Anastasia&Jowee
Anastasia Bobadilla & Jowee Aulston are AcroYoga co-teachers in Reno, NV. They are, in fact, the only two certified AcroYoga teachers in Nevada! Together, they have spent the past few years working to build and grow an amazing community of enthusiasts in the Reno/Tahoe area. Their primary playground is the Yogic Lounge, a community based movement studio in Reno.In addition to sharing the practice of AcroYoga, Anastasia is also a massage therapist and an aerial dance teacher & performer. Jowee spends most of her time running the Yogic Lounge and teaching yoga, AcroYoga, and doing Thai bodywork. Both Jowee and Anastasia are deeply committed to the heart expanding and community building practice of AcroYoga and love to share it wherever they go.
Corey Jones
Corey Jones is a 200 hour certified yoga instructor. She had studied yoga off and on for 10 years before she rediscovered yoga through a friend and was drawn in by the "blissed out" feeling and her growing strength. She completed a year long teacher training in California taught by her beloved teacher Dennis Eagan. She has had the opportunity to learn from many well known teachers such as, Shiva Rea, Rodney Yee, John Friend, Judith Lasater, and Duncan Wong. Yoga has given Corey strength, peace, and confidence. She teaches to pass on some of the wonderful gifts that yoga has given to her.
Jowee Aulston
Jowee has been practicing yoga for the past 10 years. She was trained at Mount Madonna Center under the guidance of Baba Hari Dass. Jowee is also one of only 2 certified AcroYoga instructors in Nevada. She teaches daily classes at the Yogic Lounge and bi-weekly AcroYoga classes with her fabulous co-teacher Anastasia.
Jowee is passionate about building community and connecting with the divine light in everyone. It is her belief that yoga and play are what the world needs more of and is what inspired her to open and co-create the Yogic Lounge.
Allison Prater
Allison Prater has over 20 years of dance experience. She began her training in tap, jazz, ballet, modern, and ballroom. She has been studying and performing cabaret, folkloric, and tribal fusion belly dance for over 8 years. She studied for 2 years with Belly Dance Superstar Kami Liddle. She has also studied with Master dancers such as Rachel Brice, Mardi Love, Heather Stants, and Amy Sigil. She has been teaching Tribal Fusion for three years in Reno, NV, as well as traveling to teach in California, Oregon, and Arizona. Allison is committed to facilitating a safe, joyful movement practice.
Anastasia Bobadilla
Anastasia is overjoyed to be part of the AcroYoga family. Her training in gymnastics and her love for Yoga has lead her to fully embrace this practice. She celebrates the spirit of connection, love and playfulness. She is also a Licensed Massage Therapist and a Certified Thai Therapy Practitioner. Her other joys include dancing, aerial silks and exploring the world!
Laura Green
Laura was born in raised in Santa Cruz, California where she spent most of her childhood emerging into the vast ocean and being engulfed by the empowering waves it produces. The empowerment of the of riding waves opened her eyes to the infinite and guided her towards the enormous sierra mountains where she has lived in Reno for the past 6 years riding the snowy mountains and enjoying the Tahoe sunshine. Laura was a gymnast for as long as she could remember and competed nationally for 15 years. She currently is a full time student at the University of NV Reno and and has completed yoga teacher training at the Yogic Lounge. She feels as though yoga is her nature and trained to further her own personal practice eventually working to become more in tuned with her ability to heal, help and love others.
Brave Legend
Brave Legend has been practicing concepts and theories of massage his entire life, his first inspiration was derived from receiving regular bodywork from his father. Brave’s father found that if Brave was awakened with a massage, he would wake up calm and friendly. This massage philosophy was naturally integrated into Brave’s massage practice and he found that the compassionate touch learned from his father was the touch needed to provide quality health and well being for his patrons. Brave has been a Certified Massage Therapist since 2006 but has been practicing massage therapy since 2004. Brave has worked in the day spa setting and has developed his own business which includes clientele from the general public, to the physically challenged, all the way to the level of elite athletes in the fields of professional football, basketball, baseball, and mixed martial arts (UFC). Brave has been certified in the practice of Muscle Release Technique which is one of the most effective techniques in opening muscle tissue to its most efficient state. With the combination of compassionate touch learned from his father and the muscle release techniques practiced on professional athletes Brave developed a very unique touch that allows him to provide affective pain relief while calming the body, allowing it to return to the resting state; which is the natural state of plentitude. 