Kasey Carroll

Kasey is a 200 hour Yoga Alliance certified instructor who was drawn to the grace and quiet strength of yoga after years of cheer, dance and gymnastics. Her love of yoga started as a love for the asana and the physical challenge of the poses. Then, after a very traumatic time in her life when she was reduced to ashes, she remembered how good it had felt to just sit in self-reflection and simply wanted to feel good again. So she got on YouTube and typed in the words "feel good mediation". Some yoga videos popped up and so began the start of her TRUE yoga journey. Yoga gave her the strength to rise out of the ashes as a phoenix. Kasey says that yoga brought her through the darkest moments in her life. It brought her back to her breath when she didn't feel like she could breathe at all. It helped her get healthy again - mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. It brought her back to her true self. She still loves a good Power or Hot Vinyasa class, but yoga is so much more than a workout to her now. It is a way of life. The asana alone is not the practice. Breath with movement as a tool to still the mind is the way within. That is the practice. Kasey is a nature enthusiast and poet and loves tying the aspects of her writing and creativity into her practices. When she's not writing poetry or creating physically, mentally and spiritually engaging yoga practices, she loves to ride her horse Tilly, fish, hike, camp, kayak volunteer at the World Bird Sanctuary, or do just about anything outdoors. Her favorite phrase is, "As in Yoga, so in Life." and encourages her students to use the lessons they learn about themselves on the 4 corners of their mats and apply them to their daily lives. She believes that the journey within is the most important journey you will ever take.

Julie Johnson

Julie Johnson, M. Ed, ATS, RYT, came to yoga in 1998 at the age of 15 as she began her 15 year journey overcoming the long term mindbody impact of toxic stress. Yoga, psychotherapy and the research of Brene Brown and Kristen Neff inspired Julie to build a life that supports creativity, wellness, integrity, radical honesty, acceptance and authenticity. Her roots are in trauma sensitive yoga, hatha yoga, dance, polyvagal theory, neuroscience, somatics and the juicy mystery of Life itself. Creative, mindful movement and honest self-exploration have always been sources of tremendous healing for Julie. Her calling has been to share this with others in new and innovative ways in public schools and yoga studios. Julie earned her B.F. A. in Photography and Art History from the University of Kansas and has a Master’s degree in Special Education from Missouri State University In 2015, she founded the Yoga for Learning Program with Natasha Baebler at Special School District. This school based program uses yoga as a tool for students with social emotional challenges to learn the restorative power of healthy relationship dynamics with adult mentors and peers. Julie is one of the creators of Integrate Trauma Informed Network with Victoria Emanuela. This is a community network of professionals and trauma survivors dedicated to community resilience, self-compassion and nervous system informed healing for all people. Julie lives in Maplewood, MO with her partner Luke and her two free spirited kids, Shyla and Asher.

Simiya Sudduth

Simiya is a mother, visual artist and spiritual and healing arts practitioner who views yoga as a tool for social justice and community healing. Viewing yoga as medicine: a physical and spiritual practice that supports self and community healing, Simiya strives to provide inclusive and supportive yoga classes and workshops that are accessible to diverse populations. Simiya’s classes offer space for movement, stillness and connection with body, breath and spirit.

Vinyasa + Hatha Fusion is an active strength-building yoga class designed to give you the opportunity to recenter and reenergize. We will use movement coordinated with breath to prepare the mind and body to facilitate active shifts in energy.  Prepare to revitalize, stretch, strengthen and restore. Open to all experience levels.

A VinYin class can offer the benefits that come with both a movement and stillness based class. The first part of every class will explore breath awareness as we move through a series of postures that link our breath and movement together. The second part of class, our stillness or yin portionwill invite students to explore where tension might be held in the body and practice softening into their own personal level of relaxation while maintaining a yoga shape for as long as it serves the student’s comfort.

Yin + Reflection is an hour-long practice infused with meditation, breathwork and Buddhist philosophy, offering the opportunity for deep stretching and release through postures held passively for longer periods of time.