Amy has been practicing yoga since a serious running injury over a decade ago. After the injury healed, she realized the positive change yoga had on my mind and spirit. Amy can practice yoga anywhere, but prefers to be part of a practicing community. She moved to Somerset, VA in Summer 2022 to start a farm with her daughter. Amy complained to my husband about the lack of yoga studios in the area, and he said, "Then open one." And, this is how ATHA Yoga was conceived. Now, let's practice!

Bonnie Kat is Certified in Reiki, has a blackbelt in martial arts, and a degree in Sound Healing. Her natural gifts include empathy, intuitive energetic sensitivity, a love for teaching, and a peaceful-warrior spirit. Bonnie Kat is a hand-pan musician. Her hand-pans are included in her live studio soundscape sessions and are also part of her own personal meditative practice when connecting with nature. A handpan is a steel melodic meditative drum that is played with the hands to produce both rhythm and melody, emulating the traditional steel pans of the Caribbean. 

Heather began daily yoga practice about 10 years ago and found it to be truly life transforming. She found physical well-being, emotional balance and spiritual connection that only yoga practice brought into her life. It has helped shape every aspect of her life, and she found a purpose in helping others feel the same way; this is why she teaches.

Heather holds her 200 RYT certification as well as continuing education in restorative yoga, yin yoga, chair yoga and prenatal yoga. Off the mat, she helps build communities by volunteering her time to help those in need. "Life is God's gift to us. What we do with it is our gift to God." 

Jennifer maintains a robust and diverse personal yoga practice as well as teaching style. She is traditionally trained in Power Vinyasa Flow with Ashtanga roots. Active postures were her entry point into seated more meditative practices. She holds continuing education hours in Yin, Restorative, and Yoga Nidra. She values balancing her active practice with styles that help regulate the nervous system and bring the body into states of true rest and relaxation. A deeply intuitive teacher, Jennifer also uses skills learned from a year-long training program to set the energy for practice. She is skilled in coupling physical movements with yoga's more subtle energy forms. This engages and activates the healing properties of yoga in profound ways. Through the use of quotes and mantras, Jennifer guides practitioners into setting intentions for their practice that can carry them through their day/week. Jennifer is a trained speech-pathologist and also utilizes Talk Yoga™ approaches with kids. Her compassionate and grounded approach helps students across the lifespan access the benefits of yoga both on and off the mat. 

Katherine is a 500 RYT loves all things yoga and enjoys sharing her passion.

Katherine received her 200-hour through FlyDog Yoga in Charlottesville, Yin Yoga training with Marla Cantor, and 300-hour teacher training with Power Yoga pioneer Beryl Bender Birch in Power Yoga, classical yoga philosophy, and meditation. Her style of teaching is supportive and encouraging. She walks alongside her students in their journey and welcomes them to join her on the mat to get grounded, invigorate, restore, and explore what lies within.

Lori is an Air Force veteran and has been in the health and fitness industry for over 20 years. She fell in love with bodybuilding in 2009 and had a winning career as a figure competitor. Building on her experience she decided to become a personal trainer to all fitness levels in 2013. She first began doing Bikram yoga in 2011 to recover from her strenuous training program. Lori completed her 200 hour teacher training through the Yoga and Ayurveda Center. She has additional certifications in Restorative, Yin and Chair Yoga, and is currently working toward her 200 Hour Certified Meditation Teacher qualification. She takes a holistic approach to fitness, health, recovery and nutrition, and loves to help her clients find their perfect balance between activity and rest.

Gina has been a Reiki practitioner for over 5 years and yoga teacher for over 7 years. She also completed a 200hr yoga training with one yoga out of Delaware. "I am fascinated by the mystery and power of it all. The experience of giving and receiving Reiki has been nothing short of transformational and magical. It has brought me to connect with so many amazing and colorful people. " Gina is also a forensic scientist and a huge animal lover! She has discovered through her own two pitties at home, Freud and Nucky that even dogs love and benefit from reiki healing. Gina is level 3 Reiki and studied the Usui method under Kiki Hocking. 

Melissa discovered yoga during a major life shift and it changed her life . She found a new appreciation for her body and a connection with her inner self. Taking it to the mat improved her lifestyle choices, relationships, and overall wellbeing. Melissa holds her 200 RYT certification and continuing education in restorative yoga. She’s an Inner Alignment Coach, Meditation Leader, and Level 3 Reiki. She's practiced many styles of yoga, but it's the mind/body connection and the delight in discovery of what every body is capable of, that she enjoys most about practice. Off the mat, she is the proud momma bird of four children.  Melissa is currently completing her Level 3 Soul Retrieval Healing training, which is akin to modern day shamanic healing. 

Anna came to the path of yoga in 2008 after struggling with chronic health issues. Since then yoga has been an integral and profound part of her healing journey. She received her 200 Hr teaching certification through Integrative Yoga Therapy in 2015 and has continued her education through trainings with Bo Forbes, Shiva Rea, Richard Miller and more. Anna draws on a variety of lineages and influences including Krishnamacharya and Nischala Joy Devi. She believes that yoga is not something we try to become but a coming home to who we already are. She helps create a space of curiosity and self-compassion and guides students to get in touch with their body’s inherent wisdom. Anna feels most at home on the mat, out in the natural world, or making art. Other passions include building community, homesteading, food sovereignty and holistic health. 

Jessie is 500 hour certified- with 200 at Hot Yoga Charlottesville, and 300 at Flydog. She has also done over 50 hours of additional training and hopes to lead training in the future. "I found yoga in 2020 and went to my first studio in 2021. From my first class I did a 30-day challenge making a class every day for a month and have been in a studio almost every day since then. I finished my first teacher training in 2022 and have constantly been trying to educate myself further on yoga philosophy and anatomy ever since. I’ve taught over 500 classes in the 2.5 years I’ve been teaching. Yoga has become one of the most important and fulfilling things in my life."