Supreme Peace Yoga & Wellness

Kelly started her Yoga journey 15 years ago after being diagnosed with Lupus.  Although her life seemed turned upside down, she found Yoga was a perfect fit for her.  It’s both relaxing and energizing, and she is now able to manage her stress by calming her own system. 

Kelly has worked as an Occupational Therapist for 30+ years, and has a great deal of knowledge and experience in treating people with various conditions such as orthopedic, neurologic, arthritis, heart disease, and chronic pain issues.  As a Yoga instructor, she has training in a style called Viniyoga, which is a form of Yoga Therapy.  It is designed to bring wholeness back into the body combining breath with movement

When not teaching yoga, Kelly loves the outdoors. She and her husband take daily walked, and she practices Yoga every day including some form of deep breathing and/or meditation. 

I am enjoying my golden years after retiring from the University of Louisville in 2018. My interests include teaching hatha and chair yoga, meditation/mindfulness classes and exercise classes for seniors.  I am a 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT), a certified KORU Mindfulness Instructor and a SilverSneakers Instructor. I believe that we are our best selves when our mind and body are connected in awareness of the present moment. By bringing attention to our breath we can inhabit our bodies in a mindful way, which helps relieve much of the stress in our bodies.

Teaching Philosophy

• Increase awareness of the breath and the body so the mind can be in the present moment, which relieves stress
• Ensure safe alignment of poses with modifications and adjustments
• Encourage engagement of whole body for full benefit of the practice
• Offer a variety of poses so classes stay interesting and fresh
• Provide all ages and abilities with opportunity to build and maintain strength, increase flexibility and improve balance.

Hillary first started yoga at a generic franchised gym in the mid 2000s. Like a typical yogi, she wandered
away from yoga for awhile, focusing on strength-training and her career. Her return to yoga happened
in 2016, when she started searching for more balance in life and found Supreme Peace Yoga. She likes to
say that's when she *really* started to understand that yoga is far more than a series of poses.

After being diagnosed with PTSD in late 2016, Hill's practice and the loving environment of Supreme Peace
Yoga became central in her ongoing healing process. She was drawn to complete the 200-hours Yoga
Teacher Training at Supreme Peace in 2017, during which time she discovered her passion for sharing
the self-healing experiences of Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga. Her ongoing passion is to share yoga
and mindfulness practices with trauma survivors, especially first responders.

When not on the mat, Hill enjoys lifting weights, folding blankets with love, and spending time with her
loving husband and their house full of fur babies.

Jodie (she/her), owner of Supreme Peace Yoga & Wellness, offers soulful opportunities that inspire, create connection, and promote growth. She compassionately challenges the paradigm that we need to journey outside ourselves for peace and transformation, and guides us to trust that-like Dorothy in Oz-our power to return to center, has been in us all along. Through embodied movement, ritual, and community, we reclaim those wise and powerful parts within us.

As a 500 E-RYT, LCSW, and Reiki Master, Jodie offers the following opportunities for re-membering your innate wholeness:

*Group and individual therapy

*Mentoring, clinical supervision, and trauma-informed training

*Yoga classes, workshops, retreats, and training

*Reiki sessions and training