About Us

A commUNITY where all of our humanness is shared. A sacred space where people come to relieve their stress, learn that it’s okay to stop carrying the weight of their life around with them, trust us to take a break from all of their roles, and just be. 

Elevate is a space of healing, of relearning our true nature. We gather together here to crack open our hardened hearts that have been made so by the nature of our violent world, and we come to recognize that WE ARE ONE. We are loving awareness.

There is support at Elevate. We are there for our students to navigate the heaviness of yogic philosophy, to celebrate their bodies, to laugh with them when they fall out of balancing poses, to love and embrace themselves. We’re there to remind them that their bodies are beautiful no matter their shape, color, or ability. Elevate is there to hold space for them in their darkest hour and shine the light on how powerful they truly are.

We welcome all people, and everyone feels our warmth. We are an inclusive studio. We have diversity. Regardless of social status or financial ability, we have something for everyone. Elevate’s loving arms will wrap around our community and let everyone know it’s okay to be exactly who they are. 

We remind our students that we too feel anxiety, uncertainty, depression, confusion, fear, and everything else that is heaped on us at birth and in childhood. We aren’t there to eliminate any inevitable part of their human condition, we are there to give them the tools of the yoga practice that they need to deal with it.

We are no better than anyone who walks through our doors, no matter how many certifications we have or how much knowledge we’ve accrued. Yoga has shown us how to navigate this big scary world as a tiny human and we are simply here to guide our brothers and sisters in the same way. All beliefs, uncertainties, skepticism, and doubt are embraced here. Like spaghetti on a wall, we throw it out there and see what sticks. We honor that not all students will resonate with our teachings, and it’s okay. As a team, we come together and offer the community a little something different with each class. 

When class commences, that is the students’ time to be with their own body and mind, to reveal spirit, to work with their sankalpa, their inner resolve. The classes aren’t about us, and we happily take ego out of our teachings. We keep everyone safe in their sacred bodies and help them to honor exactly where they are. We teach them to breathe and accept each pose in their own beautiful and unique shape. It isn’t about us, it’s about THEM. We recognize that it is not their responsibility to applaud us, congratulate us, or even thank us at the end of class. We do what we do because it is our dharma, our truth. We let people float in and out of the studio and trust that when they are ready, they will be here; we can’t make them stay. 

We are sensitive to all trauma, past experiences, personalities, and preferences. We are only there to make the students time more easeful. We don’t have to touch everyone, or anyone for that matter. It isn’t about us. This is our service, and we are honored and grateful to do what we do. 

Elevate is a warm and welcoming space where all people come to heal in any way they need to, physically, energetically, mentally, spiritually. We are simple guides, simple space holders. This doesn’t mean knowing the intimate details of our students lives, it means bearing witness to their journey as a soul in a human body. We help them to get to the Self. We honor the true meaning of namaste. 

People leave our classes and sessions with open hearts, increased awareness, and gratitude. We have made their time in our sacred space something special for them to infuse into the rest of their day, and hopefully touch those around them. Elevate is the center point for a greater ripple of love and light in a world that so desperately needs it.