Kelly Western

Kelly Western (Marshall) has been building her personal yoga practice since 2000. She came to start practicing yoga after looking for something that complemented working out at the gym and running since she was experiencing injuries and pain from the workouts. After her first yoga class, Kelly was hooked on how it made her body feel and how her mind started to calm down and release some of the tension she was holding. After practicing yoga for a few months, she noticed huge changes in her stress level and the chronic pain she was experiencing had totally disappeared.

Since then, she has tried all sorts of yoga styles from many different teachers. In order to bring this gift of Yoga to others, she took the Hatha Yoga teacher training through the Shambhava School of Yoga at the Ashram in Rollingsville, CO. She has also taken workshops with Shiva Rea, Rodney Yee, Cyndi Lee, G.K. Khalsa, Gary Kraftsow, Simon Park and numerous others. Her science educated background has helped her understand the workings of the body on both an anatomical and physiological level. She keeps up with her education by reading many books about yoga philosophy and related material.

Her hope of bringing more yoga to Eagle, Gypsum and the Vail Valley are realized in the opening of Yoga off Broadway and she wants you to find that it is a very open and welcoming place for every type of person. Please come and visit us soon!

Chelsea Birdwell

Chelsea has a beautiful yoga practice that extends far beyond the basic physical asanas (yoga poses).  She lives her yoga every day through the kind words that she has for everyone she comes in contact with.  You will know  as soon as you meet Chelsea, that she is one of a kind, thoughtful and caring in a very genuine way.  This comes through in her yoga classes as she leads her students through challenging poses as she gently guides each person to seek his or her personal edge.  You will feel both supported and loved in Chelsea's yoga class.  Come try her class out!

Chelsea and her husband Drew and her two boys, Milo and Kenyan were recently blessed with a beauitiful baby girl named Gracie Bell.  We all wish her strength and happiness during this wonderful time of celebration; a new life brought into a loving family.  Gracie, you are a lucky girl! 

She will be back to teaching and taking yoga classes soon and she says hello to all of her friends and yoga students at Yoga off Broadway.

Lisa Woods

The most important thing about me is that I am a wife and mother. I have a beautiful husband named Jeff who inspires me to live life with a sense of humor.  My 5-year-old son reminds me that even the mundane rituals in life should be enjoyed zestfully. I owe these 2 precious blessings and all that I hold dear in this life to my Father God who gently leads me daily down this path called life.

I have been a Fitness professional since 1991, instructing Group Exercise and Personal Training.  In 1996 we moved from Dallas, Texas to Nashville, TN and this is where I took my 1^st yoga class.  I remember while in pigeon becoming emotional and a bit nauseous.  I mentioned this to the instructor and she explained that I was probably releasing some built up tension and stress, that this could manifest itself through emotion while in this pose.  I remember thinking that this was wild, how could stretching do this? So, I dabbled in a few classes here or there for the next 5 years.  But, it was in 2001 that I began my pursuit of knowledge and began to develop a practice.

I have a concrete base in the science of movement and alignment.  This knowledge allows me to assist my students with a good foundation. Naturally due to my fitness education background I was drawn to Yogafit.  Yogafit is a Yoga Alliance approved teacher training that allows the instructor to self pace their studies.  I love taking classes from a variety of instructors.  My motto is don't judge, explore, keep going back to the basics, laugh, play, and continue to learn.  If you like to have fun during your yoga class, come join me!  Whether you are a beginner or advanced student, I am devoted to supporting you with your individual intentions for practice.Come share your time with me, it is my honor and blessing to instruct.  I promise to open my heart to you and be right there with you on your yoga journey.

Angie Young

From a very young age, Angie witnessed her mother practicing yoga, and would join in when she saw her mom doing something "cool", like balancing on her hands in the crow pose (Bhakasana). Although she loved the challenge of those poses, she was hesitant to fully commit herself to yoga and eventually forgot about it until years later. While she attended college she decided to try yoga out again and joined a bikram studio, mostly for the workout and to gain flexibility, but what she found was so much more. She realized that with her yoga practice, she had begun to articulate her thoughts more clearly, her concentration improved and she became a more accepting and open person.  With this wonderfully addictive new attitude, Angie began to study various types of yoga, and fell in love with Vinyasa (a series of yoga poses connecting in a flow). After practicing yoga seriously for twelve years, Angie finally became a certified vinyasa yoga instructor in hopes to pass on this love affair with yoga to the world.  When you come to Angie's classes, you will find that she focus on the connection of body, mind and spirit. She empowers her students to build confidence within themselves through visualization and encourages them to take responsibility for their own practice. You will definitely feel the healing power of yoga when taking her classes, but most of all, believing that laughter is the best medicine, you will feel the fun and joyous atmosphere she strives to create in every class.