Jean Conover
Seven Doorways Vinyasa, RYT 500
Jean is a 500 RYT yoga teacher trained by Jonah Kest in the Kest 7 Doorways Method. She brings an energetic, empowering approach to practice and is passionate about helping students build strength, confidence, and clarity.
Jean has a background in Power Yoga and is the Co-Lead for the 200hr Yoga Teacher Training at Namaha Yoga.
Inversions are her passions, and she loves helping students discover the playfulness and confidence that come with going upside down. Whether teaching in a big hot sweaty studio or under the Montana sky, Jean shares yoga as a pathway to presence, joy, and belonging.
She came to teaching with a deep belief that yoga can truly transform and heal the mind, body, and spirit—and she’s dedicated to sharing that possibility with every student who steps onto their mat.
Nils Eismann
Meditation
Jane Wiesenberger
E-RYT 200, RYT 500,
C-IAYT, YACEP
Yin Yoga & Sound Baths
My yoga instruction is about facilitating each person opening to their unique self and what their needs are. Then, to embrace and celebrate this truth to allow their best self to unfold. I’ve been teaching yoga nearly 15 years and practicing for most of my life.
I moved to Bozeman 12 years ago with my beautiful husband and puppy and have been enjoying the outdoor abundance that is all around us. I have 20 years background as a outpatient physical therapist, I have been a ski instructor, distance running coach, firefighter and National Park Backcountry Ranger. One of the highlights of my outdoor careers is helping to reintroduce the wolves to Yellowstone National Park.
Easton Ferris
Warm Vinyasa
Hi everyone! My name is Easton and I’m a Montana local. I completed my 200 RYT at Bozeman Power Yoga. My teaching style is vinyasa flow with a focus on opening and balancing postures. When I’m not in the studio I’m working for Ghost Town Coffee Roasters or out on the trails with friends. I’m excited to share my practice with you!
Emily Ryan
Align & Restore Vinyasa
My name is Emily Ryan and I have been practicing yoga in all of its many delightful forms for the past decade. My yoga practice became my sanctuary for addressing the physical and emotional stress of being a small business owner. It allowed me to quiet the mind and strengthen my body in ways that I had never had been able to before; I had found my bliss! This past January, after 16 years I sold my business so that I could embark on the next stage in life. I was seeking a new journey that was better aligned with who I was becoming. In need of adventure and winter sunshine I traveled to Costa Rica and completed my 200 RYT, and I’ve been teaching ever since! I love teaching because it allows me to tap into my creativity and connect with so many interesting and beautiful people. When I’m not in the studio, I love hiking with my dog, cooking with friends and family, chasing the sunshine and traveling the world.
Claire Gilbert
Heated Vinyasa
Claire has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and earned her 200-hour RYT certification in 2018 while serving as a helicopter pilot in the Navy. The spiritual and physical practice of yoga always underpinned her military career: she believes that strength and resilience is built by consistently showing up on the mat. She enjoys strength-building practices that push the limits of both mental and physical capacity. Her classes feature creative and dynamic movement, with a focus on Vinyasa-based flows that challenge and inspire. Claire's unique background brings a disciplined yet empowering approach to her teaching, helping students unlock their full potential.
Taylor Lacroix
Heated Sunrise Vinyasa
Taylor is a 200 hour YTT and family nurse practitioner. She draws from both Eastern and Western medicine philosophy when it comes to yoga, health and well-being.
She found yoga in 2008, in hopes it would help her depression and ADHD. Sure enough, it did much more than that.
With teaching, she hopes others can find the liberation yoga offers.
Outside of Yoga, she is passionate about providing Veterans exceptional medical care. She can also be found running in the mountains, riding snowmobiles, skiing, playing hockey, and chasing her three year old Meadow
Wren Volkert
Power Vinyasa
Wren completed her 200 RYT at Forever Om yoga, in her hometown of Chicago, IL. Her teaching style is a hot power vinyasa flow, focusing on strength, alignment, transitions and breath. Outside of teaching yoga, she is a Graphic Designer, and does photography in her free time. She enjoys staying active year-round, practicing yoga, hiking, and skiing.
Nick Elisseos
Friday Unwind Yoga
Nick is an experienced international yoga teacher and advanced meditation practitioner, having spent 60 days in silence deep in the forests of Yangon, Myanmar.
His classes blend a playful yet profound approach to self-realization, guiding students beyond perceived limitations of mind and body. If you walk in feeling you can’t—an hour later, you’ll know you can.
Nick’s journey began in his early twenties when he was invited to study with Master Yoga Teacher Bradelee Ferriot in San Diego, California. His time there, along with his experience working at the Deepak Chopra Center, profoundly shaped his path and set him on a global journey of transformation.
Having traveled to 45 countries, Nick has lived among and learned from diverse cultures, bringing a unique, balanced, and deeply experiential perspective to his teaching. His classes are infused with authentic wisdom, creativity, and inspiration, drawn from years of exploration and immersion in the yogic path.
Jess Geary Cecotti, Studio Owner E-RYT 200, RYT 500
I’m the owner and founder of Namaha, where yoga isn’t just a workout—it’s a way home. My classes are based in Vinyasa and shaped by the Kest 7 Doorways Method, a practice that helps you flow, breathe, feel as you return to yourself.
I teach with the intention of making yoga real—not performative or perfect, but personal. Expect strong, creative flowing sequences with space to listen inward. Some days it’s about fire and focus, others it’s about letting go and allowing ease. Always, it’s about showing up.
At the heart of my teaching is Ishvara Pranidhana—the art of surrendering to your highest Self. I hold space for practitioners to explore yoga not just as a physical discipline, but as a daily devotion to living in alignment. On the mat, expect a dynamic, breath-led flow that invites deep presence, somatic intelligence, and emotional clarity. Off the mat, my hope is that your practice becomes a compass for your life.
Anne Gagne
HeatedVinyasa
Anne loves creating a transformative space that is playful and supportive.
Having spent years navigating the high-pressure world of business ownership, I discovered firsthand that yoga is more than just movement—it is a sanctuary.
After a decade of dedicated practice, I now guide students of all levels to release stress and move intuitively.
My mission is to help you leave the mat feeling grounded, confident, and connected to a non-judgmental community.
"It’s just yoga—we aren’t looking for perfection, so have fun with it!"
Join me to rediscover your inner strength, wisdom and build the resilience to navigate life with ease.
Brandon Gatlin
Vinyasa
Brandon has moved all around the country, but no matter where he lived he always sought out a yoga studio and felt more settled. Practicing off and on through the years being in Bozeman and looking for greater balance and connection decided to take it further and got his 200 hr from Spire Yoga School. In his classes you will find you can be playful, be challenged, and be comfortable with where you are that day. Each time you step on the mat you are in a different place and need something different. He enjoys finding challenge in both the movement and the mind. Looking forward to sharing our practices.
Kenzy Platt
Moon Salutations
Hi everyone! My name is Kenzy, and my yoga journey began in college as a practice that carried me through some of life’s more challenging seasons. Teaching wasn’t originally part of the plan, but over time, I found so much joy in sharing yoga with others that I knew it was something I wanted to pursue. I completed my 200-hour RYT in Sedona, AZ, at Powers Yoga and additional training at Bozeman Power Yoga. My teaching style is rooted in vinyasa flow, with a strong emphasis on chakras, lunar cycles, and embodied movement. When I’m not in the studio, you’ll likely find me behind the camera as a videographer at Montana State University, sitting in nature (probably near water), or playing with my dog, Finn. I’m so excited to share this practice with you!
Bella Arikian
Hot Vinyasa
Yoga has informed every aspect of Bella’s life, and she teaches from lived experience - with clarity, purpose, presence, and a genuine commitment to helping her students access their own breakthroughs. Her training in Hatha, Vinyasa, Bikram, Yin, Restorative, and Yoga Nidra blends clear, alignment-forward instruction with an encouraging, inclusive energy that supports students of all levels. Bella is dedicated to the craft, the discipline, and the community that makes yoga so impactful. Her Vinyasa and Yin classes are well organized and detailed, yet soft and playful, and space is always left for relaxation and meditation. When she’s not on her mat, she’s exploring the mountains, baking something sweet, or immersed in a good book.
Billy Woods
Kundalini & Ecstatic Dance
Billy is a kundalini yoga student first, instructor second. He received his certification through the Yoga studio Sat Nam Yoga in Chicago Illinois.
Billy also does extensive analysis with his dreams through jungian psychology, and is an avid reader of Carl Jung.
Along with research in Jungian Psychology He has also spent hundreds of hours researching breathing techniques found in various books. These books inform his design work which he creates to bring more awareness to breath and the world.
Lastly Billy is an avid outdoors man logging a four month 2,000 mile trek on the PCT, and holding a certification from the Thomas Coyne Survivalist school in Wilderness First Aid.
Billy’s classes involve breath work, mantra, meditation, and movement informed by Kundalini.
All Billy’s classes are built with the intention to still the mind and align practitioners with their highest vibration.
Cora DeSantis
Gentle Stretch
Yoga came to me in middle age. A life lacking self care caught up with me. After 4 surgeries in 3 years and much pain I found yoga as a simple tool for quieting the mind and alleviating bodily pain. It’s my mission to serve others and share this gentle loving and healing yoga practice with anyone seeking less pain and more love.
I received my 200 hour from the Spire Yoga Program in 2024.
Laura Siemer
Power Hour Vinyasa
Laura began her yoga journey in 2008 in her hometown of Minneapolis at CorePower Yoga, after joining a friend for a class during a difficult time. What started as support for a friend quickly became a lifelong practice of her own, rooted in strength, presence, and self-discovery. She completed her first 200-hour teacher training just three months later.
Laura teaches an energetic blend of Vinyasa and Power Yoga, grounded in athletic, upbeat movement and shaped by years of disciplined practice and advanced training. She holds a 200-hour certification through CorePower Yoga, advanced training with Practice Local and Wendy Medeiros, specialized training in the Art of Vinyasa with Jonah and Jonny Kest, and a Sweat 45 certification that adds a playful, rhythmic edge to her classes.
When she’s not teaching, Laura enjoys time in downtown Bozeman with her husband and daughter, experimenting in the kitchen, or unwinding with a glass of sauvignon blanc. Her warmth, authenticity, and playful spirit can be felt both on and off the mat.”
Lizzy Cheshire
Ashtanga
Lizzy Cheshire grew up practicing a wide variety of yoga styles, and still remembers the first time she was able to pull both her feet off the ground and balance in bakasana (crow) in her childhood bedroom. After dealing with injuries in her teenage years, she mostly practiced Iyengar and Yin styles through college. Eventually she found her passion for Ashtanga yoga, and completed her 200 hour YTT at New Vibe Yoga in New York, studying with Alex Schatzberg. She teaches a modified Ashtanga primary series that focuses on using asana to ultimately explore all 8 arms of yoga practice. When she isn’t on the mat, she is probably cooking, working on reviving her garden, or snuggling with her cat, Jinx.
Tuff
Studio Dog, Greeter
No formal training, but I’m an expert at Down Dog, Puppy Pose and Savasana. See you around the studio! Registered Cutie Pie.
Emily Stones
Cacao and Hatha
Yoga has been an important cornerstone of my life for almost 15 years. I took yoga as an elective class my senior year of college, hoping for an easy A, but what I walked away with was a foundation that would change the trajectory of my life. (and an A)
In 2022, I left my job and life in Pennsylvania behind and set out on a wild journey that began in the jungles of Costa Rica. During my first month there, I completed my 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. What started as a one-month trip became three years of travel, exploration, growth, and evolution. I met people and versions of myself that have left me forever changed and open to the regular possibility of deep connection with others.
As I gently land back in the US, I am excited to share the type of yoga I enjoy with this community. I’m certified in Hatha Vinyasa Yoga and enjoy gentle flows, a focus on alignment, and the power of presence. I believe yoga should be accessible to all people, all bodies, and all abilities. It’s not about perfection—it’s a lifelong practice. As a student first, I also look forward to practicing alongside you. Outside of the studio, my current side-quests include studying herbalism, earning my master’s degree in counseling, and exploring all the beauty Bozeman has to offer.
Abby Wales
Vin Yin
Abby grew up in Bozeman, Montana, where her love of movement and mindfulness first began.
In 2016, she studied at Kripalu to complete her 200-hour RYT and later expanded her training with Embodied Flow to earn her 500-hour RYT. Alongside her yoga practice, Abby pursued graduate studies in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and now practices at SHÉN in Bozeman.
Abby teaches a variety of yoga styles, from energizing Vinyasa/Hatha Flow to Vin/Yin. Deeply fascinated by the connection between yoga, mindfulness, and healing, Abby is passionate about creating safe and supportive spaces for students to explore meditation through movement. Her greatest joy is guiding students to take their practice beyond the mat, carrying its lessons into daily life.