Kelly Beck

“As a competitive athlete most of my life, I was first drawn to yoga as a challenge, as a way to compete with myself and really push my body to new boundaries. YES YES, I know, this is not what yoga is about but I think everyone starts yoga with one intention and then like magic it opens doors and peels back layers we didn’t even know existed. That’s truly the beauty of this work. Sure the physical benefits are amazing and they’re obvious but I wasn’t expecting to cry in savasana, I wasn’t expecting to tap into my mental health and I surely wasn’t expecting to have the spiritual awakenings I have had since starting!!! My whole life I have been solar-powered and craved sweaty workouts, so to find heated yoga after college my life was forever changed. I dug into my personal practice like never before and decided to deepen it even more by starting my teacher training in 2010. This training would forever change me, I knew I wanted to teach, I knew I wanted to own a studio and later would find my passion to help caregivers have access to an intimate studio experience.

In my early years of teaching, I tried to fit into a box, I taught like I had been taught, and yet I was feeling a void, I felt like my students needed more. I wanted to combine my love for yoga, boot camps, pilates, strength training, meditation, and powerful music into my offerings and yet I let fear win and stayed in that box. I promise, just like you, I’m scared of change, I have fears, I have struggles, but ya know what, I keep pushing and challenging these thoughts. In case you’re wondering, fear is a liar and I knew I needed to lean into the discomfort and challenge not only myself but my students. I knew my village needed this physical push in order to have breakthroughs in heart work and breakthroughs in mental health, there was a connection there and I just needed to be brave enough to try, and SO I DID!!! Our bodies carry so much both mentally and physically and this work allows you to shake off that excess, allows us to be our truest self. I promise to lead you in a powerful yoga class, a class that will show you your edge and then allows you to decide to stay or pull back. We will move, sweat and probably dance!

I’m not perfect, I continue to fail, and yet I get back on the mat to start time and time again, this work has truly taught me to let go of the ego and be my truest self. It’s taught me over and over that, I am in charge of my destiny, my thoughts and my mind and body. My hope and passion is to teach you these things too! So grab that 6 feet of magical real estate, roll it out, press that link and just show up, I promise the growth is in the grit!”