meet your teachers!
Joy Morrell
Joy’s warmth & candour encourages students to their personal best.
Seeking the most productive experience for every student, Joy emphasizes a deepened relationship between mind & breath, and the tremendous benefits this brings.
Expect a strong focus on functional anatomy in Joy’s classes, which combine powerful strengthening exercises, deep stretch & focused breath work.
Guiding students to tap into their full potential both on and off the mat, Joy teaches her wildly popular Rebalancing classes 4 times each week, and puts great ‘technique spin’ into her equally popular ‘Infrared Warm Flow’ classes in Shanti’s Infrared Studio downstairs.
Fostering a strong sense of community here has been a tremendous delight for Joy, as she has shared ‘all that is Shanti Yoga’ over her 18 years as Studio Owner & Director.
Classes with Joy:
Tuesday / Saturday / Sunday ‘Rebalancing Yoga’ 10:00am
Monday / Wednesday / Friday ‘Infrared Warm Flow’ 5:30 pm
Lead Teacher Training Instructor here at Shanti, Avalon holds Advanced Degrees in Fitness & Nutrition for Athletes from ISSA and multiple 200 & 500 Hour Yoga Training Certifications. She’s logged 25,000 hours teaching Yoga, and an additional 12,000 Hours teaching Trainings courses.
An accomplished dancer, Avalon embodies grace, balance & strength. Encouraging an approach to Yoga with enthusiasm & lightness, students discover with practice they find ease in even the most advanced poses & transitions.
Born & raised on the Island of Kauai, Avalon teaches at her beautiful Studio thriveyogakauai.com in the charming town of Kilauea on the North Shore.
Traveling to Nelson to offer her skills during our Spring Teacher Training season, she treats local students here to her wildly popular Yoga Sculpt & Vinyasa Master classes while she’s here.
Watch for Avalon’s class schedule, offered in May 2024.
Yoga Sculpt / Infrared Vinyasa Flow / Level II Master Classes
Kelsey baerg
Kelsey is a Master Teacher, offering classes with highly refined cuing & perfect cadence.
Celebrating 11 years teaching here at Shanti Yoga Nelson, Kelsey guides students seamlessly through strong, inspiring sequences. She understands when to push the Practice with safe & exciting poses in her invigorating classes, and how to hold peaceful space in her wonderful Yin classes.
Kelsey’s beautiful personality infuse her classes with lightness, allowing everyone to find the melody of their own movement. Curating an inviting, caring space she encourages students of all levels to discover their own hidden strength, grace & freedom.
Kelsey holds a 500 Hour Teaching Certification from Shanti Yoga here in Nelson, as well as a highly esteemed Graduate Certification from Mysore India, where she studied extensively in the Astanga Vinyasa tradition.
Kelsey teaches with us in Nelson during Fall, Winter & Spring….spending summer on Vancouver Island. Don’t miss Yin Yoga classes with Kelsey during April & May!
Kelsey embraces Nelson’s vibrant Mountain Culture to the fullest as an Ultramarathon Runner, mountain biker & skier.
Watch for Kelsey’s specialized ‘Yoga for Runners!’ Master Classes once each month over summer, as she travels back to Nelson to offer these amazing ‘Prep for the Run’ classes to Nelson’s fantastic Running community!
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Classes with Kelsey:
Monday Evenings thru May: ‘Fire Light Yin’ 7:15 pm
‘Summer Yoga for Runners’ specialized classes, open to all students in preparation for the following Races:
May 11, 2024: ‘Run Like a Mother’ Road Race….”PREP FOR THE RUN” YOGA Friday May 10, 7:15 pm
June 2024: “Tackle the Toad” Cross Country Race….”PREP FOR THE RUN” YOGA Friday June 7:15 pm
July 2024:
October 2024:
Beau Fuller
A great Yoga instructor and a remarkable person, Beau has a natural sense for sequencing classes so students are both supported and accelerated in their practice. He makes every class both challenging and fun.
A world traveler with great heart & soul, Beau is a proficient climber, an avid skier & has great passion for contact improv dance.
We’re extremely lucky to have Beau on staff here at Shanti. After 4 months of high elevation Climbing in Mexico & Argentina, Beau is back with us at Shanti, teaching his amazing Infrared Warm Flow classes.
Classes with Beau:
Mondays / Wednesdays / Fridays 8:30 am ‘Infrared Warm Flow’
Sundays 5:30 pm ‘Infrared Warm Flow’
Sarah Story
Expect to build powerful strength in Sarah’s classes.
Combining wonderful Yoga poses with challenging fitness exercise, Sarah sequences every class with creativity & focus on progress, making each class interesting & fresh.
Students feel anchored & gain confidence with Sarah’s hallmark integrity and consistency, as her warm, friendly nature weaves throughout.
Discovering yoga 15 years ago, Sarah was prescribed yoga by her physio as rehab for a shattered shoulder from snowboarding. It was then that she realized the positive and diverse benefits of regular practice.
5 years later she embarked on her Teacher-Training journey here at Shanti, to deepen her personal practice and share the gifts of Yoga as a Teacher.
Yoga compliments her active lifestyle and helps her find a healthy balance between all her sports & chasing her active kids around.
Classes with Sarah return in Summer 2024
ali wong
Ali has taught Yoga across Canada, in China, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka and Bali. Describing herself as an ‘effervescent nomad’, Ali is truly a global citizen with a Heart of gold. Wildly accomplished, she remains humble & kind, and deeply devoted to the greatest good.
A graduate of Brown University, where she played competitive collegiate Hockey, Ali teaches Yoga with enthusiasm and superb technical skill. Her sequences are imaginative & exciting, and her knowledge of joint alignment and bio mechanics produce a deeply enriching experience.
Students flow and harmonize with body, mind & breath in the supportive and deeply accessible environment Ali creates with her playful poise and spectacular personality.
We are delighted to have her on staff here at Shanti.
Watch for Ali’s return following her travels
