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 Ian C. Bonnema loves teaching Wall, Yin, and Restorative yoga. He has completed the 200-hour program by Rolf Gates as well as the 300-hour program taught by Rolf himself.  He has also completed advanced training in Wall Yoga.  He also enjoys strength-building vinyasa classes. His focus is also on how the  Philosophical and Ethical components of Yoga are essential to its successful daily practice. He believes service to the community is also fundamental to yoga practice.  

 Logan is a former collegiate swimmer who found her way to yoga through an injury. She slowly fell in love with the inner heat, the poses, and the yoga off the mat. She completed her 200 hr training in 2018 and teaching yoga became one of her deepest passions. She mostly teaches vinyasa based classes, restorative classes, and meditation. In 2020, she also became a SUP Yoga teacher, combining her first love of the water with yoga.
 

I first stepped onto my mat in 2012, drawn by a simple desire for increased flexibility after over a decade of competitive swimming. But as I walked out of my first class, taught by Stacey Millner-Collins of City Yoga, I realized I had stepped into a rich spiritual, mental, and physical tradition that would ultimately change my life. In 2016, I completed my 200-hour teacher training through Rasika Yoga School, and I became a teacher at City Yoga in 2017.

Outside of yoga, I'm a total nerd! I work as a fisheries biologist, play Dungeons and Dragons on a regular basis, and read every fantasy novel I can get my hands on. My classes are often inspired by nature, literature, science, art and music, and my hope is to blend an informative teaching style with a playful atmosphere to challenge and nourish the mind, body, and spirit.

 Shea is passionate about sharing the joy of yoga practices with people around her. She completed her 200-hour YTT and has since completed restorative yoga training and taught in a variety of styles and scenarios. She enjoys teaching a combination of Vinyasa and restorative yoga classes - the perfect mix of sweat and relaxation! Outside of yoga, Shea works in Environmental Health and enjoys hiking, camping, and art!

 In 1999, during my first pregnancy, I began practicing yoga, and I have never looked back.  Nurtured by many sources, my passion for yoga and meditation started with my first class here in Columbia, South Carolina. Within a couple of years, I was certified to teach, but I knew I would always be a student of yoga.  My teachers, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait and Yogarupa Rod Stryker, continue to inspire my commitment to daily personal practice.  They have shown me the truly syncretic nature of yoga, which allows me to weave yoga into the ever-changing modern world around me.  It is through this constant weaving that I am inspired to keep growing and to assist others on their own unique journeys.  I believe that there is no single path that is suitable for every person. I aim to connect to the Truth deep within myself, so that I can help my students find their own Truth.  Certified by the Yoga Alliance as an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher at the 500 hour level, I am also a certified ParaYoga Teacher and a Four Desires Trainer through this lineage.  Since 2011, I have been leading the Sakhi Yoga 200-hour teacher certification program, and am now offering 300-hour yoga teacher training as well.  

 Kyla has been practicing yoga for over 16 years in every city she's lived in-Seattle, Buenos Aires, Chicago, and now Columbia, SC. She began practicing restorative yoga as a balance to her active lifestyle. She taught and hiked at a nature preschool during the day and played competitive ultimate frisbee on nights and weekends. Yoga provided her with a calm and healing space to unwind and recover. She also practiced prenatal and postnatal yoga during her pregnancy and soon after giving birth to her daughter. She received her 200-hour yoga certification in August 2017 through Sakhi Yoga Training and completed her prenatal and postnatal certification in spring 2018 through the Prenatal Yoga Center of New York. She is also certified to teach Hypnomothering. Kyla enjoys teaching Prenatal and Postnatal yoga around the Columbia area. She brings the benefits of yoga to moms to help women prepare their bodies for labor and recovery, build community, and use breathing techniques for birthing their babies and during motherhood. 

Once she became introduced to yoga during a trying time in her life, Serena found the inner peace she needed to overcome those hurdles through her practice. She decided to dig deeper into this practice and took the 200-hour teacher training in 2018 at her studio in Texas. This is also where she began to share her teachings with her students. Serena loves bringing an element of zen and helping others explore how to find inner peace through movement, stretch, and breath. Serena has experience in a wide variety of yoga, from yin and restorative, to vinyasa and prenatal yoga, and everything in between. Aside from yoga, Serena finds balance as a financial advisor during the day and has two young children that keep her life entertaining and full of unexpected and fun surprises. If she ever finds time to herself, she loves to read, drink wine, garden and grow plants. 

Serena will take every opportunity to share her practice with those she loves most, making each of her students leave a session feeling like family.

 I have been practicing Yoga since 2006 and began sharing the teachings of yoga since 2012. I became a 500 hour certified teacher of this practice from Asheville Yoga Center and am registered through Yoga Alliance. I will always be as much a student of this practice as I am a teacher. My aim is to create a safe and fun space where you can come and practice self-care, to move mindfully, to listen to your body, to let go, to breathe, to feel, to have a good time and to smile often. Furthermore,  I am bilingual and am able to teach in both English and Spanish. My style of teaching is a blend of my well informed background and education from all of my brilliant teachers. In closing I would like to invite you to take one of my classes. In my home country we say "Bienvenido/a" and I wish you a heartfelt welcome as we begin our journey together. Hope to see you on the mat soon.

I began my journey forty-nine years ago. I am married and have three adult children, who are the greater achievements of my life, by far. My teaching designation came into fruition in 2017.    The universe put me on a path, through the recommendation of a very forward thinking therapist, to find my mat when I was nearing thirty. Having been a practitioner for nearly twenty years, yoga has become a way of life for me. Through guidance of many wise women and few men, I elected  to heed the call to teaching and Reiki. Over the years, my yoga practice and Reiki have seen me through many life events, for implementing it into my life, I am most grateful.  Experiences are individual, journeys are curated for each of us alone and the outcome, well solely our own.  I am grateful beyond words to have the opportunity to be a yoga guide once more.   

Karin has been teaching Vinyasa Flow for several years and practicing for over 20 years. She discovered yoga while searching for a type of physical exercise that would also address her deep spiritual side as well, embracing the mind-body connection and the meditative aspects that yoga has to offer. Karin considers herself a universalist, loving all types of yoga. To create her flow sequences, Karin borrows from such traditions as Kundalini, Bhakti, and Ashtanga, making her classes interesting, creative, and fresh. She completed her teacher training at Asheville Yoga Center and is a RYT-500 hours through Yoga Alliance. Karin holds a master’s degree in education and has spent the majority of her professional life teaching middle school English and raising two sons with her husband. She most recently taught four-year-old students at a private preschool, where she developed curriculum for a yoga and mindfulness enrichment program. Her goal as a yoga teacher is to help people through the art of yoga to use breath, movement, and meditation in order to reduce suffering. She hopes to see you on the mat soon.

I became a massage therapist in 2006. I work with all types of clients ranging from athletes to cancer patients by offering unique services to provide relief, and balance, and promote the body’s natural healing process. I specialize in manual lymphatic drainage, prenatal and postpartum massages. I use a variety of modalities to encourage functional movement. In 2017, I had the honor of being voted the Free Times best massage therapist in Columbia. Sometimes, I have the opportunity of traveling to provide services for musicians before their performance. I strive to give my clients the best care by focusing on their specific needs. I am excited to continue my journey with Tribe and give you the relaxation you need.

Martha Conroy is a certified yoga teacher, having obtained her formal training through Core Power Yoga in Austin, TX. Martha was a competitive marathon runner for many years, but an injury prompted her to explore other options, and that is when she fell in love with the practice of yoga. After practicing yoga for 10 years, she decided that she wanted to share her passion with others through teaching, which she has done for the past 3 years in Austin, TX.  She and her husband have recently moved back to SC after raising their 3 daughters in Austin, TX. She incorporates movement and meditation through the practice of Vinyasa flow and ujjayi breath. She enjoys playing upbeat music to flow with. When not on the mat you will find her walking her dog in the neighborhood and playing tennis or golf at Wildewood Country Club. She is excited to get to know this yoga community.

 Kinley is a 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher with an additional specialty in prenatal yoga. She completed her training at Asheville Yoga Center in 2016 and has been teaching yoga since. She loves health and wellness, which led her to complete her Master's in Exercise Science at UofSC and become a NASM Certified Personal Trainer shortly after. As a new mom herself, Kinley is currently teaching prenatal yoga classes. She enjoys a vinyasa and power flow in her personal practice. 

As a lifelong dancer, Megan came to yoga after an injury in college ended her career. Practicing yoga has provided a place of healing and renewed connection to physical movement post-dance. She has been seriously practicing since 2016 and earned her 200-hour RYT in 2020 with Flow Yoga Center in Washington, DC.   Megan’s approach to yoga is based in the principles of Vinyasa flow. Her classes center on dynamic flows rooted in breath and offer opportunities for escalation as well as rest. Megan believes in finding a meditative state through movement and encourages her students to challenge themselves physically to discover themselves spiritually.  Currently, Megan is a graduate student at the University of South Carolina studying literature and library science. Outside the studio, you can find her reading, enjoying Columbia’s restaurants and festivals, and spending time with her rescue dog. 

McKella has been practicing yoga since 2015 but  just recently began teaching in February 2021. She finished her 200 HR yoga teacher training at Soul Yoga in Greenville, SC. The experience was life changing and completely changed how she understood Yoga. Yoga is healing, breath, community, and so much more to her. Teaching is her way of serving her community and providing a safe space for everyone to be themselves and connect with others.