Heather Berry
Practicing and teaching yoga/functional movement is important to Heather (she/her) as it allows our bodies to continue to do the things we love to do. Whatever life throws at you or whatever activity you choose to do, it is important to maintain our physical health. She enjoys the creativity of teaching vinyasa classes and getting upside-down! Outside of the studio you can find her at the CrossFit gym, hanging out with her dogs, and spending time outdoors.
Lisette G
Lisette (she/her) is the daughter of immigrant parents, shout out to Zacatecas! She attended UNC in Greeley as a first generation Latina and graduated with a Bachelors. While in college, Lisette unexpectedly fell in love with going to the gym and yoga. From her yoga class she learned about regulating breath with movement and spinal protection. This became her foundation and approach to movement moving forward. Lisette left the country many times to teach English in Asia, Europe, and to travel South America and Africa. Lisette has her personal training certification, Stick Mobility Level 1 Certification, and more coming soon! She has learned how to move pain free and loves the strength and power she’s developed. Lisette is excited to share these methods with everyone. She strives to make fitness more inclusive for our community. Currently Lisette enjoys training barefoot with bodyweight and kettlebells at home or outside! Lisette is fluent in Spanish, English, and knows Portuguese.
Jeremy Menke
Jeremy “JAM” (he/him) is a Colorado native. He received his 200 hour training from Om Ananda in Fort Collins plus 60 additional meditation hours. Jeremy has been practicing for 4 years, meditating for two, and teaching for two years. Jeremy loves a power dynamic class but also enjoys a slow mindful class. Outside of the studio, Jeremy is an avid gardener, loves to cook, can food, and go hiking!
Carolyn Valencia
Carolyn (she/her) has been a practitioner of Bikram yoga since 2002 and a certified teacher since 2007. Her love for this powerful healing modality is over-flowing, contagious & instantly felt within the first few moments of her class. Positive & light-hearted, Carolyn brings years of experience to the hot room. Grateful for the many gifts she has found on her yogic path, Carolyn is excited about the gift of community the most. She is thrilled to share the 26 & 2 sequence with the Balanced Movement Yoga Community. Carolyn’s hobbies include dancing, back-bending, get- away trips to the Roaring Fork Valley, rodeos and fire ceremonies with her family and friends.
BRIDGET BAXTER
Bridget (she/her) is a certified Bikram Yoga teacher with over sixteen years of experience teaching the traditional 26&2 in the hot yoga room and twenty-four years of practicing. Bridget specializes in teaching yoga using anatomy and detailed aliment that supports the strength and flexibility of the body. Bridget is a powerful force in the yoga room and uses her positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard, have fun and appreciate yourself. Bridget likes to camp, cook, garden, spend time with her family and looks forward to seeing everyone in the yoga room!
Caroline Rose
Caroline (she/her) is a New York native and a devoted yoga teacher with 15 years of practice and 10 years of teaching experience, bringing a wealth of knowledge to her classes. Certified in anatomy-based vinyasa, yin, hatha, hot power flow, aerial silks, and meditation, she’s also a certified Yoga and Somatic Therapist. This diverse background allows Caroline to infuse her teachings with healing modalities, offering students a profound and transformative experience. Having discovered yoga during a challenging period in her youth, Caroline cherishes its ability to illuminate paths forward in life. Her classes blend physical challenge with mindful movement and therapeutic elements, creating a nurturing space where students of all levels can explore, heal, and grow.
KYLE BAXTER
Kyle (he/him) is a certified Bikram Yoga teacher with over eighteen years of experience teaching the traditional 26&2 in the hot yoga room. Kyle specializes in teaching yoga using compassion and understanding that helps benefit the beginner and the experienced yoga practitioner. Kyle is a devoted arborist and has used his yoga practice as a vehicle to stay pain free from lower back pain. Kyle likes to camp, eat and spend time with his family.
Sara McDaniel
Sara (she/her) has been dancing all her life, but has been teaching for the past 12 years in the Denver metro area. She has trained in Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, Jazz, Breakdancing, Lyrical and is a multi-genre instructor. Sara earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise science at UNC, leading to becoming a Licensed Massage Therapist for the past 5 years. Recently, she got certified in Barre Beyond and is ready to get the people of Greeley moving. Her goal is to fuse her love of dance and movement with her knowledge of the human body into a career helping and healing people. When she’s not dancing or working, Sara can be found spending time with her husband and two dogs.
Kendra Steffen
Kendra (she/her) is Colorado Native! She played college volleyball at Otero Junior College/Dakota State University & is now a Kindergarten Teacher here in Greeley! She started doing yoga back in June here at Balanced Movement & loves where as taken her physically and mentally! She loves the community and the opportunity it has brought her! She is in the process of becoming a Personal Trainer & is a Marathon runner! Barre is new to her but loves the idea and energy/intensity Barre brings! They don’t call her Kenergy for nothing!
KATE MILLER
Kate(she/her), the Sound Healing Alchemist, guides those on self transformation and healing journeys to their most empowered self. Trained in Sound Healing, Reiki, Astrology, and Herbalism, she combines her healing modalities to support whole body, mind, and soul healing. She is an avid believer that everyone has the wisdom within to heal themselves and the world. Everyone knows how to best walk their own path; Kate is here to give you those gentle reminders and to empower each person to alchemize their own healing journey. Sound healing goes where no other healing goes, traveling deep within the cellular level to recalibrate the nervous system and Chakra systems. The frequency of the bowls help to create deep, restorative states of relaxation, as well as helping to move any stuck or stagnant energy. By tailoring each session to the current astrology and seasons, and using intuition to guide each sound session, every being is able to receive and release what their soul is calling for. Kate uses Reiki to amplify the healing of each sound session. She loves to collaborate with other healers, combining her Reiki, Healing Touch, and Sound Healing with the gentle flow of yoga offered by other teachers here at Balanced Movement. She offers individual healings as well as her group and collaborative classes. She loves to combine her various healing modalities to best serve each individual on their own journeys.
Davonna Maelstrom
Davonna (she/her) was raised in the deserts of the southwest. She enjoys, playing music, singing, gardening, making stuff, and spending quality time with friends and family. In past lives, Davonna has worked as a programmer, a teacher, and an activist. She rediscovered yoga in 2020 after many on again off again episodes going back to the early 2000’s. She brings enthusiasm and passion to everything she does while also keeping her feet rooted in the nourishing soil of Mother Earth
Lindsey Visscher
Lindsey (she/her) is a Colorado native who recently moved to Greeley to attend UNC. Lindsey loves finding new ways to exercise and stay active, which is one of the reasons she started taking classes at Balanced Movement! She quickly fell in love with the movements and the structure of Barre because it reminds her of her dancer roots and gives her a space to be creative. Lindsey is excited to bring a motivating energy to Barre classes at Balanced Movement to help people find some fun and joy in physical activity. When she’s not working out or going to class, Lindsey spends her free time reading novels and learning how to bake!
Carson Skinner
Carson (he/him) is an fresh yoga teacher who has been immersed in practice for just over a year. He embraces nature, baking, art, and making music. Weaving passions into the yoga journey to inspire wellness and mindfulness on and off the mat.
Alicia Viezcas
Alicia Viezcas (she/her) has been teaching dance for over 10 years. She loves teaching hip-hop dance and combining the fitness aspect to it. Come join her for a high-energy, fun, sweaty, groovy hip-hop fitness class!
Inez Hayden
Inez (she/her) is a relatively new 200hr RYT (registered yoga teacher) in multi style yoga. She has been practicing the traditional hot 26&2 hatha yoga sequence for over 10 years and it changed her life for the better. Her goal is to continuously learn more about yoga and bring that knowledge to her students in an inclusive, uplifting and compassionate environment. She has a B.S. in Kinesiology, Exercise Science and an M.S. education in Kinesiology, Adapted Physical Education. She loves everything about the human body and movement. She is also married and a chingona mom of five incredible and athletic kids, whom she proudly homeschools. She also loves to garden, cook, and sew.
Kim McMurren
Kim (she/her) is a Colorado native. She has been a certified personal trainer, fitness instructor, and licensed cosmetologist since 1980 – she was also formerly a professional barrel racer! She is an IFBB pro in women’s physique and women’s bodybuilding. With a background in faming, she enjoys raising and irrigating corn in the summer. She has two daughters, a son-in-law, five grandchildren, a dog and three cats. “Being in the fitness industry since 1981, it has been a passion of mine and has given me a purpose in life help people reach their goals and to feel better about themselves!”
Deniece Cook
Deniece (she/her) is a mom, grandma, practicing yogi, yoga teacher, retired school teacher/administrator and lifelong learner. Her yoga journey began when she was a teenager and found a book on yoga. She dabbled throughout her life, but got serious in 2010 and started attending a regular alignment based yoga class through the recreation department in Longmont. This class helped her realize that anyone can practice yoga! From that experience, she decided to pursue her RYT-200 certification and focus on making yoga accessible to all. She started teaching yoga in 2019 voluntarily to the teachers in her school. Her yoga teaching experience includes the following: gentle/ beginner, prenatal, senior & chair yoga. She’s worked with clients one-on-one online and in her home studio. She’s also taught a meditation class. She loves hanging out with her granddaughters, walking her basset hound, quilting, gardening and cooking. She and her husband recently relocated to Greeley from Johnstown to be near their kids and grandkids.