoga and the occidentalized version of Ashtanga: power yoga. It quickly became his sole daily physical practice and a means of personal development. A meditation retreat led him to embark on a teacher training course in 2018, after which he taught free weekly vinyasa classes in a public park. It shifted to online classes during the 2020 events. More recently, he’s taught yoga classes daily in two Los Angeles studios; Vinyasa, Power Yoga and Yin Yoga. Now, he is happy to be part of the Chico community, The Yoga Center of Chico and to share this sacred practice with you.