Ashley is a native Austinite and Forrest yoga instructor. She approaches her teaching practice like a fine meal – taking each pose one bite at a time and savoring every breath as a nourishing, decadent experience. Her classes emphasize thoughtful alignment and artful sequencing while building a deep connection to the breath. She’s passionate about providing a deliciously playful space for students of all levels to cultivate their own healing practice. In addition to completing the Forrest Yoga Foundations Training, she is a certified Vinyasa instructor through YogaWorks and has completed advanced teacher trainings in hands-on healing and assisting through YogaHOPE founder Sue Jones and Prana Flow’s Simon Park. Most recently she completed a year-long mentorship under Forrest Yoga Guardians Catherine Allen and Ann Hyde. You can learn more about Ashley at www.yogiaustin.com

Certified Yoga Instructor

Joined the CHF team in: 2013

Originally from Finland, Veera played competitive volleyball before studies brought her to the States. She got certified to teach group exercise classes and personal training while studying at Oklahoma State University. Veera was a Fitness Director at the luxurious cruise ships helping people to meet their goals at sea before she came to Texas to get her Master's in Kinesiology from University of North Texas. Veera has a strong passion for health and fitness which she strives to promote in and out of work. She combines fun exercises with both physical and mental push-ups. She specializes in fundamental human movements with the focus on flexibility, mobility, core ad functional training. Veera hopes people to get knowledge, encouragement, inspiration and joy to their everyday life through her training and exercise classes!

 

 

Master in Kinesiology
ACE Personal Trainer
ACE Group Fitness Instructor
ESA Mat Pilates Instructor
ESA Yoga Teacher
Schwinn MPower Cycle Instructor
Zumba Basic 1 & 2 Instructor
Aqua Zumba Instructor

 

Joined the Castle Hill Fitness Team in: 2019

Anna was first introduced to yoga while attending art school in Santa Fe NM in 2000. She began her yoga studies in 2004 and continues to enjoy learning new aspects of yoga therapy and wisdom training. She received her 200 and 500 hour yoga teacher certification through Prajna Yoga in Santa Fe NM.

 

Anna is a committed student of Tias Little with whom she studies therapeutic yoga with a focus on anatomy and physiology, yogic wisdom and Zen meditation. She has also studied yoga for women’s health with Surya Little and Linda Spackman and is certified in pre and post natal yoga. In addition to teaching yoga she was a licensed massage therapist for 10 years. Her education in anatomy and myofascial release, most specifically Anatomy Trains with Tom Meyers, have greatly impacted her knowledge and practice as a yoga teacher.

 

With skillful alignment and ample use of props Anna hopes to guide students towards a more open and peaceful place in their bodies and mind. Her classes are inspired by her daily journey through the rhythms of life and living in the human body. A typical class will include meditation, pranayama (breath work), and therapeutic asanas (postures) with the goal of becoming more mindful, grounded and aware of the inner workings of the body.

 

Certified Yoga Instructor

 

Joined the CHF team in: 2012

Having moved all over the country as an Army brat, Erin has been happily planted in Austin for over 20 years and she's loved it, through all its growing pains. She has a deep affection for the outdoors and is an avid camper, hiker, and adventurer.

 

Minoring in philosophy, her interest in yoga was first piqued by Stephen Phillips' Yoga Philosophy course at UT in 2010.  The asana tutelage of a friend and Anusara-style teacher ensued, further heightening Erin's respect for the practice, and she finally gave in to fate and pursued training as an instructor. Since then she's been sharing yoga in studio and corporate settings, offering mindfulness and movement to folks at work in institutions like The University of Texas and the Office of the Attorney General.

 

Appropriate for all levels, Erin‘s sessions are full of laughter, learning, and sweat. She leaves room in her classes for questions and discussion, making them a wonderful opportunity to deepen one's practice, improve posture and movement off the mat, or feed one's inner kinesiology geek. While her classes are peppered with restorative and core conditioning poses, her heart belongs to the Vinyasa Flow style, so one can expect a fair amount of focus on the joining of breath and movement.

 

Joined the Castle Hill Fitness Team in: 2018

Jae Hoon is thrilled to join the talented Pilates team at Castle Hill Fitness. Hailing from the nice Korea, Jae Hoon enjoyed a professional dance career and performed nationally and internationally from 1997 to 2010. Upon retiring at the golden age of 34, he became a certified Pilates teacher and has been sharing his passion for intelligent movement with dance and fitness community. Overcoming numerous injuries from his dance career has taught him the patience and the somatic knowledge to help clients of all ages and abilities.

Jae Hoon’s education includes an MFA, PMA®-CPT, Power Pilates Comprehensive Certification, and DanceAbility Teacher Certification. A lover of darts, he can often be found at Dog and Duck Pub, hustling amateurs for free Stouts and IPAs.

 

 

MFA from Temple University
DanceAbility Teacher Certification
Pilates Method Alliances Teacher Certification (PMA®-CPT).

 

Joined the CHF Team in: 2017