Mind Body Yoga

Graciela Valverde is a 500 hour Certified Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance. A native of Costa Rica, she has compleated several teacher trainings. Her first love was Ashtanga Yoga in the tradition of Patabhi Jois with its enphasis on vigorous flow. Upon compleating Yoga Illumined 200 hour training, she now enjoys practicing and teaching a wide rage of Yoga Styles, from Gentle to Vinyasa up to more Alighment-based Hatha Yoga. She compleated a 300 hour program at Yoga Mandir Costa Rica. She started teaching in 2007 in San Ramon Costa Rica at the Yoga Buda Estudio with Quiropractica America Central. She encourages students to play in their yoga postures and to enbody their asanas. She finds it important to bring fun in to yoga.

From an early age, Jane has found beauty, function and frivolity in physical expression. She has been a competitive diver, equestrian, runner and swimmer. She lettered in high school volleyball and track, played intramural soccer in college, and studied Contact Improvisation with founders Steve Paxton and Nancy Stark Smith. Jane took her first yoga class in 1997, and in 2011, at her daughter’s urging, became registered with Yoga Alliance (RYT 200), studying under Giaconda Parker in Austin. Jane was certified in Dharma Yoga’s 200-hour training program in 2013, and later completed its 100-hour advanced training. Jane has also studied with Camilla Figueroa, Keith Katchik, Shawn Kent and Maricarmen Wilson.  

 Ken is an ACE (American Council on Exercise)-certified Group Fitness Instructor specializing in Mind-Body Fitness.  He is also a Professional member of the National Qigong Association.  He specializes in Sheng Zhen Gong, the Qigong of Unconditional Love.  He delights in sharing this practice with new students, and as well working with seniors to help them maintain optimal well-being in all aspects of life.  Come explore this ancient and vital practice along with him. Group classes, private lessons, corporate wellness programs. 

Jaclyn offers an integrative yoga practice that focuses on moving to the natural rhythm of your breath, and body. With respect to the many different lineages, she feels it beneficial to combine different styles of yoga, custom tailored to fit the individuals needs. Encouraging students to move from within at their own pace, and to their own breath, cultivating healing energy. She is also certified in Reiki 1 and 2, and likes to incorporate energy healing into her classes. Her background includes many different types of yoga including: Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Iyengar, and Hatha. Her biggest influences have been Sharon Moon, David Swenson, David Williams, Christina Sell, and Gioconda. In her free time she enjoys drinking tea, listening to music, and hanging out with her husband, dog, and 2 cats. She often tells people “yoga saved her life”.

Jennifer Nesbit Holt, CSH, E-RYT,  Aromatherapy Practitioner
I am a Certified Sound Healer, Yoga Instructor, Aromatherapy Practitioner and founder of The Vibration of Intentional Creation.Through the art of Sound Healing, Aromatherapy and Vibrational Healing I learned to calm the chaos of life and achieve freedom, discovering a clarified purpose of helping others.
My various programs, music, vibrationally-charged products, and podcast radio show,  The Sound of Your Significance on iTunes, will inspire and motivate you to manifest positive change and peaceful abundance.
My CD,  Currents Of Curiosity And Courage combined with a subtle restorative yoga practice will transform your stress into serenity. Tapped into a deep vibrational current that your conscious mind can’t comprehend, you’ll discover a reserve of wisdom + calm that no amount of meditation, exercise, or personal development work could do on its own.  www.jennifernesbitholt.com 

Jenn is the owner and operator of Mind Body Yoga. She is also a mindfulness teacher, author of Companion for Life; The Foundations for Living and co-founder and co-CEO of Cornerstone Mindfulness for Life.

I have always had a passion for the wonderful world of healing arts. After obtaining my massage therapy practitioner license I decided to continue exploring other healing modalities. This exploration led to further training in mind-body connection, energy work, nutrition, intuitive healing and most recently, yoga therapy. The beautiful practice of Yoga was something that spoke to my being on such a deeply profound level that I had no choice but to dive into it 100% as a practitioner and later, as a teacher. I believe it has all the components necessary to bring about true healing and fulfillment within one's life. I started my massage therapy practice at Mind Body Yoga almost 3 years ago and I am in love with the studio, the teachers, and the students. I am extremely excited and honored to begin teaching yoga here as well!!!

I am a writer, performer, yogini and mother. I have been practicing hatha yoga for over twenty years, and have been teaching since 1999. My practice is steeped in years of study of Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Anusara yoga, including many therapeutics trainings and teacher training in both Iyengar and Anusara. I am certified in prenatal and postnatal yoga, have been a massage therapist and bodyworker for nine years, and I lead writing and performance workshops. I am a faculty member of several teacher training programs around town, for which I am particularly inspired to teach yogic literature and philosophy. I have studied with my spiritual teacher, Mary Keator, since 2002, exploring yogic texts and even deeper levels of asana, therapeutics, and meditation. I am a yoga nerd, offering workshops in therapeutics and yoga for fertility and the creative process. My poem “Love Poem for Shakti” appeared in the celebrated anthology, “The Poetry of Yoga” in 2011. 

I first found out about yoga listening to my mother talk about it when I was very young.I thought it would be something interesting to try but didn’t attempt it until High School when my tenth grade English Teacher started offering weekly after-school classes. I remember feeling an extreme sense of peace from the practice but was still unaware of the deep connection I would develop with it later. In college, I dealt with a lot of anxiety and came to realize part of the answer would be to dedicate myself to a consistent yoga practice. I began to understand yoga as a necessity and my awareness of the mind-body relationship began to materialize. My passion for the practice continued to grow and I had a strong desire to teach. I enrolled in the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the Berkshires where I completed my first 200-hour training. Inspired by the teachings of Swami Kripalu, I began to see the practice of yoga as a journey truly representative of how we live our lives. Immediately following the training at Kripalu, I moved to Austin to pursue my Masters Degree in Social Work. I knew that school was bound to be anxiety provoking, so my first priority became establishing a steady yoga practice and finding a place to share my teaching with others. I began teaching friends, family and public classes, using the Kripalu method to encourage students to listen to their bodies as the ultimate authority. I continue to offer Kripalu inspired classes where self-acceptance and compassion are the underlying themes. In addition to my training at Kripalu, I completed the Dharma Yoga Teacher Training in 2010 and accrued an additional 200 hours. I have also completed level one of Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Training. Currently, as an emerging social worker, I am exploring ways to blend yoga with more traditional therapeutic modalities and have had the opportunity to offer classes for a variety of populations including juvenile offenders. I stand by the belief that everyone should have the opportunity to try yoga because it is a gift. I feel honored to have the chance to teach.

Julie Wylie is a sensitive, intuitive class facilitator and trainer. With 25 years of movement experience pulsing through her veins, Julie began her Nia Technique practice in 2004. For an introvert, low on self confidence, teaching her first class in July 2005 was a miracle feat of enormous proportion, requiring both courage and determination. The resulting sense of accomplishment fuels Julie to this day. She eagerly shares the discipline of Nia's holistic workout and lifestyle practice that others may reap the benefits of their own tenacity and curiosity.  JulieAnnWylie.com

Yoga captured my heart in 2001 and then infused it with something bigger than myself...I love standing on my head, hands, forearms or pretty much anything that allows me to turn my world upside down. Mostly, I love that yoga has opened me to the opportunity to live fully, manifesting gratitude, awareness, appreciation for all that is! I LOVE teaching yoga! I love when a student gets something they didn't think they could and the light that comes with that. My guided asana is not always easy. I can't promise you won't have to work although I can promise you will love dancing with your own inner divinity and strength igniting radical transformation. I have so much love and gratitude to all of my teachers and various yoga lineages. I am a student of School of Yoga with Christina Sell, Noah Maze & Darren Rhodes who continue to amaze me with their wisdom, genius and dedication to the practice that is yoga! Credentials and Gratitude to these certification / training programs and teachers: Currently registered RYT500, School of Yoga, Anusara, Dharma, Hatha, Yoga Therapy, Iyengar, Living Yoga Program, and my most current vision of applying for Yoga Alliance E-RYT500.

I share the gifts of soft strength and fluid embodied movement from the center of the being. This type of movement invites flow into the physical and energetic bodies, creates presence and space in the mind, and invigorates the spirit guiding us back to our natural state of peace and wellness. With a Master’s degree in Oriental Medicine, from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine, Vedanta style Yoga Illumined training with Kristina Lanuza, and a background in acrobatics, qigong and dance, I cultivate and gracefully hold a unique space for lovingly being with what is, and creating space for what may be.

 Jessica has been practicing yoga since 2000. She is an excellent teacher! 

Heather was first introduced to yoga and meditation nearly twenty years ago while studying Theatre at the University of Kansas. She received 200 hour certification through the Living Yoga Program in Austin, Texas and additional certification in Yoga Therapy through Nischala Joy Devi's Yoga of the Heart Program. Heather is inspired by yoga's ability to cultivate mindfulness, reduce stress and enhance over all well-being. She has an accessible teaching style with an expansive focus on alignment, relaxation and breathing. A passionate vegetarian cook, Heather enjoys sharing a yogic life with her husband and their hounds.

Yoga has given her the ability to fly while staying grounded on the earth. Since 1997, Kristina has been studying and practicing Yoga and meditation with amazing teachers in the U.S. and the akasha. She acknowledges Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, Ramamurti S. Mishra, M.D., as her Guru.   Her yoga teaching style is filled with creativity, music, humor and intention.  Her teachings are inspired by the beautiful sound vibrations of Sanskrit – which she studies with teachers from Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York. She loves teacher Caroline Myss. Ph.D. and credits her with elucidating the similar truths behind the perennial philosophies of Yoga and classical Hinduism, Catholicism, Islam and Judaism.  She has spent a lot of time with sages, saints, swamis and sinners.

Yvette LeJeune, LMT, PYT,  has devoted her life promoting wellness. With 18 years as a Medical Massage Therapist, Physical Therapy Aide & yoga practitioner, it was a natural transition for Yvette to teach yoga. Yvette holds a safe and healing space in her classes. She encourages others to find a greater understanding of how good they are able to feel. She has completed 300 hours in Yoga Yoga Healthcare Practitioner's teacher training and continues her education as a Yoga Therapist. Some of Yvette's specialties include working with people with joint replacements, Neuromuscular Reeducation, injury prevention, Cranial Sacral Therapy, and Oncology Massage.