This dairy farm girl had many careers – wildlife researcher, veterinarian, landscaper, jewelry designer, dancer, yoga teacher, massage teacher, business manager – before realizing the common thread of these diverse interests. She thrives on balancing and supporting the highest potential of all those around her. She trusts the preciousness and potential of this human experience, and aims to relieve suffering in this world by helping people access ease, healing, peace, and a bigger smile.

In 1993, Christopher walked away from a successful construction company, gave away or sold everything he had accumulated, and traveled to Costa Rica. Upon his return a year and a half later, life seemed to have stood still, but now he knew there was so much more than the illusion he had been absorbed in. This began his heart-opening journey into massage, bodywork and self-rediscovery. We all have a bag of “issues” that burdens us; some of us carry bigger bags than others. Christopher is here to continually look through his own bag, and clean out what no longer serves him. Going through this process helps him feel brighter, healthier, and more capable of loving unconditionally. He is passionate about assisting people in opening up their bodies, emptying the bags that weigh them down, and making life more effortless. (It’s easier than we realize!) Providing three to five-hour massage sessions combined with breath work has proven to be very transformative in this regard. Christopher is grateful to be able to witness the incredible power of deep, ego-less, spirit-connected bodywork and breath work in transforming peoples' realities.

Beulah has been on her path of healing since 2003 with her completion of a 756 hr massage therapy program through the Institute of Natural Therapies. Since then, her own healing journey has inspired her to seek additional training ranging from stretching clients, deep focus on neck and back, Thai massage and Thai Abdominal massage, energy work and training for sound healing soon to come. She has spent 18 years of service working in Spas, Chiropractic settings, shared office space and massaging at festivals. Beulahs main focus practices Swedish, Deep Tissue and Relaxation Massage with attention brought to the breath, Young Living Essential Oils and assisted stretching. Each session is unique and personalized just for you, no two sessions will ever be the same. While offering a calm grounding space in the midst of your busy day, your soul will be embraced as you take time for yourself and release whatever may be ailing you.

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I first started practicing Yoga a little over 30 years ago. My mother practiced Yoga well before I was born and had books and VHS tapes when I was young. I thought Yoga was a lot of fun and liked how my body felt doing the postures so I would either ask my mom to help me or ask her for a VHS or book to help guide me. When I started my practice, I practiced Classical Hatha. A few years of doing Hatha (around 12 years old by now), I started to get into Vinyasa and Power Yoga. Then around 13 years old is when I started to buy Yoga Journal Magazines. I don’t know if they still print but they used to do quarterly releases and I would eagerly await the end of year release because they would have a huge directory in the back of the magazine that listed tons of Yoga schools around the world. I used to sit there and look through every single one and if they practiced a style I didn’t know, I would ask my mom what that style of Yoga was like. My love for Yoga just continued to grow looking through those directories and I wanted to teach Yoga more than anything in the world. When I was around 15, I was sure I was going to one day go to one of those schools and learn to teach Yoga. It was while looking at those magazines that I started to get interested in Ashtanga Yoga. I started to study all I could about that particular style of Yoga and some of the key teachers, my favorite at the time being Bryan Kest. I loved the physicality of that particular practice and how much strength I was getting in my practice but that also came with some hardships as well. It was during my years of Ashtanga practice that I sustained my 5 big injuries. Each time, those injuries set me back further and further. Once I healed up, I left Ashtanga and got back into Vinyasa and Hatha. I still wanted to go on and become a Yoga teacher but when it was time for college, I felt the pressure of society that the only way to make a living was with a college degree. I had a hard time settling with what direction I wanted to go and fumbled through college, eventually settling with getting a BFA. But I knew that wasn’t what I wanted to do so directly from graduating, I went into Massage School and became a Massage Therapist. But even through that journey, I still secretly just wanted to go and learn Yoga. Throughout the years, I kept to my personal practice and continued to study various styles of yoga and just tried to be satisfied with that while making a living being a Bodyworker. In 2020, I stumbled into Yin Yoga and that changed everything for me. I used to be very flexible and could get myself into any position but over the years of sitting in school and abuse I put my body through with working, parts of my body started to tighten up. Yin opened me up. Once I got into the practice, I started to gain so much openness and flexibility in my body so quickly. It was such a wonderful feeling to have so much more freedom within that I just kept practicing every day. Even though this reignited my practice, it still wasn’t quite enough to get me to go to school to become certified to teach. The final decision to go fulfill my life long dream of teaching came about when I was sustaining injuries from doing Bodywork and I was getting into Jungian psychology and was, at the time, learning about Shadow work. I realized that, at midlife, it was time to stop suppressing my dream and to find a school that would work with my work and life schedule. Since 2020, a lot of schools went online so it was just a matter of finding a school that taught what I wanted to learn. In 2024, I enrolled in a Classical Hatha 200hr program and near the end of 2024, I completed it. I finally became a Certified Yoga Teacher. Everything else started to fall into place. I started teaching right away at BeWell and that has been an amazing experience for me. I then got certified in Yin Yoga and started to teach Yin exclusively (unless I subbed for another class). Then, I decided that I wanted to further my understanding of Yoga and went on for more advanced training. In early 2025, I enrolled in a 300hr Iyengar based Vinyasa course. Diving deeper into this more advanced training was exactly what I needed. Everything started to come full circle for me and my childhood dreams were becoming reality. I can’t express in words what this has all meant for me except that teaching Yoga gives me a feeling of deep gratitude and purpose and being able to share this with others is such an amazing experience for me.

I love and appreciate the paradoxical nature of yoga. Yoga brings movement, yet stillness; challenge, yet ease; fierceness, yet gentleness; strength; yet surrender. As a yoga teacher I have witnessed the beautiful evolution of body, mind and spirit, in myself and in my students on and off the mat. I am also a college professor with a PhD in Special Education. Yoga instruction is a natural extension of my calling, vocation, and passion for empowerment through education. I have been practicing yoga for over twenty years and have served as a yoga instructor at several yoga studios in Anchorage, Alaska, Wisconsin and Northern Michigan, establishing myself as an EYT-200 instructor. I received my yoga teacher training from Anchorage Yoga in 2011.

Kristen discovered yoga more than 17 years ago when she came across her mom’s copy of the book 28 Day Guide to Yoga by Richard Hittleman. Her desire was to gain more flexibility in her body; what she received was so much more. The book Kristen found sparked a deep desire within to learn more. One of Kristen’s foundational teachers, B Alford, further fueled her passion of yoga through the teachings of yoga philosophy. B also demonstrated that yoga isn’t just postures you do, it is a practice that forges connection, connection between body, mind and spirit, connection to the surroundings, connection to all that is . B taught Kristen the importance of being authentic in your teaching. Kristen saw how B didn’t simply teach yoga, she lived her yoga. It is Kristen’s desire to infuse yoga into all that she does, and in doing so inspire others to find ways to practice yoga in all that they do. Kristen received her 200 hour yoga teacher certification through Yoga North in Duluth, MN. She studied the Himalayan tradition of yoga under the guidance of Ann Maxwell and Deborah Adele. It was under the tutelage of Ann and Deborah that Kristen deepened her understanding of the importance of balance in yoga, the balance of strength and flexibility, balance of breath and movement, balance of energy in the body, balance of energy in life. Throughout Kristen’s years of practicing, studying, and teaching yoga she I has come to realize the many profound changes that yoga has brought to her life. ”Yoga is not just the movements my body goes through during a practice; it is in my every breath; it is a way of life for me. It has brought mindfulness to all that I do. It has helped me to move out of a place of fear and unknowing to a place of love and deeper understanding of the Universe. It has given me light in the darkest moments of my life. Yoga has taught me to live my truth, to be present, and to feel and move with the flow of the Universe.” Over the last few years Kristen has taught at various studios in Michigan, Wisconsin and California. You can find her playing out in her element, the great outdoors, hiking, skiing, camping, kayaking, climbing or practicing yoga with her children Atlas and Indira and their dog Sage. Kristen’s classes are an infusion of the many styles that she has studied. All levels are welcome. “All sessions are taught with the intention of function over form. Knowing that every body is different, a pose will look different in each body. My goal is to help each student feel the lines of energy in the body and to find their optimum range of motion in order to perform the asanas safely and to get the most out of each posture.”

Lisa McKenzie is an Internationally Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT500). She has been practicing and studying yoga since 1985 and has been teaching throughout the Marquette community since 2008. Lisa’s yoga offerings come from a deeply embodied personal practice. In her yoga therapy practice she specializes in helping clients find relief from stress, anxiety and autoimmune challenges because these conditions are reflective of her own journey. In her group classes, Lisa strives to offer practices that embrace the entire system of yoga as described by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras because they provide a beautiful, complete and systematic roadmap to self-actualization. Crendentials: Lisa is a graduate of Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy, an International Association of Yoga Therapists accredited school based in Boylston, Massachusetts. This 875-hour professional program certifies and prepares yoga therapists to work with a variety of conditions including mental health, chronic pain and injuries, autoimmune disease, trauma, PTSD, cancer treatment support, addiction and obesity. Lisa is an advanced graduate of ShambhavAnanda Yoga, a Yoga Alliance registered school based in Rollinsville, Colorado. This authentic, hatha yoga based school certifies and prepares yoga teachers at both foundation (200 hours) and advanced (300 hours) levels. Graduates of ShambhavAnanda Yoga are educated in anatomy and biomechanics of postures, teaching methodology, meditation, ethics, philosophy and pranayama. Lisa is a current student of Kristine Weber. She has completed several courses including The Yoga and Neuroscience Connection and The Science of Slow. Kristine Weber, MA, C-IAYT, eRYT500 is a leading world authority on the neuroscientific benefits of slow, mindful yoga and an advocate for the use of these practices as an integral part of the solution to the healthcare crisis. For more about Lisa, please visit www.lisamckenzieyoga.com

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Traci is a nationally recognized mental health expert, speaker, writer, and entrepreneur. She began her career in England in 1992 and holds degrees from universities in the UK and the USA. She is the founder of Vibrant Health Company LLC and its related brands. She maintains a full-time private practice, which includes an innovative virtual clinic (one of the first-ever established in Michigan) that has been part of several national research studies on emerging practices. She has specialties in trauma, addictions, and sex ed. Stigma-free and GSD competent, her unique brands, social media presence, and groundbreaking written materials encourage all persons to reach their potential through self-help, professional counseling, and the pursuit of the best wellness possible despite age, injury, and illness. Traci is a clinical content reviewer on the Editorial Team of one of the world’s largest, free, online mental health resources https://www.betterhelp.com/advice/ Her writing is also featured on Trans4Mind, and various other places on the world wide web. Heavily influenced by a holistic perspective, Traci consistently researches nutrition and alternative approaches to health. She is committed to a plant-based lifestyle and provides health coaching worldwide through her online platforms. A Master’s prepared clinician, she also holds advanced credentials in various specialties such as Alcohol and Drug Counseling. She teaches her own brands of fitness (VIBE dance fitness, Aqua Groove), somatic bodywork, Qi Gong, and Tai Chi online and in-person, living out the conviction that mind-body approaches offer the most effective pathway to mental health and optimum physical performance. She is a 3rd-degree black belt and has taught trauma-informed self-defense for over 3 decades. https://vibranthealthcompany.com/

Katie O’Brien (she/her) began her yoga journey in 2013 in Marquette, MI USA – it was love at first practice! She eagerly attended classes and workshops at local studios, embraced Ayurvedic principles, and incorporated mindful meditation into her lifestyle. When one of her teachers, Catherine LaBar, announced the launch of the Pinecone Yoga Institute’s 200-hour Nature-based Yoga Teacher Training TM Program, Katie eagerly enrolled (and graduated in July 2024). Since then, she has offered classes at the Marquette Farmer’s Market, in partnership with local non-profit organizations, and, most recently, at BeWell Marquette. Katie fosters a deep connection with nature in all aspects of her life, and her classes are no exception. Her offerings range from gentle hatha flow to restorative, yin, and yoga nidra, with nature-based themes, mindfulness practices, and inclusive language woven throughout.

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Jennifer Boyle, based in Marquette, Michigan, is a holistic wellness guide specializing in various healing modalities. Influenced by the natural beauty around her and a transformative personal journey initiated by her father’s death, she has developed a deep understanding of holistic wellness and self-support methodologies, aiming to assist others in the ease of suffering, achieving inner peace and happiness and making services accessible to everyone. Jennifer holds a BS in Community Health Education and is a certified Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, utilizing a blend of techniques such as Hypnosis, Emotional Freedom Technique, and Neuro-Linguistic Programming to facilitate healthier behavioral responses. Jennifer is fervent about the mind-body-spirit connection and holistic wellness, focusing on natural healing methods to restore balance. Committed to honesty, integrity, and causing no harm, her mission is to transform suffering into strength, inspire personal growth, and foster inner peace through personalized and compassionate guidance. Jennifer encourages everyone to join in the lifelong journey of learning, growth, and wellness transformation.

Mary Predl recently graduated with her RYT 200 from the Pinecone Yoga Institute. As she explores her teaching style she is emphasizing inclusive and adaptive practices that are accessible for all. With every practice she will offer pathways to compassionately connect with your inner self through breathwork, movement, and rest.