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My own personal growth came to me on my 40th birthday when I was given a cane to help me get around after a double hip replacement surgery. The second surgery did some nerve damage and caused a difficult road to recovery.Throughout the long road towards recovery, yoga gave me back the life I missed.
One of my passions is travel and yoga has helped me regain the strength to enjoy travel again. I have walked the hill to Dracula’s Castle, in Romania, hiked the jungle trails in Hawaii, and went rock climbing and horseback riding in Wyoming. No telling where my next journey may be.
Along with this beautiful journey, I decided that I wanted to share my story and guide others to learn this beautiful art of Yoga. I have earned my 200 hour teacher training through the beautiful and sacred space of Grace Tree Yoga Studio & White Lotus Homein West Chester, Ohio. During this process, I fell in love with working to inspire and support women during their pregnancy. To help honor the sacred process of motherhood.
I am a wife to a wonderful supportive husband and a mother of three beautiful adult children. I have been in Cincinnati for 15 years after relocating from Costa Mesa, Ca. Cincinnati has become my home I am a proud Moeller & MND Mom. I love all that our beautiful city has to offer. I hope to help guide you during your practice.
I began my yoga practice about 15 years ago. I was playing and coaching volleyball when a team mate suggest I come to her yoga class. It was helping her with flexibility, balance and agility. I was skeptical at first, but I realize there was more to Yoga than down dog! I began to enjoy the breathing techniques and the sense of peace it was creating in my mind and body. When I decided to decrease my active exercise routine and concentrate more on fulfilling my mind and body needs, I discovered what an important part yoga was making in this transformation. As I began my transformation, I explored different classes and was fortunate enough to sign up for a class that lead me to White Lotus hOme where I eventually earned my 200 RYT.
I enjoy teaching and sharing my love for Yoga to students of all levels. I believe yoga is a way to help people find love and peace within themselves.
I teach with mindful awareness of our breath and body through vinyasa flows as well as discovering our inner core through Yoga Core and Yoga Fusion classes. I am also certified to teach children ages 2-12 through Imagination Yoga which i am happy to bring to NKO Yoga!
I have worked for 29 years in the medical field and am currently a practice manager at a pediatric group in Blue Ash. I was born and raised in Cincinnati and love raising my family here. I have been married to a wonderful supportive husband for 41 years and we have 2 married sons and 4 grandsons. I enjoy traveling with my family to our vacation home in South Carolina and I still enjoy playing sand volleyball!
After years of being on my feet as a Respiratory Therapist I sought relief through Yoga. It soon became apparent that Yoga was helping my mind as much, if not more, than my body. I am now a 500 hour RYT and very happy to be a part of NKO Yoga.
I began practicing yoga as a teenager and learned a lot about fitness, and then I got older, kept practicing yoga, and learned even more about about being healthy, centered, and present. My yoga practice is equally about fitness, health, being centered, and fully present in each moment. Through experience with high impact sports, I have learned a lot about what yoga can teach about movement, focus, and recovery. My yoga practice includes study, postures, meditation, service, and devotion.
I want to help people with their yoga practice so they can find strength and flexibility in their bodies, and also compassion and peace in their spirits. In my classes, I believe that each person is an individual on their mats, and each person's practice is individual to their own experience and their own bodies. I hope to support this personal journey for each person in my class, as each person finds their own yoga.
I also teach yoga for UC Wellness at the University of Cincinnati, and I facilitate mind/body awareness skills seminars at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College. This mindfulness training gives students tools to manage stress and find balance so that they can experience a more efficient and effective working and learning environment.
My name is Amy Reese, and I am a certified yoga instructor, aromatherapist, and breathcoach. I moved to Cincinnati 5 years ago from Kansas, and I have enjoyed making a home in the Queen City. You can usually find me walking with my dog, Franklin, or tending to my garden and indoor plants. I strive to create stillness in a world of chaos through the practice of yin yoga, and I hope to practice with you soon!
My name is Jaclyn Ross, and I am a 200-HR RYT Yoga Teacher and a Certified health Education Specialist. In my classes, you can expect alignment -focused poses with breath and meditation.
I began my yoga journey in college, when I took a semester-long class at the University of Cincinnati eight years ago. In this class, I was exposed to a variety of yoga styles including: Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Yin. I loved how yoga could be so versatile and accessible to anyone. I have always felt this call to be a yoga teacher, but the timing was never right. I continued to practice on my own at various studios over the years. In 2019, I was an overwhelmed elementary school teacher and I was expecting my first child. I began seeking a prenatal yoga studio to relieve stress and help with the aches and pains of pregnancy. I found NKO Yoga and immediately fell in love.
Fast forward to 2020, I left my full- time job to stay home with my daughter. The universe aligned and I completed my 200 HR Yoga Teacher Training from Uplifted Yoga with Brett Larkin in 2021. As of 2022, I am pursuing my 500 HR YTT and a Prenatal Yoga Teacher Certification to gain more knowledge and help my students. I am excited to be on this teacher journey and partner with NKO Yoga to help others find peace, movement, and the love of yoga. I look forward to seeing you on the mat soon!
Fast forward a few years and maybe 100 yoga classes, while training for a 2016 Ohio to New York bike ride, Mike accidentally signed up for a 05:50 a.m. Army ROTC fitness class at UC! Mike loved the Army Cadets and the fitness program and as of 2022 continues to participate in the program. That first summer break the only UC comparable fitness program was an Ashtanga Yoga Class. That semester and his professor took his practice to a whole new level. As soon as possible, Mike enrolled in the yoga school where the professor trained. Mike graduated as an RYT 200 in 2021.Mike’s studio practice focuses on gentle core work and poses common to both Ashtanga and the Army Physical Readiness Training program.