Our Team

Ra

Yoga Instructor

Wellness Healing

I found yoga through some dark times in my life. It was something that helped me in my healing journey. Since then, I have fallen in love with the practice!
I've been practicing yoga since 2017 and recently completed the 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification in April 2024 at the Forge Yoga MI.

I also worked as a massage therapist since 2019 and always had a passion for helping others.
Besides yoga, I love spending time out in nature, rock climbing, mountain biking, and hiking with my 2 dogs!

Kim Mitchell

Yoga Instructor

Be Yoga

RYT-200

Yoga has provided Kim with peace, fun and inspiration throughout all of her adult life. As many people do, as a young adult, she originally sought yoga as a form of exercise, but was fully drawn to the moving meditation aspect of yoga. A lawyer by training and profession, in 2022, Kim sought out yoga teacher training through Sacred Mood School of Yoga as a creative outlet and to deepen her knowledge and understanding of yoga. She initially did not intend to teach, but after teaching her first class, was so humbled and energized by teaching that she knew it would not be the last class she taught. She now adores the meaningful connection to others in guiding yoga classes and finds joy in cultivating a nurturing, heart-filling yoga experience for yoga students. Kim and her husband have lived in Holland for almost 20 years and are happily raising their four children on the glorious lakeshore of Holland.

Kendra KernVanDam

Yoga Instructor

Be Yoga

RYT-200

Kendra is an educator, creative, and the wordiest word-lover ever. She fell in love with yoga in one of her darkest times and it pretty much saved her life. She's infused in into every part of her life ever since. incorporating it into her Montessori teaching was a blast, watching her kids grow up with the practice will be a cherished memory forever, and building a business around empowering others to find the wisdom and love within themselves is a dream come true.

Kendra is a creative who loves a good workflow. She’s an educator, a gardener, and a lover of all living things. Nature IS nurture to her (but a computer screen feels a whole lot like home). Kendra is the mind behind the design. She loves scheming and dreaming and developing a theme.

Jessica Bradley

Yoga Instructor

RYT-200

My yoga journey started in college, when I was looking for ways to move and connect with my body after being a dancer in high school. I fell in love with vinyasa yoga and really appreciated how present I felt with this practice.

I graduated from Roots Yoga School with my RYT-200 in 2017, which was held at Twisted Hot Yoga in Grand Rapids. I immediately began teaching a variety of hot yoga classes including power flows, slow flows, yin, and yoga/cardio/strength combination classes. I taught at all 3 locations at Twisted Hot Yoga over 5 years and fell in love with the yoga community within West Michigan. During this time I also started a mobile yoga event business called Happy Soul Yoga. I held custom, on-location yoga experiences throughout West Michigan that included a yoga class, a charcuterie meal, and a beautifully designed picnic setting. I really enjoyed incorporating yoga into these wonderful celebrations and seeing the joy and togetherness it brought to people.

I am currently a licensed psychotherapist in Holland and am incredibly passionate about seeing how yoga aligns beautifully with improving mental health. I am passionate about creating yoga classes that help people feel present, calm, and connected with themselves – a space where people can let go of the stress of day-to-day life and just… be.