Jodi Petlin
Jodi Petlin is the owner of Shanti Yoga Studio in Whitefish, Montana --- which celebrates its 16th year anniversary in Whitefish in June 2022. Jodi travels internationally leading retreats and trainings. She co-created and led the first 200 hour (Yoga Alliance registered) yoga teacher training program in Whitefish, Montana. She has trained and continues to teach many of the yoga teachers in the Flathead Valley. She integrates a blend of teaching styles into her classes and is skilled at working with students of all levels and abilities. Jodi's other passion and expertise is her work as a certified career & transformational life coach. She incorporates her business background as a former Vice President of a large record label in NYC and her graduate education in Spiritual Psychology into her work.
kirsten sabin
As a former gymnast, Kirsten was initially drawn to yoga in 1997 for the physical aspects of the practice. As life led her ‘on and off’ the mat, she learned that a regular yoga practice brought a sense of grounding and peace to her often hectic life. Through teaching, she hopes to share the many benefits of yoga with others. In the winter, you will also find her teaching cross country skiing, or chasing her family down the runs of Big Mountain!
ingrid wick
Ingrid began yoga in 1999 to counter stress, treat injuries, and create balance in her life. She knows that the power of a well-rounded yoga practice heals the body and shifts the mind, cultivating peace and gratitude that embraces all aspects of life. Ingrid’s teaching is also influenced by the many recreational activities she enjoys in beautiful Northwest Montana.
Ryan Quire
Ryan began her yoga journey in 2007. She discovered yoga did much more than improve her flexibility as a long distance runner. Her practice reduced the constant stress and anxiety she felt, while also cultivating greater contentment and self awareness in her daily life, both on and off the mat.
In 2018, she completed her 200-hour hatha yoga training with Ashtak Yoga School in Goa, India, and in 2020 completed her 300-hour hatha yoga training with Rishikesh Yogpeeth in Rishikesh, India.
Ryan believes the practice of yoga is available to everyone, regardless of age, gender, race, size, shape, background, or fitness level. She teaches a fusion of hatha- and vinyasa-based flows, with a focus on breath and alignment. Her goal as a yoga facilitator is to create a welcoming, supportive, safe space for students to explore their own connection of body, mind, and spirit. When not teaching or practicing yoga, Ryan works as botanist for the Flathead National Forest, and enjoys traveling, spending time with her loved ones and adorable dog - Indi, and adventuring in the outdoors.
Rachel Haskovek -visiting teacher
Rachel Haskovek’s journey of yoga started twenty years ago while she was living in New England, Some powerful life transitions led her to the intensity and beauty of the Ashtanga practice, in which she is deeply rooted. A career change and a new relationship brought her to Montana in 2011, where she continues to study and practice yoga. Over the years, Rachel has moved into the gentler, more therapeutic styles of Somatics, Restorative and Yin yoga. Rachel says, “living and working internationally for the past decade has prompted deeper insight into the subtler aspects of the practice found in our breath, meditation, mudra, energetic currents and nervous system shifts.”
Rachel has a registered Yoga teacher certification through Soma Yoga Institute in Arcata, CA and she is currently working towards a certification from the International Association of Yoga Therapists through Inner Peace Yoga Therapy in Durango, CO.
She loves spending time outdoors with her husband and island rescue dog Bosun. For a portion of the year she lives aboard and runs a term charter sailing catamaran in the British Virgin Islands where she is 1st Mate, Chef, Photographer, Snorkel/Hiking Guide, Lead Mermaid and Yoga Instructor. When living on land, Rachel is nordic and alpine skiing, hiking, biking, rock climbing, painting, camping, reading, creating delicious meals and traveling to experience cultures and languages.
SHAUNA DUNN
Shauna absolutely loves sharing yoga with the Whitefish community. When she first started practicing Yoga, she had a high-stress lifestyle and was trying to balance a demanding career and motherhood. Undeniably, Yoga provided her with many physical benefits, but what kept her coming back for more was the mental she would experience on the mat. What she's learned throughout years of personal practice, training and teaching is that the benefits of Yoga can be carried off the mat and into your daily life. In Shauna's classes, she like to combine creative sequencing, a spirit of playfulness, great music, heartfelt inspiration and a dose of humor to help you deepen your practice. She teaches to all levels and focuses on alignment, strength, and flexibility. Her hope is that you step off your mat feeling refreshed, nourished and balanced.
Kent Larsen has studied and practiced yoga since 1987. He has taught yoga since 1991 and together with his wife Connie he owned a yoga studio in Sweden from 2007-2017. He started with Paramahansa Yogananda’s Raj Yoga and then went on to hot Yoga, Sivananda Yoga and Pathabi Joi’s Ashtanga Yoga. Since 2003, he has regularly attended workshops in classic yoga at the Kaivalyadhama institute in India, primarily under the senior teachers Sri O. P. Tiwari and Dr. Ganesh Rao.
Kent’s approach to teaching yoga is ”start where you are”, accept who you are, and become more and more aware of what that means, with the help of yoga.