Morgan stumbled into hot yoga after half a lifetime of dance and quickly fell in love.  She found that yoga filled the movement void in her life after dance and helped her gain a greater understanding of her body as well as correct her long standing alignment issues. 

After two trainings and eight years of teaching locally in Richmond, Morgan took a break from yoga to reevaluate what was most important and what yoga meant to her.  After a roller coaster of life events, she started practicing at Humble Haven and was quickly enthralled with the talent of each and every teacher.  Hoping to hone her craft, she signed up for Humble Haven’s 2023 YTT.  She is excited to begin this new chapter of her yoga journey.

Have you met our Director of Operations? Rachel B. comes to Humble Haven with a teaching background in spin and HIIT classes. In 2021, Rachel jumped on our schedule teaching bootcamp and yoga build classes. She quickly fell in love with Journey into Power practice so much so that she completed her Level One Baptiste training in 2022, and at the end of 2022, she began working full time for Humble Haven as our Director of Operations. She sees herself as a forever student both as an instructor and in her everyday life. If you find yourself in one of Rachel's classes, she's going to make you work, but she's also going to make you giggle. Life is always going to come with its challenges and Rachel's solution is simple: just do more yoga. Keep showing up for the practice, and for yourself. Come drink the kool-aid, you won't regret it. Outside of Humble Haven, Rachel volunteers with Ring Dog Rescue, a non-profit organization and rescue group for Pit Bull-like dogs, where she helps them find their forever home. If you are ever looking to adopt, foster, or simply learn more about pit bulls, she's your girl.

Cyn found yoga at the onset of the pandemic during a time when she was in dire need of healing, self-re-discovery, and community. She began her consistent yoga practice in 2020 and quickly fell in love with the practice, as it allowed for her to tap into and strengthen aspects of her life that were dormant. Yoga brought her a sense of holistic healing, community, physical and mental strength, deeper self-love, and self-awareness. Cyn was so in awe of the transformation that yoga sparked in her life and she wanted all communities to have access to this practice and the benefits that yoga can provide. In 2021 Cyn completed her 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training through Humble Haven. As a teacher and as a life-long learner, Cyn’s goal is to provide communities of color with equitable access to this practice, build community on and off of our mats, and empower individuals to unleash the power that lies within each and every one of us.

Every movement is a decision. Julia has brought this mantra from her BFA training at VCU into her yoga practice and teaching.

When her big brother brought her to her very first yoga class, Julia experienced her first “yoga high.” It came from the feeling of companionship and trust she felt in class. Her practice has stayed rooted in these values, and as a teacher she intends to hold space for her students to feel thoroughly supported by themselves and their fellow practitioners.

Julia completed her 200-hour teacher training with Humble Haven in early 2021, and she continues to learn from the incredible mentors at Humble Haven and around Richmond. She is guided by her deeply held belief that when we move with intention together on our mats, we become more intentional, connected members of our community off our mats.

Suzanne’s yoga practice began in 2008 out of curiosity for the physical nature of the practice, but she quickly realized that the practice was also supporting her in reducing unnecessary anxiety, as well as, processing the recent loss of a loved one. Suzanne’s training crosses many lineages of the yoga practice - Power Yoga, Kundalini, Integral Yoga, Yin, and Hatha. She is passionate about making classes and spaces accessible to all individuals who desire to participate, particularly individuals with varying disabilities, and her advocacy extends beyond the world of yoga and into the realm of inclusive employment and education. When not teaching, you will most likely find Suzanne enjoying outdoor spaces around Richmond with friends, her husband, and three kids.