Karen Piccone, Owner/Director

Karen said her first class in 1999 was like reuniting with an old friend. She knew the moment after practice she had found her true path. Without realizing it, all the years of her amateur and professional figure skating and dance had been a silent road map guiding her entire life to this point. She was entering a new realm from student to teacher. Within a year all of her injuries incurred were healed. It wasn’t until years later a car accident sent her spiraling into an abyss of yet more injuries to contend with.( Liking to refer this time as her crash course in spirituality) It was yoga and listening to her body that linked all the pieces together, bringing healing yet again. This has given Karen an incredible intuitive & compassionate sense with her students. Her passion for yoga and desire to share yoga with the world radiates brightly. Her classes feel encouraging, inspiring and all encompassing. Karen is a registered yoga teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance and is close to 500 hours of teacher training. Karen was certified with Jimmy Barkan’s 200 hr. teacher training in 2004. Since then she has completed Baron Baptistes’ Level 1 & 2/ 200 hour training, senior teacher Lisa Black’s Teacher Training Intensive, TAPS intermediate and advanced. She is in deep gratitude for all her mentors & students who have helped co-create this amazing vision with her.

 

From top left. Karen Piccone, Alicia Mahaney, Heidi Mason, bottom Jessica Perry and Sarah Ogmundson.. Missing Susan Churchill.

Jessica Perry

Jessica grew up in Skagit County, taking ballet classes for 7 years before moving to Bellingham to attend Western. In Bellingham she found yoga and realized that it satisfied the creative aspects of dance that she loved, but was a healthier and holistic focus for a constantly shifting life. She studied at Western for two years before deciding to travel. She left for India and Nepal to volunteer, study yoga, and gain some new perspective. Now she is pursuing a nursing degree at Whatcom Community College and practices yoga as a way to relieve the stresses and pressures of her daily life. Jessica completed an intensive teacher training apprenticeship with Karen Piccone and plans on taking Baron Baptiste's teacher training certification program within the year.

Sarah Ogmundson

Alicia Mahaney

Alicia Mahaney discovered Yoga more than 10 years ago as the ideal "meditation in motion" that soothes our minds and builds a strong body. She's practiced across a range of styles--including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Hatha, and Bikram--and finds that Power Vinyasa offers people a rigorous practice that brings together simplicity, grace, and most important, FUN. As a busy writer who juggles clients and deadlines, she understands how challenging (and important) it is to find a release valve that calms, strengthens, and heals. Alicia recently completed the intensive apprenticeship program at Beyond Limits Yoga and is excited to attend Baron Baptiste's teacher training this winter.