Carleton James

CJ gravitates towards connection. Connection with movement, to people, to his emotions of mind, body & spirit. He found yoga after playing sports growing up and throughout college. CJ received his first 200 hour certification in Hatha Yoga (Becca Hewes, OKC - Yoga Life) in 2013. Wanting to learn more about the asana side of the practice, CJ found Carling Harps & Patrick Beach and Awakening Yoga Academy (2nd 200 hour, + 500 hour certification). He has trained with them for the past 8 years and has been a full-time yoga teacher for over a decade. 

CJ has a Masters in Exercise Science and has taught 3,000+ hours of public classes and multiple workshops, retreats, and private sessions. He has filmed for multiple online platforms such as Commune Online and Just Move. Since then, he has explored many channels of the body/mind connection, including focused movement, breathwork, & meditation. His class styles vary and he has a diverse variety of flow, strength, movement, and recovery themed offerings. CJโ€™s classes are a wonderful balance of structure & freedom, meeting you in your moment of effort & ease. He hopes to leave you with good vibes and a loving energy. 

Shelby Heintzelman

Shelby is a 500hr Awakening Yoga teacher and intuitive movement coach that has been living a life of movement for 30 years. She developed a deep love for movement early in life as a competitive gymnast throughout her childhood and adolescent years. She studied health and wellness at The University of Oklahoma and has experience working in physical therapy clinics, gyms and yoga studios since 2015. Shelby has since trained and been inspired by her teachers and coaches: Patrick Beach, Carling Harps, Simon Parks, Gywen Williams in modernist meets traditional yoga and movement systems such as: Awakening Yoga, Liquid Flow and Beginner ZenThai Shiatsu. She has been sharing the practice of yoga for almost 7 years, created 100s of online classes while living in Seattle for the last 4 years and continues to travel internationally teaching workshops and retreats. 

Shelby strives to help people gain awareness within their bodies, encouraging the attention to breath to shift and facilitate a slowing of the mind whilst maintaining curiosity as they feel their way into their vessel . She teaches a variety of styles including vinyasa, mobility, and ease filled practices. Her flows are a dynamic combination of strength, mobility and balance with intentional movement woven into a mindfully creative sequence. Her sincere goal is for people to learn how to show up for themselves and be open to explore on the path of self discovery as they navigate towards inner steadiness with compassion and gratitude. Her hope is that people leave her classes feeling inspired, challenged, fresh, and with a sense of clarity that translates into their everyday lives.