Meet Our Team

“Looking behind, I am filled with gratitude. Looking forward, I am filled with vision. Looking upward, I am filled with strength. Looking within, I discover peace”

Quero Apache Prayer

Ben’s focus is to recognize great potential within each individual. As a teacher he draws upon his experience as a performing artist, circus artist, theater director, and yogi to create a safe, yet challenging, environment for self-discovery and meditation. He aims to share the joy of movement, camaraderie of practice, and the excitement of awareness with others.

Ben moved to Myrtle Beach from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, in 2014 and is an Associate Professor with Coastal Carolina University’s B.F.A. Physical Theatre program. Ben teaches movement classes and physical theatre courses. He earned his RYT 200 from Yoga in Common in Myrtle Beach in January 2016 under the instruction of Jodi Geoghan and his RYT 500 from Zuna Yoga in Bali in August 2022 under the instruction of Everett Newell and Katherine Girling. He is currently a student at the Four Winds Light Body School, expecting to graduate in August 2024.

(PhD, E-RYT, YACEP) is a certified Vinyasa and Forrest Yoga teacher, Thai Massage Therapist, Yoga Teacher Trainer, and Holistic Health Counselor who has been teaching since 2012. Her classes emphasize the importance of building a deeper connection to self through meaningful intention, healing breathwork, deep core awareness, and movements that balance strength with softness.

Jo has a particular interest in the powerful healing effects of touch through Thai massage and skilled hands-on adjustments in the yoga classroom. Students can expect an alignment- and intuitive-based all-levels practice that is challenging and fun and supports tension release in areas such as the neck, shoulders, hips, and lower back. Off the mat, Jo has also done considerable work in the field of nutrition and mind-body wellness, in the hopes of helping others on their path to healing, health, and happiness.

She is also passionate about language, reading, and writing, through which she has studied extensively about how creative and somatic praxes assist in healing from personal and collective trauma, mourning, and the power of commemorating the past to inform the future.

Kathy’s journey into practicing and teaching Yoga began at a family owned gym where she worked teaching group exercise.

The owners decided to open a Yoga studio in the facility and that is where her love of Yoga began over 20 years ago. She has taken several Yoga trainings but the one that most influenced her was  the 200 hour with Rolf Gates in 2013, focusing on the Vinyasa style.

Since then she has expanded to teach restorative, gentle,and  basic Hatha. In 2021, she received her 300 hour training through The Kula Collective. 

With over 3,000 hour of teaching experience, she has developed an extensive base of knowledge about the body’s mechanics, muscles and posture which she incorporates into every class. Safety and clarity are important components in her teaching style along with a sense of lightheartedness. She says laughter is the best medicine.

She will inspire you to keep moving your body and expanding your mind. All will feel supported, successful and encouraged in her classes. Her goal is to show people that Yoga is not only for the most flexible, the strongest or the most balanced, but that Yoga is for everyone.

Sherry Peckham has been in the fitness industry for 28 years. She has been a certified group exercise instructor and personal trainer. She received her 200-hour yoga teacher training through Red Stone Yoga. She received her 500-hour yoga teacher training at Holy Cow Yoga Center.

 She has been teaching at Yoga In Common for 12 years. Her favorite pose is the splits (Hanumanasana). Her teaching philosophy is “Stay true to Yourself.” Outside of yoga Sherry bikes, works out at home and spends time with her 3 dogs.