TEACHERS

Denise is a native of Louisville and enjoys varied activities such as bicycling, hiking, walking, and gardening. In December 1987, she graduated from University of Louisville Speed Scientific School with a Master of Engineering and she also married her husband, Ed Stottmann. After working as an engineer for five years, she chose to stay home with her three children. She discovered her passion for teaching while attending music classes with her children. She taught music to 200 preschool and kindergarten aged children for 16 years. She became interested in yoga when one of her daughters did yoga for physical therapy and she has been practicing Anusara Yoga since 2006.  She received her Anusara-Inspired 200 hour status in 2009 and became a Certified Anusara 500 hour teacher in May 2013.  She is Yoga Alliance Extended RYT-500 hour licensed, a Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider (YACEP), and the lead teacher for the 200 hour Anusara teacher trainings at the studio.  She has completed the Roll Model Method and Science of Rolling massage ball training with Yoga Tune Up.  She continues to enjoy her study of all aspects of yoga through her practice and attending ongoing trainings.

Denise is inspired by sharing the connections she continually makes between science and math and the body, mind and heart.  If you happen to miss Science Friday on NPR, not to worry, Denise will fill you in on the mat! She continues to be amazed at how the alignment principles continue to benefit her varied athletic endeavors and how the heart qualities of Anusara Yoga inspire her in both her professional and personal life.  She loves to help others discover the therapeutic and healing properties of yoga. She teaches studio, corporate, and private classes.

Pippin is our Shih Tzu door greeter and sock thief and he is always ready to play ball or tug-of-war!  He enjoys various restorative poses as we practice and usually will show off his down-dog and up-dog poses at the end of class.

Ken has been practicing yoga since 2005. He discovered that yoga always made him feel centered, and created a healthy, positive flow of energy. Ken received his Anusara Elements 200-hour yoga teacher certification in 2016. In his classes, he often likes to do athletic/challenging poses, as well as aromatherapy and pranayama/breathing meditations. Ken has had his own physical challenges over the years; during yoga teacher training, he had two hip replacements, so he understands that we all have limitations and some poses don’t work for everybody. Ken always tries to make his classes meaningful, fun, light-hearted and inclusive. Men who want to pursue a yoga practice might consider trying Ken’s classes.

Besides yoga, Ken enjoys travel, theatre, art and design, playing tennis, entertaining, game nights, dining out, drinking wine, glamping, and being at the beach. Ken, his husband, Jim, and his dog, George, live in the Tyler Park neighborhood in the Highlands

After teaching weekly in Maryland, Marge relocated to Kentucky, where she furthered her education in Bali with World Peace Yoga, earning her 300-hour Multi Yoga certification. Her teaching style blends positive energy with compassionate guidance, empowering students of all levels to find both strength and stillness on and off the mat. Her classes emphasize proper alignment, conscious breathing, and a mind-body connection that offers a grounding, calming effect.

When she is not teaching yoga, Marge works as a professional photographer specializing in advertising, portraits, and fine art. She also enjoys gardening and traveling in her renovated Bluebird bus.

She discovered yoga in 2006 while working in corporate accounting. During the time of intense working hours, she started attending an early Monday morning yoga class. She soon noticed her energy was high, her engagement and passion was peaked, and she had increased body awareness, mindful movement, and eating. Yoga was the avenue to a calmer, energized, and balanced life.

Christine’s passion for yoga has driven her to explore various yoga styles including; Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Anusara, Iyengar, Jivamukti, Power Yoga, and Bikram. Christine studied yoga at Tranquil Space in Washington D.C with a well-respected program focused on a breadth of yoga styles incorporating various teachers nation-wide. She completed her 200 hour training in 2011 and her 500 hour training in 2012.