Lisa Bracken, M.S., RYT 500, lives on Neosho River Ranch with her husband Sam, and their three Standard Poodles Gilda, Louie and Pema. She began studying yoga in earnest when she moved to Oklahoma six years ago and has taught for the past four-plus years at the Yoga Barn, as well as at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. In addition to overseeing the Yoga Program at The Canebrake; she holds a Master’s degree in Kinesiology, is a certified yoga instructor and is registered with the Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. While her husband, hounds, and students remain her primary teachers, Lisa continues to study with Tias Little in Santa Fe, NM.
Heather Ezell began practicing and studying yoga over a decade ago while living in Oklahoma City. She has been teaching for the past three years and is currently completing her Ashtanga Yoga certification with Andrew Eppler and David Swenson. Originally from Muskogee, she now lives on Lake Tenkiller with her husband Kevin, their two dogs, Gator and Capt. Jack, and three fish. Heather loves animals, the outdoors, travel and the water; and she actively seeks opportunities to mix them all together whenever possible.
Kristie Hale, RYT 200, recently returned home to eastern Oklahoma after living and studying yoga in Kansas City for several years. Kristie now lives in Muskogee with her husband, new baby boy Michael, and their Beagle, Val. Having worked in social services for the past 10 years, Kristie holds within her a strong desire to help others achieve freedom from pain (both physical and mental). She received her yoga training with Andrea Fournet and Bryan Fowler at the Arkansas Yoga Center where she was immersed in the modalities of Iyengar, Viniyoga and Anusara. Kristie continues to teach twice a week with us while she is happily enjoying being a new mother!!
Jeanne Wilson, R.D.H, B.S. RYT 200, is a native Tulsan. She began her yoga journey in the 70′s as a student, then teacher at the east side YWCA. While not really “practicing” yoga after a move to New Mexico in the early 80′s, she continued doing the stretches and various asana postures as a warm up to the plethora of exercise forms she experienced for the next two decades—running, rhythmic aerobics, biking, step aerobics, and spin classes. Yoga as a practice came back into her life about 8 years ago. Then in the summer of 2008, she went to Mount Madonna Center in Watsonville, California, and studied for her 200 hour RYT under Baba Hari Dass. Prior to that, Jeanne had spent two weeks in Kerala, India, at a workshop lead by Shiva Rae. Jeanne owns a yoga business, Learn to Be Still, and offers private and small group yoga classes. She also fills in at studios around Tulsa as well as here at The Canebrake. Her life is full living with her Dalmatian, Tillie, working part time as a dental hygienist, and most recently learning the wine industry as a cellar host at Tulsa Hills Wine Cellar. She continues her studies at various workshops locally and around the country and always travels with her yoga mat in tow!