Jennifer Perry, E-RYT 500, Healer
Owner/Instructor
Jennifer has spent the last 28 years immersed in the world of yoga and all things related. Her classes are upbeat playful and rooted in science and have become a celebration of all the inner work she does off the mat. She believes our breath is our highest teacher in class and guides them with a synchronized breathing rhythm that takes you into a deeper space within your body where the noise of our thoughts begin to dissolve. Expect to feel personally empowered, nurtured and revitalized throughout her classes!
Owner/Instructor
Jennifer has spent the last 28 years immersed in the world of yoga and all things related. Her classes are upbeat playful and rooted in science and have become a celebration of all the inner work she does off the mat. She believes our breath is our highest teacher in class and guides them with a synchronized breathing rhythm that takes you into a deeper space within your body where the noise of our thoughts begin to dissolve. Expect to feel personally empowered, nurtured and revitalized throughout her classes!
Katie Scarsella, Instructor, Certified Mindfulness Education Teacher, Human Design Practitioner
Katie was drawn to yoga as a means to quiet her very active and often easily distracted mind. Her practice quickly evolved from being a way to "fix" her mind to rather being a way to understand it. She teaches from this perspective as well. The practice will always meet each individual where they are, and through careful attention to the foundations of the practice we become more in touch with our inner workings. She is a teacher who would describe herself as being a student first. Everything she teaches, comes from the years she has spent working on her own mat. She believes yoga is suitable for any age group, as long as there is a willingness to let it, hence she began teaching childrens classes as well. You can never be to young to learn the foundations of the practice. To connect with her students individually is something she aspires to do during each class. Through helpful modifications/assists, her classes are very alignment focused and breath-centric. She offers a warm, safe and encouraging environment for students to be challenged and grow. She teaches from an Ashtanga based background, and has been teaching short form Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Slow Flow and yin classes for nearly a decade
Katie was drawn to yoga as a means to quiet her very active and often easily distracted mind. Her practice quickly evolved from being a way to "fix" her mind to rather being a way to understand it. She teaches from this perspective as well. The practice will always meet each individual where they are, and through careful attention to the foundations of the practice we become more in touch with our inner workings. She is a teacher who would describe herself as being a student first. Everything she teaches, comes from the years she has spent working on her own mat. She believes yoga is suitable for any age group, as long as there is a willingness to let it, hence she began teaching childrens classes as well. You can never be to young to learn the foundations of the practice. To connect with her students individually is something she aspires to do during each class. Through helpful modifications/assists, her classes are very alignment focused and breath-centric. She offers a warm, safe and encouraging environment for students to be challenged and grow. She teaches from an Ashtanga based background, and has been teaching short form Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Slow Flow and yin classes for nearly a decade
Cassie Padula, RYT
Instructor, MS
Cassie has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and completed a one-year teacher training through Shanti Yoga and her RYT 200 hour certification through The Inner Door Center in 2015. Cassie earned her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from Wayne State University in 2009 and is currently a professional photographer. When she is not behind the lens of her camera, you will find Cassie playing and exploring life on her yoga mat. "Yoga for me has been a release of the physical and emotional, and has allowed for strength in my body, mind, and a deeper understanding of who I am and what I want out of life."
Instructor, MS
Cassie has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and completed a one-year teacher training through Shanti Yoga and her RYT 200 hour certification through The Inner Door Center in 2015. Cassie earned her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from Wayne State University in 2009 and is currently a professional photographer. When she is not behind the lens of her camera, you will find Cassie playing and exploring life on her yoga mat. "Yoga for me has been a release of the physical and emotional, and has allowed for strength in my body, mind, and a deeper understanding of who I am and what I want out of life."
Natalie Cummings, RYT
Instructor
Natalie's energy is contagious and her yoga teaching style is simple yet profoundly educational. She has refined her teachings to meet students where they are while effortlessly guiding them into a yoga practice that suits their specific needs. She is involved with many global non-profits and is a yoga diversity activist and proud member of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition Leadership Team. Natalie is also the Founder of The Yoga Business Connection which offers web designs to further the healing reach of yoga online through her many community building skills.
Instructor
Natalie's energy is contagious and her yoga teaching style is simple yet profoundly educational. She has refined her teachings to meet students where they are while effortlessly guiding them into a yoga practice that suits their specific needs. She is involved with many global non-profits and is a yoga diversity activist and proud member of the Yoga and Body Image Coalition Leadership Team. Natalie is also the Founder of The Yoga Business Connection which offers web designs to further the healing reach of yoga online through her many community building skills.
Travis Reiff, RYT
Instructor
Travis has been practicing yoga since the 20th century. He finished his 200 hr with Johnny Kest at Center for Yoga in Birmingham. An avid believer and practitioner of daily meditation, Travis’s classes are deeply focused on breath as a means of finding your body and spirit within the postures. Whether Vinyasa or Slow Flow, his classes are always inspired, physically challenging, and usually supported by a kick-ass playlist. He received his BFA in Theatre from University of Detroit, and is a certified Language Arts and S.S. teacher. He has performed on stages across the country as an actor, musician, and has directed award-winning productions of Streetcar Named Desire and Buried Child and Evil Dead: The Musical to name a few. You can find him in and out of the studio and currently fronts the popular Detroit power trio Mighty Dead Woods.
Instructor
Travis has been practicing yoga since the 20th century. He finished his 200 hr with Johnny Kest at Center for Yoga in Birmingham. An avid believer and practitioner of daily meditation, Travis’s classes are deeply focused on breath as a means of finding your body and spirit within the postures. Whether Vinyasa or Slow Flow, his classes are always inspired, physically challenging, and usually supported by a kick-ass playlist. He received his BFA in Theatre from University of Detroit, and is a certified Language Arts and S.S. teacher. He has performed on stages across the country as an actor, musician, and has directed award-winning productions of Streetcar Named Desire and Buried Child and Evil Dead: The Musical to name a few. You can find him in and out of the studio and currently fronts the popular Detroit power trio Mighty Dead Woods.
Chris Abolio, RYT
Instructor & Certified Personal Fitness Coach
Chris Abolio is an athlete of many hats, besides yoga she moonlights as a professional dancer and clown with a joy for weightlifting. For her, the special thing about yoga is how it connects the mind to the body and soul, creating a sense of balance for this tight-rope called life. She received her Power Yoga certification from a certified Baptiste studio. She is passionate about helping her community grow as a whole, and individually. Chris encourages everyone to ask questions, to get uncomfortable, and to be ok with falling—because who knows, you might just fly.
Instructor & Certified Personal Fitness Coach
Chris Abolio is an athlete of many hats, besides yoga she moonlights as a professional dancer and clown with a joy for weightlifting. For her, the special thing about yoga is how it connects the mind to the body and soul, creating a sense of balance for this tight-rope called life. She received her Power Yoga certification from a certified Baptiste studio. She is passionate about helping her community grow as a whole, and individually. Chris encourages everyone to ask questions, to get uncomfortable, and to be ok with falling—because who knows, you might just fly.
Daniel Niedzwiecki- RYT
Instructor
Dan has been practicing yoga for more then 10 years and completed his RYT 200 hour certification with 359 Yoga in 2018. When he's not practicing his jump through, Dan tries his luck as a mad scientist. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University and is currently a chemist for BASF in Wyandotte. "Yoga is personal. Having been diagnosed with Chronic Crohn's Colitis in 2008, yoga has been my real source of physical healing. More than that, my time on the mat has offered me a means to find inner strength and have pride in who I am."
Instructor
Dan has been practicing yoga for more then 10 years and completed his RYT 200 hour certification with 359 Yoga in 2018. When he's not practicing his jump through, Dan tries his luck as a mad scientist. He earned his Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University and is currently a chemist for BASF in Wyandotte. "Yoga is personal. Having been diagnosed with Chronic Crohn's Colitis in 2008, yoga has been my real source of physical healing. More than that, my time on the mat has offered me a means to find inner strength and have pride in who I am."
Kelli Thomas , RYT, Pilates Teacher
Kelli was called to start practicing yoga in 2008 when she was pregnant with her son for connection and pain relief. As her practice deepened, so did her passion for wellness and understanding the sense of self + oneness.
In 2010 she trained under Master Adam Nguyen at International Yoga Institute in Virginia Beach and was certified in Raja yoga. Her passion to inspire others and desire to continue learning led to an array of certifications
in: Pilates from AFAA, Chair yoga & Circuit with Silver Sneakers, certified instructor with BUTI MVMNT, and Meridian Yoga Therapy with Science of Self. Dedication to her practice (and love for travel) has allowed her to teach across the US, in Costa Rica and in Bali at a Goddess Retreat. She teaches from her heart, intuition, and wisdom. Come discover your inner power and create a deeper connection in classes that are creative,
supportive and strengthening. "Time can go by fast...life is short, and there is no rewind. Coming together on our mats, if only for a short time, I hope to bring others peace, happiness, insight and mindfulness."
Kelli was called to start practicing yoga in 2008 when she was pregnant with her son for connection and pain relief. As her practice deepened, so did her passion for wellness and understanding the sense of self + oneness.
In 2010 she trained under Master Adam Nguyen at International Yoga Institute in Virginia Beach and was certified in Raja yoga. Her passion to inspire others and desire to continue learning led to an array of certifications
in: Pilates from AFAA, Chair yoga & Circuit with Silver Sneakers, certified instructor with BUTI MVMNT, and Meridian Yoga Therapy with Science of Self. Dedication to her practice (and love for travel) has allowed her to teach across the US, in Costa Rica and in Bali at a Goddess Retreat. She teaches from her heart, intuition, and wisdom. Come discover your inner power and create a deeper connection in classes that are creative,
supportive and strengthening. "Time can go by fast...life is short, and there is no rewind. Coming together on our mats, if only for a short time, I hope to bring others peace, happiness, insight and mindfulness."
Megan Slattery, E-RYT Co-Director Teacher Training
Megan Slattery began her yoga practice in her 20s while living on the West Coast. After a number of years of consistent practice she dabbled in other forms of movement and philosophical and artistic studies. In the mid- 2000s Megan found herself back in Michigan after almost two decades away from a four season state- the call of yoga was back! For the past decade Megan has studied many aspects of yoga including Sanskrit, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, pranayama, meditation and karma yoga. Her teaching and practice roots are built from from thousands of hours of seeking. Beyond her initial 200 hour certification with Jonny Kest, Megan received certification to lead the Ashtanga Primary Series with Tim Miller and later training in teaching teachers through Life Power Yoga. Over the years the light that had been lit previously was transformed into a passionate desire to help students and new teachers dive into the exploration of their lives through the yoga practices (asana, pranayama, meditation, mudras, giving and self study). And this continues....Hours spent on her own mat and with teachers senior to her have allowed for great space to trust the process and practice patience. The greatest teacher has been the practice itself. Megan pours her heart into her grassroots cause, Mats for Mutts (up-cycling used yoga mats for use in animal sanctuaries, rescues, shelters). Her love for the animal world is her purest love and she hopes to help others remember that our true blessing is in giving. She has led and will continue to offer yoga classes, workshops/fundraisers for the Alzheimer’s Association, Freedom House, many animal care causes and individuals. Her mantra, my life is my art. I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
Georgia O’Keefe
Megan Slattery began her yoga practice in her 20s while living on the West Coast. After a number of years of consistent practice she dabbled in other forms of movement and philosophical and artistic studies. In the mid- 2000s Megan found herself back in Michigan after almost two decades away from a four season state- the call of yoga was back! For the past decade Megan has studied many aspects of yoga including Sanskrit, Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, pranayama, meditation and karma yoga. Her teaching and practice roots are built from from thousands of hours of seeking. Beyond her initial 200 hour certification with Jonny Kest, Megan received certification to lead the Ashtanga Primary Series with Tim Miller and later training in teaching teachers through Life Power Yoga. Over the years the light that had been lit previously was transformed into a passionate desire to help students and new teachers dive into the exploration of their lives through the yoga practices (asana, pranayama, meditation, mudras, giving and self study). And this continues....Hours spent on her own mat and with teachers senior to her have allowed for great space to trust the process and practice patience. The greatest teacher has been the practice itself. Megan pours her heart into her grassroots cause, Mats for Mutts (up-cycling used yoga mats for use in animal sanctuaries, rescues, shelters). Her love for the animal world is her purest love and she hopes to help others remember that our true blessing is in giving. She has led and will continue to offer yoga classes, workshops/fundraisers for the Alzheimer’s Association, Freedom House, many animal care causes and individuals. Her mantra, my life is my art. I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
Georgia O’Keefe
