Teachers
Joy Page
My intention as a teacher is to support the needs of students and clients in their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. I believe in the ability of every person to feel great in their body, calm in their mind, and settled in their Spirit.
My yoga classes weave mindfulness with subtle body awareness while inviting in Spirit and mindful contemplation. I invite those I work with to attune themselves to the needs of their body and adapt the postures and practices to create more ease, and enjoyment in their practice.
Joy is a 500HR Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, a 500HR Kripalu Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher, and a Reiki Master. She has practiced Yoga and Meditation since 1994 and has been the owner of Joy of Yoga since 2012. She received both of her 500HR Yoga Teacher Trainings from Kripalu School of Yoga in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Joy leads the Yoga Teacher Trainings and Reiki Master Trainings at Joy of Yoga as well as many workshops, series and weekly classes and is an approved Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider.
Alicia Trebus
Before I met yoga, I had become completely out of touch with my body’s natural rhythms. I worked at a feverish pace, wearing myself down physically and emotionally in order to please others. My inability to slow down constantly fed my nervous system a diet of threat after threat after threat. I knew my exhaustion levels were astronomical, but when left with any semblance of stillness or quiet, I felt anxious and even guilty to be “doing nothing.” All of this shifted when I took my first Restorative yoga class in 2015. The wave of relief I felt wash over me in this class brought me to tears. I had finally found a space where rest, non-doing, undoing, and even sleeping were encouraged. I realized how much my body and mind were suffering from my obsession with productivity, and from then on, I sought out the medicine of rest and ways to share it with the world.
I studied with Joy Page and Jill Dunlap in their inaugural 200-hour teacher training in 2017, received my 30-hour Yoga Nidra teacher certification through the ShivaShakti School of Yoga and Healing Arts in 2018, became attuned as a traditional Usui Reiki practitioner in 2019, and studied under Jillian Pransky for her 80-hour Restorative Yoga teacher training in 2021. When I'm not teaching in the studio, I'm sharing the magic of relaxation through my platform, Slow & Steady Yoga, in private sessions and retreats, or in workshops as an E-RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) and YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider).
Rachel Roberts
I began my yoga practice in 2010 in an effort to focus on my health. I fell in love straight away and slowly built up my practice exploring different types of yoga. I am a glam nomad that has spent the past few years, traveling, learning and having adventures. Traveling through Asia and the pacific, yoga was always a constant. I received my yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India from the Vinyasa Yoga School in 2015. I spent time at yoga retreats in Thailand and Nepal, took many styles of classes in South Korea, Vietnam and New Zealand. After spending so much time exploring I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to share all of the benefits yoga has brought to my life with others.
JennTara Ward
I have been teaching yoga since 2003 and see myself an ongoing student of this very deep practice. My understanding of how to pace a class and keep the flow going offers a fun, yet challenging learning environment.
My knowledge of body mechanics and alignment make my classes safe for all skill levels. My gentle spirit supports and nurtures students of all levels and helps them feel a sense of self-acceptance. I am attentive and my clear, creative instructions help student’s progress in their practice and work up to poses that may have previously been difficult for them. My theme-based classes offer a way to unplug from daily routines, play, and deeply relax.
I have formal yoga training in the tradition of Anusara Yoga and was certified as an Anusara- Inspired Instructor in 2010. In addition, I have accumulated over 500 more hours of additional studies in multiple disciplines of yoga and meditation.
I have been a licensed massage therapist since 1998. In 2019, I moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico where I have been continuing my yoga studies with Prajna Yoga and Sustainable Love Community as well as working towards my certification as a family health coach.
I love traveling, dancing, cooking for my family, being outdoors in nature, and spending time with my husband and my delightful son. I am passionate about natural health, well-being and living a balanced life.
Sheila Pride
I am a licensed clinical social worker and practice as a holistic therapist in the St. Louis area. I hold a Master’s Degree in Social Work and integrate Eastern and Western practices into my private practice.
I am also a Bhakti yoga teacher, cranial sacral therapist and licensed massage therapist. I am passionate about teaching others self care practices and helping individuals restore their health, maintain balance and connect with their own internal power and wisdom.
My yoga classes emphasize reclaiming ones power, opening the heart and healing the body/mind through ancient practices, loving kindness and meaningful connections.
Rebecca Cabral
Hi, I’m Rebecca, I’m a 200hr RYT, Reiki practitioner, nature enthusiast and lover of all things creative. My yoga practice began at my local community college in 2011. Immediately I was hooked and knew there was something special about this practice. I enjoyed the physical challenge of asana and looked forward to that sense of groundedness, connection and space each class gave to my busy mind. I found myself turning to yoga regularly throughout the years.
In 2019 I decided to dive head first into what made this practice so special and completed my 200 hour training with the incredible Joy Page and Jill Dunlap. I’m currently working towards becoming a certified personal trainer and in 2023 I plan on continuing my education by completing my 300 hour training.
I specialize in teaching vinyasa, events, and children’s yoga. I enjoy creating space for others to come together, connect to their breath and move their bodies in a way that feels empowering. Regularly reminding myself and my students that life is more enjoyable when we don't take ourselves too seriously and that learning happens best when we allow ourselves space to have fun.
Julie Johnson
My name is Julie Johnson. I am a Trauma-Informed Yoga and Reiki Professional and Trainer. Likewise, I am also a Certified Peer Support Specialist and a Member of the Breathe Network, a vetted directory of Trauma-informed Healing Arts Professionals. I also founded my community of vetted trauma-informed professionals called Integrate Trauma Informed Network, which empowers human care providers and trauma survivors by building human-centered communication and decision-making skills.
I love teaching students and mind-body professionals how to use a client-empowered worldview to create a more choice-based environment that de-centers the professional's experience and creates more space for our clients to build inner wisdom.
My teachers include Zabie Yamasaki for Trauma-Informed Yoga and Karla Helbert, Joy Page, and Mollie Boeder Harris for Embodiment, Energy Work, and Somatics.
Erin Ford
Hi! I am Erin! I am first generation St. Louis (80’s baby), a long time community leader in the local church scene, storyteller and artist with decades of experience as a yoga teacher and corporate citizen. I have 5 kids (3 step), 2 dogs and a marriage. I offer you a lot of perspective, from years of grief work, big family living, end of life coaching and general reflection on the female experience with spiritual direction and guidance to boot. My friends seek me out of encouragement, laughter, and to give what I believe is a silver lining. I have faith - and it is a part of my daily life and personal practice. I come back to the yoga studio scene with a desire to speak freely from a variety of ancient text, in firm belief of the blend between yoga sutra 2.1: surrender all, study ancient text, through pain & suffering we experience freedom and the teaching that your yes be yes and your no be no… for that is where the divine finds us.
I believe the body is the first gift given in this life and, as such, is a miraculous listening device and your most loyal friend. Come to my classes to love it. And - in some ways - to find what you have been looking for in order to reflect, restore and emerge.
Rachel McConville
Rachel is a 500 hour Register Yoga Instructor, Sound Healing Practitioner, and Master Level Reiki Practitioner. She facilitates a variety of trauma sensitive and mindful spaces. She is passionate about empowering others with knowledge and long standing yogic practices so that they may also create a more balanced or Sattvic lifestyle, from the inside out.
Rachel has learned over her years-long practices that the key lies in supporting a healthy and more regulated nervous system. We do this through mindful movement of the body (asana), the breath (pranayama practices), meditation, and other nervous system healing modalities. We have to feel it to heal it and Rachel understands this well. She utilizes a variety of mediums to help students find just the right combination to support their journey right where they are at. With her diverse background and deep understanding of accessibility needs, Rachel is well versed at supporting students through all levels of their practice.
Rachel is someone who has literally learned how to walk again in this life and she holds immense gratitude and joy for her day to day life. She lives on three acres of land with her family and many plant and animal friends. She believes life is to be lived at a slower pace and with more intention. She thrives when out in nature and loves to photograph nature, forage, hike, kayak, travel and explore when not facilitating healing spaces. Rachel is passionate about leading trauma-sensitive gentle and restorative yoga, along with yoga Nidra. She facilitates Sound Healing Journeys, One on One sound healing and reiki sessions and attunements.
Katie Lumpkin
My Yoga journey began in 2018 when I received a yoga mat and a 5 class membership pass to a local studio as a gift. At the time, I was struggling with the effects of stress and burnout from working as an ICU nurse while also balancing life as a wife and mom to young kids.
Through yoga, I developed a consistent practice to help me find the peace I needed, and what came along with it has been a beautiful journey into the depths of my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being.
All of the answers I needed were found when I turned inward and reconnected with my body and soul.
By practicing yoga, breathwork, and meditation, we invite in the spaciousness to explore our inner landscapes. From there, we begin to unravel the layers of conditioning and reconnect with the body, reaching deeper into our truest state of being: joy, bliss, peacefulness, and abundance.
My intention as a yoga teacher is to guide others to find this on their mat, so that we may all act and serve from our truest and best selves in our everyday lives. My classes emphasize breath, mindfulness and functional alignment to keep you present and engaged. I’m beyond grateful to be of service to you on your own journey of mind, body, and spirit connection.
In 2022 I completed my 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training with Joy Page (Joy of Yoga) and Jill Dunlap (Wildwood Yoga & Wellness). I have received additional training as a Reiki Level 1 Practitioner and completed my Pause Breathwork Facilitator certification.
Charity Ragain
I found Joy of Yoga years ago during a very low point in my life. I was going through a divorce and what I now know to be a Spiritual Awakening. It was through these uprooting and difficult times that my true calling was revealed to me. I am now on that divine path and ready to support you on yours.
Welcome! My name is Charity. I am a Spiritual Life Coach for women who are ready for a major breakthrough and a complete transformation of their life. These women have a deep, inner knowing that something needs to shift i.e., career, relationships, finances, health, etc. and they are ready to commit to themselves - maybe for the first time ever - they just don’t know where or how to start.
In our sessions together I incorporate a number of modalities such as somatic therapy, inner child healing, visualizations/meditations, trauma-informed approach, as well as alternative healing methods such as Reiki and sound therapy.
It is my experience that through a holistic approach: recognizing the mind, body, spirit connection, that life-changing healing can occur. What does this mean for you? More peace, joy, freedom, abundance. Ultimately it’s you finally living Your Authentic Soul Aligned Life!
In addition to coaching I offer private Reiki sessions as well as private and group Sound Healing sessions. I am trained as a Usui Master/ Teacher and Karuna Reiki Practitioner.
Educating others and incorporating these energetic and sound healing modalities back into our society is an honor for me. Healing and caring for ourselves is no longer a luxury, it's a necessity.
Matthew Healey
I was a reluctant first time yoga student, despite the very real toll that years of practicing martial arts had taken on my body.
Little did I know how life-altering my first yoga class in 2016 was going to be. I figured I would be one and done, able to check it off my list and go back to what I had been doing. But yoga had other plans. As I returned over the following weeks, months and years, my movements became more fluid, free and relaxed. I also began incorporating the poses into the warm ups of the martial arts classes I taught.
I have always loved to teach and one of my great joys is to watch people absorb knowledge and blossom into their true selves. Over time I began to feel a very real pull to teach the practice that had given me so much.
I love teaching slower paced classes where you can really experience the poses as you move through them, threading mind, breath and movement together in order to cultivate a greater awareness of the present moment, and by doing so come to explore and know your own unique envelope of movement.
I also offer Reiki (Usui, 2nd degree) sessions. My goal is to help everyone who takes a class or session from me move from the inside out into the world as their best selves.
Sandy Fenili
I first turned to yoga because I felt stuck and needed to cope with my stress and anxiety. I had a bad experience at a corporate job and became aware I was defining myself based on what I did for a living. I also realized that I lost myself somewhere along the way.
One day I realized that how I was feeling about myself had an impact on how my daughter felt about herself. That was the moment that I realized that I needed to “break the chain” and stand in my power and not in my fear, to be fully present for my life. I needed to be my authentic self so my daughter and others would feel comfortable being their authentic self.
This changed my life for the better in countless ways.
My aim is to help students pause, be present, feel hopeful and inspired, to live in their power not in fear, to find their joy again!
I completed my Yoga Teacher Training in 2021 at Joy of Yoga and am a registered yoga teacher (RYT200) with Yoga Alliance and a Reiki Master.
Shedeka Marriott
Greetings! I am Shedeka, a Certified Meditation teacher, Yoga teacher and a Yoga Therapist in training. I combine my passion for healing, ability to hold space, and gifts of compassion, empathy and deep presence to help others connect to the wisdom of mind and body in order to transform pain and suffering into a more deeply connected life.
I lead courses in meditation and mindful movement as well as private one-on-one yoga therapy sessions. My intention is to utilize the evidence based practices from the traditions of yoga to improve physical, physiological and psychological well being.
I am passionate about making the tools and practices of meditation and yoga inclusive and accessible as possible.
Alara
Alara, MA, NBC-HWC, INHC, CPMC, CMT, VST, ABT is a national board certified health and wellness coach, certified meditation teacher, integrative nutritionist, vibrational sound therapist, energy healer, spiritual reader, medical intuitive, ceremonial cacao facilitator, and ecstatic dance facilitator.
Alara's epic personal health journey to recover from multiple autoimmune and mental health conditions led to her career as a healer. Since launching her private practice in 2016, she has worked in clinics alongside specialist MDs and naturopathic doctors, studied under industry leaders in functional medicine, apprenticed in spiritual reading and energy healing with Masters from Sedona, and been mentored by shamans of North, South, and Central American lineages.
She is certified in more than a dozen healing modalities, covering the full spectrum from science to spirit.
She is especially passionate about helping empathic and highly sensitive people to embrace their gifts, heal their bodies, shed limiting beliefs, and fully embody their highest consciousness in the now. Ready to unleash your magic?
Jennifer Hawkins
Hi! My name is Jennifer Hawkins. I am a Usui Reiki Master, Lightworker, Essential Oil Advocate and Certified Sound Practitioner.
My healing journey began with the use of essential oils and daily journaling, which opened up the door to holistic healing. After an accidental run in with Reiki, I left my profession in operating room medical sales to explore holistic healing and take my power back.
A large portion of my healing journey has been spent inside Joy of Yoga.
I have a deep passion for using and sharing essential oils. I use high quality essential oils every single day to regulate my emotions, treat the physical body, cook and clean with.
Crystal singing bowls and sound in general has been a profound part of my healing journey; as well as yoga, grounding, meditation, chanting, oracle cards, relaxation, breathwork and spending most of my time in nature through all her seasons.
I am here to assist others in finding their own light and guru within by sharing what I have learned and experienced, creating a safe sacred space to heal.
Jeanne Kloeckner
Jeanne Kloeckner has 40 plus years experience as a pediatric Occupational Therapist, and has worked in a variety of settings including schools, hospitals, outpatient clinics as well as community and home based services.
In the late 1990s, Jeanne began incorporating elements of “self-regulation” into her treatment sessions with clients who exhibited challenges with impulse control, task focus, emotional regulation and social skills.
The positive outcomes of the self-regulation intervention prompted Jeanne’s return to graduate school to earn her doctorate in occupational therapy.
Following her 2010 graduation, Jeanne worked at Washington University, where she developed a comprehensive self-regulation program and began formal training in mindfulness.
Jeanne’s initial introduction to mindfulness was through yoga practice, which she began in the mid 1980s. The personal benefits she experienced led Jeanne to become a yoga teacher, an avocation she has sustained for over 25 years.
Additionally, Jeanne is certified in Yogakids, and has been trained in a number of complementary medicine treatments including Cranialsacral Therapy, Myofascial Release and Healing Touch.
In 2015 Jeanne completed training through the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts to become a MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) teacher, and founded Mindful Solutions StL, her private practice.
Jeanne is delighted to have her personal and professional life in such a place of integration with her 3-prong focus on mindfulness, self-regulation and yoga.
Sophie Argyres
Although I practiced yoga in my teenage years, it wasn't until my early twenties that I realized just how powerful this practice is for my mind, body, spirit and purpose in life. I realized that yoga was resetting my overactive nervous system, bringing me into a state of mindful awareness and rewiring my brain to allow for more energy and ease on and off my mat. Yoga and mindfulness enabled me to quit my stressful corporate job to pursue a career in mental health and wellbeing. I completed my 200 hr RYT training with Joy of Yoga and Wildwood Yoga in September 2023 and will graduate from a Masters of Social Work degree program in 2024. In my yoga classes, you can look forward to a dedicated time and space for healing. For nourishing the nervous system through gentle movement, breathwork and meditation. For dropping into states of relaxation that allow us to tune out all of the noise and tune into our inner peace
Crystal VanderKolb
As a teenage & collegiate athlete I was searching for a balance to the competitive nature of the sport I loved. Yoga found me in college. After I had my second child I realized my lifestyle in my 20’s and early 30s was not the way I wanted to live the rest of my life as a mom. I made a commitment to a healthier lifestyle in 2021 and that’s when the universe brought me to Moon Yoga classes at Joy of Yoga. I’ve been drawn to the moon since childhood so it doesn’t surprise me that the moon is what brought me to Yoga. In 2022 I studied Reiki 1 and 2 with Joy Page and it was during this training that my curiosity ignited and my passion for an expansive life lit up. I had always been interested in learning the roots of Yoga, and Reiki got me there. I completed a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training with Jill Dunlap and Joy Page in 2023. I received my Reiki Master level Training with Joy Page in 2023.
My goal as a yoga & reiki teacher is to create a space for people to settle the mind, spark the spirit, strengthen the body, and rejuvenate the soul. Through meditation, reiki and yoga I hope to provide people an opportunity to get to know themselves better, and empower this knowing to find their unique
path to inner peace & joy.
Laura Klein
I believe movement that unites body, mind, and spirit is deeply human. Yoga is one of the most beautiful and effective movement practices that has been shared across history and geography.
At first, I pursued yoga to find ease and be present in my body. With time and practice, I have become more familiar with the somatic and intuitive wisdom of the yoga tradition.
Through yoga, I have experienced a state of calm and connection that continues to fuel my energy and inspire my creativity as a practitioner. As a yoga teacher, I seek to help students and fellow practitioners access connection to self, community, and source while deepening and expanding my own practice.
I believe that by first connecting to the body, one can cultivate a sense of grounding, thus providing a stable foundation for unity with spirit.
I completed my 200 hour yoga training in 2019 and love to teach gentle forms of yoga such as slow flow or chair yoga. In 2022 I became BUTI® Yoga certified and infused my passion for other types of movement such as dance along with yoga.
Amy Rush
Amy Rush is certified death doula, Reiki practitioner, and medium. She helps humans better understand, plan for, and navigate the practical and philosophical concerns that surround dying and death — all with the intention of decreasing fear and increasing peace.
Caroline BarrettSmart
I have been positively influenced by yoga since birth. However, in 2017 I delved deeper into the realm of Hatha yoga through practicing regularly at a local studio to help me remain sane throughout my Social Work graduate program. After spending so much time on the mat, I noticed the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits seeping into many aspects of her life—especially off the mat. Because of this, I chose to complete a 200-hr teacher training program through Joy of Yoga and graduated in October 2020. Through compassion, authenticity and integrity, I aim to provide a safe space while helping students create a more positive relationship with their own bodies and listen to their inner voice. I realize that each student’s journey is ever-evolving; however, what remains constant is the inner healing and growth that takes place along the way. I’m now a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance.