Our Core Values
Leadership: we lead ourselves and our business to fulfill purpose. Growth: we grow ourselves and our business to achieve potential. Creation: we create world-class leadership resources and experiences. Excellence: we chase excellence in all we do. Service: we serve our guests, colleagues and community.
- Started practicing: 1998
- Started teaching: 2003
- Why? To develop a deeper connection and appreciation of my body and myself and to help others do the same!
- YTT 200 Hour, Hari-Om Yoga School
- Children’s Yoga Teacher Training Levels 1-3, Little Flower Yoga
- Started practicing: 2018
- Started teaching: 2020
- Why? From the moment I walked thru the doors for an intro series, I could see that Big Fish was a community full of people who elevate and celebrate one another. I practice and teach here so I can share all that yoga has given me with others!
- RYT 200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Started practicing: 2009
- Started teaching: 2011
- Why? To inspire a culture of courage, confidence and strength in a fun-loving environment.
- E-RYT 200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Big Fish Leadership Board
- Started practicing: 2017
- Started teaching: 2018
- Why? Yoga healed my body and my mind following years of chronic low back pain and surgery. I teach because I want every person to know the healing, joy and freedom that is possible through this practice.
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Started practicing: 2016
- Started teaching: 2019
- Why? To be part of deep community and to give back. I discovered healing and strength through yoga and I teach to inspire others to do the same!
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Serving on EE Team
- Started practicing: 2015
- Why? To be among the Community of leaders, designed by Big Fish, through serving and loving oneself and one another. The space is home and the people are family, & time spent on the mat is my authentic reveal of self.
- Started practicing: 2013
- Started teaching: 2014
- Why? I am passionate about what yoga and what it can do for your body. Becoming a yoga teacher has changed my life, I have become a more confident person.
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- The Sonia Sumar Method: Yoga for the Special Child: Basic Yoga Therapy (infants & children with Special Needs)
- OKAY (Kidding Around Yoga Online)
- 300 hour Embody Mastery Yoga Teacher Training
- Started practicing: 2003
- Started teaching: 2016
- Why? Not only are the physical and mental benefits of yoga abundant, this practice brings such joy and a sense of play to my life. Everyone should find more ways to play!
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Started practicing: 2002
- Started teaching: 2015
- Why? Yoga has changed my life in so many positive ways; I am more focused, patient, and present, and I have an amazing yoga community all over the world. I teach because I want every person to know the connection and freedom that is possible through this practice.
- RYT-200, Go Yoga Asheville; Tier One Baptiste Certified Leader
- Director of Teachers
- Started practicing: 2011
- Started teaching: 2014
- Why? Practicing and Teaching yoga has given me a physical outlet for not only health and well being but also connection– to myself and to others!
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Big Fish Leadership Board
- Founder, Big Fish Yoga Studios
- Started practicing: 2001
- Started teaching: 2006
- Why? I teach to stay fully present to the life I have and to give all I have to others.
- E-RYT 500
- 500-hr Certified Baptiste Instructor
- Big Fish Leadership Board
- Started practicing: August 2013
- Started teaching: May 2014
- Why?
Yoga found and changed my life shortly after having my first daughter. It was a place I could come daily and connect back with myself. I teach yoga because I want to give that all back to others. I want people to experience the magic- the healing, joy, forgiveness, and freedom that is possible that is possible through this practice. - RYT 200, Big Fish Power Yoga, Baptiste Level 1 and 2
- Started practicing: 2011
- Started teaching: 2018
- Why? Because of the healing and growth I have experienced through yoga. Not only has yoga helped heal my knee after a running injury, but through the practice I have found strength, clarity and community. I teach to share this with others and I believe there is power in the practice for every body!
- Started practicing: 2012
- Started teaching: 2015
- Why? Teaching is a practice comparable to being on my mat. It reminds me daily that life is a work in progress of giving things up, getting on with it, forgiving, learning, living, and beginning again. And that is simply something for everybody, and something I love to be in the practice of sharing.
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Started practicing: 2002, Bikram; 2010 Baptiste
- Started teaching: 2012
- Why? I started teaching yoga to people living with Multiple Sclerosis after experiencing its healing in my own life. I believe in the possibility that asana and breath bring to life, and use both as foundations of my practice as a nurse practitioner and in my personal life. I love to share the joy and peace of yoga with others!
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Started practicing: 2016
- Started teaching: 2018
- Why? Discovered yoga way back in the early 2000s, but didn’t really get it until 2015; found Big Fish and immediately fell in love. Came for the workout, but stayed for the community.
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Started practicing: August 2013
- Started teaching: May 2014
- Why?
I began my yoga journey in August 2013 after my wife surprised me with a birthday yoga class instead of the massage she had “booked” us. When we walked into the studio we had no concept of hot power yoga and definitely had no idea that those sixty minutes would forever change our lives. Along with my wife, I jumped fully into the practice attracted by the physical intensity, the healing aspects, and the uplifting community. I felt the positive changes immediately and knew that I wanted to share this with others – this is the reason I practice and teach. - RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga, Baptiste Level 1 and 2
- Started practicing: 2015
- Started assisting: 2016
- Why? I have a passion for assisting as I had the opportunity to receive amazing assists that moved my practice forward. That is what I want to give back when I assist.
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga, Art of Assisting 1&2
- Started Practicing: 2019
- Started Teaching: 2019
- Why? Yoga is the therapy I was desperately seeking in my life. Initially, I conceptualized Yoga as just a form of exercise. However, practicing yoga at Big Fish enabled me to release fears and limitations I created for myself. I learned through my practice that the present moment, whether on my mat or off, is all that exists. These two awakenings have allowed me to be a completely different person today. I chose to teach Yoga because of the enormous impact my practice had in my own life. I was seeking something bigger in life and Yoga has been the answer.
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga
- Started Practicing: 2018
- Started Teaching: 2020
- Why? I started practicing yoga to heal my body and ultimately healed so much more through finding deep, selfless, loving community with a side of renewed energy and freedom.
- RYT-200, Big Fish Power Yoga