Please take a moment to become acquainted with our studio owner and teachers:
Ellen, Gail, Gloria, Jennifer, Joseph, Josh, Karen, Shelley, Stephanie, & Allison.
Owner and Moksha yoga teacher
After graduating Villanova University where she played tennis, Ellen found yoga as a means of transition to maintain an athletic lifestyle while balancing it with the calm of a yoga practice. Her first experience was with a Vinyasa style hot yoga class which she immediately loved. After moving to Toronto she started practicing Moksha Hot yoga. Ellen completed the Moksha teacher training in the summer of 2006 after having her first daughter. She has furthered her education by becoming certified in Pre-natal yoga under Mary Barnes Anusara Prenatal Training. Practicing yoga has been a life changing experience that she wants to share with others. Opening Moksha Yoga Northern Kentucky has been a dream for her since she completed the training. She is very excited and passionate to share the power of yoga with all!
When not in the studio you will find Ellen enjoying time with her three young daughter and husband, Michael. She enjoys all sports and traveling all over the world… South America being one of her favorites!
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Yoga teacher
 Gail is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. She completed her certification of two hundred (200) hours at Yoga Home in a vinyasa flow style of yoga. Gail’s local teachers are Katy Knowles and Sheila Wilson at Yoga Home Studio in Mariemont. She also holds certificates of level 1,2, 3 and yoga core/butt with Yoga Fit. She has the fortune to have studied under Master Teacher, Rod Stryker, where she earned a forty (40) hour certification. Her study has brought her to many workshops including Rod Stryker, John Friend’s, Master Teacher, Sienna Sherman, Jane Mellencamp, Kirena Mirsky and Lilias Folan. Gail enjoys the style of vinyasa flow as it teaches one to shift from thinking to feeling. Vinyasa is a strong, energizing practice that stimulates this shift of Prana, life force or breath into your life.
Her life has lots of joy living in Summit Lake Estates in Crestview Hills with her husband, Clem, and spending as much time as possible with her children, grand children, nieces, nephews and their children. She loves gardening and feels blessed to have discovered Yoga, which
has brought peace, good health and joy into her life. She loves sharing Yoga with others.
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Yoga teacher
 Gloria "Glo" began teaching yoga in 2005. She has studied a few styles of yoga including Vinyasa Flow, Anusara and YogaFit. Glo completed a 200-Hour Certified Yoga Teacher Training Program recognized by Yoga Alliance in 2006 through yogahOMe, and she continues to be inspired by the teachings of Katy Knowles. She has deepened her studies with Rod Styker of Para Yoga, Sianna Shermon of Yoga Journal, Brian Kest, Anna Forrest, Betsey Downing of Guardian of the Heart Studio in Sarasota, Florida and other senior Anusara Teachers. Glo spends her time helping people learn about the benefits of Yoga for the body, mind and spirit emphasizing verbal cues to help the student find proper alignment. Gloria has two adult married children, eight grandchildren, and two mischievous cats.
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Jennifer has been practicing yoga for seven years; teaching for four. She received her 200 hour certification through Yogahome marimont, a vinyasa style flow. She first fell in love with "power" yoga at Five Seasons and knew that yoga was a practice she couldn't live without. Jennifer has furthered her education through various workshops with Brian Kest, Ana Forest, Rodney Yee, Lilas Folan and recently an anatomy workshop with Ray Long.
She also thinks that it is important to touch base through her own practices with the local teachers that she very much admires (her mother, her aunt and two cousins)! She also very much believes in learning from the many students that touch her life every single day. Yoga has brought a happiness to her from deep within. Taking the time to Breathe brings light and calmness into her life.
Jennifer also likes to keep up with running with her friends and taking the time to raise her four beautiful kids.
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 Moksha yoga teacher
Having always been subtly aware that there was more to the world than what it appeared to be, Joe found himself pawing through the religions of man. After coming across a compilation of Buddhist Sutras compiled by Dwight Goddard, Joe started a self-guided study of religion, psychology, and philosophy. After a couple of years his studies led him to BKS Iyengars' "Light on Yoga" and after studying the practice of asana for a few months Joe decided to take an immersion program to become a yoga teacher.
Joe first took the Sivananda teacher training in 2006 at the yoga ashram in the Bahamas and stayed on as staff for four months developing his teaching and working in the ashram. Joe's studies have since taken him to a Vinyasa teacher training with Kristin Cooper Gulak, the Moksha Teacher Training, and a number of Vipassana meditation courses in the lineage of Sayagyi U Ba Khin.
Joe feels he has been most deeply influenced by his love of the world around him. He attributes his greatest lessons to the sound of the wind, the cool wash of the sea, and the dirt beneath his bare feet. When not teaching Joe spends his time with his loving wife young daughter enjoying all there is, in this moment.
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Yoga teacher
 Relatively new to yoga after a life change, Josh is in the process of finishing his Moksha teacher certification after having completed 500 hours of the 800 hour continuing course. Josh is driven to teach yoga in order to bring peace of mind, calmness, and of course the physical benefits present in the practice to all students willing to learn as these benefits have inspired him so. As well, through the study of yoga he has found a fresh view on life that he hopes to inspire others to seek.
Josh enjoys hiking, curling up with a good book, and traveling to visit friends across North America and Canada. A product of the South, he enjoys sweet tea and barbecue as well as playing with his two kids who enliven his world.
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 Karen has just stepped into teaching after completing a 500 hour moksha training in the summer of 2009. She has also graduated from Northern Kentucky University with a BA in psychology. Karen started her journey with yoga four years ago and knew that her path would lead to teaching and sharing yoga with others. Karen has also furthered her education in yoga with various workshops with the moksha studio, Ana Forest and Rodney Yee.
Karen also loves to run, cook (she loves new receipts!!) and take care of her three beautiful kids. She is excited to share her energy and her new found love of moksha yoga with her friends, family and the universe.
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Yoga teacher
 Shelley graduated from Western State College with a clinical Psychology and Sociology degree and moved to Crested Butte, Colorado after graduation. She began practicing yoga in Crested Butte with Brenda Flemming, Monica Mesa and Brad Hay. During this time Shelley also began studying Reiki from 2003-2007 under Judi Theis at the Light Running School of Vibrational Healing in Crested Butte, Colorado. She then completed her yoga certification in Byron Bay, Australia under Louisa Sear through Yoga Arts. She began studying with Shiva Rea and integrating Prana Vinyasa Flow into her teaching. She has taken her yoga and taught classes and retreats both nationally and internationally. This wave theory of Yoga gives her the feeling of freedom and embodiment that she enjoys passing on to her students. She has completed 264 hours with Shiva attending Fluid Power II, Pranafication, Embodying the Flow and Energetic Alignment and Radiant Flow/Prenatal training. Shelley recently completed her level 1 Moksha Yoga training in Las Vegas, completing 864 hours with Yoga Alliance. She is currently residing, teaching and reconnecting in her hometown of Northern Kentucky at Moksha Yoga Athletica.
She works closely with Tignum leading executives in stress management techniques and high sustainable performance. She wants to continue her education developing her skills and experience into a life coach. She leads an active lifestyle enjoying surfing, yoga, biking and connecting with people and nature. She enjoys serving and incorporates her practice and business to give back to create a viable, sustainable community.
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Allison
Yoga teacher
Allison is inspired by the power of yoga in all of its forms! During her classes she likes to encourage her students to expand their yoga practice to every moment of their lives. Allison has travelled throughout Asia to study yoga and meditation, Thai massage, and eastern philosophy and spirituality. Her fascination with this wisdom has founded her path for connecting mind, body, and spirit.
Allison likes to include teachings from all spiritual paths into her classes for reflection and meditation in hopes of igniting that one spiritual flame common to us all. With a degree in Exercise Science and a continuous study of bodywork, she also incorporates her athletic experience and knowledge of the body into her classes and students. Drawing from all of her experiences, she feels devoted to enriching others paths along with her own, one breath at a time. With Love and Light !
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Stephanie
Yoga teacher
Bio Coming soon!
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