As a woman, yogini, mother, artist and sculptor Chelsea's work is inspired by the dynamics of living in a body, what it means to share space with others and the potency and aliveness that can be had by bringing more awareness to anything one does.

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Chelsea found yoga in 1999, at the ripe age of 17, in a little bookstore on a walk home from school. She began a solitary Sadhana practice. She practiced everyday in her backyard. Her grandmother affectionately explained to their neighbors and her dad that Chelsea was "practicing her yogurt."

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Chelsea's learning accelerated when she found teachers Bill and Margot Milcetich in 2011. Committing to this practice guided by them stoked a fire inside which became brilliant, fierce and enduring. Chelsea is still warmed by this inner fire and remains in awe at the perpetual depths each one of us have, if we dare to go there.

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Chelsea completed her 200 hr training through Bramrishi Yoga in 2013 and continues to studying with her teachers.

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Chelsea's classes begin with flowing movements to ease residual tension and open the breath. Longer static holds then build strength in a body that's relaxed. Time to close our eyes and feel is woven throughout class and punctuates the end in deep rest. Her approach to body alignment can benefit anyone who wishes to experience greater energy, a deepening sense of wellbeing and a greater freedom of movement.

Aside from her work, she loves spending time with family, writing, reading, gardening and cooking. She also has a strong interest in building women's community and is currently studying to be a doula.

Florey tried Yoga for the first time over 13 years ago with a class at the Kent Wellness Center. The instructor suggested Florey check out Kent Yoga which at that time was located in the Apples plaza. She started yoga classes weekly trying to figure out the breathing, the poses, the excitement but what she needed to figure out was BEING in the moment, the present moment. It took time, years, but when the “AH HA” moment hit her and it was a beautiful thing!

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Florey learned to listen to her breathing, breathing in poses and the excitement of the breath that carries you through a flow. She learned to listen and sit quietly with her breath and be still (which was very hard for her). At the suggestion of some yoga friends, Florey decided to take her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training at the Yoga Place in Canton. She met wonderful teachers and received her certificate in 2012. She was trained in Hatha Yoga & Iyengar Yoga. When she was able to teach, she taught at RP Fitness and filled in at Kent Yoga which was now located at the Kent Silk Mill. She was offered to teach a class weekly at Kent Yoga, her yoga home, she felt both honored and blessed. Florey's teaching fundamentally centers around alignment with lots of stretching to warm up the body. Use of props for proper alignment helps students adjust to the pose with their own bodies. She believes in teaching students wherever they are in their yoga journey so her classes can be a mix of beginners to yoga gurus! 

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When Florey is not teaching yoga, she can be found selling fine wines and driving her son around for activities. She also does a wine and yoga class that has been a very social event! She continues on her yoga journey and still considers herself a student learning every day. 

A mind that needed to settle, a heart and body that needed to heal….

Eric came to Yoga, in the summer of 2013, after the sudden and tragic loss of his wife and life partner of 28 years.  Becoming a single father of five children and having a highly stressful career in law enforcement, he began to draw upon his previous athletic endeavors, running and weight lifting, to fill the space. Being somewhat competitive, by nature, this quickly led to extensive effort and resultant injury from overuse and fatigue.

A close friend and yoga instructor, Kim Quinn, suggested to Eric try yoga. With One Love Studio, being only a vision and in the planning stages, she took him to meet Charry Shakti Morris, who was doing a small group yoga class, in the studio above her garage in Hudson, Ohio. Yogarage, as it would be called, would be his first experiences with what would eventually become a lifelong journey of yoga. When One Love Studio opened, in the fall of 2103, Charry and Kim encouraged Eric to join the studio to further his experience and practice. Eric found One Love Yoga studio to be an amazing collection of yoga instructors who had a passion and commitment to teaching and bringing yoga to everyone they met.  Of his initial One Love Yoga experience, Eric would say, “If it had not been for the wonderful, caring and nurturing experience of the One Love teachers, I likely would not have stayed with the studio. I was at a tipping point in my life and seeking a new normal. Their dedication and commitment to teaching their students was nothing short of amazing!”

Prior to yoga, Eric was always doing something athletic. An avid runner and weight trainer, he continues these activities with a balance of yoga to maintain overall fitness, flexibility and strength.  In his twenties, Eric became a student of martial arts. He studied under the styles of Tai Chi Chuan and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu. When he started yoga, Eric noticed the overlap of these ancient art forms in many of the yoga poses. Some of Eric’s flow, in classes, infuses these styles to link breath with movement. “Learning to be able to breathe and move again, was critical for me. This was one of the most amazing things yoga has taught me.”, Eric would say.

Through Charry Shakti Om, Eric was introduced to Hatha yoga, in the lineage of Sri Dharma Mittra. Eric learned from several of his master teachers in seminars and retreats that Charry hosted. He has learned and studied the chakras, yamas and niyamas and pranayama (breath).  He also learned fundamentals of Thai Massage.  For her guidance, friendship and mentoring he is eternally grateful. Eric tries to incorporate these teachings in to his classes and focuses on meeting the student where they are at. “I know firsthand how hard it can be for someone to come into a yoga studio and try to settle the mind and practice. We all carry so much. I like to meet students where they are that day, this week, in life and on their mat to help them discover the benefits of yoga.

Eric recently completed his 200 hour YTT training with One Love Yoga in April 2016.  It was an amazing experience and opportunity for which he is eternally grateful. Eric’s final advice to any new student of yoga, “Be receptive, yoga has much to offer.”

Anne Laing started practicing yoga in 1999. She fell in love with the movement, breath and flow of a class. Through yoga, she found her way to pilates and began teaching at The Tom Smith Pilates Studio in 2003. Inspired by her yoga teaching clients, Anne earned her 200 hour Yoga Alliance certificate with T.R.Y. for Life. Specializing in alignment, form and flow, Anne uses her classical ballet background to bring yoga to beginners and seasoned practitioners throughout the Akron area.

Margot Milcetich has been teaching yoga in the Kent area since 1983 and Brahmrishi Yoga Teacher Training since 2004. Her depth of knowledge, involvement, and practice of yoga created a foundational teacher for our yoga community. The experience she offers includes annual retreats, teacher training at the basic and advanced levels, and anatomy and philosophy workshops for numerous studios. She has performed kirtan for 18 years with Breathing Room and Om Out Loud. Over the years, her creations include four CD’s of chanting and yoga music, and publications with her husband on yoga philosophy, along with a memoir of 20 years with her guru. She continues to find ways share her love of yoga and love of teaching. Margot is excited to join the One Love and Kent Yoga communities. It is a home-coming.

Whether teaching from the mat or the chair, Vicki Osborne believes in connecting our mind, body and spirit to a healthy life. We have choices, and for her those include sharing yoga in a community where she has lived for 45 years and learned from other local yoga teachers. All levels of practitioners will feel refreshed by her gentle but challenging practice.

Vicki achieved her 200-hour yoga teacher training through the Brahmrishi Yoga and is working on the additional 300 hours. She also teaches beginning Tai Chi and is a Reiki II practitioner.

Kimberly Quinn, a busy mother of four and practicing attorney, knows what it's like to live in a hectic world. After finding yoga and honing her practice she realized the potential benefit of helping others through her own style and teaching.

She completed her Yoga Certification, a 200 hour Yoga teacher training course, culminating in January 2012. Always looking to grow, she has attended a number of yoga workshops including Foundations in Action in Miami, Florida with Baron Baptiste, Gravity and Grace with Peter Sterious and an immersion workshop with Sid McNairy and Pradeep.

Kimberly's philosophy centers on healing and strengthening the body, while reconciling the pressures and pace of everyday life with a meditative and spiritually uplifting practice.

Heidi Shaffer “accidentally” found yoga in 1992 while searching for a tension headache remedy. It worked the very first time! Over the years she has used yoga to work through PTSD, depression, a painful back injury, and several life changes, experiencing transformation on many levels along the way.  Heidi began teaching yoga in 1996 and was certified in Integrative Yoga Therapy (IYT) in 1997. She received advanced training over several years in IYT and worked for IYT assisting at international trainings and in the local office. Studying with many local and national teachers, Heidi has taken yoga teacher trainings and workshops with Donna Farhi several times. She is also certified in Prenatal Yoga with Canadian Janice Clarfield. Heidi blends a breath-based Iyengar-based approach with intelligent, joyful creativity, modifying poses and meeting students where they are. Heidi loves yoga philosophy as it applies to our every day lives. She is currently studying philosophy in the Tantric tradition – an approach that embraces this amazing experience of being alive. Heidi founded Kent Yoga in 2001 along with Margot Milcetich and Mike Curtis. She especially loves working with beginners, individuals at mid-life and beyond, and pregnant women.

Elianae is a lifetime student of dance, yoga, and health and fitness.  After studying Ballet for 15 years at BalletMet Columbus, she Majored in Ballet and Modern Dance at Jacksonville and Ohio State Universities, receiving Academic and Dance Scholarships.

She became certified to teach Bellydance at Habeeba’s Dance of the Arts Columbus  in 2010, and taught there for 4 years before relocating to Kent, Ohio. She is also a NAFC certified fitness Instructor (2014), and has won numerous awards in the field of dance, placing first in the Rising Star category of the Personal Best Middle Eastern Dance Competition (2009), as well as winning Audience Choice in the Mission Green Light Dance Competition (2011). She is also a writer and contributor in the field of Oriental Dance, having published articles for the Gilded Serpent, and other online and print publications. She brings her love of Dance and experience to Kent Yoga, and is thrilled to be able to teach adults and children the Art of Bellydance, Bollywood, Ballet and other dance styles. 

Patti completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training in April 2016 at One Love Yoga. She began her journey with yoga three years ago while recovering from an ankle injury. Once a week yoga classes quickly became a release that she looked forward to several times a week. She became aware that while gaining strength and flexibility on the mat, she was also cultivating these practices off the mat in her daily life. Yoga has inspired her to live each moment more mindfully, less fearfully, and with a greater sense of calmness and gratitude. She strongly believes that yoga has strong healing powers for both emotional and physical ailments. She hopes to encourage others to develop a practice that enriches their lives both on and off the mat. Patti is a practicing pharmacist, wife, and mother of two. She especially loves sharing the meditative and physical practice of yoga with her children and husband.

Tracie is a Reiki Master and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-225). She is also a runner and triathlete and has found that yoga has improved her breathing, balance, core strength, among other things greatly improving her cycling and running. She has been practicing yoga since 2005 and completed her 225 hour certification at SpyngaFlows in Cleveland Heights, Ohio in 2013. Tracie received her Reiki Master certification in 2012 from Peggy Koelliker of the Healing Connection in Avon Lake, Ohio. She is currently training for her 500 hour yoga certification under Tiffany Cruikshank focusing on Sports Medicine and Orthopedics. 

Yoga has been a place for her to find healing, listen to her inner voice and let go of anything that holds her back. Tracie teaches Ashtanga, vinyasa, power, restorative, therapeutic, pre/postnatal and yin yoga classes. She enjoys teaching all levels and enjoys helping beginners see what yoga can bring to their life. Tracie currently teaches adults and children yoga and draws inspiration from her students. She is particularly interested in trauma sensitive yoga and teaching those who have experienced trauma in their lives. Her private clients range in age up to 75 years old. She has experience working with endurance athletes and enjoys seeing how integrating yoga into a workout regimen can produce significant and obvious results. She also has experience working with clients who have mental illness, substance abuse, addictions, scoliosis, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s, developmental disabilities, autism and arthritis.