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~ Staff Bios ~ HLY is owned and operated by life long Huntington resident and local Long Island news anchor and reporter, Danielle Campbell.
After spending much of her time in the fast paced world of broadcast news, Danielle turned to yoga as a way to restore her physical and mental well being.  Danielle, who has practiced for more than ten years, quickly realized the benefits of yoga and encouraged her four children to give yoga a try. Unfortunately there were not many studios that were family friendly. Inspired by the lasting benefits of yoga and the desire to help others discover yoga's ability to change our bodies and our minds, Danielle is proud to present Harbor Lights Yoga to her Huntington community and family!
 Lynn Precht is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance and a graduate of Sonic Yoga Teacher Training in New York, New York. Lynn is actively enrolled in the 500-hour Teacher Training Course at Yoga Teachers Institute. Lynn specializes in the Vinyasa Flow-style yoga focusing on the connection between breath and movement. She has been practicing yoga for over eleven years and has specifically studied Bikram yoga with world renowned Jimmy Barkan, in addition to various featured teachers at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts. She is also studied in the practice of Zen Meditation with Michael Kenjo Aronoff. Lynn presently teaches at Forever Fit Fitness in Centerport, New York, Amba Yoga Center, Smithtown, New York, a substitute teacher at Balance Yoga and Healing Arts Center, Huntington, New York, Amba Yoga Center, Smithtown, New York, Awaken Yoga and Meditation Center, Greenlawn, New York and has a private clientele. Lynn holds a BS, Summa Cum Laude, degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from New York Institute of Technology, Central Islip, New York. She has been a health-enthusiast for over 30 years and has participated in many athletic events including the Long Island Half Marathon and the Cow Harbor Race in Northport, New York. Her classes infuse the vast variety of professional and life experience creating a rich environment to deepen one's yoga practice.  Kristen Monge began practicing yoga in 1998 as a way to connect her love of physical exercise with a desire to calm her mind. After exploring several styles of yoga, she completed a 200+ hour teacher certification for Vinyasa Flow in San Diego in 2006. She likes the way the body builds heat naturally through movement, the creativity for sequencing, and the range of postures that Vinyasa offers. The importance of the breath and listening to one's own inner wisdom is at the heart of her practice. Following her teacher certification program, she attended a Pre-Natal Yoga workshop which helped prepare her physically, mentally, and spiritually for the natural births of her two sons in 2007 and 2008, and her daughter in 2011. One of the many gifts from yoga is the message of balance and Kristen tries to integrate this concept into the various aspects of her life: family, friendship, health, music, travel, food, and love.  A former ballet dancer and also magazine editor, Lana Russo is a 500-hour certified teacher and member of the Yoga Alliance. She completed her training with Laurie Ahlemann and Nicki Spatacco at Prana Shakti Yoga in June 2008 (now Long Island Yoga School.) Inspired by her dance background, Lana enjoys sequencing the poses in a safe and challenging way that brings students to their edge while honoring their bodies. She is a teacher trainer at the Long Island Yoga School, assisting others on their path to teach yoga. She is always a student and continues to seek out ways to learn more so that she may bring new and exciting things to the mat. In her spare time, she loves to be with her wonderful husband and adorable puppy, and continues to freelance for various publications, writing about yoga, dance and overall health. She teaches yoga at Absolute Yoga in Woodbury, Yoga Rocks in Oyster Bay, Simplicity Yoga in Kings Park, Bonda Yoga in Great Neck and is excited to be a part of Harborlights.  Judy Martin teaches Meditation and Breathwork as a form of stress reduction at Harbor Lights Yoga, and as an executive business coach. Her passion to help others “consume chaos and cultivate resilience” was inspired by her own personal experience covering the events of 9/11. As a reporter for the national radio program Marketplace Morning Report, she reported by day and worked with the children of the victims at night, after the tragedy. Judy is an Emmy award-winning Journalist and WorkLife Pundit who has reported on work life culture for well over a decade. She has covered some of the most chaotic moments in history including the Avianca plane crash, Hurricane Andrew and impact of the war in Kosovo. While experiencing these devastating events, she also witnessed the incredible beauty of the human spirit; the foundation for her passion to exalt the human experience in work and in business. Judy has studied eastern and western forms of meditation for more than thirty years with a number of teachers including sociologist and spiritual career counselor, Vassar College Professor Rick Jarow PhD. In addition to her studies, Judy is a certified Hospice volunteer. Check out more of Judy's work at JudyMartinSpeaks.com and WorkLifeNation.com. Her CD – PRACTICAL CHAOS: Reflections on Resilience is in its third printing.  Ellen Cleary has been practicing yoga most of her long life with a steady dedication and love that she needed to share. She began the the road to teaching ten years ago and has been adding courses, seminars and teachers ever since. Her professional training was completed five years ago with Jeff Migdow, MD who was the original founder of the Kripalu Yoga Training system. She has studied with and thanks masters such as Erich Schiffman, Rodney Yee, Kofi Buscia, Rod Stryker. With respect and love she has studied and practiced with Jeff Logan locally for over 15 years. Ellen comes to our studio to work with those yoga students who have not previously done yoga and those with a weakness needing extra care or those wishing a slower, easier, deeper focused class. Our students come in all shapes, sizes, ages, flexibility and experience. Her Restorative classes starting again in September are the perfect end to a busy week. Ellen has served as Membership Chair and Vice President, Board of Directors of the New York Yoga Teachers Association (NYYTA.org) and works with Dystonia patients through a Support Group at Beth Israel in New York City, and is a Board member of the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation – NY Chapter and Vice President of the Long Island Center for Business & Professional Women. Ellen truly treasures every class she teaches along with every student.
She received her hot yoga certification in 2007 and started teaching at Harbor Lights in the Spring of 2010. Kelly loves being a part of the Harbor Lights community and truly enjoys teaching. “It’s so rewarding to pass along information to students and hear that it really helped them in some way.” Kelly lives in Huntington with her husband, three children and two dogs. When she’s not doing yoga she enjoys spending time with family and friends, the beach, tennis and hiking. Helen Murdock-Prep holds a B.F.A. in Theater from Adelphi University and studied at the Chekov studio with Blair Cutting and Joanna Merlin in NYC. She currently runs the Drama Club at Cold Spring Harbor High School, where she loves directing the plays. When not directing, she is busy writing and drawing her comic strip Shrinking Violet. (See her website at www.shrinkingvioletcomics.com) She recently finished her novel, "High Drama,"-- a behind the scenes look at what goes on while putting on the high school musical. It's a breezy, fun beach read, and she hopes to have her first book signing right here, at Harbor Lights Yoga  Laura Duffy is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Yoga Teacher and is recognized by Yoga Alliance. She has been practicing yoga for over 15 years and has eclectic background to pull from. When teaching yoga her philosophy is to relax and have fun, the good stuff always follows. Laura has been teaching for Harbor Lights Yoga for over a year and has a massage room located in the studio. Holding a high honors degree from New York School of Health Professions, some of her favorite modalities that she is trained in are Swedish, Sports, Trigger Point Therapy, Reflexology and Thai. When Laura is not in the studio, she continues to enjoy being a florist, hitting the slopes, the beach and keeping up wither four kid’s! Laura also is on the advisory board for Clark Gillies Foundation. This foundation focus on “Help us, Help kids” by raising money for Long Island children programs in need. To learn more please look at our webpage at http://www.clarkgillies.org She is grateful to be at Harbor Lights Yoga and hopes to see you soon!  Nikki Katz has been a long time student of jazz dance and yoga, which have always been a constant thread in her life. Her working career has encompassed teaching children (CUNY BA in education), production manager at ABC Network Television (News and Sports divisions) and most currently in an administrative role at AHRC in Nassau. Over the past few years through the support and encouragement of her husband and children she has deepened her practice of yoga eventually taking yoga teacher training. With the daily immersion of teacher training it became clear that the yogi path was the path leading her to bring this love of yoga to others…she never looked back. Nikki is a Registered Yoga Teacher 200, through Yoga alliance, the national registry of yoga teachers.  Tess Kretschmann has been reaping the benefits of practicing yoga since 2004. She completed her 200-hr training at the Yoga Alliance certified Long Island Yoga School and teaches vinyassa and hot yoga flow group and private classes on Long Island and in Brooklyn. What started out as an activity to support her other athletic interests (basketball, running, climbing, cycling etc.), later became a way to manage the stress of her engineering consulting job, and turned into a rewarding and unparalleled lifestyle, while developing into a practice she wanted to share as a yoga teacher. Tess welcomes everyone to her classes; whether you want a sweaty workout, a centering or meditative opportunity, or a strengthening and stretching supplement to your typical activity. Her classes address not only your physical movement and state, but also your breathing and mindfulness. Please feel free to contact tesskretschmann@gmail.com . Enjoy the day! "I wish you all the joy that you can wish!"(William Shakespeare-Merchant of Venice) --Danielle |
Kelly MacKay has been practicing yoga for almost 10 years. After her first class, Kelly quickly developed a passion for it! A few years later she discovered hot yoga and after personally noticing the many benefits of the practice, she was hooked.