Fire Groove™ was founded by siblings Kamala, Hannah and Lester. The three were raised in a small supportive community of friends and family, who encouraged them to follow their hearts and make a difference in the world. As they grew, their interests, dreams, and goals began to interweave leading them to yoga and fire dancing.

Fire Groove™ is dedicated to building an environment where like-minded individuals may come together to express themselves through creative movement and healing arts. An environment where each of us may share our experiences, offer encouragement, and provide support and love to one another through all of life's challenges… community! We want to provide a place that inspires each of us to begin realizing our life paths, turning dreams into realities, and bringing love and laughter into each of our daily lives.

Hannah

Yoga is at the core of Hannah's life. She took her first class in college and completed her first teacher training with Erich Shiffman in 2003. Yoga has helped Hannah to develop and cultivate her innate nurturing touch, deep patience, and strong intuition and these qualities are the base of what makes her the wonderful teacher she is today. As a fire dancer, Hannah is remembered for a graceful, sensual, and rhythmic performance. She discovered the bliss of true self-expression through dance at a very young age and has been entranced with fire dancing from the moment she first saw it. Hannah's mesmerizing style and fiery elegance is not easily forgotten. She specializes in poi, staff, double staff, hoop, fans, flag dancing, fire eating/painting and wing dancing. In addition to holding a B.A. in History and a minor in French from the University of Oregon, Hannah has extensive experience in marketing, accounting and costume design. 

Kamala 

Kamala's loving heart, intuitive spirit, and healing abilities have drawn people to her since she was a child. She began practicing yoga in the mid 90's to relieve stress and migraines, and rapidly began to notice the healing benefits of yoga. It made such a dramatic impact in her own life; she realized her calling to share these gifts with others. Kamala received her teacher certification at the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara. Fire dancing came naturally to Kamala with her solid background in dance and yoga. Her rhythmic dance style has been described as beautiful, sultry, and exotic, manipulating every fire tool with skill, precision and grace. It's been said that we are spiritual beings having a human experience. Kamala will remind you of your spirit and guide you with patience, understanding, intuitive touch, and mellifluous words. The strength and passion that she exudes for her arts is absolutely contagious. Kamala is a licensed esthetician and has been a make-up artist for over 10 years. She also specializes in public relations, marketing and costume design. 

Lester

Lester has always been drawn towards the spotlight. Growing up as the youngest in a family of four kids he strived to be at the same level as his older siblings throughout all of their creative outlets. Realizing that he was blessed with the gift of balance and agility he first took to skateboarding and snowboarding to express himself. He was introduced to the art of fire dancing at the Oregon Country Fair and has been enthralled by its beauty and mesmerizing movement ever since. Today Lester is known for his jaw-dropping performances as he takes fire dancing to unimaginable new heights. He spreads the knowledge that he has learned openly and continually seeks inspiration from those open to sharing. He specializes in the double staff, contact staff, and poi and has recently been developing his hoop groove. Lester has a B.S. in International Business and a minor in International and Comparative politics from Oregon State University. He has many roles within the company, but focuses on product development.

Jade 

As the first born into a traveling gypsy family Jade discovered his love for the arts at the early age of 8. He spent the next decade studying jazz singing, abstract theater, dance and martial arts and at 19, he discovered fire dancing. Made curious by everything this art had to offer, he immersed himself in it. It all climaxed one stormy night on a beach in Thailand where he lit up for the first time. Since then, Jade has performed all over the West Coast as well as in Europe, Asia and Central America. A single staff spinner by nature, he has broadened his horizons to include poi, double staves, contact staff, partners staff and rope dart. After teaching classes in Eugene Oregon for the past few years Jade has moved to Los Angeles to fully join the Fire Groove family. Jade's passion for fire is exuded through his teaching styles. He brings both laughter and playfulness into each class while providing clear guidance through each move. His specialties with Fire Groove lie in marketing, product development, and human relations.