YOU ARE THE TROOP… BUT THESE GOOFY GORILLAS LOVE GUIDING & BOSSING ;) YOU AROUND!

Jessica "Yogarilla" Rosenberg
Gorilla Yogis co-creator

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Jes Rosenberg, E-RYT 500, YACEP, MID, RYS 200/500, Reiki Master, is committed to helping students live an inspired life through mindful happier hours. She is an author, a national yoga educator, a leader in the wellness community and a yoga veteran, teaching the wisdom practice of yoga for over 18 years and practicing since she was a teenager. Jes’s passion for mindfulness and movement has allowed her to cultivate a uniquely blended teaching style to help students of any age find alignment on and off the yoga mat.
 
Jes has a ‘Live to Learn’ sunny, soulful, bohemian vibe. She is an artist, a voracious reader, and loves to take walks around the lakes with friends. Her guilty pleasure is to rock-out singing 80’s Rock & Roll in the car. She finds teaching inspirational and is motivated by the Dalai Lama XIV quote, “As you breathe in, cherish yourself. As you breathe out, cherish all Beings.”
 
Jes’s talents have been recognized in numerous print publications including Star&Tribune, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, and Yoga Journal. Download the award winning ‘Super Stretch Yoga’ app that she created from her years of teaching The Adventures of Super Stretch Mindfulness & Yoga Fitness Program to children and the Strong Spirits Chair Yoga iBook, that was researched by the University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality & Healing, to make your life experiences positive and fruitful one breath at a time.

You can connect with her on instagram & Facebook

Nan "Thrilla in Gorilla" Gane Arundel
Gorilla Yogis co-creator

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Born smack dab in the middle of summer, Nan comes by her love of sun and heat naturally. So ten years ago, smack dab in the middle of a cold Minnesota winter, when she stumbled into a yoga class and realized she could find the sun by saluting it and heat built by her own breath, thus saving her a ticket to Mexico, a nice little crush developed.  Though initially feeling quite inflexible and not sure what foot/arm/hip/head went where, she was charmed enough by the mini-nap at the end of every practice to stick with it. And then sure enough, breath by breath, pose by pose, sutra by sutra, the technology of yoga worked its magic on her. What had begun as a small crush turned into a full-blown love affair as Nan opened herself to learning about and sharing her enthusiasm for yoga.

Now, having sampled many different flavors of yoga--loving the spices of Anusara, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and always craving more-- and having studied with master instructors Jessica Rosenberg, Jeffrey Bores, Manju Patthabi Jois and  teacher training with Annie Carpenter of YogaWorks in Sydney, Australia, Nan loves teaching yoga..GORILLA YOGIS feels like the blend of everything she loves about yoga. Inspired by the sweaty aha moments yoga offers, Nan's vinyasa classes aim to be a groovy blend of bliss with a smile. 

When Nan isn’t sporting yoga clothes, you can find her elbow deep in dirt with her hubby designing someone’s garden for their Landscape Love business, clad in an apron catering someone’s party, walking one of the lakes, or at the airport off to satiate her endless hunger for travel and experiencing the world.
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Colin Kelley
“Happy-rilla”

Colin began his yoga journey in 2001 when his track coach sent him to a Baptiste Power Yoga class to improve his grace and body awareness. Initially, the physical benefits of the practice kept him coming back.  Through regular practice Colin also gained an appreciation for the mental and spiritual aspects of yoga.

Colin earned his 200-hour Yoga Alliance teacher certification through CorePower Yoga. He attended Level One, Two, and Three teacher training with Baron Baptiste in 2012 and 2013.  He has also completed focused work in the area of hands-on assisting in the Baptiste methodology.  Colin has studied with and continues to learn from Baron Baptiste, Paige Elenson, Eoin Finn, Ana Forrest, Ryan Leier, Jes Rosenberg, and many others!

As a yoga teacher, Colin likes to create a space where students can challenge themselves and be authentic to what feels right in their bodies.  Through his powerful and clear voice each student has the opportunity to remove the fear and hesitation that is holding them back from being truly happy! Students leave every class fully equipped to be ambassadors of happiness! 

GORILLA YOGIS are pure of heart revolutionaries ~ liven'  in the OM. 
We are catalysts for positive change. We embody yoga and are dedicated
to connecting & creating a community of peace, love and bananas in the urban jungle.
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Do yoga, do good. One breath at a time.