Our Teachers
Candace Evans, Owner & RYT-200
Candace Evans completed her RYT 200 in Ashaya Yoga with Randy Boyd, a style of yoga through the wisdom of Todd Norian. The mission of Ashaya is to "serve the evolution of consciousness on the planet and increase self-awareness, wholeness, healing, and freedom."
Candace has assisted several 200 hour yoga teacher trainings and aspires to learn and grow more every year. Candace has been practicing yoga for about 10 years. She took 2 semesters of yoga at Marshall University and swears you have to be "mentally ready" for yoga to accept the practice into your life. Many years later, she was finally "ready" for yoga thanks to Erin Larsen. Erin was diligent in asking Candace to come yoga class for a year(ish) until she accepted. Candace having a bodybuilder daddy, always thought the gym was the only way to fitness. Coming out of Erin's class her hips were rejoicing. A few months after accepting yoga into her day to day, she couldn't believe how changed her life for the better, mentally and physically, she strives to grow and learn everyday. She hopes to lay the groundwork for that change with her students. Be the light, share your light.
Candace has assisted several 200 hour yoga teacher trainings and aspires to learn and grow more every year. Candace has been practicing yoga for about 10 years. She took 2 semesters of yoga at Marshall University and swears you have to be "mentally ready" for yoga to accept the practice into your life. Many years later, she was finally "ready" for yoga thanks to Erin Larsen. Erin was diligent in asking Candace to come yoga class for a year(ish) until she accepted. Candace having a bodybuilder daddy, always thought the gym was the only way to fitness. Coming out of Erin's class her hips were rejoicing. A few months after accepting yoga into her day to day, she couldn't believe how changed her life for the better, mentally and physically, she strives to grow and learn everyday. She hopes to lay the groundwork for that change with her students. Be the light, share your light.
Chris Whisenhunt
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Chris has been a student of yoga for over a decade, Chris recently began his teaching journey under Andrea Boyd Cohen and Jeffery Cohen of Satsang Yoga in Charleston, SC. Chris has practiced many disciplines over the years, and was specifically drawn to the "structured path to joy" that integrates many aspects of yoga that "The Natural Teacher" 250HR yoga teacher training offered. |
Warren Herson. Ashaya Trained. Lion Hearted.
Warren trained in the 200 hour Ashaya program in 2018 with Randy Boyd.
He has had previous trainings at Core Power Fusion in Orange County, Ca. (2008)
He is drawn to hot power yoga but his classes are slow and fluid.
Warren is a simple man who loves his family and is eager to share a part of his huge heart in his classes.
He has had previous trainings at Core Power Fusion in Orange County, Ca. (2008)
He is drawn to hot power yoga but his classes are slow and fluid.
Warren is a simple man who loves his family and is eager to share a part of his huge heart in his classes.
Julie Wingard, RYT 200
Julie stumbled in to a yoga class at West Virginia University, and soon thereafter relocated to the New River Gorge in the early 2000's, Her love of the Mountains and Rivers made it easy to call Fayetteville home. After years of pain from sport related injuries, she embarked on a
RYT 200 in Ashaya yoga with Randy Boyd. It is her desire to help others become more flexible, not only in the body, but the mind, and to cultivate the power in each of us for healing.
RYT 200 in Ashaya yoga with Randy Boyd. It is her desire to help others become more flexible, not only in the body, but the mind, and to cultivate the power in each of us for healing.
Erin Larsen
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Erin has been practicing yoga since 2001, and has accumulated over 600 teacher training hours.
After graduating with a Bachelors of Science at Virginia Tech in 2003 in Biology and the Science of Food, Nutrition and Exercise, she completed her first 200 hr teacher training at the Blue Ridge School of Massage and Yoga focusing on the Ashtanga Vinyasa method with Jeff Tiebout. This eventually led her to Mysore India in 2008 where she spent three and half months in intense study of the many facets of yoga and completed a teacher training with Vinay Kumar of Pranavashya Yoga with a focus on therapeutics. Erin also hold certifications in Holistic Health Coaching through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and in Thai Yoga Bodywork, with Michael Sitzer of Asheville, NC. She is available for private sessions in both of these as well as yoga. |
.Join Erin for an integrative yoga class that will lift your spirits. Mantra, pranayama and intelligent asana sequencing ensures that every part of your body is attended to. The pace is moderate and includes a broad range of postures so all levels are welcome but having a general base of yoga is helpful.
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Contact Erin at 304-640-7320 erinlarsenyoga@gmail.com.
For pricing and more info on private sessions go to www.erinlarsenyoga.com.
Geoff Heeter, RYT-200
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My first exposure to yoga was in the mid 1960s! I was 4 or 5 years old watching and playing along as Uncle Henny, an Illinois Farmer who “did his stretches,” I know now he was doing yoga.
The first time I did yoga was in 1979 at an Outward Bound school on Hurricane Island in Maine. We did a sun salutation each morning. I kept that practice for years and then came back to yoga because my dear Friend Randy Boyd kept bugging me that it would help my aches and pains….He was right! Soo, now a few years later I love teaching classes of all kinds but beginners are my favorite. Geoff has studied yoga with some great teachers over the years and completed a 200-hour teacher training. He continues his training at workshops, seminars, by taking classes, and practicing, yet finds the most inspiring teachers are the students |
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Shea Wells, RYT-200
Shea moved to Fayetteville 19 years ago to be a river guide, Artist, and eventually a mother of 2 boys. After a tailbone injury during childbirth in 2011, Shea turned to yoga for therapy from her friend and yoga teacher, Randy Boyd. Randy introduced Shea to Ashaya Yoga. This heart centered and alignment based yoga practice provided the perfect balance between helping to heal her chronic pain and focusing on uplifting heart virtues that provided spiritual awakening and growth that has forever changed her life.
Shea completed her 200 hour Ashaya Yoga Teacher Certification through her mentor, Randy Boyd. Teaching yoga has quickly become a passion for her. After several years of soul searching, she has found the perfect balance of family, art, whitewater and yoga!
Shea completed her 200 hour Ashaya Yoga Teacher Certification through her mentor, Randy Boyd. Teaching yoga has quickly become a passion for her. After several years of soul searching, she has found the perfect balance of family, art, whitewater and yoga!
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Randy Boyd, E-RYT-500Randy Boyd (E-RYT 500) teaches heart centered, alignment based yoga, with a life affirming philosophy. He has completed two 500 hr. trainings, the first as an Anusara Hatha 500 hr. yoga teacher, and most recently as an Ashaya 500 hr. yoga teacher. He is certified as a yoga therapist by the International Association of Yoga Therapists.* He is certified as a yoga teacher for osteoporosis in the Loren Fishman method. He has a private yoga therapy practice. He trains teachers in the Ashaya yoga method. He holds advanced anatomy and yoga therapy workshops throughout WV, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. He has studied extensively with Todd Norian, Martin Kirk, Sianna Sherman, John Friend, Doug Keller, Ellen Saltonstall, Dr. Loren Fishman, Desiree Raumbaugh, and Jenny Otto.
*Note: The yoga therapy components of Randy’s teaching are based on his extensive training in alignment-based yoga therapy. These techniques are not derived from his status as an ERYT-500 with Yoga Alliance Registry. |
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Dr. Kristi Dumas, RYT-200Dr. Kristi Dumas is a forensic psychologist, owner of a mental health agency, and brain training center committed to improving the quality of life for people in Southern West Virginia. As an extension of her overall quest for health and wellness, she began her yoga journey several years ago. Kristi completed 200-hour yoga teacher training in heart-centered alignment-based yoga. She firmly believes that yoga is for every body type. Also, concepts on the mat should extend to life off of the mat, and that this begins with total self-acceptance and an open heart.
Rebuilding, restoring, reunifying Dr. Kristi Williams Dumas, CEO Dumas Psychology Collective, LLC drdumas.dpc@gmail.com 304-278-3338 ext. 101 www.dumaspsychologycollective.com |
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Kate Arritt RYT- 200I took my first yoga class to satisfy a PE credit at WVU my senior year of college. I continued taking classes at the rec center at WVU to manage the stress of life as a graduate student. After graduation, life took over and I failed to maintain a regular practice. I returned to yoga in Spring 2012 and have practiced daily ever since. In May 2021, I completed my RTY 200 in the ashtanga vinyasa style at Balanced Life Studio with Dewana Waters, Barbara Mandeville, and Erin Larsen. My classes consist of a slower paced flow that focus on proper alignment and syncing breath to movement, appropriate for all levels.
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Victoria Chesterfield
Victoria began practicing yoga in 2016 as her interest in healing, cultivating inner-peace, and finding greater balance within emerged. In 2019 she completed her first yoga teacher training with School Yoga Institute in the 200-hour Mystical Yoga Training, which explored yogic traditions and shamanic practices to emphasize the essence of yoga as a union between self and Spirit. The practice of yoga has been a pillar in Victoria's life as she is passionate about living a holistically healthy lifestyle and helping others do the same. Having explored the principles of Bhakti yoga, Kundalini yoga, and Raja yoga; her yoga classes usually weave parts of each together into one flow.
