Our Team!
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Casey Allard - Instructor
Casey, a certified Vinyasa yoga teacher since 2016, combines her rich background in dance and performing arts with a unique blend of grace and mindfulness in her classes.
With a decade of experience teaching in NYC, she has instructed in afterschool programs, yoga studios, online platforms, and nursing homes. Currently pursuing a master's degree in Transpersonal Psychology, Casey also offers clinical and spiritual regression hypnosis as a board-certified hypnotist.
Her extensive training in accessible yoga, trauma-informed yoga, and yoga for older adults ensures her classes are inclusive and supportive. With over 15 years of yoga practice, Casey brings deep experience and understanding to her students.
Yoga transformed her life, bringing balance, happiness, and energy, fueling her passion to help others achieve the same benefits. In her classes, expect to deeply engage with your body and the present moment, leaving with a profound sense of connection to your body, heart, and soul.
Join Casey in exploring yoga's transformative power and embark on a journey towards holistic well-being.
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Valeria Baulina
Valeria is a Hot Pilates and Stretch instructor at Hiatus24 whose journey in movement began in Russia, where she first led stretch and flex classes. It was there that she discovered her love for teaching — and later, through barre, she found her true passion.
With over six years of experience teaching in the United States, Valeria brings depth, precision, and intention to every class she leads. As a former studio owner, she understands that building strength goes beyond the physical — it’s about creating spaces where people feel connected, empowered, and inspired.
Her classes are challenging yet uplifting, thoughtfully programmed, and rooted in strong technique. But what truly defines her is the energy she creates — supportive, motivating, and community-driven.
Valeria is about more than just workouts. She is passionate about building community, hosting workshops, and creating meaningful experiences that extend beyond the mat. In addition to teaching, she also works on the social media for Hiatus24, combining her creativity and marketing expertise to help grow and elevate the brand’s presence.
For Valeria, movement is more than fitness — it’s connection, expression, and a way to bring people together.
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Aaron Marqua
Aaron has been sharing the practice of yoga for over seven years, guiding students toward strength, balance, and inner awareness both on and off the mat. He received his yoga teacher training certification in Honolulu, Hawaii, where the spirit of the islands deepened his connection to mindful movement and breath.
Aaron has taught internationally, offering classes throughout the United Kingdom and the United States. His teaching style blends thoughtful alignment, steady breath, and an inclusive approach that welcomes practitioners of all levels and backgrounds.
Through his classes, Aaron creates a supportive space where students can build resilience, reduce stress, and reconnect with themselves. He believes yoga is a lifelong practice that meets each person exactly where they are -

Alana Roach
Alana is an integrative leadership coach, seasoned yoga, barre, mat pilates, HIIT team trainer + wellness & fitness educator, and retreat facilitator with over 5,000 hours of teaching experience. She is best known for her Explorations of Self: international retreats in Costa Rica, Peru, and Nicaragua, where she creates immersive, soul-nourishing spaces for deep rest, renewal, and self-discovery. Alana meets each practitioner exactly where they are, skillfully adapting to all levels, needs, and seasons of life. Her teaching ranges from slow, introspective yin to energizing power flows and everything in between, always delivered with passion and clear, grounded guidance.
Alana has designed and taught college‑credited wellness and yoga courses and has successfully trained and certified yoga teachers through her embodied, heart-centered approach. She also created the THRIVE Integrative Leadership curriculum and mastermind, which has certified integrative leadership coaches who bring her work into organizations, communities, and coaching spaces around the world.
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PATTY CIANO - Owner
Emmy Award Winner and Executive Producer and visionary founder behind Hiatus 24, a wellness lifestyle brand dedicated to nourishing the mind, body, and soul. As an Emmy Award Winning Executive Producer of The Doctors, Patty's decade-long immersion in the world of health and wellness ignited a personal transformation. Her journey, overcoming challenges like quitting smoking, losing weight, and battling breast cancer, inspired the creation of Hiatus24.