Stefanie Clift
Owner, E-RYT 200, YACEP

I am a local gal who loves to be outdoors. Living in paradise allows for some great activities. Some of these activities, however, take a bit of a toll on my body. With my yoga practice I'm able to balance my life with movement, breath and mindfulness. I am even able to play outside better and with more ease! All of my life I have played team sports. My first introduction to meditation was through college soccer, but my first real experience in a hot room was in October of 2013 my friend invited me to Alpine to do yoga for a cause, I have been hooked ever since. Yoga is a wonderful way to balance everyday living for sports enthusiast like myself and for everyone I know. If you know me, I cannot stop talking at any time of the day, or thinking of what I have to do next in my life except for yoga practice. I have learned what my body is capable of and have pushed my limits and I also have learned that practice takes patience, hard work and also rest. So many beautiful ways that Yoga has changed my life, I have learned to be more accepting, patient, kind, gentle and loving towards myself and others. I love how Yoga heals the body from the inside out. Yoga is so many different things to so many different folks, but I truly am blessed to be a part of BHY, the close connection with my Yogi’s and Yogini’s. I want to share with all that I know what Yoga can do for you, I am so excited to be teaching and looking forward to breakthroughs with students and our shared love for yoga.

Mary Klarich
RYT 200

Mary is an avid runner who has been running half marathons, marathons, and ultras for the past 30 years. She has also been a middle and high school administrator for 18 years. A couple of years ago, her husband, James, gave her a hot yoga gift card for her birthday. With the encouragement of her daughter, Megan, Mary went to a Hot Hatha class and in her words, “it felt better than a massage.” Mary’s yoga journey began. After several months of Hatha, Vinyasa, Power, Fusion, and Yin practice, Mary decided to become an instructor. She trained with Just Breathe in Yakima, Washington. Mary enjoys guiding people through their own practice and journey. She also enjoys the positive connection yoga has with one’s own mental, physical, emotional and spiritual state of being. Breath and movement: who I am.

Madeleine Bong
RYT200

Madeleine Bong is an International, Trauma-Informed Yoga and Meditation Teacher. Her focus revolves around releasing stress and anxiety through breath, movement, and meditation. Madeleine’s aim is to help guide and facilitate safe spaces for her clients to find more joy and freedom in their body, mind, and spirit .

Madeleine has been a practitioner since high school, but her fascination for Yoga grew when she noticed the practice was not only healing her physical spinal injury, but also soothed her emotional pain and anxiety.

She has found more space and freedom in her body, mind, and heart to continue her other passions of golfing, hiking, and painting with less pain and a whole lot of fun. 

Her journey has helped her find a reconnection and sense of safety in her body. The result has been, growing confidence, compassion, and resilience on all levels with herself and her relationships. 

From teaching in Australia and Indonesia, Madeleine is thrilled to be back in the States to share her teachings with the communities in her home country. Madeleine acknowledges the vital growth necessary in the yoga community and stands with BIPOC and LGBTQIA communities. She is committed to listening, furthering her education and awareness, and standing for justice in her teaching practice.

Morgan Cassidy
RYT 200

Morgan has a 20 year background as a student and practitioner of yoga. She stumbled upon asana in efforts to heal a knee injury and fell in love with the all-encompassing wisdom and breadth of virtue this discipline represents. She attributes her well being to this practice and all the ways 8 limbs of yoga have inspired her life's path. Morgan strives to create a welcoming space focused on common humanity, humor and connection. She is excited to offer a platform for you to explore your own relationship to yoga and the deeply profound benefits of this work.

Tarcy Rosario
RYT 200

Tarcy is a 200 hr RYT and completed her training at Big Power Yoga in Houston, TX, a studio leader in the practice of Baptiste Yoga. She began practicing yoga in 2013 where she quickly fell in love the with practice. It was the hot room, sweat, vulnerability that her mat offered that got her hooked. The powerful flow practice has given her access to the possibility, fun awareness and love for her body. More recently in 2022 she completed another 200 hr YTT program at Alpine Hot Yoga led by Lindsay Gonzales. The Alignment based practice has given her a deeper appreciation for the fundamentals and intentional breathing.

Tarcy is also a new mom to her little girl named Winnie. You will see Winnie at the studio for baby and momma yoga in the winter.

Lindsay Gonzalez
E-RYT 500, YACEP/HBCE

Lindsay is always looking for adventures on and off the mat. She is known for her keen understanding of Breathwork practices, Ayurvedic studies, body alignment, sense of humor and ability to empower her students to live fully. With over two decades of experience in her field she is the founder of OJAS Collective Yoga School guiding 200 & 300 teacher training programs. You will find Lindsay guiding in-person classes and events near her home in Leavenworth WA and at her business Balancé Surf & Yoga Center in El Salvador. 

On the subtle side, Lindsay is an intuitive guide and a student of Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy. For over 10 years she has studied the healing modality of Transformational Breathwork and leads group and private Breathwork experiences. 

As a mama of two little ones, Lindsay was inspired to dive into the world of birth work to support women on all sides of motherhood. She teaches prenatal yoga, HypnoBirthing educational birth classes, she is a Doula and offers postpartum Ayurvedic counseling and support. 

Skye MacLeod
Certified Pilates Instructor, Physical Mind Institute NY
Certified Personal Trainer, National Academy of Sports Medicine

Skye is an avid believer in all things Pilates. After surviving a near-death car accident in 2006, Pilates was the only thing that healed her body completely. Born and raised on the Westside, Skye is a recent Leavenworth transplant, and is eager to bring her passion of teaching to this beautiful community. A lifetime athlete with a career in School Counseling and Coaching, her classes incorporate breathing techniques, restorative movement, weight training and meditation.

Bringing her passion, knowledge and infectious energy, each class is designed specifically to the needs of her students. Her clientele range from professional athletes to young adults, physical therapy patients, wellness programs, schools, hospitals and retreat centers. Outside of the studio, Skye works as a Real Estate agent and loves spending time in the mountains with her boyfriend and golden retriever, Chief.

Kristen Acesta
200 HR YOGA TEACHER

Kristen focuses on our foundations of health, as a naturopathic physician in her Wenatchee clinic (Mission Health & Wellness), all the way down to the breathwork in her yoga classes. Her movement patterns are rooted in physical therapy, structure, and form; with a heavy emphasis on internal awareness. Our ability to breathe, hold intention, and move with grace is the foundation of mind body integration. This creates a base in which we can unveil deeper patterns of our being; everything from anxiety and depression, to structural abnormalities and spiritual awakenings. She received her 200YTT in 2013 from 8 Limbs in Seattle, worked as an acroyoga student and teacher with Knotty Yoga from 2013-2015, opened/operated a yoga studio 2017-2020, currently apprentices with Wudang Pai and Longemn Taijiquan, and has been teaching in the valley since 2015. Her preferred style is vinyasa and yin, taught and taken as a moving meditation and internal dialog, but has since been evolving into a better power and bikram style teacher.

Katie Kassa
RYT 200

Katie moved to Leavenworth in 2018, the day after finishing her 200hr RYT at The Grinning Yogi in Seattle. Katie fell in love with yoga in Seattle during college, then spent over ten years practicing before attending yoga teacher training. It took another few years to finally find space in her life to actually start teaching yoga. Katie loves the possibility that yoga offers to slow down and reground within our bodies and become aware of our breath. She also loves thinking about alignment within poses. In her spare time, Katie loves to run, hike, skate ski, downhill ski, read and eat. The best though is to play with her young daughter and make up yoga poses together!

Michaela Myers
RYT 200

Michaela, grew up in the Pacific Northwest and moved to the Hwy 2 corridor 4 years ago. She works as a wildland firefighter and ski patroller, and enjoys any kind of playing in the mountains. She is passionate about the mindfulness and body awareness aspects of yoga. She sees yoga as a powerful vehicle for healing and resiliency. In 2016, Michaela studied under a yogi in India for 6 months and was hooked. She then formally completed her 200hr Yoga Alliance teacher training in 2018. She can’t wait to share no-pressure yoga with the community!

Alex Ulmke
RYT 200

Alex is well known to have a deep love of movement. From her personal travels in her trusty VW van, to her constant dancing wherever she is, yoga has been a sense of home wherever she goes. That sense of a big exhale when you get into your first down dog, no matter where you are you can always roll out the mat. Gaining her 200 hour YTT at the Grinning Yogi in Seattle, she is an experienced instructor with lotus flow- a thoughtful and intuitive sequence where postures are build on, mudras are incorporated, and there’s always a theme running throughout class. In her class you can always expect a groovy playlist, a few corny jokes, and a flowing sequence that will leave you feeling excited. She hopes to not only provide a place for people to play with expanding their practice safely but also a place where people are able to reflect. A place where people can use the posture as a road and not the final destination- to inquire further within themselves. All the while falling over, dancing, and laughing through a great vinyasa flow. Outside of the studio you can find Alex scheme up her next trip with her fiancé and German Shepherd Taz (mania).

Keisha Cuff
CYT 200

I am a certified yoga teacher who practices with safe alignment, anatomy and healthy boundaries in my yoga practice and teaching style. i specialize in vinyasa and hatha hot or non heated classes. I love to live life slow and steady and with some humor, you can't always be so serious.

Elley Clark
RYT 500

Yoga has lit my path for devotion, dedication and discipline. If you show up for yourself - your capacity to show up for others is unparalleled. Movement with breath helps us find connection and intention. It brings us back to equilibrium every time. I’ve been practicing yoga for 10 years but I’ve always been drawn to movement and creativity within that. Yoga has offered me patience, forgiveness, mindfulness, understanding and flexibility of the mind, spirit and body. I became a 500hr RYT through Love Evolve Awaken in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala back in 2016. Living in an Ashram and fully diving head first into yoga and the studies around it changed my life! I love deep dives into the science, history, and benefits of yoga. I love deep dives into the body. Each time we step into our practice we find alignment, breath, freedom and so much space - emotionally, spiritually, physically and meta physically. How fortunate are we?! I think it’s time we get out of our heads and out of our way and get into our bodies and find the way.

Colbie Schmidt
RYT 200

Colbie shares her love of movement through the healing power of energetic and wave-like yoga classes infused with unique soundscapes and intuitive sequencing that guides each student to feel empowered in their mind and body.

She is a certified Prana Vinyasa Teacher and student of Shiva Rea. Her offerings are also influenced by her background in dance and continued study of samurai arts. Outside of the studio she spends a lot of time trail running in the beautiful cascade mountains.

Heidi Krumland
RYT 200

Born and raised in Alaska, I found Leavenworth to be my Alaska 2.0! There are so many fun adventures and activities to be had and winters are gone before May! What could be better? Not only was moving to Leavenworth, WA (2016) recreationally enhancing for me but it was
transformational as well. I realized living in an amazing town was not the only change I needed to make in my life - I needed to go inward and tend to what needed tending for quite some time. Through this internal work, I became a school psychologist and yoga instructor. I was fortunate to complete my 200 YTT with the organization, Breathe for Change, whose mission is to enhance the health and well-being of educators, students, and entire communities. I love to incorporate
mindfulness into each of my yoga classes. I hope you find space, warmth and presence when moving and breathing with me.