JENNY LARKIN
I began practicing yoga when I was a teenager living in South Florida but began incorporating it more deeply into my life a few years ago when I wanted to begin living a healthier, more intentional lifestyle. I fell in love with my weekly Yin and Yoga Nidra practices, slowly expanded to a Hatha practice, and finally branched out to aerial yoga! When I moved to Pagosa Springs in November 2021, I began coming to aerial classes at PMAB weekly and realized that I had finally found my people and my home. I was lucky enough to get my 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training certificate from Cloud Nine Yoga through a hybrid course hosted at PMAB and I am so excited to be teaching at the studio that has given me such a sense of belonging and community! I look forward to meeting you and guiding you on a journey through your own practice.
I began practicing yoga when I was a teenager living in South Florida but began incorporating it more deeply into my life a few years ago when I wanted to begin living a healthier, more intentional lifestyle. I fell in love with my weekly Yin and Yoga Nidra practices, slowly expanded to a Hatha practice, and finally branched out to aerial yoga! When I moved to Pagosa Springs in November 2021, I began coming to aerial classes at PMAB weekly and realized that I had finally found my people and my home. I was lucky enough to get my 200-Hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training certificate from Cloud Nine Yoga through a hybrid course hosted at PMAB and I am so excited to be teaching at the studio that has given me such a sense of belonging and community! I look forward to meeting you and guiding you on a journey through your own practice.
MARIA LOUIZE
I am a Licensed Massage Therapist (CMT since 1990) and a Registered Yoga Teacher (since 2010).
My curiosity about yoga was sparked when I was a child and my Mom was a yoga teacher. The spark ignited into a passion as I took yoga and meditation classes and workshops over many years, integrating the teachings into my heart and life. In 2010 I completed a 200 hour Hatha yoga teacher training, followed by many additional yoga teacher trainings including three Aerial Yoga teacher trainings (Aircat Aerial Arts, Born to Fly, and Yoga Swing), Restorative Yoga (with Judith Hanson Lasater at Mount Madonna Yoga Center), Yin Yoga, Energy Medicine Yoga, and Yoga Movement Screen. I'm very grateful to have taken workshops with Seane Corn (Spirit Speak), Shiva Rae (Yoga Trance Dance), Anodea Judith (Seven Windows To The Soul: Chakra Awakening) and Saul David Raye (Heart Centered Yoga). I enjoyed being a volunteer for Aerial yoga classes at a Wanderlust Yoga Festival. I also studied Qi Gong Healing Touch with Damaris Jarboux, and I have practiced and taught Qi Gong for many years.
Maria is also a massage therapist here at the studio - check out her therapist bio here!
I am a Licensed Massage Therapist (CMT since 1990) and a Registered Yoga Teacher (since 2010).
My curiosity about yoga was sparked when I was a child and my Mom was a yoga teacher. The spark ignited into a passion as I took yoga and meditation classes and workshops over many years, integrating the teachings into my heart and life. In 2010 I completed a 200 hour Hatha yoga teacher training, followed by many additional yoga teacher trainings including three Aerial Yoga teacher trainings (Aircat Aerial Arts, Born to Fly, and Yoga Swing), Restorative Yoga (with Judith Hanson Lasater at Mount Madonna Yoga Center), Yin Yoga, Energy Medicine Yoga, and Yoga Movement Screen. I'm very grateful to have taken workshops with Seane Corn (Spirit Speak), Shiva Rae (Yoga Trance Dance), Anodea Judith (Seven Windows To The Soul: Chakra Awakening) and Saul David Raye (Heart Centered Yoga). I enjoyed being a volunteer for Aerial yoga classes at a Wanderlust Yoga Festival. I also studied Qi Gong Healing Touch with Damaris Jarboux, and I have practiced and taught Qi Gong for many years.
Maria is also a massage therapist here at the studio - check out her therapist bio here!
ANDREA PELTIER
I started practicing yoga 15 years ago after 2 mountain bike accidents. It helped so much that I continued practicing yoga and meditation, and I went on to get my 200hr YTT certificate from The Center for Natural Living in Costa Rica. Six years ago I was introduced to Iyengar yoga, and right away I felt like I was home. The alignment and modifications one can use in Iyengar yoga made a huge difference in my practice, my body, and my mind. I started connecting more to my body and was able to meet it exactly where it was at.
I was led to take teacher training with Leslie Bradley & Craig Kurtz in 2019. I have also studied with Lisa Beckwith Wolf. In the Fall of 2020 I took the Autumn Sanghe with Abhijata Iyengar (B.K.S. Iyengar's granddaughter from India) called "Strength in Asana and Community," and this workshop reaffirmed for me that my path of study of yoga is Iyengar.
I love teaching this style of yoga, and am looking forward to practicing with all who come to class in Pagosa Springs!
ASHLEY SPRINGER
Yoga came into my life after a long struggle of chasing cures for my troubles in life which continued time and time again to be of no real benefit. It was on a wintery afternoon in New Mexico during the middle of COVID and I was griping to a friend about running out of things to do. After a slight hesitation he responded, “You have the perfect floor for yoga. Look up some
videos on YouTube and let me know what you think.” I never looked back.
Going from my ‘perfect living room floor’ to obtaining my 200 HR RYT in Costa Rica in early 2021, PMAB will be my first time teaching in a studio space. My style is geared towards what feels good with the underlying vocal “EveryBODY is different.” Yoga can be intimidating; it was for me for years in fact, the number of studio classes I’ve attended can be counted on my
fingertips. I aim to break that intimidation and show students that yoga is more than movement, it’s a path to the heart, breath to the soul and brings about healing elements that are often hard to explain.
I love to move and wiggle, utilize fun transitions, and build up just enough heat in the body to encourage an energized body that also feels relaxed. I am an enthusiastic joker so you may hear some stories that make you laugh. As we twist and bend our bodies together in imperfect synchronicity, I encourage only that we do what is right for us both in movement and breath, giggles and sighs and ends with a positive light which remains with each.
Yoga came into my life after a long struggle of chasing cures for my troubles in life which continued time and time again to be of no real benefit. It was on a wintery afternoon in New Mexico during the middle of COVID and I was griping to a friend about running out of things to do. After a slight hesitation he responded, “You have the perfect floor for yoga. Look up some
videos on YouTube and let me know what you think.” I never looked back.
Going from my ‘perfect living room floor’ to obtaining my 200 HR RYT in Costa Rica in early 2021, PMAB will be my first time teaching in a studio space. My style is geared towards what feels good with the underlying vocal “EveryBODY is different.” Yoga can be intimidating; it was for me for years in fact, the number of studio classes I’ve attended can be counted on my
fingertips. I aim to break that intimidation and show students that yoga is more than movement, it’s a path to the heart, breath to the soul and brings about healing elements that are often hard to explain.
I love to move and wiggle, utilize fun transitions, and build up just enough heat in the body to encourage an energized body that also feels relaxed. I am an enthusiastic joker so you may hear some stories that make you laugh. As we twist and bend our bodies together in imperfect synchronicity, I encourage only that we do what is right for us both in movement and breath, giggles and sighs and ends with a positive light which remains with each.
TINA VALLES
At 17 Shotokan Karate was my life! I earned my black belt 2 years later and joined the Women’s National Team. As the first woman ever my Sensei invited me to participate in the Instructor program at my dojo.
At this time I also signed up for Movement Teacher training and I was introduced to Hatha Yoga. I noticed how it improved my Martial Arts skills. When I got pregnant with my daughter, I went deeper into my practice and had also started teaching Hatha classes. Yoga prepared me to give birth naturally at home in water with both my children.
Some years later my brother invited me to an Ashtanga Yoga class. I loved the similarity to my Martial Arts training and I started the traditional path of practicing 6x a week for 2 hours. I would assist my brother with his classes and workshops. After a while I started teaching my own classes and I was working full time as a yoga instructor for many years.
In 2005 I moved to Pagosa Springs and continued teaching here and in Durango. In 2009 I had a horseback riding accident, leaving me with a lot of neck/upper back pain. I went on a personal journey to heal it with my yoga knowledge and intuition. I have been active and pain free since then! I am excited to be part of the PMAB family and offer my classes to the community.
I welcome YOU ~ come as YOU are ~
Namaste, Tina
At 17 Shotokan Karate was my life! I earned my black belt 2 years later and joined the Women’s National Team. As the first woman ever my Sensei invited me to participate in the Instructor program at my dojo.
At this time I also signed up for Movement Teacher training and I was introduced to Hatha Yoga. I noticed how it improved my Martial Arts skills. When I got pregnant with my daughter, I went deeper into my practice and had also started teaching Hatha classes. Yoga prepared me to give birth naturally at home in water with both my children.
Some years later my brother invited me to an Ashtanga Yoga class. I loved the similarity to my Martial Arts training and I started the traditional path of practicing 6x a week for 2 hours. I would assist my brother with his classes and workshops. After a while I started teaching my own classes and I was working full time as a yoga instructor for many years.
In 2005 I moved to Pagosa Springs and continued teaching here and in Durango. In 2009 I had a horseback riding accident, leaving me with a lot of neck/upper back pain. I went on a personal journey to heal it with my yoga knowledge and intuition. I have been active and pain free since then! I am excited to be part of the PMAB family and offer my classes to the community.
I welcome YOU ~ come as YOU are ~
Namaste, Tina
ADRIENNE "DRIE" YOUNG
Burlesque Performer, aerialist, costume/fashion designer, and certified yoga instructor! I find a lot of passion in self love & care. I wanted to create a fitness class for everyone in a refreshing fun art form! I have been doing aerial for over a decade. I originally
trained at Cirque School in LA as I wanted to incorporate aerial arts into my burlesque performances. I have been performing under my stage
name, Sass A Frass. I instantly fell in love with all aerial arts as another form of creative self expression and physical meditative workout using only your body weight, my favorite type of fitness! I have practiced yoga since I was a young girl and finally got my
certificate as an instructor back in 2015 to be able to share my passion with others! To this day I continue to perform and practice aerial and yoga and figure out new ways of creatively incorporating them into all of my creative self expressions. As a designer and someone who just loves to dance, play, and have fun I wanted to create this class as a dance party! Incorporating aerial yoga and circus conditioning into a fun one hour ‘Friday Night Fever’ Disco Dance Party. We will be working out to Disco House Music in costume! Costumes and stretchy clothes are suggested but not required!
Let’s just have fun, dance, and play!
Drie is available for private aerial yoga sessions - Call us to reserve your time with her!
970-903-9278
MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Greetings! My journey in life and yoga has been long and interesting. I first learned of yoga practice from a couple of displaced restauranteurs from LA in Sandpoint, Idaho when I was 17. Since then, I have had many knowledgeable and experienced teachers in Hatha Yoga, Bikram style, and Ashtanga Yoga. In 2009, I completed the 200-hour teacher training in Hot Yoga style. Recently I completed a second 200-hour teacher training right here at PMAB with Cloud 9 Yoga – a Hatha based fun yoga. This type fits very well with my love of discovering the movements that feel best. I am happy to share the insights I’ve gathered into how Yoga can keep you enjoying life into your later years.
*Michelle is currently on sabbatical*
Greetings! My journey in life and yoga has been long and interesting. I first learned of yoga practice from a couple of displaced restauranteurs from LA in Sandpoint, Idaho when I was 17. Since then, I have had many knowledgeable and experienced teachers in Hatha Yoga, Bikram style, and Ashtanga Yoga. In 2009, I completed the 200-hour teacher training in Hot Yoga style. Recently I completed a second 200-hour teacher training right here at PMAB with Cloud 9 Yoga – a Hatha based fun yoga. This type fits very well with my love of discovering the movements that feel best. I am happy to share the insights I’ve gathered into how Yoga can keep you enjoying life into your later years.
*Michelle is currently on sabbatical*