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Amy Strahan

NutriFormance

Prior to joining NutriFormance as a personal trainer, Amy has invested a great deal of time toward furthering her fitness career, both personally and professionally. For the past 6 years, she has integrated herself as a respected member of the group fitness community as both a group fitness leader and program director for several area clubs, as well as gaining the attention of presenters on the national level. She hopes to use this visibility to reinforce the importance of the educated fitness professional in today’s expanding industry. Amy’s instruction covers a spectrum of class formats, including not only advanced versions of both traditional aerobics and step, but also aqua, kickboxing, body conditioning, circuit, and Spinning. She made the transition to personal training in... Read the profile >>

Bradford Albus

Bradford Albus has been an athlete all his life. Growing up in New England, he played sports year round through college. He graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. Realizing the importance of physical fitness and exercise, Brad maintained his conditioning after college with bodybuilding and running. But while working as an intern at a sports marketing firm, Brad was approached to be on an adventure race team. Realizing that his focus needed to shift from the weight room to the pavement, he started picking up his running shoes more and dumbbells less. Brad unknowingly had begun his journey down the path of an endurance athlete. As the date of the adventure race drew near, his team... Read the profile >>

Brigette Niedringhaus

Southtown Yoga

Brigette Niedringhaus has been practicing Anusara® Yoga since its inception in 1997. She is an Anusara-Inspired™ teacher and the owner of Southtown Yoga. In 2008, she was hired as Kashi's sole yoga instructor, traveling to 25 US cities on a 7-month wellness tour. Her main teachers include Mitchel Bleier, Christina Sell and Darren Rhodes. She also studies annually with John Friend, founder of Anusara Yoga. Her skill and passion as a teacher highly reflect her dedication as a life-long student. Her classes are as much fun as they are challenging. Brigette's clear instruction takes the fear out of the poses and empowers students to discover their full, radiant potential. Currently, Brigette teaches local classes, workshops and trainings and enjoys participating in her hometown community... Read the profile >>

Erin Stack

Bikram Yoga St. Louis

Erin Stack was born and raised in Kirkwood, MO. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science at Truman State University. But it wasn’t until her move to Dallas, TX in 2001 that she fell in love with Bikram Yoga. Erin was immediately drawn to the intense physical and mental challenges of the 90 minute class. In 2002, Erin became a Certified Bikram Yoga instructor. Erin knew she had to share this yoga with St. Louis. And in 2003 she, along with her incredible business partner, Carol Stocks, opened their first studio in Clayton. They are both incredibly grateful to all of their loyal students. And of course to Lululemon for finding a way to make sweating look so good! She is a true believer in the relationship between effort and outcome – both in yoga... Read the profile >>

Jessica Prasse

The Bar Method St. Louis

Jessica owns The Bar Method in St Louis, MO. She moved back to her hometown of St Louis in 2008 after being in San Francisco, CA for 10 years. She was able to bring her favorite part of San Francisco back to St Louis with her...The Bar Method! Everything changed when Jessica discovered The Bar Method. One hour of strength training, core work, stretching, and a ballet bar fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a dancer and sold her on The Bar Method immediately! The addition of great music and very knowledgeable instructors caused Jess to give up all her other workouts. She found that her body and mind loved Bar Method, and she was finally seeing the results she had spent hours working so hard for in only one hour a day. She developed so much strength, such long, lean muscles...not... Read the profile >>

Leeny Hoffmann

Leeny is a trainer at Crossfit St. Louis where she teaches CrossFit classes as well as rowing classes using the Concept 2 indoor rower. Leeny began crossfitting in 2007 and knew immediately that she had found something she was passionate about. She became a Level 1 certified trainer in 2009, and continued her education by attending CrossFit seminars in basic barbell training and Olympic lifting. She also became a certified Concept 2 indoor rowing instructor. As her fitness experiences evolved, she realized that exercise was only a small piece of the healthy lifestyle puzzle and to be truly fit, one has to address their nutrition. She became interested specifically in the Paleo “diet” and after heading up several successful paleo challenges in her gym, became convinced that this... Read the profile >>

Sarah Pauzauskie

Blue Bird Yoga

Sarah Pauzauskie is a Hatha/Vinyasa Yoga Teacher at Blue Bird Yoga in St Charles, MO -- the charming studio she and her Mizzou college roommate, Ellen Niedringhaus, opened together. Sarah discovered yoga in Boulder, CO, while studying at The Boulder College of Massage Therapy. With each class, Sarah felt the power of practicing asana, feeling more comfortable and confident living in her body and the world, and wanted to share this gift with others. After graduating with her Associates Degree in Massage Therapy, she headed to Los Angeles, CA for Bikram Yoga Teacher Training. For 6 years, Sarah studied and shared the bend and breaths of the Bikram Series -- 5 months teaching at Vineyard Yoga in Martha’s Vineyard, MA, and 5 1/2 years teaching with Bikram Yoga St Louis. Her... Read the profile >>