Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara

Adrienne Hengels

Power of Your Om

Adrienne is a mover and a shaker, a lover of life, world class triathlete, yogini of sorts, a teacher, a life coach and a risk taker. A California girl with midwestern roots, Adrienne is the owner of Power of Your Om Yoga Studio here in Santa Barbara and yep, she owns another studio in Illinois, where she is from. When you take Adrienne's yoga classes, you are guaranteed to get challenged, to be drenched in sweat, cleansed, reenergized and mind-blown! Heck, just hang out with her and you are guaranteed to do something you haven't done before, something you've always wanted to do, or something you haven't risked since childhood. Adrienne believes in creating our own happiness, hitting road blocks, taking a moment to pause and look our fears in the face and move forward with... Read the profile >>

Drea McLarty

Fit Buddha Fitness

Life doesn't sit still for Andrea (Drea) McLarty and that is the way she likes it! As a fitness instructor, nurse, mother of two, and running fanatic, if it is not on the go, she'll get it going. Her passion for health and fitness does not stop at the end of her long run either. Drea enjoys motivating others to first set goals and then attack them. She is all about "Making it happen." A former cyclist and triathlete, Drea currently is running down her own dreams of trying to qualify for the US Olympic marathon trials. In the mean time, her two biggest fans will have her running around the grocery store following the cries of "Mommy!" We love seeing Drea's smiling face in our store, and we can always count on her to be sporting bold pink colors and wearing her pigtails competing. ... Read the profile >>

Jodi Conroy

Bar Method Santa Barbara

Jodi’s path to fitness started at a young age. As a child, her mother taught various aerobics classes at local gyms. Jodi grew up in the gym environment and developed a passion and appreciation for health and fitness. As many people do, Jodi strayed from her initial passion and pursued a B.A. in Deaf Studies: Interpreting and an M.A in Deaf Education. While Jodi was in graduate school, she discovered The Bar Method and immediately fell in love. The intensity of the workout and the application of safe movements intrigued her and re-awakened her passion for fitness. Jodi trained to become an instructor and worked at The Bar Method between her full time job, running the Deaf and Hard of Hearing program in San Francisco, and graduate school. She found that teaching clients to work... Read the profile >>

Kayla Johnson

Kayla Johnson Fitness

Purpose is the embodiment of Kalya Johnson Fitness. Purpose [pur-puhs] -noun 1. the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc. 2. an intended or desired result; end; aim; goal. 3. determination; resoluteness. Beginning with a disciplined dance background, Kayla Johnson went full force applying her strength and grace towards the fitness industry 17 years ago. Wellness, health and leadership have always been the center point of her life, and dedication to achieving her own personal fitness goals has given her the desire and fortitude to help others attain theirs. A NASM Certified personal trainer, Kayla’s experiences range from coaching professional athletes, one on one personal training, group training, instructing popular group exercise classes, to... Read the profile >>

Ryan Besler

YASA Yoga

Ryan Besler was raised in Alberta, Canada and lived the life of an active small town boy with a big imagination, full of curiosity and sense of adventure. When he wasn’t playing sports he was riding his motorbike or the family snowmobile. Ryan began practicing at Hot House Yoga in Virginia Beach and found At One Yoga once moving to Phoenix in 2006. There, he studied under Dave Oliver and Cheryl Hall, as well as many other inspirational instructors. Throughout his yoga practice and in his life, he has found ‘mastering the breath’ to be a powerful tool for managing stress, breaking mental barriers and embracing change. Ryan’s challenging power, core, and flow classes embody his belief that it is only from a strong center, (mentally, physically and spiritually) that we can move... Read the profile >>

Stephanie Besler

YASA Yoga

Stephanie fell in love with the practice of yoga as a means to calm the mind and heal the body. With a background in dance, she was immediately drawn to yoga. When Stephanie took her first yoga class in 1999 in Santa Barbara, she knew she had tapped into something that would be a part of her life forever. Upon moving to Scottsdale, Arizona in 2006, Stephanie pursued her career as a yoga instructor with At One Yoga. She studied with inspirational instructors such as Alex Austin, Jenn Chiarelli, Vanessa Lee, Ian Lopatin and John Salisbury. After completing her RYT-200, she realized her spiritual journey was just beginning. Stephanie continued to study Hot Yoga with Cintra Brown and complete her RYT-500 with Dave and Cheryl Oliver. Outside of the many inspirational instructors she studied... Read the profile >>