Our Wild Rose Family
We are a yoga and wellness center that provides a place for physical and spiritual well-being, in a beautiful and warm setting. Each instructor works to empower your practice wherever you are on your journey. We encourage individuals of all fitness levels to learn, grow, and enjoy our elite and unique class opportunities. Join us at Wild Rose Yoga and begin your journey to a healthier, more balanced life.
AMY
Owner
Instructor, Yin Yoga, Slow Flow and Power Vinyasa Flow
Amy Vetter is the owner of Wild Rose Yoga here in Cle Elum, WA. She resides in Cle Elum with her son Alex, daughter Charlee, silver lab, Bubba Blue, kitties Yoda and Pumpkin Pie. She has a BA in Fine Arts from Seattle University. She loves family time, outdoor adventures with friends, traveling, reading, and of course, yoga!
Amy started practicing yoga in 2005 while in college. She was struggling with anxiety and looking for a way to calm her mind. She came across a flyer in her local Starbucks offering a free yoga class; she attended the yoga class and her life was forever changed. Amy practiced yoga with former Buddhist monk turned yoga teacher, Seong Yoon Lee. She learned to connect her body and mind through the use of breath and movement. She started practicing meditation and mindfulness. These tools have allowed her to become more resilient and live her life to the fullest!
Amy got her 200 HR YTT certification from Cascade School of Yoga in July 2020. In January of 2022 she got her 100 HR YTT in Restorative Yoga and Meditation at the community of PachaMama in Costa Rica. She is a registered yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance. Amy never planned on teaching yoga as it was such a personal practice for her. Now she is confident it is her dharma to share the gifts that she's received from her yoga practice over the years with all of her community!
“Discomfort is an indicator, not of something to avoid but of something to approach.”
AMANDA
Studio Manager
Instructor, Warrior Rising
Hey ya'll! Excited and nervous to share a little about me. One very important passion of mine is sharing the spotlight. I don't need it all, we need it together. This is how Warrior Rising was created...joining together to grow, change, become stronger, find our balance and share it with each other. Personally, I started yoga after my 4th knee surgery at age 27. Bummer, soccer was my sport; running followed.... Neither did anything good for me. So Hot Yoga entered my life and it sure did change it! I have practiced at many studios, but none quite like Wild Rose. My love for health- physical and mental, as well as fitness has guided me and my family to where we are today! Yoga is personal to some degree, but for me, my 'team' is my family, my tribe of friends, and my Wild Rose family. I feel blessed, loved, and grateful to practice together, to show up together and be one together.
“LET’S GO- BREATHE-
WE GOT THIS- NAMASTE”
JENN
Creative Business Director
Instructor, Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra
After years as an educator and owning/running a CrossFit gym, Jenn was looking for healthy ways to balance and restore her body. She made a bold and life-changing decision to travel to Thailand for a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Certification in 2018. Jenn incorporates the stiller forms of yoga; Restorative, Yin and Yoga Nidra into her practice and teaching. She is passionate about making meditation accessible to all and focuses on purpose-driven reflection in her classes. She founded Live Inspired Wellness in 2020 and offers life coaching and mentoring for both adults and teens.
Jenn is an avid traveler and sunrise chaser. She has the goal of seeing a sunrise (or sunset) in every National Park in the United States. She loves exploring the outdoors and enjoys hiking, snowshoeing and mountain biking with her husband, Chris. She loves playing the role of “Moto Mama” for son Cole, who can’t get enough of anything with two wheels. Jenn’s daughter Maya shares her love of dance, music, and movement. They can often be found discussing yoga philosophy and sharing classes together at Wild Rose Yoga. Jenn could not be more grateful for the Wild Rose tribe and this amazing community!
“Focus on the powerful, euphoric, magical, synchronistic, beautiful parts of life and the universe will start giving them to you.”
Aleja
Marketing Director
“The pose begins when you want to leave it. ”
I am a marketing professional with a strong background in social media management and a Bachelor's Degree in Business. My passion for marketing and business is centered around helping and supporting entrepreneurs to reach their goals and grow. Outside of work, I enjoy traveling and exploring new places. I'm always eager to learn and happy to help others, believing that growth comes from both personal and shared experiences.
JODI
Instructor, Healing Breath Practice
Jodi is a certified meditation trainer of Heart-Based Meditation and a local Ayurvedic Health Practitioner, Counselor and Vedic Astrologer. Her mission is to empower as many people as possible with self-healing tools that they can keep in their wellness toolbox and use indefinitely towards their personal evolution.
“Be the change you want to see in the world.”
I am Excited to be a part of the Wild Rose Yoga tribe! I started practicing Yoga accidentally in my early 20’s when a friend brought me a schedule for Jazzercise and wanted me to join her. Instead of going to Zumba I was curious about the Yoga Class offered by Lori Chandler, a long-time yoga teacher out of Ellensburg, and let’s just say I was hooked from then on. Living in Cle Elum it was hard to get to classes in Ellensburg, so I bought a Rodney Yee DVD and this became my practice. Many years later I was introduced to more great teachers who inspired me to study Yoga on a deeper level, and in 2015 I signed up for a Yoga Teacher Training with Molly Lannon Kenny and the Samarya Center in Seattle. I had no Intention of teaching, but what happened was life changing for me, from my introduction to meditation, breathwork and Ayurveda practices, I began my daily practice and my life began to transform; sharing with others was a natural transition. I have since studied Yin Yoga with Bernie Clark, The Yoga of Recovery with Nikki Myers, Seasonal Yoga with Melina Meza, and the Yoga of Healthy Aging with Baxter Bell; along with my in-depth study of Ayurveda at The Kerala Ayurveda Academy. I will forever be a student of Yoga and look forward to sharing practice with you.
LAURIE
Instructor, Slow Flow, Yin Yoga
“Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.”
Suji
Instructor, Hatha Fusion and Pilates LIFT
With an extensive background in kinesiology and bodywork, my passion has always been around movement and awareness of the body.
Discovering yoga 25 years ago has kept me nourished, shown me resiliency and sense of knowing. Years of mountain bike racing, powerlifting, running, and competitions has never given me the power and freedom this practice has revealed to me.
I seek to share with others how to tap into our unborn awareness and work with the wisdom of fierce soft machines. Come play and get curious with me!
“Your biography becomes your biology. This biography includes the totality of your choices, the things you feed your body - your thoughts, your actions, your food - the things you feed your life.”
HANNAH
Instructor, Vinyasa Flow, Yoga Sculpt and Yin Yoga
Hannah began practicing yoga more than 20 years ago and has been teaching for just over a decade. She strives to empower her students to find strength and mindfulness by cultivating a strong mind and body connection through Vinyasa Flow, Yin and Yoga Sculpt. She believes Yoga is a powerful practice of listening to your body and quieting your mind to create a life guided by intention and authenticity. Hannah lives in Cle Elum with her husband Tim, daughter Jordan and two dogs, Jari and Stitch.
EMILY
Instructor, Vinyasa Flow
Theatre professor, distance runner, and chocolate-lover, Emily completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training at Tapas Yoga Shala in Rock Island, IL, in 2015. She is currently working on her 500-hour certification with Spira Power Yoga in West Seattle, and she has studied with master yoga teachers including Kino MacGregor, Tim Feldmann, Jason Crandell, and Carina Terra. She also developed and regularly leads Yoga for Artists & Creativity workshops around the country.
Recognizing that everyone needs an opportunity to focus, breathe, and re-connect the mind with the body, Emily teaches classes that use asanas (yoga poses or postures) to hone balance, flexibility, strength, and confidence. She strives to reach students where they are and help them shape their own practice, recognizing that yoga is beneficial for every age, background, and body type. Emily’s personal yoga practice is grounded in the Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga tradition, and she teaches Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, Power, and Yin Yoga classes. Above all, she is eager to share her passion for yoga and mindfulness practices with others.
“Yoga is the perfect opportunity to be curious about who you are.”
Zoë
Instructor, Vinyasa Flow
I started my practice nearly a decade ago and fell in love with Yoga's healing abilities, not only for the physical body, but for the mind and soul as well. Yoga has helped me find my path iand my center and I love sharing my practice with others. I strive to make my classes accessible to everyone at any skill level. I'm a strong believer that Yoga is for everybody and every body!
I recently moved from the Wenatchee Valley to Cle Elum after recreating my summers here in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and fell in love with these beautiful, grounding mountains that surround us. I love spending my time in nature and seeing new horizons, taking my practice with me wherever I go. I'm incredibly grateful to have found myself in this tribe in the heart of the cascades and look forward to sharing my practice with you.
“None but ourselves can free our minds.”
Natalia
Instructor, Kundalini
My name is Natalia Gallegos and I was born in a small city in the middle of Russia. My first experience with yoga was from a book with a few pages about yoga I got when I was 13 years old. I remember all 6 asanas I learned them and use as my morning warmup. After school I started my own business and I forgot about my yoga practice for long 9 years. My life was so busy but very interesting and stressful at the same time so this life lead me to cancer, depression and fatigue. That’s when I decided to learn a different way of living. I was traveling a lot and learning psychology and looking for ways to be healthy, happy and full of energy all the time. That’s when I visited the United States in order to be certified trance coach and be able to work with people who have psychological traumas and stress. Helping others was very interesting and healing for me, as well.
At the same time I found information about raw vegan food and it immediately took all my interest. When I was changing my food habits it turned out more challenging than I was thinking. That’s when Kundalini yoga magically appeared in my life! This type of yoga works with hormones which impacts our habits and quality of life!
Since then I have been practicing Kundalini yoga 14 years and 6 years teaching. I moved to the United States 8 years ago and I am so happy to live in such a beautiful place surrounded by forest and mountains. All what I am thinking about, it is how I can share Kundalini yoga and all benefits which is going along with this practice with people. So I am very happy to start teaching Kundalini yoga again! We need to be united again and be stronger and healthier! While I am teaching I am learning from you as well and that’s how it should be. I love when people around me happy I love when people around me healthy and I love when you are successful in your passion! So let’s do it together!
With love and hugs, Natalia
“Follow happiness”
Andi
Instructor, Barre and Dance Fit
Hi! I’m Andi and I am thrilled to be a part of Wild Rose Yoga. I am a momma to 3 amazing kids and I have lived in Cle Elum for most of my life. One of my greatest passions is Fitness and Dance. I have taught various different types of fitness classes including Zumba, Step, and Yoga but my favorite is Barre!! I have taught for many years and I love being a part of my students fitness journey. I also teach children’s dance and have run a successful hair and nail business for 26 years. My heart is happiest when I’m on the studio floor!
“Chaos is beautiful.”
Emily is a certified personal trainer and strength coach and has been coaching group fitness and strength training classes since 2012, with a focus on barbell training and Olympic weightlifting. Her coaching philosophy centers around the idea that exercise in any form should always bring us into deeper connection with ourselves.
After many years managing a gym and coaching full time, Emily stepped away from the fitness industry and now works for the marketing team at The Summit at Snoqualmie. When she's not at the gym or in the yoga studio she is outside - skiing, hiking, and paddleboarding with her dog. Emily is excited to share her passion for movement and enthusiasm for health and fitness with the Wild Rose community!
Emily
Instructor, Strong Foundations
“Coming Soon!”
Andrea Baker has been teaching Vinyasa Flow Yoga for four years and has practiced yoga for 27 years. Andrea was inspired to teach yoga by her clients in mental health counseling. She witnessed their need for a more holistic approach to healing and was determined to learn all she could support and empower.
Andrea has received her training through YogaFit, 200-hour YRT, and completed a 150-hour Trauma Sensitive Teacher Training. She is close to completing her 100-hour Ayurvedic Lifestyle Coaching certification and 100 hour Warrior Kids Trauma-Sensitive Teacher training.
Furthermore, Andrea is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and blends her knowledge of modern neuroscience with ancient techniques of yoga and Ayurveda to empower people to heal.
Andrea combines her love for flowing movements with breath (Vinyasa) and mindfulness techniques such as mudra, mantra, pranayama for a well-rounded flow sure to leave you feeling deeply connected and calm. She focuses on safety (physically and emotionally), providing many options for postures so that all levels can enjoy the benefits of yoga.
ANDREA
Instructor, Vinyasa Flow and Restorative Yoga
“Because you are alive, everything is possible.”
Ali McWeeny is a courageous, compassionate, curious and creative breathwork practitioner from the Pacific Northwest. Living with limbloss as an amputee, Ali has set 32 powerlifting records and exceeds societal limitations. Ali has triumphed over greater challenges and continues to experience miracles. Practicing breathwork, permaculture, earth-based skills, and steeping in experiential learning and reciprocity with their two children and partner. You can catch Ali harvesting roadkill, stewarding land, cultivating food forests, scraping hides, chopping wood, shooting arrows, and traveling the world to share the gifts and tools of breathwork.
Former elite competitive athlete, a coach of peak performance, teacher of body, mind, and spiritual health, a full-time parent, and an emerging guide of immersive transformation.
Ali is a multidisciplinary breathwork practitioner, hypnotherapist, herbalist, and permaculture designer. Ali offers practices that tend to and can dissolve stress, tension and suffering and ignite energy, creativity, awareness, adaptability, and aliveness.Ali holds a principle-based approach to transformation that opens accessibility to all folks and all beliefs. Facilitating transformation in person and online, individually and groups, retreats, intensive trainings and immersive integration to bring these healthful ways into everyday life.
alimcweeny@gmail.com
ALI
Instructor, Breath Vitality
“There is no one way to be, there is no one way to breathe”
LEX
Instructor, Vinyasa Flow, HIIT
Lex was introduced to yoga in 2009 and fell in love with the challenge that yoga provided - physically, mentally, and emotionally. She completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training in San Diego, CA before teaching in Yakima, WA, Okinawa, Japan, and now in Cle Elum. For Lex, helping people achieve that "post-yoga glow" is the best part about teaching yoga.
As a Central Washington native, Lex recently moved closer to home to raise her family in the foothills of the Cascades. She was fortunate to quickly find Wild Rose Yoga and uncover an incredibly supportive and welcoming yogi community in Cle Elum.
“The pose begins when you want to leave it. ”
KARLI
Instructor, Yin Yoga
Karli is a virtual fitness Coach and yoga instructor. She’s been practicing yoga for 13 years and teaching since 2016. She received her 200H RYT in India and also has a Certification in Kids Yoga.
Her mission is to make yoga accessible for everyone and every body. You can always find her taking her practice outdoors, on the road and laying her mat out in random places!
She teaches mainly Yin classes here at the studio which focuses on longer holds and gentle stretches that let you sink into your body and your breath. Yoga has been a vehicle for change in her life and she’s passionate about sharing that with others.
“You were once wild here, don’t let them tame you.”
A botanist and a professional observer, Helen enjoys the personal connection and the special connection with our community through a yoga practice. She has had a long term relationship with yoga since the age of 16, stemming from a hatha yoga practice. Helen has since begun the journey of yoga education through the YogaFit training system with a focus on presenting and practicing yoga in a manner that is accessible to all levels. Helen’s current practice is rooted in flow yoga. Moving gracefully from one pose to another, moving in a rhythmic way to sooth the soul, focus the mind and open the heart. Challenging balance and strength, the breath is used to create a natural rhythm for these movements.
In both her professional and personal life she has a passion for connecting with nature, community and enjoys a variety of outdoor activities. She is dedicated to sharing and educating others through her involvement in environmental education and raising her 7 year old. She continues to be a lifelong student of life, Yoga and all the people she has yet to meet.
HELEN
Instructor, Vinyasa Flow, Yin Yoga
“Yoga is a dance between control and surrender – between pushing and letting go – and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being.”