Abbey Porte
Abbey is a RYT 200 hour instructor, who completed her training in the Ashtanga lineage at Birmingham Yoga. She has always been interested in the physical body and the movement it is able to create. She received her bachelor's degree in 2014 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Exercise Science. She later went back and minored in Outside Sales.
In 2020-2021 she became a licensed massage therapist through the Birmingham School of Massage specializing in Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Neuromuscular massage.
Her love for yoga developed in 2015 when she found yoga classes being offered in music festival campgrounds. It was a perfect blend of culture and community offered in an environment she felt most at home in. In 2016, she developed a daily personal practice to strengthen her body, mind, and heart. She is passionate in advocating that yoga is more than just exercise. It is finding the magic in each of us and developing that magic to it's highest potential.
Hayley Holdridge
Hayley is a RYT 200 hour as of 2018, and certified Reiki Master as of 2020. She has a passion for movement and education, and her curious, creative nature leads in each class she teaches. Hayley received her 200 hour yoga teaching certification on a permaculture farm in Punta Mona, Costa Rica, where she lived in a community immersed in yoga, Ayurveda, and holistic healing. She is sunny and warm-hearted, and always considers herself to be a student first, with lots of room to learn and grow together with her students. As a Reiki Healer, she works in meditation and energetic cleansing to unblock the body’s ability to self-heal.
Hayley believes in the philosophy that “Yoga is Union”- that we exercise our physical bodies, as well as our mental and spiritual bodies, with each practice. She enjoys the harmonious balance of all three, and neither part is more important than the next. Expect a focus on breathing technique and spinal mobility in her classes, as well as a reminder to find humor and humility-citing that this is “Yoga PRACTICE, not yoga perfect.” She provides a gentle nudge to step outside of your comfort zone and experience the bliss of surrender. When she isn’t on her mat, Hayley enjoys reading, hooping, and exploring outdoors. She is currently enrolled in a course for her RYT 500 hour certification, and plans to continue learning and growing herself and her practice.
Hannah Patterson
Hannah is a tiny little magical human. She has an uncanny ability for making people feel comfortable in their own bodies—both in the yoga studio as an instructor and in front of a camera as a professional photographer.
Hannah completed a 200 hour alignment-based training program at HereNowYoga in Birmingham. You can expect to find a variety of postures and styles when she leads a class.
In addition to her yoga practice, Hannah fills her days with acro-yoga, plants, hooping, and her pups.
Andy Bostany
Andy Bostany is from Birmingham and completed his training with Birmingham’s own Vulcan Yoga Teacher Training, learning various forms of Yoga focusing on Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Yin; but also including Hatha, Kundalini, and Restorative Yoga. Andy enjoys using a variety of Yoga elements in his classes and always shows up with creativity and energy to spare!
Outside of teaching, Andy is a lover of the outdoors and music. He is skilled at multiple instruments and can be found around town playing from time to time!
Haley Higgins
Haley is a native of Birmingham that came to yoga in 2015. She kept a consistent and creative home practice until 2022 when she received her teaching certification through YogaRenew. Haley has a deep passion for movement and enjoys yoga as both a physical and spiritual practice. She is encouraging, smiley, and NEVER meets a stranger. She believes in the human experience as an exciting one, full of learning and growth and connection. In addition to yoga, she practices acroyoga, slackline, and writes her own poetry. You'll find balance, play, fun transitions, lofi beats, and dharma talk in her classes that will leave you feeling stretchy and strong and excited to be alive.
Erin Fuson
Erin, a trauma-informed yoga teacher and holistic health coach for Highly Sensitive People (HSPs), found her way to yoga after more than a decade of dance. She completed her 200-hour teacher training in Southern California in 2016 and has been teaching nationally since. Her passion lies in guiding her students to reconnect with and return home to their bodies, especially after trauma. Erin's classes empower students to slow down and listen closely to the needs of their body in each moment. Her style of teaching focuses on breath awareness, gentle movements, and moments of pause to turn inward.