ADULT YOGA & DANCE

AT CARNATION | WA

UPCOMING EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

MOVE MINDFULLY

Our adult yoga program continues to grow with thoughtful events and workshops at our Carnation studios. Each offering is created with care — inviting you to slow down, learn something new, and support your practice in ways that feel sustainable and accessible.

CHOOSE WHAT IGNITES YOU

AT OUR CARNATION STUDIO

YOGA NIDRA SOUND BATH

Vibrations of Peace – Waves of Rest

Join us for a deeply calming Yoga Nidra Sound Bath, where guided relaxation meets healing sound in a restorative 60-minute experience.

This class combines the structured rest of Yoga Nidra with soothing sound to help:

Calm the nervous system
Reduce stress and tension
Support better sleep and recovery
Improve mental clarity and emotional balance

You’ll rest comfortably while sound and voice create a quiet, supportive space for relaxation and renewal — with no physical effort required.

Held monthly on Friday evenings, this is a perfect way to begin your weekend feeling grounded, rested, and restored.

All levels welcome. No experience necessary.

Friday, October 23rd

Yoga Nidra Sound Bath

with Karen Yang

6:00- 7:00pm

$27 Drop in

Included in Membership

Friday, November 13th

Yoga Nidra Sound Bath with Krista Kline

6:00- 7:00pm

$27 Drop in

Included in Membership

Friday, December 11th

Yoga Nidra

Sound Bath

6:00- 7:00pm

$27 Drop in

Included in Membership

STACK YOUR BONES

OCTOBER'S SUNDAY VINYASA YOGA CLASSES

Build strength, posture, and alignment in this October Vinyasa series with Yoga Instructor and Physical Therapist Rachel Whitaker.

With a seasonal skeleton-inspired theme, this class will focus on how your bones, joints, and posture work together to support balance, stability, and ease of movement. You’ll explore how stacking the body with more awareness can help you feel stronger, steadier, and more supported in your practice.

Each class will include:

Posture awareness
Standing alignment
Balance practice
Joint stability
Thoughtful pose progressions

Students will explore how the feet, ankles, knees, hips, spine, shoulders, and head all work together to create a more supported foundation for movement.

All levels are welcome.

FLOOR TO STAND

NOVEMBER'S SUNDAY VINYASA YOGA CLASSES

Build strength, mobility, and confidence in this November Vinyasa series with Yoga Instructor and Physical Therapist Rachel Whitaker.

Moving from the floor to standing is something we do throughout life, and it takes strength, balance, coordination, mobility, and control. In this class, you’ll explore low-to-high transitions in a supportive and thoughtful way.

Each class will include:

Hip and leg strength
Core support
Balance practice
Mobility work
Low-to-high transitions

Students will have opportunities to explore movements that support getting up and down from the floor, stepping, lunging, balancing, and moving through Vinyasa transitions with more strength and confidence.

All levels are welcome.

END-OF-YEAR SHAKEOUT

DECEMBER'S SUNDAY VINYASA YOGA CLASSES

Move, breathe, and reset in this December Vinyasa series with Yoga Instructor and Physical Therapist Rachel Whitaker.

As the year winds down, this class is designed to help you shake off tension, move your body, and reconnect with yourself. You’ll explore energizing movement, mobility, balance, breath, and grounding practices to help you feel clear, steady, and refreshed.

Each class will include:

Energizing Vinyasa flow
Mobility and release
Balance and coordination
Breath awareness
Grounding movement

Students will have opportunities to move through the body in a thoughtful, feel-good way while creating space to release the year and finish with more ease and connection.

All levels are welcome.

MEET OUR TEAM

Our IGNITE instructors bring extensive experience and diverse backgrounds to the studio, offering a wealth of knowledge in their respective styles for our inclusive adult yoga and dance community. We are thrilled to have such a talented team to guide you through your wellness journey.

Heidi was born and raised in South Africa. She relocated to Seattle 17 years ago with her family. Prior to her move, she worked as a high school PE and Social Studies teacher. Teaching people to be active and healthy is Heidi’s passion. She has coached high school dance, field hockey, swim teams, and mom-and-toddler fitness classes. In the past, she used to engage in various exercises but would regularly sustain injuries due to her competitive nature and lack of body awareness. Consequently, she took a few months off to focus solely on yoga. After attending her first power class, she became addicted to the physically challenging and restorative nature of this practice.

Heidi completed her 200hr Teacher Training with Shakti Vinyasa (Baron Baptiste Inspired Vinyasa yoga), recognized by the worldwide Yoga Alliance in 2014. She has since then added Yin Yoga and Myofascial release classes to her practice and teaching.

She is also a certified Girl Gone Strong Women Coaching Specialist. (GSS-1).

HEIDI DICKINSON

Adult Yoga & Dance Program Manger | Vinyasa & Yoga Strong Instructor

Heidi was born and raised in South Africa. She relocated to Seattle 17 years ago with her family. Prior to her move, she worked as a high school PE and Social Studies teacher. Teaching people to be active and healthy is Heidi’s passion. She has coached high school dance, field hockey, swim teams, and mom-and-toddler fitness classes. In the past, she used to engage in various exercises but would regularly sustain injuries due to her competitive nature and lack of body awareness. Consequently, she took a few months off to focus solely on yoga. After attending her first power class, she became addicted to the physically challenging and restorative nature of this practice.

Heidi completed her 200hr Teacher Training with Shakti Vinyasa (Baron Baptiste Inspired Vinyasa yoga), recognized by the worldwide Yoga Alliance in 2014. She has since then added Yin Yoga and Myofascial release classes to her practice and teaching.

She is also a certified Girl Gone Strong Women Coaching Specialist. (GSS-1).

KRISTA KLINE

Vinyasa | Yin Yoga | Sound Healing Instructor

Krista began dancing at age 6. Her passion grew as she continued training in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical/contemporary, modern, and hip hop. At age 18 she was traveling the world as a professional dancer on board the cruise ships of Holland America Line. Krista’s passion for dance lead her to exploring the mind and body benefits of yoga. She has studied under master teachers Melina Meza, Chiara Guerrieri, Jenny Hayo, and Anne Phyfe Palmer at 8 Limbs Yoga Center and completed her 200 hour certification recognized by the worldwide Yoga Alliance in 2014. Since completing her certification, Krista continues to seek out and train with master teachers Schuyler Grant, Noah Maze, and Scott Schwenk out of Los Angeles, California. Krista’s classes are rooted in alignment and breath work. She aims to help students to create space in their minds and bodies to feel strong, open and empowered in their lives. Her unique and intelligent sequencing is intended to encourage “mindfulness through movement”. She loves connecting with students of all ages through weekly class offerings, workshops and retreats.

KAREN YANG

Vinyasa, Yin & Barre Instructor

Even as a young girl, Karen was always sporty, so becoming a “gym rat” as an adult was no surprise. Her love for all sporty activities included kickboxing, CrossFit, Olympic style lifting, bootcamp, circuit training, Zumba to name a few. She had tried yoga a few times but thought it was too boring so never really stuck with it…until years later when she tried yoga again and something clicked as she met a yoga instructor that really spoke to her heart. That was 12 years ago and she hasn’t stopped practicing yoga since!

After having her second child at almost 40 yrs old, Karen struggled with a massive weight gain, longer recovery from c section and postpartum depression. She turned to yoga to slowly recover and soon embarked on her Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) journey. She is a RYT 200 certified yoga instructor and also a Barre instructor. She strives to motivate and inspire others in all walks of life to become a better version of themselves, inside and out!

Karen lives in Fall City with her husband and 2 beautiful girls - a teenager and a toddler (prayers appreciated). She’s an active dedicated member of Church on the Ridge with a heart on fire for God. In her down time, she likes to vacation in Cancun, where her parents live, beach bumming and eating delicious Mexican food.

RACHEL WHITAKER

Vinyasa Yoga Instructor | Physical Therapist

Rachel, a local pacific northwesterner, fell in love with yoga in her early twenties as a college student but didn’t start to teach until the 2020 training under Tate Englund. A physical therapist by training and trade Rachel loves to integrate anatomy education, strength and body empowerment into her classes. When not at the yoga studio Rachel can be found running Bridge PT and Wellness on Mercer Island with her two business partners, reading a book or hiking outside with her husband and two corgis.

PAMELA ALLEN

Vinyasa Yoga | Aerial Yoga Instructor | Dance & Barre Instructor

Pamela Allen is a highly accomplished dancer, teacher, and choreographer hailing from the Pacific Northwest. With a teaching career spanning over 25 years, Pamela has become a respected figure in the dance community. She has conducted workshops and conventions across the United States, sharing her expertise in dance choreography, technique, and dance program development. Pamela has also been invited as a guest speaker in the Pacific Northwest and West Coast.

In 2015, Pamela co-founded the non-profit organization Portland Tap Alliance, which played a crucial role in reviving the renowned Portland Tap Dance Festival. In collaboration with other artistic non-profit organizations, the Alliance worked towards promoting the arts.

Pamela's tap choreography has received recognition at the esteemed Industry Dance Awards, earning nominations in consecutive years (2022 and 2023). She was honored to win the "Best Tap Performance" award in 2022.

Beyond dance, Pamela's passion for the visual arts has led her to explore the world of yoga. For over 20 years, she has been an avid student of yoga, starting with Bikram yoga and later exploring various yoga disciplines. In 2018, Pamela became a certified Yoga Trapeze instructor through YogaBody Yoga Teachers College, the leading inversion and suspension trainer globally. She also holds a 200-hour YTT certification from House Of Om Bali, Indonesia, and is Progressing Ballet Technique certified through PBT Banksia, Australia. Her dedication to ballet training continues through Barre training with American Sports and Fitness.

Currently residing in North Bend, Washington, Pamela cherishes any opportunity to spend time outdoors.

RENEE KLEIN

Therapeutic Viniyoga Instructor

After years of ballet, fitness and other forms of movement, Renee discovered the life-changing practice of yoga.

She invites you to explore this magnificent practice where bodies, minds, hearts and spirits can be enriched and healed. She teaches in a manner accessible to all—the yoga newcomer and the advanced student.

Renee's initial training was in the therapeutic Viniyoga lineage with Anne Basco. Additional studies have included numerous curriculums with notable yogis such as Gary Kraftsow, Angela Farmer, Richard Miller, and Mikunda Stiles.

Subsequently she earned her Yoga Therapist credentials (E-RYT 500) through Ananda Seva Mission. She also earned the prestigious yoga credentials of C-IAYT, certified with the International Association of Yoga Therapists, and is a Certified Senior Fitness Instructor through the American Sports & Fitness Association.

She is indebted to all these yogis and organizations, but mostly she is indebted to her students, from whom she continues to learn and grow.

Previously, Renee worked in executive leadership positions in major businesses and was CEO of two nonprofit organizations.

BEN CHARTRAND

Vinyasa Instructor | YTT Instructor

Ben has been teaching Yoga for over 7 years, and regularly practices Meditation, Pranayama and several different yoga styles. He received a 200 hour certification locally and a 300 hour Certification in Bali learning Elemental Yoga. He has also been formally trained in Restorative Yoga by its inventor and founder, Judith Lasater.

As a Vinyasa/Power teacher he tries to teach an all levels class with lots of opportunities for any individual student to modify or intensify their own practice. He enjoys offering and teaching arm balances and inversions as a tool of self empowerment. His classes also include an element of Meditation and self reflection, connecting to Mother Nature on a deep level, and also to enhance the Mind-Body connection.

JEN GOOD

Vinyasa | Yin Yoga Instructor

Jen’s current love of yoga was slow to develop. As a personal trainer, she knew she had to add some stretching to her fitness routine and decided to give yoga a try. By regularly attending yoga classes it was not long before Jen could feel the wonderful difference it was making in her body, but she was not skipping to class yet. Then one day after class she realized something shifted, she felt light, happy, energized, and could no longer remember what was irritating her before class. That was when Jen discovered the “mind” part of yoga and truly became hooked.

After years of regular practice Jen decided she wanted to increase her understanding of yoga and share her newfound passion of yoga with others. In 2015 Jen earned her RYT 200 hour certification. Jen’s vinyasa classes move slow, focus on body alignment, and calming the mind. Yoga has firmed Jen’s belief that when you are truly ready and willing to be open to change amazing things can happen.