Michele Anderson (RYT-200 Family Yoga/RYT-200 LYT Yoga) is the owner of Elevate & Play Yoga. Her goal in establishing the studio is to bring the community together in a safe, welcoming space. Michele believes that yoga is for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used as a wellness tool when navigating the stressful world we live in. She also believes that yoga should be playful, and helps us reconnect to our childlike joy of movement. We don’t find yoga, yoga finds us. Michele specializes in children’s yoga and holds a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology/Special Education. She is also a Reiki Master, offering energy healing sessions and training in this ancient Japanese healing technique. When she’s not in the studio, Michele can be found taking long walks around Red Hook with her dog, Buddy Boy, or spending time with her family.

Michele Anderson (RYT-200 Family Yoga/RYT-200 LYT Yoga) is the owner of Elevate & Play Yoga. Her goal in establishing the studio is to bring the community together in a safe, welcoming space. Michele believes that yoga is for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used as a wellness tool when navigating the stressful world we live in. She also believes that yoga should be playful, and helps us reconnect to our childlike joy of movement. We don’t find yoga, yoga finds us. Michele specializes in children’s yoga and holds a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology/Special Education. She is also a Reiki Master, offering energy healing sessions and training in this ancient Japanese healing technique. When she’s not in the studio, Michele can be found taking long walks around Red Hook with her dog, Buddy Boy, or spending time with her family.

Michele Anderson (RYT-200 Family Yoga/RYT-200 LYT Yoga) is the owner of Elevate & Play Yoga. Her goal in establishing the studio is to bring the community together in a safe, welcoming space. Michele believes that yoga is for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used as a wellness tool when navigating the stressful world we live in. She also believes that yoga should be playful, and helps us reconnect to our childlike joy of movement. We don’t find yoga, yoga finds us. Michele specializes in children’s yoga and holds a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology/Special Education. She is also a Reiki Master, offering energy healing sessions and training in this ancient Japanese healing technique. When she’s not in the studio, Michele can be found taking long walks around Red Hook with her dog, Buddy Boy, or spending time with her family.

Michele Anderson (RYT-200 Family Yoga/RYT-200 LYT Yoga) is the owner of Elevate & Play Yoga. Her goal in establishing the studio is to bring the community together in a safe, welcoming space. Michele believes that yoga is for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used as a wellness tool when navigating the stressful world we live in. She also believes that yoga should be playful, and helps us reconnect to our childlike joy of movement. We don’t find yoga, yoga finds us. Michele specializes in children’s yoga and holds a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology/Special Education. She is also a Reiki Master, offering energy healing sessions and training in this ancient Japanese healing technique. When she’s not in the studio, Michele can be found taking long walks around Red Hook with her dog, Buddy Boy, or spending time with her family.

Michele Anderson (RYT-200 Family Yoga/RYT-200 LYT Yoga) is the owner of Elevate & Play Yoga. Her goal in establishing the studio is to bring the community together in a safe, welcoming space. Michele believes that yoga is for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used as a wellness tool when navigating the stressful world we live in. She also believes that yoga should be playful, and helps us reconnect to our childlike joy of movement. We don’t find yoga, yoga finds us. Michele specializes in children’s yoga and holds a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology/Special Education. She is also a Reiki Master, offering energy healing sessions and training in this ancient Japanese healing technique. When she’s not in the studio, Michele can be found taking long walks around Red Hook with her dog, Buddy Boy, or spending time with her family.

Kristen Pratt (she/her, 500-hour CYT) offers accessible, welcoming yoga classes that meet students where they are. Off the mat, she manages a global anti-human trafficking organization, volunteers as an end-of-life doula, and finds joy in walking in the woods, tending to her garden, nerding out about music, and watching films with her teenage son. Kristen lives in Red Hook.

Barbara Eichin (CYT 200) Barbara’s teaching is inspired by her love of yoga and her desire to share its transformative powers. She received her 200-hour teaching certification in Vinyasa yoga from Satya Yoga Center in 2012 and has been teaching since. Her teaching is additionally informed by studies in Forrest, Iyengar, Restorative and Chair yoga. She has been a yoga practitioner for over 30 years. Barbara’s classes move mindfully, linking the movement to the breath and working toward optimal alignment for each individual. Students know her classes for a generous warm up, selected poses and a vinyasa flow. She enjoys mixing in other movement elements derived from Qi Gong, ballet, and fitness training. Off the mat, Barbara creates art from found materials including her Driftwood Angels which she sells on Etsy.

Jess Blake (RYT-500) grew up in a family of athletes and always gravitated towards various types of movement, particularly as it related to fitness and athletics. But in her early twenties, it was in a yoga class when she realized that movement doesn’t have to have a goal. She discovered that movement could simply be a pathway for self-exploration, expression and pleasure. Jess completed her 200-hour yoga certification in 2009, followed by her 300-hour certification in 2011. With hundreds of hours of study in anatomy, restoratives, somatics, meditation, prenatal/postnatal, trauma-informed, and therapeutic style practices, her current classes are joyously informed by a love of humanity and a wonder for the natural world. Jess’ hope is that students will leave her classes feeling more present; more embodied and aware of their aliveness and all that connects us. Jess was born in Utah, raised in Minnesota, and lived in NYC for 12 years before relocating with her husband and twins to the Hudson Valley, where they currently live in Clermont. Jess loves to dance, read, hike, swim, and drink coffee in the earliest hours of the morning.

Ruu Silverman (RYT- 500) Originally from Estonia, Ruu settled in New York in 2014 and instantly fell in love with Red Hook—the vibrant, grounding energy of this village has held her ever since. Ruu’s journey as a teacher is rooted in the belief that we are all seeking the same thing: a return to ourselves. Ruu is a certified 500-hour yoga teacher, having completed both her 200-hour and 300-hour Vinyasa training across Europe and the United States. Her classes invite you to come home to your body—to slow down, ground in, and center yourself in the present moment, no matter how much or how little time you have on the mat. Ruu lives in rhythm with the seasons and tries to breathe in sync with the earth. This way of being allows her to meet each moment—each breath, each class, each student—as if it were the very best. Because it is.

Michele Anderson (RYT-200 Family Yoga/RYT-200 LYT Yoga) is the owner of Elevate & Play Yoga. Her goal in establishing the studio is to bring the community together in a safe, welcoming space. Michele believes that yoga is for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used as a wellness tool when navigating the stressful world we live in. She also believes that yoga should be playful, and helps us reconnect to our childlike joy of movement. We don’t find yoga, yoga finds us. Michele specializes in children’s yoga and holds a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology/Special Education. She is also a Reiki Master, offering energy healing sessions and training in this ancient Japanese healing technique. When she’s not in the studio, Michele can be found taking long walks around Red Hook with her dog, Buddy Boy, or spending time with her family.

Michele Anderson (RYT-200 Family Yoga/RYT-200 LYT Yoga) is the owner of Elevate & Play Yoga. Her goal in establishing the studio is to bring the community together in a safe, welcoming space. Michele believes that yoga is for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used as a wellness tool when navigating the stressful world we live in. She also believes that yoga should be playful, and helps us reconnect to our childlike joy of movement. We don’t find yoga, yoga finds us. Michele specializes in children’s yoga and holds a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology/Special Education. She is also a Reiki Master, offering energy healing sessions and training in this ancient Japanese healing technique. When she’s not in the studio, Michele can be found taking long walks around Red Hook with her dog, Buddy Boy, or spending time with her family.

Michele Anderson (RYT-200 Family Yoga/RYT-200 LYT Yoga) is the owner of Elevate & Play Yoga. Her goal in establishing the studio is to bring the community together in a safe, welcoming space. Michele believes that yoga is for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used as a wellness tool when navigating the stressful world we live in. She also believes that yoga should be playful, and helps us reconnect to our childlike joy of movement. We don’t find yoga, yoga finds us. Michele specializes in children’s yoga and holds a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology/Special Education. She is also a Reiki Master, offering energy healing sessions and training in this ancient Japanese healing technique. When she’s not in the studio, Michele can be found taking long walks around Red Hook with her dog, Buddy Boy, or spending time with her family.

Michele Anderson (RYT-200 Family Yoga/RYT-200 LYT Yoga) is the owner of Elevate & Play Yoga. Her goal in establishing the studio is to bring the community together in a safe, welcoming space. Michele believes that yoga is for individuals of all ages and backgrounds, and can be used as a wellness tool when navigating the stressful world we live in. She also believes that yoga should be playful, and helps us reconnect to our childlike joy of movement. We don’t find yoga, yoga finds us. Michele specializes in children’s yoga and holds a Masters Degree in Special Education and a Bachelors degree in Psychology/Special Education. She is also a Reiki Master, offering energy healing sessions and training in this ancient Japanese healing technique. When she’s not in the studio, Michele can be found taking long walks around Red Hook with her dog, Buddy Boy, or spending time with her family.