Teachers

Randy Aaron

Randy Aaron began his yogic journey 20 years ago, and immediately fell in love with everything that it embodied. He is now devoted to sharing his acquired knowledge, awareness, and passion with others. For Randy, yoga cultivates the true meaning of wellness: a calm mind, fit body, and inspired life. It is an ongoing practice. Continuous growth (not unrealistic perfection) is the goal. As a practitioner, Randy teaches students how to love themselves without guilt or judgment—while extending that love to others. As RuPaul wisely stated, “If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” As a veteran yoga instructor, Randy is passionate about connecting souls to self-love through his classes at Sui Yoga. But, at night, he lives the life of his dreams while performing in the Book of Mormon.

Gulsah Diker

Turkish native Gulsah’s journey on the mat began 8 years ago in Prague, where she was working and traveling with a circus group in Europe. In the fall of 2014, she fell in love with the practice when she took her first class at Modo within the first week she moved to the city. At a time of a big lifestyle change, such as leaving a corporate career behind, moving to NYC from across the ocean, yoga showed her the power of being in the present moment. Finding a deeper connection with the body and mind, yoga has led her to live life gracefully on all levels. Sui Yoga is a home away from home where she continues to grow. For that she is beyond grateful for being part of an incredible community.

Reed Ridgley

His unique and athletic classes focus on muscular and core engagement while linking movement to breath through creative, intelligent sequences that build towards exciting peak poses.

His movement training began during his 8 years competing with the United States Gymnastics Federation. After graduating from college, Reed was a personal trainer and fitness instructor at Crunch Fitness, NYC. He completed the YogaWorks 500 Teacher Training program in 2016, the 500 hour Modo Level 1 in 2017, Modo Flow in 2018, Modo Freestyle Sequencing in 2019, a 36 hour Yin intensive at Integral Yoga in 2019, and a 100 hour Pilates Mat Intensive in 2020. He is now honored to teach at Sui Yoga.

Originally from Denver, Colorado, He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Reed is a proud member of the staff at Keen Theatre Company where I work as the General Manager, and he has worked as a professional actor, general manager, producer, and fundraiser Off Broadway for over 20 years.

Katrina Ong

Katrina reigns from Belleville, New Jersey. She moved to NYC after graduating from Adelphi University in 2013. She found herself practicing Yoga as a supplement to her dance career but it became so much more. She fell in love with the spiritual benefits along with the physical.

She completed her 500 hour teacher training in Montreal. She is so honored to groove, sweat, and grow in this wonderful community.

When not in the hot room, you can find Katrina on any dance floor, munching on good foods, or cuddling with her frenchie, Luna.

Sasha Korbut

Sasha Korbut is a New York City based dancer, actor, writer, producer and yoga teacher. After performing in Russia, South Korea, China and Spain he moved to New York City to continue his creative path. While dancing with The Joffrey Ballet in the Big Apple, he discovered the Yoga community and later completed his 500 yoga training in San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. Sasha teaches at Sui Yoga and abroad alongside his other artistic pursuits. “If you are wondering what to expect from my class let me wrap it up in one question that recently came to my mind: “If we look at our body as a temporary house for our soul, can we make our body a safe space?”