Our Guides + SAFE SPACES

Katrina’s hair is always messy and her heart is always open! She has a background in biological sciences and education and her E-RYT 500. She studied with and works alongside Brett Larkin and Guru Singh at Uplifted™ Yoga and Kundalini University. Katrina owns a physical studio, Shine Yoga Garage, in the heart of the midwest cornfields of Illinois and is opening a second in her hometown. She teaches practitioners through her local and global online studio and enjoys leading hundreds of students a year into stepping into their personal teaching power as a lead yoga teacher trainer. She is especially passionate about trauma-informed yoga and yoga for youth and leads those components of the teacher trainings.

Always keep your head up and heart open is Katrina’s motto. She has survived an eating disorder, a school shooting, and an abusive marriage. She used yoga to take her power back and find her voice and continues to use it as an anchor to manage the resulting anxiety, PTSD, and digestive disorders from the trauma she has experienced. Kundalini Yoga has been instrumental in her own healing and navigation of her mind and she is passionate about taking the intimidation out of the practice and sharing it in a trauma-informed way with kids and adults.

Katrina deeply understands that sometimes there is so much to heal that we don’t know where to start. She loves to use the chakras and astrology as a map for both herself and what she offers to the collective. She especially loves to work with the cycles of the moon and our bodies encouraging students to honor themselves through the cycles and seasons of life. She curates embodied yoga and reflection moon workbooks and circles to align with the lunar energy.  

Katrina is a Taurus sun, Pisces moon, and Sagittarius rising. Her warm earthy energy and calming voice combined with her love of learning and ability to deeply empathize make her a powerhouse healer. However, she would much rather you consider yourself to be your own healer as she simply guides and suggests. Striving to turn her trauma into her dharma, she makes all of her offerings safe and compassionate. You can truly feel how genuinely Katrina cares about each individual and you can witness her shift gears to meet students where they are as she teaches both classes and yoga teacher trainings. 

Katrina considers yoga to be an anchor in her life and loves to share “anchor tools” to help students return home to their own bodies and their hearts. Her favorite anchor tools are mudras. She believes it’s always helpful to do something with your hands, especially when it helps direct energy and intention! 

Katrina teaches meditation, mudra, journaling, hatha, vinyasa, yin, restorative, yoga nidra, kids, trapeze, and kundalini classes. All of her classes are trauma-mindful, alignment-based, fun, and empowering. She might occasionally speak to the grown-ups in kids yoga language and tell you to be a snake or a dog, but that’s just all part of the fun!  She would love nothing more than to help you remember your power, your voice, and your body’s wisdom as you move, meditate, breathe and heal with her! 

Chelsea first started practicing yoga during a time when her mind and body felt out of harmony. She turned to yoga and a more holistic lifestyle to help find more balance, direction, and peace within herself. Yoga has not only brought her increased physical wellness, but has also given her a reminder to slow down, more space for stillness, and a reconnection with her intuition. 

Chelsea has her RYT 200 in alignment based hatha/vinyasa from Breathe for Change. She is also a certified social emotional learning facilitator and has her Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education. Chelsea spends most of her days in her classroom with her littles teaching preschool in the Illinois Valley area.  She enjoys the time she spends outside of her classroom teaching yoga to both kids and adults, practicing yoga, exploring new places, and spending time with her family and friends. 

With a grateful and compassionate heart, Chelsea enjoys offering yoga that is accessible to everybody in a space where everyone is supported and welcomed.  She is passionate about bringing social/emotional awareness and yoga to both kids and adults.  Chelsea’s teaching is rooted in a deep understanding of social/emotional well being.  She offers hatha, vinyasa, slow flow, yin, meditation, mindfulness, empowerment, and kids classes.  Chelsea makes each of her classes a quest to guide students of all ages to find joy and ease in body, mind and heart.

An incurable traveler, hiker, adventurer, and gardener, Andrea guides those with injuries and chronic health conditions to live life to the fullest through the practices of yoga and spending time with nature. Without yoga as an anchor of her daily life, she would not be able to do the outdoor activities that she loves so much.

Through yoga, she has transformed herself physically and emotionally after undergoing 17 orthopedic surgeries over the course of 2+ decades. She believes in functional movement, especially in our modern tech-driven society. One of the best ways to naturally move our bodies, the way they are designed to move, is by spending time outdoors. One of her main focuses is on the common threads between yoga and connection to Nature. She shares these ideas by leading in-person and virtual Mindful Outdoor Experiences.

Andrea is an ERYT-500 and YACEP yoga teacher offering weekly yoga classes at 2 YMCAs as well as private yoga instruction. She has also completed certifications in Accessible Yoga, Yin Yoga, and TRX Yoga. She is a Certified Mindful Outdoor Guide through the Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership, as well as an ACE Certified Health Coach, helping people make positive lifestyle changes.

She invites you to hike and travel virtually with her at www.BluesBoots.com. More information about Mindful Outdoor Experiences can be found on this website. A list of Andrea’s recommended movement and nature-related readings and resources can be found here as well.  She is the author of A Year of Mindfulness With Nature: 52 weeks of Mindfulness Ideas and Journal Prompts Inspired by Nature.