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Kelli Daffron: Yin Yoga, Yoga Workout, Vinyasa Yoga
You can make anything into yoga by acting with intention; learning to observe yourself in all that you do. My practice aims to work this muscle of awareness, focusing on one’s breath, posture, and movements. I completed my teacher training in Sivananda yoga in the Bahamas in 2014, and since have taught in Mexico, Guatemala, New Orleans, Malawi, and now here in Astoria. My classes are influenced by different desires for stretching/ movement/strength and are very much inspired by instructors I’ve practiced with over the years. Living on a permaculture farm in San Jose del Cabo circa 2012-‘13 I got to learn how to take care of plants and goats, cook vegan meals over a fire, speak Spanish, and practice yoga with real intention—were it not for the yoga community there, I would not have become an instructor.
North Carolina is my home state. I earned my bachelors in Psychology and Anthropology at UNC Chapel Hill in 2010, and spent the time between then and 2016 teaching school children and farming all over the world. AcroYoga has been an interest of mine since 2012, where I began practicing with circus folks in Mexico and Colombia. While living in New Orleans in 2015 I continued to practice AcroYoga and danced with an Afro-Brazilian group. My recent interests have led me to intern at Lewis & Clark National Historical Park where I’ve learned a great bit about the biology of the Lower Columbia. Ask me about plants!
Contact: kfdaffron@gmail.com 757-348-5314
Benedetto DeFrancisco: Benergy Movement+Sound, Qigong, Yoga
Benedetto [they/he] of Benergy Healing, is here [and queer] and ready to serve with love. As a certified intuitive energy worker, transformational coach, and instructor, Benedetto holds gentle, yet powerful space through various modalities- including Reiki, Sound Healing, Tarot, Qigong, Yoga, and Mentorship- to support clients who seek clarity and guidance through major life transitions and transformations. Benedetto has been rippling out energy waves for the greatest good since 2016 by working with clients 1:1, teaching classes, and hosting workshops. They have co-created numerous transformational events around the country, and soon around the world!
Since moving to Astoria in 2020, you can also find Benedetto serving the community as the Program Coordinator for the Lower Columbia Q Center; DSART for The Harbor; and support staff at the Astoria Warming Center.
Contact: benergyhealing@gmail.com 847-323-4555
Kristin Kabanuk: Yoga
I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis in 1988 at eight years old. At that time, there was no talk of diet or yoga for disease and pain management, so as a child, I combated the pain and deterioration in my joints with fistfuls of medication, brief sessions of physical therapy, and spent lots of time on crutches.
After living for two decades with this disease, I was finally convinced to try yoga in my early twenties. I hated it. It hurt, it was hard, and my body fought it. My wrists, knees, and ankles screamed from the movement and I didn’t go back for a very long time.
Around 2010, in my thirties and still living with Arthritis, I began to transition mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. I was shifting from a high intensity work life to one with meaning, passion, and purpose. I committed to two weeks of yoga following yet more suggestion that it would benefit my physical body, and after hearing it could also help mentally and emotionally during this major shift in lifestyle. I finally surrendered to a practice I had been resisting for years. As all new yogis do, in the beginning, I awkwardly moved through the postures. I worked hard, cried from pain and emotional release, and wrestled against my mind. But I felt support from the students around me. Yogis are amazing like that – they are special, mindful, and compassionate people who understand that we are all connected by this experience of being human. I continue to progress, and I continue to struggle. But that is part of the journey for all of us every single day.
In October of 2013, was certified as an instructor at Ashtanga & Hatha Yoga Mysore under Ely Ruales and Mahesh Chandra in Varkala, Kerala, India. I opened a yoga studio in Seaside called Seaside Yoga and held that space for seven years before closing in 2020 because: COVID.
My intention behind my classes is to nurture bodies in all states of being through the healing practice of yoga, and do my part to support a lifestyle that encourages health, vitality, and movement.”
Contact: seasideyogi@gmail.com (503) 468-6255
www.facebook.com/yogainseaside
@seasideyoga on Instagram
Aubrie Kohlhas: Family Yoga
Music Bio
Aubrie comes from a musical family and began singing and learning instruments at an early age. She holds her BA in Instrumental Music Education from St. Olaf College graduating in 2003 and began her career as a middle school band director in her hometown of Iowa. Upon moving to Phoenix, AZ a few years later she taught high school music theory and piano. After the birth of her first child in 2013 in Seattle, WA she needed a more flexible schedule and became a traveling music teacher, working with kids in daycares and preschools age birth through five. She also teaches private piano and trumpet lessons.
Yoga Bio
Aubrie began practicing yoga with her aunt and friends in the 1990’s. In 2006 she attended Southwest Institute of Healing Arts in Tempe, AZ to become a Registered Yoga Teacher, furthering her studies in Hatha Yoga with Rod Stryker and Yoga Therapy with Christy Burnette accumulating 300 hours. Upon completion of her yoga certification she worked at a group home for teenage girls and an alternative high school teaching both yoga and music as well as teaching adults in various yoga studio settings, including Meta Yoga and SWIHA.
Contact: aubrie.yoga@gmail.com 602-980-9007
Riki Leone: Breathwork
Bio coming soon!
Jude MatulichHall: Yoga, Pilates, KashmirShavaism Meditation
Jude MatulichHall is a certified Yoga instructor with over 20 years' experience in the fitness industry. Originally getting her start in weight lifting, she soon branched out into other fitness practices which included Yoga, aerobics, kick-boxing, Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do, & resistance training, just to name a few… 5 years into her fitness journey Yoga and Meditation become her main focus for health and well-being. At the age of 29, Judy realized that her true calling was to teach- she received her Yoga certification and began teaching in February of 2005.
Contact: yogijude@gmail.com 503-298-3874
Terrie Powers: Meditation, Gentle Yoga
Terrie Powers is a certified RYTE 500 yoga instructor, practitioner and meditator. Coming from a background of Occupational Therapy, she is also certified in Yoga for Osteoporosis, Chair Yoga, and has completed her 500-hour Advanced Teacher Training in the Shambhavi tradition.
Terrie worked as an occupational therapist, doing home health for the past 25 + years working with a variety of diagnoses.
She has been a practicing yogi for many years and an instructor for the past 10.
Terrie believes that everyone can do yoga and is skilled at adapting yoga poses to fit the person and their own needs. She feels that yoga and meditation are more than helpful in living and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
She is also a meditator and teacher of meditation in the Shambhavi tradition. She has an ongoing daily meditation practice, based in Mindfulness and Insight Mediation traditions and incorporates this emphasis on mindfulness, breath awareness and finding your own personal yoga practice in a supportive environment with a like-minded community of people.
About Terrie's Yoga Classes:
Classes are taught in a module of 4–6-weeks:
- Wednesday, 10 - 11:15am
- Friday, 10 - 11:15am
(no classes September 13th - 20th)
Cost is $10 per class, registration required (email Terrie to register). If available, please bring all of your own yoga props (such as a mat, block, strap)- chairs are provided.
Gentle Yoga classes are designed to maintain and build essential mobility, balance and foundational strength while honoring a variety of bodies. Gentle Yoga is slower paced and focuses on safe alignment, using props if needed to adapt the pose to your unique self. The practice is ideal for seniors, yogis returning to practice after an injury or illness, new yogis with fitness concerns or anyone interested in a softer touch in their yoga practice. The class is not aerobic and while you might breathe hard, you most likely will not work up a sweat. It is required for this class that you are able to get up and down from the floor. Please call, text or email me with questions or specific concerns. If you have an ongoing health issue, please consult your doctor before attending.
Contact: trrbaypowers@gmail.com 503-298-0056
Amy Rau: Kids Yoga, Teen Yoga
Amy is a certified yoga teacher registered with Yoga Alliance with specialty training in Yoga for Children. Amy has a background in teaching children's gymnastics which makes the transition to children's yoga a natural progression. She was also the teacher (and driver) of the "Tumblebus" in Olympia, Washington which was a portable gymnastics studio taken to schools, daycares, and special events. Amy loves working with kids of all ages from toddlers to teens and is excited to continue that journey with Yoga.
Amy has practiced Yoga for over 20 years along with her 200-hour teacher training and has extensive knowledge of Yoga for all ages. She is currently continuing her education to pursue her 500-hour training, and Restorative Yoga training and is always growing and learning.
Yoga is Amy’s love and passion, and she can't wait to share it with others.
Contact: 360-888-6437 myyogaplaceoregon@gmail.com
Megan Rose: Ashtanga Yoga
Hi, I am Megan Amara Rose. I am a yoga teacher, writer, and communication specialist with a passion for the healing arts.
I have been teaching yoga since 2017 when I earned my certification (YTT-200) while living in Nicaragua. The emphasis of my training, my personal practice, and my teaching is rooted in the style of yoga called Ashtanga. You can read more about this type of yoga by checking out my blog at www.meganrose.org. I also teach a variety of other types of yoga, depending on the unique needs of students and groups. In addition to my yoga training, I am also clinically certified by HeartMath® Institute to teach mindfulness techniques addressing stress, anxiety, and emotional regulation.
I hold a bachelor's degree in human communication from Southern Oregon University and a master's degree in communication disorders and sciences from the University of Oregon, and I have practiced speech-language pathology for over ten years.
Certifications and degrees are important, but one thing that makes me unique is how my offerings are grounded in my own lived experiences, which have included adversity as well as profound healing.
In addition to yoga, writing, and studying mystical traditions, I love surfing, hiking, backpacking, gardening, and anything that gets me outside in nature. I also enjoy rainy Pacific Northwest days spent staying home and being cozy. I look forward to seeing you in class!
Contact: info@meganrose.org