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✧ He/Him
✧ Inspirations: favorite teachers past and current: Omaira Gould (my first true teacher), Katherine Smith, Johnna Smith, Lisa McBryde, Lisa Davis; Background: 200-hr RYT (2013, Northshore Yoga), 300-hr RYT (2022, Yoga Landing)
✧ Favorite Food: Baingan Bharta
✧ Favorite Place Traveled: Iceland
Blan Williams
Vinyasa // Yin & Meditation
✧ she/her
✧ Scorpio ♏️
✧ Inspirations: I started practicing yoga with Yoga With Adriene on Youtube when I was a freshman in high school and have been practicing ever since. After moving to Chattanooga in 2022, I completed my Yoga Teacher Training and Pilates Training. As a dancer, my yoga and pilates practices have always been heavily influenced by the principles of dance and how we move through space with body, mind, and breath as one.
✧ Favorite Food: I love kale <3
✧ Favorite Place traveled: Bryce Canyon National Park, UT
Julia Peacock
Pilates // Yoga Sculpt
✧ She/Her
✧ Inspirations: Sue Reynolds, Maggie White, Carl Meadows, Jonathan Ellis, Jessica Jollie, Kat Smith
Training: 200-hr RYT 2020 Yoga Landing; 300-hr RYT 2022 Yoga Landing
✧ Favorite Food: All things veggie
✧ Favorite Travel Experiences: The rivers and the mountains of the West, Southwest, and the Southeast
Jenn Hobbs
Mindful
Lisa Davis
Vinyasa
✧ Inspirations: My biggest yoga inspiration was friend I met in Hawaii while I attended college there. She inspired me to become a teacher and had a profoundly peaceful impact on me and I wanted to emulate that peace to others.
✧ Favorite Food: Pad Thai
✧ Favorite Travel Experience: Costa Rica
Tayla Reid
Prenatal // Yoga Sculpt
✧ she/her
✧ Aquarius ♒️
✧ Inspirations: Cindy Lunsford out of Nashville (she was part of leading our vinyasa training in Mexico). Savannah Toone out of Nashville for vinyasa influence. Sealevel Hot Yoga in Seattle, Washington- Their instructors led our training at Hot Yoga East Nashville for Hot 26!
✧ Favorite Food: Thai food (I love spicy!)
✧ Favorite Place traveled: Greece while in college!
Mary Margaret Sullivan
Vinyasa
✧ Inspirations: My biggest yoga inspiration was friend I met in Hawaii while I attended college there. She inspired me to become a teacher and had a profoundly peaceful impact on me and I wanted to emulate that peace to others.
✧ Favorite Food: Pad Thai
✧ Favorite Travel Experience: Costa Rica
Helen Weller
Vinyasa // Yin + Meditation
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✧ Inspirations: My biggest yoga inspiration was friend I met in Hawaii while I attended college there. She inspired me to become a teacher and had a profoundly peaceful impact on me and I wanted to emulate that peace to others.
✧ Favorite Food: Pad Thai
✧ Favorite Travel Experience: Costa Rica
Sarah Wiatrek
Yin + Meditation // Mindful
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✧ she/her
✧ Libra ♎️
✧ Inspirations: I've been practicing yoga for 15 years. I took my 200hr Vinyāsa training with Jessica Jollie in 2012 and I am currently working toward my 500hr YTT. I studied deeply under my teacher Murray Green in Breckenridge Colorado, practiced with Elena Brower and Shiva Rea and take inspiration from both their teachings.
✧ Favorite Food: anything homemade.
✧ Favorite Travel Experiences: Vancouver Island Canada where I grew up. I want to visit Cambodia again but my most beloved travel experience is backpacking in Northern India!
Hannah Bavuso
Vinyasa
✧ she/her
✧ Aquarius ♒️
✧ Inspirations: I've completed all my training at Yoga Landing and have practiced with the studio since its early days in Warehouse Row! My Yin classes are creative but also heavily influenced by Bernie Clark. I've done training with Geena Huggins for Restorative and also utilized resources from Judith Lasater. My teaching style for vinyasa is a balance of challenge and ease. I like to make creative and connected flows that provide options for all levels of yogis.
✧ Favorite Food: Mac n' cheese
✧ Favorite Place Traveled: Bali, Indonesia
Brittany Young
Yin // Restorative // Vinyasa
✧ she/her
✧♒️ Aquarius
✧ Inspirations: Too many to list, but here are a few: Jack Kornfield, Octavia Raheem, Leslie Kaminoff, Judith Hanson Lasater, Jason Crandell. I've been teaching yoga for over 10 years and hold a E-RYT® 500, YACEP® yoga teacher certification through Yoga Alliance. I'm also a certified teacher in the Enneagram Spectrum Method and co-hosts Enneagram+Yoga podcast.
✧ Favorite Food: chicken wings, the spicier the better
✧ Favorite Travel Experience: Lake Como, Italy & Vancouver, BC
Kat Smith
Vinyasa
✧ she/her
✧ Inspirations: Dolly Starvos
✧ Favorite Food: Sea Bass
✧ Favorite Travel Experiences: Botswana
Lisa McBryde
Power // Vinyasa // Hot Elemental
✧ she/her
✧ Aquarius ♒️
✧ Inspirations: Introduced to yoga via Mysore practice in Austin, TX 23 years ago, David Swenson, all of the teachers at Yoga Landing and instructors brought to Yoga Landing for training weekends.
✧ Favorite Food: You want me to pick just one? Anything sans gluten!
✧ Favorite Travel Experience: Good Friday in Italy. Started with coffee in Siena, lunch overlooking the Tuscan countryside, and that evening for the Via Crucis ceremony at the Colosseum by Pope Francis at the bottom of Palantine Hill.
✧ Intention for 2024: LESS
Shannan Billings
Yoga Sculpt // Pilates // Vinyasa
✧ she/her
✧ Virgo ♍️
✧ Inspirations: I completed my 200-hour training at my home yoga studio in Grand Rapids, MI and my 300-hour training at Yoga Landing, I focused on techniques from alignment-based yoga (Iyengar), vinyasa flow, and mindful & restorative yoga. My teacher’s influencers are Tias Little, Rod Stryker, Judith Hanson Lasater, and Jill Miller. I also enjoy following and learning from Jason Crandell.
✧ Favorite Food: crunchy, salty chips with a tasty dip!
✧ Favorite Place traveled: Anywhere with mountains and breathtaking views.
Tina Berens
Vinyasa // Mindful
✧ Inspirations: My biggest yoga inspiration was friend I met in Hawaii while I attended college there. She inspired me to become a teacher and had a profoundly peaceful impact on me and I wanted to emulate that peace to others.
✧ Favorite Food: Pad Thai
✧ Favorite Travel Experience: Costa Rica
Jacque Griffith
Power // Vinyasa
✧ Inspirations: My biggest yoga inspiration was friend I met in Hawaii while I attended college there. She inspired me to become a teacher and had a profoundly peaceful impact on me and I wanted to emulate that peace to others.
✧ Favorite Food: Pad Thai
✧ Favorite Travel Experience: Costa Rica
Marsha Goldberg
Barre
✧ @itsginnywithag | Bright Side Wellness and Yoga - Ginny Allen
✧ she/her
✧ Taurus ♉️
✧ Inspirations: My yoga background and teacher training was 100% vinyasa, but I have enjoyed moving into teaching Gentle and Chair Yoga over the last few years.
✧ Favorite Food: I've never met a cookie I didn't love!
✧ Favorite Place Traveled: Southern Patagonia where I hiked in the Torres del Paine National Park.
Ginny Allen
Chair // Mindful // Vinyasa
✧ She/Her
✧ Aquarius ☀️, Sagittarius 🌙, Sagittarius ⬆️
✧ Inspirations: Started my Yoga journey 9 years ago as a pregnant girlie, I practiced at home/online for about 4 years before venturing into Yoga Landing. In 2021, I started my 200hr teacher training with Jess Jollie and am nearly finished with 300hr training! I'm heavily influenced by Ashi Fellers and her Self Awakening practice. I find SOMETHING to learn from every single teacher that has ever taught me. I value the spiritual aspect of yoga. I find so much beauty in syncing strength and spirituality through a regular yoga practice.
✧ Favorite Food: Tuna Tartare
✧ Favorite Travel Experiences:New Zealand
Lauren Pfeifer
Sculpt
✧ Inspirations: Yoga inspirations are everything! The world around me, nature, relationships, music, my children, the beautiful way the human body works and moves.
✧ Favorite Food: I love food so it’s hard to pick but I’d say my last meal would be a crusty French baguette with a block of cheese and a glass of red wine.
✧ Favorite Travel Experience: Savannah, GA. There’s a magical beauty to it that enchants me
Maria Fowler
Vinyasa // Yoga Sculpt
✧ Inspirations: Jimmy Barkan ( Ft. Lauderdale, FL) My formal training and background is Hot Yoga but I practice and teach Heated Vinyasa.
✧ Favorite Food: Lasagne
✧ Favorite Travel Experiences: Costa Rica!
Tracy Carlson
Vinyasa
Shaun Weller
Vinyasa // Hot Elemental
✧ Inspirations: My biggest yoga inspiration was friend I met in Hawaii while I attended college there. She inspired me to become a teacher and had a profoundly peaceful impact on me and I wanted to emulate that peace to others.
✧ Favorite Food: Pad Thai
✧ Favorite Travel Experience: Costa Rica
Kaylee Nix
Sculpt // Pilates
✧ she/her
✧ Cancer ☀️ Aquarius 🌙 Scorpio ⬆️
✧ Inspirations: Our whole Ashtanga community here at YL inspire me in my practice, foster my love of yoga and are always teaching me
your favorite food - Pastry & chocolate enthusiast