The Wiser YogiMeet Our Yoga Teachers
At the Wiser Yogi we have wonderful teachers that all have a different teaching style. Come give anyone or all of them a try. We are sure that you will find a teacher that matches your style.
Meet Shellie Clark
An Experienced Yoga Teacher
After serving the community for over 26 years, Shellie Clark retired from police work. She coped with the stress from the job by training and competing in many endurance races. Although she didn’t see it as a problem at the time, another coping mechanism was consuming alcohol to numb the pain. Shellie fell in love with yoga when she began to practice with Heather Fairman. She immersed herself into studying yoga philosophy among several other courses, earning her E-RYT 200 certificate as a register yoga teacher with over 450 hours of teaching experience. She continues to study and strives to live the yogic lifestyle.
“Yoga has saved my life. I was filled with so much negativity and was in a very
dark place for most of my life. The way you feel about yourself determines how
you think, what you do, and how you interact with the world. Yoga is a tool to help
us find our true nature and overcome our obstacles. Yoga is for anyone looking to
find your power and peace from within”. “Being Present Brings Bliss”
Meet Sheri Broussard
A Passionate Yoga Teacher
Body Positivity Yoga
For the majority of Sheri’s adult life, she lived with guilt and shame about her body. Yoga has been an invaluable tool used to tap into her inner strength to discover her worth and value. By releasing the negative thoughts and feelings about her body, she has learned how to dive deep into self-love and acceptance. Sheri pursued her 200 Hour Yoga Certification in an effort to teach the concepts she learned through her personal yoga practice to help others. Sheri’s yoga classes are designed to assist students in not only accepting their bodies but to love and cherish them exactly as they are. With alignment and proper form as the basis of all poses, thought provoking messages sending kindness to our body is woven into every class for an inspiring and encouraging experience. Sheri works full time at Earthing, teaching the health benefits of grounding the body to the earth. In additional to teaching yoga, she is writing a book and sharing inspiring and encouraging stories as a public speaker.
Meet Mercedes McKinley
An Experienced Yoga Teacher
Mercedes McKinley began practicing yoga in 2000 as a way to relieve chronic neck and back pain from a car accident injury. She quickly realized that the benefits included pain relief and posture improvements. A regular practice became a routine and a lifelong path to wellness.
In 2005 she received her first 200 hour certification in Chicago and began teaching Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin and Beginner’s Yoga. Over the years she completed two more 200 certifications with different programs and teachers. Her most recent training was with her esteemed teacher Jen Pierotti in Las Vegas through YogaWorks in 2018.
Mercedes combines 25 years of experience as a certified massage therapist and nearly 20 years of teaching yoga to create a safe and accessible environment for everyone to practice yoga.
Meet Andrea McCarthy-Bergquist
A Passionate Yoga Teacher
Hello, my name is Drea Bergquist I am a certified trauma yoga specialist 200 hr certified. With a background in psychology and over 15 years of mental health experience. As a mental health professional, my goal is to foster a mind and body awareness of how the mind, body, and soul connect. Yoga is medicine for all different shapes and sizes in all walks of life and the goal is to meet the student where they are and guide them in creating power and sparking up joy in their own bodies. The light in me, bows and honors the light within you. Through guided meditation and embracing the power of now while flowing with breath, I can’t wait to teach you the basics and empower you to be the best YOU that You can be.
Namaste
Drea
Meet Angelina Jamison
An Experienced Yoga Teacher
Angelina Jamison is an internationally renowned published model who has been featured in numerous publications within the health and wellness industry and is certified with the international yoga alliance as a RYT-500 and E-RYT 200 as well as a certified professional life coach with The Life Coach Institute of Orange County. She is also certified with Transformations International School of Reiki as a Reiki Practitioner as well as certified with Udemy Sound Therapy & Sound Healing Accredited Practitioner Course. Angelina has used the power of yoga and meditation for over 17 years. She is a picturesque example of what it means to turn anger and rage into a source of healing and empowerment. Angelina is a Forrest Yoga ambassador and Dharma Practitioner while discovering the techniques during a tumultuous and dark time in her life. The journey to discovering herself and finding her inner peace inspired her to dive deeper into the healing arts. Her work has inspired others to learn about how yoga, meditation, and spirituality could mend open wounds, as well as transformed her. Angelina fully embraces the pinnacle tenants of Forrest Yoga and Hanmi Meditation , which emphasizes how one can transform their life by transposing the spiritual experiences on the mat into their everyday world. Blending faith, spirituality, fitness, and meditation, she has built a leading fitness enterprise in which students and the community learn that there is no wrong in allowing oneself to be broken because what matters is how you rise. In today’s trying world, Angelina stands as a beacon of hope to those who feel trapped and unsupported in a world so vast. Through sharing her life experiences, Angelina teaches others how to tap into their inner strength to break the chains of a world that causes them pain.
Meet Kele Holt
A Passionate Yoga Teacher
For more than two decades has witnessed the healing and transformative power of yoga. She is passionate about helping others build physical strength, flexibility and balance, as well as inner connection and emotional freedom. Before her yoga journey began, her life was consumed with pain and anxiety. She felt like darkness and pain would follow her forever . . . . . Little did she know that her life was about to change in ways she had never imagined. She realized that she had come to a crossroads and it was time to try something new and fight for her life or continue down a road that would surely lead to an early conclusion. In one of her darkest hours, she found herself on a yoga mat, where she decided to put everything she had left into her practice. Today, we find her living, loving and passionately dedicated to encouraging and guiding others to explore their own yoga journey. As a teacher, she will provide a safe and supportive space to strengthen your body and mind as well as reap the benefits of stress relief, better sleep, pain relief and overall well being. Her classes cater to all levels offering a variety of styles to fit your goals and needs.
