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Whitney

Whetten

Through yoga and art, Whitney wishes to bring greater health, harmony, and happiness to individuals, to the community, and to the world. She began her journey with yoga when she took her first yoga class at the age of 15. She immediately knew that she had found a path worth exploring. Within a decade, she went on to receive her yoga teacher certification and has furthered her education with a 500 hour certificate and an aerial yoga teaching certificate. Having received her Bachelor's of Science degree in Biology and her minor in Dance at UNM, her classes are full of creative exploration and anatomical awareness. Through intention, breathing, asanas, and meditation, Whitney aims to leave her students feeling refreshed and renewed after each class.

Roberta

Forester

Roberta has been practicing yoga for many years and is a 500 RYT with the Yoga Alliance. Her classes creatively combine a variety of yoga styles, including Vinyasa, Hatha, Yin, Restorative, and Kundalini, and she incorporates breath, energy, and meditation practices. She specializes in instructing pose kramas (stages) and encourages the use of modifications and props so that all students feel empowered to personalize their practice and work safely. Her sincere desire is to create an experience where people can learn to reconnect with their own body, mind, and spirit—and have FUN!

Carol Woodland

Carol Woodland has received yoga certifications at both the 200 and the 500 hour levels. She has been a practicing yogini for 20 years, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Archaeology with a minor in Religious Studies from the University of New Mexico. Her studies at UNM included research into ancient human and environment interactions, as well as Eastern mystical traditions, Sanskrit, and Indian and Buddhist philosophy. Carol has been teaching yoga in Albuquerque since 2015.

Brian

Jenks

Inspired by the yogic asana practice, Brian traveled to India and studied under his Guruji, Dr. Omanand to expand his knowledge of traditional yoga philosophy and lived in the Paramanand Institute Ashram, completing the 200 hour teacher training program in hatha yoga. Brian has practiced Yoga for the last 10 years and his overall attitude about life has changed in a very positive way.
Brian is currently a special education science teacher at Manzano High School, and has also had careers in Construction and Engineering. He enjoys traveling and experiencing new cultures.

Noelle

Padilla

After receiving her teacher certification through AngelHeal Hot Yoga, Noelle went on to receive her certification in BUTI Yoga, which is now her primary yoga of choice. In alignment with her beliefs, BUTI is all about honoring the Divine Feminine (present in both males and females), empowering rather than competing with other women, loving one’s body as it is RIGHT NOW through movement and clean eating, and, most importantly, tuning into one’s own beauty, strength, and majesty. Noelle’s goal is for all her students to come to know their own greatness, to appreciate and connect with the greatness of others, and to sincerely love their beautiful body and what it can do. From this new state of empowerment, Noelle hopes to inspire people to create a life they love while ALWAYS loving and believing in themselves along the way.

Megan Gaillour

Megan was first introduced to yoga in her junior year of high school and due to being a highly sensitive person, in 2015 she sought to integrate yoga as a tool to calm her experience with anxiety and depression. After practicing for four years, she gained her 200-RYT Certificate through Blissful Spirits. She is trained in Yin, Yin/Yang, and Vinyasa; and in 2020, she plans to receive advanced training in Restorative Yoga. Through her own journey of yoga and meditation, she gained tools and insights that were impossible not to share with others. Thus, Megan is known for her calm and meditative guidance throughout the practice. Her focus for each student is creating a space for them to quiet the mind and come into the body. Connecting them to deep relaxation through aromatherapy, hands on adjustments, and spoken affirmations. Her intention is for each individual is for them to leave their practice feeing relaxed, refreshed, and re-connected.

Nicole White

Nicole is a Rapid Transformational Therapy Practitioner (Hypnotherapy), Board Certified Holistic Health Counselor, Strategic Intervention Coach, Yoga & Laughter Yoga Teacher and Educator, Meditation, and Qigong Instructor and Artist. Nicole spent most of her life with mystery pain, fatigue, and chronic health issues until creating a propriety approach called Upgrading! Nicole loves to problem solve with her classes, groups, and clients because everyone's needs are different. She also brings love, joy, and the creative spirit the classes she teaches, the people she coaches and the environment she is within.

Jacques Leccia

A native of Corsica (France), Jacques has been in the US for over a decade and has practiced psycho-shamanism for nearly 20 years. Jacques synergizes knowledge from many paths, including Lakota and Toltec Shamanism, Buddhism, transpersonal psychology and the art of Aikido. Jacques calls this path a purification of the Self.

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