Jenn HolmOwner and Founding Partner
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Kelly Larson
President and Founding Partner
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Instructors
All of our yoga and fitness instructors are certified and insured. We invite you attend a variety of classes to find an instructor and class that best matches your fitness goals and practice desires. Click the photo to learn more about each instructor.
Barbara hauger
With gratitude, Barbara feels privileged to introduce new participants of yoga to breath awareness, asana, and relaxation. Barbara is a RYT-200 certified yoga instructor and teaches group and private lessons in vinyasa, chair yoga, and restorative yoga. She is a Level 2 certified Reiki practitioner and often employs hands-on relaxation techniques to clients during Restorative Yoga sessions. Barbara is available for private or semiprivate lessons. Please contact the studio for information.
Elle Allen
Elle returned to a yoga practice in 2006. Shortly thereafter she noticed her chronic experience of a stiff neck stopped occurring, her feet were no longer sore, she felt taller and stronger. Yoga also released deep pent- up emotions that lightened her from the inside out. Elle's teaching style encourages participants to deeply connect mind, body, and breath for a gentle and profoundly mindful experience.
Mary Mullett
Mary took her 200hr RYT training through Yogafit. She came to yoga after 30+ years of running, needing to stretch and re-center and balance, literally and figuratively. She enjoys teaching gentler styles of yoga. Per Mary ”Breathing and care in alignment is the foundation of the practice. I try to integrate this into my classes, because one needs to build poses from the bottom up and from the inside out. Yoga also allows calming of the mind and finding the present moment. I want yoga to be fun for you! I don’t want you to say, “I can’t do that” or,” I’m not flexible”, or “I can’t touch my toes”…it really doesn’t matter, you do what you can! No expectations and no pressure. Often my classes change, depending on who walks in the door. I often ask what you need and we go from there."
Laurie TeBrake
"Yoga has impacted my life in ways I never imagined. Initially, like others, I went for the exercise, balance and flexibility. As I continued to practice, I noticed a shift in perspective and attitude, but the real change happened through participation in yoga teacher training. The expansiveness of this lifestyle is something to be reckoned with. Not only has it helped me create a personal path but has allowed me to share this wonderful journey alongside others. Yoga is like a gift every time I come to my mat."
Laurie Bushlack
Laurie Bushlack is former owner and instructor/trainer at BRX Fitness. Having trained for many years in dance (including intensive study at the Gus Giordano Center), she parlayed her interest in the anatomy of movement into a role as a fitness instructor in 1987. Even so, continuing involvement in the dance arts came through creating choreography in the Miss America pageant system for over 20 years. Laurie loves exploring all the possibilities different modes of fitness offer. As a result her certifications and experience include:
General Fitness: NETA Certified Group Fitness Instructor; Crossfit Level 1; KBC Level 1 Kettlebell Trainer; TRX Suspension Trainer and TRX Rip Trainer; R.I.P.P.E.D.; NETA Indoor Cycling; TABATA Bootcamp; Outdoor Bootcamp
Mind/Body: 200+Hour Registered Yoga Trainer; Yin Yoga; Buti Yoga; Stott Pilates Mat & Reformer; Barre; Tae Kwon Do upper belt levels
Dance Fitness: Zumba 1 & 2; Zumba Toning; Zumba Gold; Zumba Kids; Strong by Zumba;
Keeping workouts fresh with challenging variety and focusing on adaptation to individual client needs, Laurie's belief is that many modes of exercise can be complimentary and that the best of these can be tailored to each individual to achieve the ultimate in functional fitness.
Marcia Rienhardt
In 2011, Marcia started taking a class at week at Yoga 4 You to add some "stretching” to her cardio/weight lifting routine. There she fell in love. She took more classes varying the types. In the summer of 2017, Marcia became a RYT-200 Certified Yoga Instructor through training at Green Lotus Yoga & Healing Center adding Yoga Sculpt training that fall. Marcia recently moved to Duluth, but you can still find her at the studio teaching when she comes through town and for various events. And she also remains the Facebook diva for Yoga 4 You.
Christopher Crowhurst
Christopher fell in love with yoga at Yoga 4 You and has been practicing intensely since 2015. Along with his wife Jacquelyn, Christopher completed his 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training at the studio in 2019. His favorite practice is a flowing vinyasa style, with a focus on the Ashtanga sequences, postures and alignment. Christopher is most happy when afloat and enjoys connecting people's yoga practice with their daily physical needs, especially kayaking.
jacquelyn Crowhurst
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Madi Corniea
Megan Mohr
Megan’s relationship with movement started at the young age of 3 when her mom enrolled her into her first dance class. At the age of 3 she was hooked. She continues to dance today and now has over 24 years of dance behind her. She currently teaches dance around the twin cities and is dancing with professional Jazz Dance company Eclectic Edge Ensemble. Her fitness journey outside of dance started about 10 years ago when she fractured her hip and lower back. She tried everything to heal and soon found that Yoga was the only thing that helped her get healthy and to heal. She knew that yoga was soon going to become her second passion. In 2010 she enrolled in sculpt teacher training. That was the start of her teaching career. She now teaches a wide range of formats including barre, vinyasa, bikram, sculpt, zumba, and of course dance. When not teaching she always makes time for her husband and dogs and soon to be baby! She is so excited to be teaching and can’t wait to share her energy with all the amazing students at Yoga 4 You!
Jen Wall
Carolyn Gross
As an athlete and lover of high intensity workouts, it took only a few yoga classes for Carolyn to realize the benefits of slowing down, looking inward, and focusing on her breath. Carolyn is always up for a challenge so she jumped into power teacher training and now she cannot remember what life was like before yoga! Carolyn loves introducing yoga and barre to those who are not yet familiar and tries to make these accessible to people of all abilities. When she's not on her mat, Carolyn enjoys drinking coffee on her deck, playing volleyball with her husband, and walking her American Bulldog.
therese miller
Therese Miller has been passionate about fitness most of her life, and has been a certified group fitness instructor since 1989; Pilates certified in 2001, and Yoga certified in 2003. She attended the Cornish Institute of Arts in Seattle Washington as a dance major, and went on to dance professionally in the United States, Bermuda, and Japan. Therese wants her students to feel comfortable and safe. Her classes are technically sound and challenging, welcoming a wide range of ability levels, and encouraging students to use modifications as needed. She partners this with a light-hearted and fun teaching style, which doesn’t make it feel like work. She’s excited to be a part of the Yoga 4 You team!!
sara olsonoski
jenifer matthews
With her kids growing into young adults, Jenifer decided it was a good time to do something new, something all her own, and after more than a decade of practicing yoga and loving it and benefiting from it, becoming a certified yoga instructor seemed a great place to start. She graduated from the inaugural teacher training class right here at Yoga 4 You. Authentic, caring, a hugger and a fun personality, Jenifer hopes to help others find the safe space on their mats to use their movement and breath to untie the knots in mind and body. When not doing yoga, Jenifer loves to spend time with her husband Brian, drive along HWY 61 with the top down and the radio up, read, nap and love on people.
Kristi Broom
Kristi is relatively new to yoga, having practiced for the past 6 years or so, but has always known that she wanted to be an instructor, as her day job has always involved teaching, presentation, and coaching others. She started her yoga teacher training journey in 2020 and was thrilled to complete the esteemed RYT program at Yoga 4 You in May 2021. She's been leading classes for co-workers and family since mid 2020, and has been a substitute instructor in several classes at the studio. She looks forward to being part of the regular schedule starting in September 2021.
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Founding Partners
Yoga found Jenn Holm, Yoga Director and founding partner of Yoga 4 You, in March of 2003. It began as a way to restore flexibility and get in shape, but after experiencing a wave of emotion while in half pigeon pose, she realized there was much more to “this yoga thing” than simply exercising. As her practice evolved, the mental and emotional benefits of yoga followed. It became apparent that the work on the mat was applicable off the mat as well, in every aspect of our lives. As this realization became clear, so did her desire to bring the experience to others and she decided to become a certified yoga instructor.
Kelly Larson, President and founding partner of Yoga 4 You, began her yoga journey in 2008. She was introduced to yoga at work and began practicing intermittently. Although she was a self-professed couch potato not looking for a new fitness practice, she kept coming back to yoga because she felt a powerful combination of physical strength and emotional calm she had not experienced before. In order to share these benefits with others, she partnered with Jenn Holm and Wendy Waibel to open Yoga 4 You in 2009. As the business side of the partnership, she never anticipated actually teaching a yoga class, but after a few years of experiencing the transformative power of yoga, Kelly felt drawn to teach and attended a teacher training program at Yahweh Yoga in Arizona. Kelly now teaches a variety of classes, but her passion is her Inspirational Christian yoga class and introducing new students to this amazing practice.
Kelly Larson, President and founding partner of Yoga 4 You, began her yoga journey in 2008. She was introduced to yoga at work and began practicing intermittently. Although she was a self-professed couch potato not looking for a new fitness practice, she kept coming back to yoga because she felt a powerful combination of physical strength and emotional calm she had not experienced before. In order to share these benefits with others, she partnered with Jenn Holm and Wendy Waibel to open Yoga 4 You in 2009. As the business side of the partnership, she never anticipated actually teaching a yoga class, but after a few years of experiencing the transformative power of yoga, Kelly felt drawn to teach and attended a teacher training program at Yahweh Yoga in Arizona. Kelly now teaches a variety of classes, but her passion is her Inspirational Christian yoga class and introducing new students to this amazing practice.