Our hearts experience so much in this lifetime. This Valentine’s Day, Crista Rose and Sierra Hollister are combining their weekly offerings to share a heart opening flow and long gong bath to inspire our hearts to open to clarity, find stability, and receive love.
Sierra Hollister (she/her) is a mother, runner, green yogini and a dirty, tree hugger. She was incredibly blessed to start her Kundalini journey at Ahimsa Ashram and to be able to study directly with Yogi Bhajan. She has had yoga angels sprinkling lucky yoga dust at her feet since 1990. In addition to Yogi Bhajan, Sierra has been inspired and shaped by the teachings of Patabhi Jois, David Swenson, Sarah Powers, Sean Corn, Snatam Kaur and Gurucharan Singh Khalsa.
As much as Sierra loves asana, pranayama, mantra, and meditation- she finds her daily yoga guidance in the words of Aadil Palkhivala- “True yoga is not about the shape of your body but the shape of your life. Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived. Yoga doesn’t care about what you have been; yoga cares about the person you are becoming. Yoga is designed for a vast and profound purpose, and for it to be truly called yoga, its essence must be embodied.”
Crista Rose (she/her), RYT-300 Ohio born and raised, Crista has been living her passion for yoga and nature in Asheville. The most influential factor that has shaped her teachings are her own life experiences. Her commitment to sharing yoga embraces the beginner and advanced practitioners. Since finding yoga, Crista has encompassed a journey of curiosity, self-acceptance, surrender, change, and empowerment. She teaches yoga from her heart. Crista reaches her students with her warm, nurturing, and compassionate personality and devotion to connect in community. Her purpose for teaching yoga is to support the navigation to find rhythm in chaos. Crista is a 300-hour certified yoga teacher with special interests in Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, and Restorative yoga styles. She has a degree in psychology and is certified in mindful meditation and Reiki. She recently studied in Bali, Indonesia, where she spent hours exploring the origins of yoga, the trajectory of the practice, refining her teaching skills, and expanding her knowledge of ‘what yoga is’. When she’s not on her yoga mat, Crista can be found wandering barefoot in the forests, embracing the elements of nature, howling at the moon, boating at the lake, or singing at a local karaoke night.