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 Bridget Rawls Peterson, E-PRYT 500, began her yoga practice in college in North Carolina as a compliment to her dance training. She had been a technically trained dancer for her entire life and the power poses really challenged her in a way her body had never been challenged before. When she obtained her BA in Dance Education, she began teaching movement to people of all ages and physical abilities, incorporating many of the yoga poses she had learned into her teachings. She found a fun way to bring poses to children, a way to challenge professional dancers, and even a gentle way to bring movement to the elderly using yoga. When Bridget moved to NYC to pursue her professional dance career, she kept connected to her yoga training and began to explore more into the many styles of yoga. Bridget quickly attached herself to the Vinyasa style because of the similarity to dance it holds. It is a fluid approach to the traditional yoga poses she had begun to love. The precise attention to alignment and breath also helped her to connect deeper to movement within her performing and choreography. While choreographing and performing with a small dance company, Bridget attended the 200-hour certification program at Om Yoga Center in New York City under the direction of Cyndi Lee. While there she began to delve more into meditation and Buddhist spiritual studies as well. She also obtained her Prenatal Certification while studying at Om Yoga under Janice Clarfield and later her deeper Prenatal Training Certification under Leah Hartofelis at Breathe N Flow Yoga . Bridget also completed her 500-hour Yoga Teaching Certification at Om Yoga Center, including her Restorative and Pranayama certifications. She holds her Yin Certification through Wake Up Yoga under the direction of Corinna Benner, her Meditation Certification through Cyndi Lee and David Nichtern and completed her Kids Yoga Certification through Karma Kids Yoga in NYC. She is also proud to be a member of United We Om, a non-profit organization, brining trauma informed yoga to underserved populations. Bridget is the owner and founder of Lucky Elephant Yoga and Wellness.  Through her teaching she hopes to inspire her students to see the beauty and joy that is around them and within them through breath and movement.  

Lyndsay Carnes RYT-200, was introduced to yoga as a complement to playing field hockey in college. Yoga became an essential part of her life when her husband was deployed to Afghanistan in 2012. Her practice at that time was not only a means to stay strong and active, but a much needed form of self-discovery. The yoga seed was planted and has continually inspired her to further her yoga experience. After working as an elementary school teacher and becoming a mother of two children, she began a second career in 2016 teaching group fitness classes with Fit4Mom and became a certified yoga instructor in 2022. Teaching is her lifelong calling. Fusing her calling to teach and her ritual of yoga created her singular passion as a yoga teacher. Lyndsay is inspired to share the physical, mental, and spiritual benefits of yoga. Her aim is to empower practitioners to meet themselves where they are and to inspire them to try new things and cultivate awareness and inner peace. She views yoga as a means to forge the best versions of ourselves. Lyndsay cherishes developing meaningful relationships with people she encounters throughout her life journey, and teaching yoga has become the most impactful way for her to do so. Off the mat, Lyndsay enjoys traveling, reading, and getting into adventures outside with her family. Her military lifestyle has afforded the opportunity to live in unique places.