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Meet Your Yoga Teachers

KAtie Audia, RYT-200

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Katie believes that the answers to our questions are within us all. Mindfulness-based practices help us to quiet the noise and pressures of society. Katie fell in love with yoga because it combines physical, emotional and spiritual wellness into one. Whether you need to get some movement in the body, ease stress and anxiety or increase self-awareness, yoga has the capacity for growth in all of these areas.
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As a mental health trauma therapist, Katie recognizes the connection between mind and body when it comes to healing. Yoga transformed multiple areas of Katie’s life and encouraged her to continue her studies and practice of yoga. A passion developed to create an authentic and compassionate space for others on their own healing journeys to learn mindfulness skills through movement and creative self-expression.  Katie completed RYT-200 training through Yoga in Vienna and teaches Hatha and Vinyasa Flow sequences. Katie would love for you to join a class and allow her to help you find and follow your bliss!

Anne Dison, RYT-200

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Anne graduated with her 200hr RYT in 2020 with a focus in power Yoga. She loves the possibility that power Yoga can give you both physically and mentally and while that was her first passion she has grown her teaching practice to include a variety of different styles. Anne is a true believer that yoga is for any BODY and hopes she can leave each student feeling empowered and more comfortable in their own skin. Whether it is a power class full of chaturangas and chair poses or a slow flow full of hip openers Anne teaches breathwork and finding the optimal alignment for your body.
As a lifelong lover of learning Anne's passion is to build fun and creative workshops that are accessible. From women's empowerment workshops, holiday themed meditation and Asana classes to getting a deeper understanding of chakras...there is something for everyone to learn and grow.
When she is not out on metro park adventures with her two tiny humans you can find her at home watching Netflix with her husband and two giant rescue pups.

Genie Jacobs, RYT-200

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Geni began practicing yoga in 2013 at a local gym as a way to reduce stress.  She has always enjoyed a slow flow/gentle yoga practice.  Increasingly curious about the practice, she tried several studios and types of classes.
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In 2018, curiosity got the best of Geni and she enrolled in the Yoga Teacher training program at Yoga on High.  This is where she truly fell in love with the practice of Yoga and started to investigate the practice of Meditation.  Geni completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in July 2019 and has had a variety of teaching experiences.  She has taught restorative, gentle flow and chair yoga and in the last year, has been sharing Yoga in parks, church, at work and most recently in her home yoga space.

Geni is starting her 16th year with a large health insurance provider.  She lives in Blacklick and when not sharing yoga, can be found reading, biking or walking (either alone or with 3 crazy rescue pups).

Geni is really looking forward to sharing her love of Yoga at Renew Wellness and looks forward to seeing you soon on your mat!

Daryush Parvinbenam

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Daryush has been practicing different forms of meditation for the last 30 years. However he has specialized in the path of wondering Sufis of Persia, and Classical nondualistic Tantra of India. He uses different meditative techniques from these traditions to create embodied spiritual practices that are wholistic, grounded and balanced. His approach is a nondualistic mind-body oriented that is healing, and creates connection and a sense of wholeness that at its core directed toward healing, and deep experience of one-ness.

Kevin Ryan, RYT-200

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After utilizing yoga with his students and athletes for nearly twenty of his thirty-plus years of teaching and coaching, Kevin recently was certified in the RYT-200 program offered by Samyoga Institute/Shiva Shakti Synthesis. As a runner, biker, cross-country skier, back-packer and overall outdoor enthusiast, Kevin well recognizes the healthful physical benefits of yoga, but he has been especially drawn to yoga because of its emotional and spiritual benefits as well. In classes ranging from Gentle Hatha to Easy Vinyasa to encouraging people to re-embrace their aging bodies, Kevin always seeks the yogic goal of the union of body, mind, and spirit. He incorporated this approach in his first publication, Seeing God Everywhere: Living Your Life as a Prayer.

Along with teaching and working at a local bakery, Kevin also engages in retreat work and seminars that focus on spirituality, prayer, and living life more fully. ​

Anna Schott, ERYT-200

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Anna is an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher Level 200 through Yoga Alliance.  She was trained at Studio Om in 2011 and has been practicing for 14 years. Yoga has been an integral part of her emotional, physical and spiritual development. Anna primarily teaches Vinyasa yoga, and she is passionate about incorporating mindfulness and the mind/body connection in her practice. She integrates this concept by using breath work, postures, and connection to the true self.

Cassie STarinsky, RYT-200

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Cassie is a Registered Yoga Teacher Level 200 through the Yoga Alliance, she was trained at Studio Om in 2011. Cassie has been practicing yoga for 10 years.

Yoga has been an transformative and healing practice for Cassie. Cassie spent her entire life engaging in competitive sports in which the "no pain no gain" concept existed. Yoga has allowed her to respect, honor, and be compassionate towards her body. 

​Cassie teaches a Vinyasa style yoga and enjoys focusing on strength, balance, and inversions. Yet, she also values teaching a gentle yoga class that keeps a balance for herself and her students.

Megan Svendsen, RYT-200

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Megan has been practicing yoga for over 25 years, both with a consistent home practice and classes throughout Columbus. Her first yoga love is Ashtanga but current classes will be geared toward Hatha. In March she began the nine month Yoga Teacher Training program at Yoga On High and expects to be certified in November of this year. As a therapist at Renew she’s been a Yoga Pusher - strongly encouraging her clients to have a yoga practice and reap the physical, mental, and emotional benefits. She is hopefully excited to further assist clients and others in their yoga practice. ​​
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