INTRODUCING

Miriam is the Yoga School Program Director for Svälja Yoga School, a lead teacher in both of their 200hr and 300hr Teacher Training Programs, is a specialty trauma-conscious yoga guide, and loves to live yoga in a practice space with other enthusiasts.

A Duluth native, Miriam first started roaming internationally in high school. She settled in Roatan, Honduras for 12 years and built a bilingual elementary school, where she started practicing yoga on a wooden palapa overlooking the sparkling Caribbean Sea. Yoga showed her the way to practice being connected and present. She has been a student in yoga classes all over the world, which has broadened her perspective and complemented her practice.

Miriam embraced her yoga journey through extensive trainings, and now unites her decades of teaching with her love of travel into leading yoga retreats.

Miriam believes in the power of yoga to transform trauma, stress and disconnection to lead us to compassionate self-awareness and joy. She enjoys the fellowship and healing power of yoga, as well as the opportunity to nurture a loving space of breath, movement and discerning awareness.

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Kate brings 25 years of yoga, fitness, and movement experience to her classes. A professional actor, singer, director, and educator. Kate also counsels executives on career strategy and partners with fortune 100 & 500 companies, non-profits, consultancies, and more for Salmela, a boutique firm in Duluth, MN. Kate’s enthusiasm for mindfulness, health, and wellness ranges from studying kettlebells with a former KGB trainee in NYC to Keening, the vocal art, and practice, of mourning the dead. She has studied yoga around the world and once “whirled with dervishes.”

Kate teaches with energy and athleticism. You can expect an encouraging and inclusive class, creating a connected practice at every experience level. She is also an avid runner, community builder, activist, and ally.

Kate is a lifelong mover and shaker. Her passion for creative expression, and joyful, embodied movement has led to advanced study in yoga and other disciplines. Kate holds an E-RYT 200 hour certificate and will complete her 300 hour advanced certificate in 2025. She has her Yin Certificate, Trauma Conscious Yoga Certificate, Goddess Yoga Training, and is Reiki Level II certified.