Nadia started her journey in Kirov, Russia and was adopted in 1994. She was raised in Virginia and made her way out to Pueblo in 2018. Yoga found her that year as well. She started teaching and found her way to where she is today! Nadia believes that breath to movement in anyway can heal. It is all about finding what practice calls to you. In her free time you can find her hanging with her dogs and cats and traveling whenever she can. 

I took my first yoga class at 12 years old and have been wildly curious about the system of yoga since. In 2018, I took the plunge and completed an Ashtanga-inspired mentorship program, followed by a 200-hour teacher training with Sarah Klein and YogaDurango. I am deeply appreciative of the traditional framework and teachings of Ashtanga and draw from its foundation to build fluid, strong, and grounding sequences. Outside of yoga, I am an RN working in maternal-child health. I love connecting over the weird and wonderful aspects of our human experience with compassion and humor. I look forward to seeing you on the mat! 

Julie was drawn to yoga for its quality as a moving meditation. She has been practicing since 1998 and began formal studies in 2000. Primarily trained in Ashtanga, Julie teaches according to Krishnamacharya's statement that "if you can breath, you can practice yoga". Julie received her initial certification from her teachers Molly Lannon Kenny and Stephanie Sisson, who founded The Samarya Center, in Seattle, WA.

Julie and her husband Matt began Open Studio Yoga in 2010 as an experiment in bringing these teachings into the Pueblo community. They now live in Beulah, where there is space for the wildness of their three growing boys.

More recently Julie studied extensively with Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor and continues to work with Ty Landrum. All of her teachers are similar in these ways; life long students of the practice, committed to inquiry and are flexible in their hearts and minds.

The practice is both refuge and service.

We practice for the benefit of all beings.