This class challenged both my body and mind and left me feeling refreshed. Missy was attentive to students and had wonderful meditations, focusing on the different chakras throughout the class.
This class challenged both my body and mind and left me feeling refreshed. Missy was attentive to students and had wonderful meditations, focusing on the different chakras throughout the class.
I attended my first yoga class in 2002, as a big favor to for a stressed out co-worker. She never went back; I fell in love. With yoga, I had found something that I could do the rest of my life, no matter what physical challenges I was facing. The relief from chronic pain due to fibromyalgia and arthritis was life changing, as were the spiritual and emotional benefits.
I received my 200 hour teaching certificate at Asheville Yoga Center in August of 2019 and became Registered through the Yoga Alliance in November of 2019. A long time student at Toes Yoga, I look forward to following in the footsteps of the other amazing instructors here to share my practice with you.
For me, yoga is celebrating coming to the mat just as I am every time I practice, accepting the good days and the days that are a little more difficult to get through. In my classes, we will explore breathing as we move, modifications to fit poses to your body, and the joy in finding just the right practice for you.
Sydney brings to the class 16 years experience singing mantras and bhajans. She leads Kirtans with the band One Voice, as a member of the Atlanta Kirtan community, and has participated in many Chantlanta weekends. Mantra and Kirtan are essential practices of Bhakti Yoga, bringing the yogi into a receptive state through breath and vibration. It is Heart Practice, the longing for and calling of the Divine. Many bhajans, while sung in Sanskrit or Pali, are simple prayers and mantras that anyone can do. No singing expertise required. It is a vocal meditation set to the drone of the harmonium or beat of a drum. Shanti shanti Om.
Beth found yoga over 20 years ago as a young mother looking for a way to relax and have an hour once a week to herself. Since that time yoga came and went in her life. In 2012 she once again found herself on her mat again. Beth completed 200 Hr CYT training at the Fox Valley Yoga Teacher Training in Batavia, IL in 2016 with Karen Weber. She and her husband, two dogs and two cats moved to Chattanooga in September 2016 in search of a change of scenery and more fulfilling way of life. She completed a 300 hr Shamanic Yoga teacher training with Dolly Kaup in April 2018.
Beth’s classes focus on integrating breath and motion and settling the mind. She believes that any Body can do yoga because yoga goes beyond the body into the soul and the spirit. She is also passionate about using sound and vibration in her healing and yoga practices. Many of her classes finish with a mini version of the Sound Baths she presents around the area to leave her students refreshed and rejuvenated in mind, body and spirit.
“I came back to yoga in 2012 with a beginner’s mind and try to keep returning to that in my personal practice as well as when I am teaching. No matter how old we are or how much experience we have with something we can always find something new and continue to learn and grow.”
When not teaching or practicing yoga Beth enjoys hiking many of the beautiful trails in and around the area and dreams of hiking the Appalachian Trail. She also enjoys traveling, making things with her hands, gardening and herbalism and reading.
Kim has been practicing yoga since 1997 and is a Registered Yoga teacher at the 500+ hour level. She began as a student with a vinyasa flow type of practice, but through training and education has evolved into a teacher and practitioner of a slow, deliberate style of practice that allows for time to expierence the poses and breath as well as to reflect on the effect after the pose or meditation. This type of practice facilitates a confidence and trust that goes beyond physical fitness and into a truly deeper connection with self. She opened Toes Yoga studio in 2013 in hopes of introducing this style of yoga practice to a broader audience.
After taking my first yogic breath in 2010, I knew I had found something that would change my life. It was soon after that I realized that I had to share this important part of my life with others. I graduated from 200 hours of teacher training in 2015 and have taught over 400 classes since that time. Part of my yoga journey has been my recognition of the all too common theme of “who can and should be” doing yoga. Because my body isn't a typical “yoga body”, and hasn't always been accepted into all yoga arenas, I try to welcome each person and their body into my classes regardless of level or ability. In addition, I offer modifications using tools to allow your body to enter an asana in the way that is best for you. My classes are light-hearted and often erupt into laughter, while being gently challenging and allowing for you to confidently explore and grow your own yoga practice. As a forever learner, I recently completed my Curvy Yoga certification with body positive pioneer, Anna Guest-Jelley. I also hope to continue my 500 hour certification within the next few years. When not in the studio, you can find me supervising my claims team at a local health insurance provider. I also enjoy serving as a Big Sister with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Chattanooga as a mentor to my awesome little sister and spending time with my friends and family.
Stephanie is a 2009 Savannah Yoga Center graduate and a Yoga Alliance E-RYT. She earned an MA in Professional Counseling in 2011 and also holds a Yoga Ed. certification in Mind-Body Resources. Stephanie is currently pursuing certification as a Birthing From Within birth mentor and doula.
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This class challenged both my body and mind and left me feeling refreshed. Missy was attentive to students and had wonderful meditations, focusing on the different chakras throughout the class.