 Kenzie is a curiosity-driven yogi, artist, and traveler, passionate about fostering vitality by holding space for students to connect with their inner selves. She knows yoga to be a transformational healing practice and aims to use it to empower others to find their light and live with authenticity.
What do you love about Yoga? I love that it is a tool to awaken your higher self. There are a lot of notions floating around about what yoga is and isn’t, particularly in the West, but I have come to understand it as a method to perceive and interact with the world in order to feel truly aligned and fulfilled. Why did you decide to become a yoga teacher? My original intention to undergo the 200 hour training was part of a personal healing journey that I felt called to. The certification at the end was a nice bonus, but not necessarily what I was after. However, after teaching my first yoga class during my training, I realized that it was such a special gift to be able to hold space for someone else along their own healing journey. Knowing how much yoga had an impact on my life, I see it as a sense of responsibility to pay it forward. I also hope to help lower the barriers to entry to yoga and destigmatize the many reasons that keep people from trying it. Whether it be on the mat or in conversation, I want to broaden our definition of “yoga” and empower others to connect with their inner selves through breath. How has yoga helped you in your healing journey? For much of my teenage/young adult life I have struggled with various forms of eating disorders. I was heavily involve in athletics through high school and college, so I was trained to override pain signals and defiantly not listen to my body. Yoga was the one place where the instructor would insist I listen to my body, not silence it out of sheer will power. Ultimately, I got to a dark enough place where I had no choice but to heal from within. I could no longer treat mind and body as separate, but had to understand their place of union. What I didn’t quite realize then but now see as crucially invaluable, is unlocking the third element of Spirit and allowing Spirit to call the shots. Kenzie Teaches Vinyasa on Wednesday mornings at 630 am.  About Christopher
Christopher Lee is certified as a 200HR RYT Yoga Instructor, Spiritual Life Coach, Reiki Master/Teacher, Mindfulness and Meditation instructor. He engages his clients and students with compassion, vigor, and wisdom. Christopher aims to provide his classes with spiritual empowerment focusing on reclaiming personal power from negative agreements and thought patterns. Christopher teaches Vinyasa on Sundays, Chakra Yoga on Wednesdays and Qi Yoga on Thursdays. What do you love about yoga/breath/meditation? Connection lies at the crux of this spiritual intersection for me. Whether it is the connection to the moment with the breath, to infinite spirit with meditation, or the invigoration of life force in the body with yoga; I find that my practice follows an intense bypassing of the egoic mind to activate and experience modes of consciousness that transcend the day to day rat-race mindset. I believe that yoga, breathwork, and meditation are gateways that allow us to release, heal, and empower ourselves for mindful living. Why did you decide to start teaching? Yoga, much like many other healing modalities are a gift to be shared with all those who seek. I don't know if decided is the right word to describe my motivation to guide others in their practice, divine inspiration or calling seems to fit better. Teaching chose me, with me kicking and screaming along the way. I realized that the next step in my journey was not a deeper dive inward as a hermit, but rather an expansion outward, wherein I could be exposed to the lessons provided by a student/teacher relationship. I maintain to this day, I learn more from my students then they could possibly learn from me. How has yoga impacted your healing journey? Yoga has provided me with consistency. Yoga is always meeting me where I am, not where I thought I was nor where I think I need to be. The practice allows me the space to be fully present with the state I am currently experiencing whether that is joy or anxiety, anger or bliss I can simply allow these things to be, free of judgment. That state of neutrality is in and of itself, pure healing.  About Angela
Angela started practicing yoga for a New Year’s resolution but quickly fell in love with the impact it had on her life. Building strength, flexibility, and balance kept her coming back to the mat, long after many resolutions faded. Wanting to cultivate the self-confidence and connection she found within the community, Angela pursued teacher training to further her practice and delve into the yoga lifestyle. Angela earned her 200-hour YTT certificate in the Amazon Jungle of Peru at Moksha Yoga and continued her education at Sundara by completing the Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy training. Beyond the mat, Angela is a writer, table tennis coach, avid hiker, and world traveler. Angela teaches Hatha on Thursdays and Sundays, and Gentle Yoga on Thursdays. What do you love about yoga/breath/meditation? It all starts with and comes back to the breath. Prana. Lifeforce. It keeps me moving and it keeps me still. It creates space for me. During practice, I feel connected to myself, my spirit, and my body. After practice, I feel confident, strong, and grounded. I also love being part of a community that is supportive and united by a common practice. Why did you decide to start teaching? I decided to take yoga teacher training so I could develop my own practice. I was planning to be abroad for a few years and I didn’t know if I’d have access to a yoga studio so I wanted to be able to continue my practice without an instructor to guide me. My priority was to develop good form so I wouldn’t injure myself, but during training, something unexpected happened. I fell deeper in love with yoga and found myself being called to share it. I learned to tap into a force greater than myself to be able to design sequences and themes. I love the creativity of building a class and guiding others on their own unique journeys. I also love what I learn from my students! You can read more about Angela's journey learning to teach yoga in this article she wrote. How has yoga impacted your healing journey? Like many others, I started practicing yoga during a difficult time in my life. I felt lost, personally and professionally, and yoga was there for me. Over time, yoga helped bring clarity and healing. The trust I rebuilt with myself but showing up to my mat day after day, by making time to just breathe and be, helped me gain the confidence to make decisions that align with my truest and most authentic self. It is not always an easy path to take, but I consciously decide to continue down it and trust in the power of the mind/body/spirit connection. 4/21/2020 Vagus Nerve and Trauma ReleaseNate walks you through a simple exercise to create a relaxation response in the nervous system for heightened states of emotion or anxiety. 3/22/2020 What will you listen to?Today, I am feeling a lot of frustration and sadness. I have been seeing some very hateful posts and comments and sharing of information that is not true or based in fear and scarcity and lack. I know we get to choose what to interact with. I also know that we get to choose what we want to share and spread. When I woke up this morning, I had a very clear message from my intuition to share about my opening and processes for tuning into that inner guidance. What do you listen to? How do you know what to listen to? What signs have you always followed? More and more people are waking up to these inner guidances and it can be scary. Nothing like a global crisis to bring out our fears and doubts. We don't get to feel these things any other way. It takes outside circumstances to trigger these things within us to make change. Several years ago, I awoke to the initial awarenesses of what I now call my guides and angels, or higher self. The awakening came through several traumatic and tragic events I brought on myself. I had to really look at what I was bringing in to the world and what I used as my compass to guide me. Underneath the trauma and fears was this very calm voice that was always there, I had covered it up with my self indulgence and fear of my shadow and light. These now are the things that I work diligently to listen to and to guide my actions. I remember when I was a child, I used to see all sorts of signs from God, or the Universe, or the Angels. I find that it doesn't really matter what we call it. It is a knowing and understanding that cannot be explained with science or ego. After some time and a few experiences with abuse, being bullied, and self perpetuating the cycles, I decided I could not trust those signs anymore and did everything I could to not hear them or see them. We are being called to listen to these messages now on a global scale. What is best for our planet and communities, what is best for our families, what is best for our neighbors, what is best for ourselves. The answer to all is the same: As below, so above, and beyond, I imagine. So I will ask one final question: What do you want to listen to that guides your actions right now? The world is literally in our hands. I would love to help you open up to this more. Please reach out.  2/26/2020 Self Care: Elbow PainElbow Pain can be a real pain to deal with. It is something I get occasionally being a massage therapist. Here are some helpful tips at home to take care of elbow pain2/13/2018 Self Care: Psoas StretchNate takes us through a simple psoas (so-as) stretch to help with pesky low back pain. 1/15/2018 Foam Rolling: Chest ReleaseHere is a quick stretch you can do on a foam roller to open up your chest and relieve upper back pain from sitting in front of your computer all day. 12/18/2017 Foam Rolling: IT Band and Lateral LinePointers on how to foam roll the IT Band to help with pain and tightness from running, skiing, biking, etc. Nate shows a quick foam rolling technique to help with low back pain and rebalancing the pelvis. |
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