Devon Harris

Devon began teaching yoga in 2016, following her first teacher training in Mysore, India. Through ongoing study in the Iyengar tradition under her teachers Aretha Mckinney, Kristin Bosteels, and Eddie Modestini, she has come to value yoga as a lifelong practice of attention and self-inquiry.

Raised in Maine, Devon opened Una in Portland in the spring of 2026.

Erin Ehlers

Erin has been teaching yoga for over 25 years. She approaches teaching as an educational practice, valuing understanding and inquiry over achievement. Her work brings contemporary movement principles into conversation with the philosophical traditions of yoga, with humor as a necessary ingredient.

After running her own studio in Kittery, Maine, Erin moved to Portland in 2020, where she has become a beloved “teacher’s teacher.” She is also a massage therapist and organic flower farmer.

Witold Fitz-Simon

Witold Fitz-Simon has been teaching yoga since 2000 and completed the 500-hour Advanced Studies Program at the Yoga Room Berkeley with Donald Moyer and Mary Lou Weprin. A nationally certified Alexander Technique teacher, he has also served on the faculty of the American Center for the Alexander Technique. His classes bring together yoga, embodied anatomy, and developmental movement in a lively somatic approach.

Dragana Pavic-Zappia

Dragana Pavic-Zappia is a Certified Level II Iyengar Yoga teacher. Born and raised in former Yugoslavia, she completed her Iyengar Yoga mentorship with Aretha McKinney and continues her studies under the guidance of senior teacher John Schumacher. Her teaching is grounded in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali and the eight limbs of yoga, bringing the philosophical study of yoga into conversation with the practice of asana.

Rich Ray

Rich Ray is a Level II Authorized Ashtanga yoga teacher who has been teaching since 2012. He began practicing in 1996 with David Garrigues and has made numerous trips to Mysore to study with the Jois family, particularly Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and Paramaguru Sharath Jois, who authorized him to teach. Rich directs Ashtanga Yoga Portland Maine, and his teaching is informed by more than 25 years of Zen Buddhist practice, including four years of full-time training at a silent Zen monastery.

Philomena Richard

Philomena Richard has been teaching vinyasa yoga since 2022 and currently assists Rich Ray at the Ashtanga Shala of Portland. She continues to study asana and hands-on adjustment under Rich’s guidance. Also a nurse, her teaching is informed by a deep interest in the complexity and intelligence of the human body.

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