Our Teachers
Our certified yoga teachers are ready to accommodate you at any stage in your yoga journey. Inspired by their own training, experience and interests, our teachers perceive their students as whole individuals, celebrating your differences and addressing your challenges. Our teachers combine their knowledge and energy with a combination of tools such as yoga props, pranayama, meditation and heat to guide our students in achieving mental, physical and spiritual growth and balance.
All instructors are 200-hour and above YA (Yoga Alliance) certified who teach with attention to alignment and safety. Whether your yoga practice begins today or is decades long, you will find guidance, encouragement, and support. Scroll below to learn more about them and discover the classes they offer.
Jessica Fredrick
Jessica began her yoga career in 2002 and holds a Yoga Alliance 500 RYT certification. Most of her training has been with Yoga-Fit where she is continuing her studies on the yoga therapist track. She believes in the Yoga-Fit mission that yoga is for every body.
Jessica is devoted to the healing benefits of yoga which has led her to teach cancer patients and survivors as well as persons with eating disorders and trauma. Jessica is proud to be a member of the Better Bodies Yoga team and she is inspired by the willingness of all the students who continue with her on this yoga journey.
Ashley Berryhill
Ashley was one of those people who felt she was too inflexible to do yoga, until on a cruise in 2007 where she decided to give yoga a chance. That experience changed her way of thinking, which ultimately transformed her life. Upon taking her first “official” yoga class after returning home, she knew she was hooked.
Ashley enjoyed a personal yoga practice for the next 7 years while continuing to teach step aerobics. Surprisingly, yoga enhanced her existing exercise routine both on a physical and mental level in such a profound way that she became driven to share this gift with others. In 2014 Ashley earned her 200-hour teacher training certification through Therapeutic Yoga Center of Memphis.
Ashley has a sincere passion for teaching and helping others, especially the senior population. She enjoys deconstructing and breaking down poses to understand the proper alignment and form, thus to help guide her students down the yoga path with clear, concise, effective and safe instructions.
“For me, yoga is a daily practice just like brushing my teeth…it has truly given me such great light and happiness. I can’t imagine not sharing the gift with others.
Kirsti Carroll
Kirsti Carroll has always had an interest in physical activity and spirituality. She considers yoga to be the perfect blend of both.
Through her teaching and her own personal practice, Kirsti sees yoga as a gateway to knowing oneself. The principals learned on the mat are tools to be used in daily life. Each class has a yogic theme or principle.
Through various breathing techniques and flow you will be given the opportunity to further explore your Self with Kirsti. After receiving her 200-hour teaching certification in Memphis, she went on to complete a 500-hour professional certification at Kripalu. She completed her studies with Anodea Judith to become a certified Chakra Yoga Teacher. She is ERYT-500.
