Our Teachers
Meet Hollie
Hollie is the owner and lead teacher at Yoga Studio 225. In addition to completing her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training, Hollie has earned certification in Trauma Informed Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Hands-On Assisting, and Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Hollie has a Bachelors Degree in Special Education, a Masters Degree in Education, and a second Masters in Counseling. She is a Licensed School Counselor in the Wayne Westland Community School District and is also a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Hollie has combined her passions for yoga and therapeutic techniques to offer classes that are unique, authentic, organized, supportive, and designed to improve our physical AND emotional health.
Hollie is passionate about promoting, supporting, and collaborating with other local yoga studios (and women owned businesses), like Creative Spirit Yoga in Tecumseh, Heart Flo Yoga in Jackson, Way of Life Yoga in Tecumseh, and Free to Be Yoga & Massage in Adrian.
“We rise by lifting others.” Robert Ingersoll
Meet Janene
Janene has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and finds it to be the perfect balance in her active life. She is certified through Yoga Fit and enjoys all styles of yoga, especially classes that can stoke that inner fire.
After teaching high school English all day, she definitely appreciates the need for self-care and is excited to a part of the yoga community in Brooklyn.
Meet Valerie
She has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and completed her 200 hour RYT in 2015. She is a true believer in the power of mindful breathing and movement and is committed to this practice both on and off the mat. Her classes are designed to offer a combination of grounding, balance, and mindful flows of movement paired with breath to help students spend more time in the present moment and achieve more peace and harmony in their bodies and minds.
In addition to guiding yoga classes, Val is a K-12 administrator at North Adams-Jerome Public Schools.
Meet Brooke
Brooke's started teaching yoga in 2016 after completing her training through YogaFit. She believes greater self-awareness is where we start to become the best versions of ourselves both physically and mentally. In her yoga classes, she enjoys blending her occupational therapy background of functional movement and self regulation with mindful breathing and compassion to guide people towards a deeper personal awareness and mind-body connection. She lives by the idea that the mind and the body are constantly communicating and thus determining how we show up in our daily lives. Some days we may need more body based techniques while other days greater mental awareness can help us move through things easier. It’s not one before the other but rather together and this is the foundation of the yoga she practices and leads.
Outside of teaching yoga she writes for her lifestyle blog, enjoys fixing up her lake cottage and sews pieces for her home decor business.
Meet Sue
Sue is an Ayurvedic Yoga Instructor and Ayurvedic Health Counselor. A former studio owner, teaching everything from Ashtanga to Yin, she now focuses on practices that soothe the nervous system, build emotional resilience and engender a calm, grounded, sattvic quality in both mind and body. Always with a focus on the breath, Sue likes to encourage students to be curious - moving fluidly and intuitively - exploring sensation in the body, and connecting with their inner teacher; always celebrating what the body can do, never focusing on what it cannot. She weaves the wisdom of both yoga and ayurveda’s ancient teachings into her classes and one-on-one sessions to bring peace, balance and well-being to those she works with, reminding us that, deep down, our true nature is love, light and joy.