Rachel Emry, head of Pilates content, has been in the fitness industry as a group fitness instructor since 2007. She became certified in 2011 through The Cooper Institute for personal training. In 2014, she completed the BASI system, becoming a certified Pilates Instructor.

Rachel is also a graduate of the Texas Culinary Academy , and has been working as a personal chef for 20 years. She’s able to weave knowledge of nutrition and wellness into her teaching style as a personal trainer and Pilates instructor. She has owned and operated health clubs in the Wimberley and San Marcos areas since 2012. Rachel has been practicing yoga with Jamie for 10 years.

We are excited to weave our knowledge together to continually challenge you as students.

Jamie Barnard is the director of the yoga content at TRES. She was originally trained by Bikram Choudury, in 2009, and has expanded over the years into studies with Baron Baptiste, Shiva Rea, Christina Sell, Becky Jordan, Diana Espiritu and Gioconda Parker. Her latest training in 2023 was with Ida Jo and Scott Lamps in the Ghosh Yoga method.

What Jamie offers is a culmination of her experience and studies~ more variety in poses, moderate heat to promote muscle strengthening. She has been teaching in Austin, Wimberley and San Marcos for 15 years, and owned and operated Red Dawg Hot Yoga in San Marcos for 6 years.

I first came to yoga 20 years ago to help recover from surgeries and injuries. From broken legs to being hit by a truck, yoga allowed me to move my body through numerous recoveries. After 2 shoulder surgeries and too much gym, I trimmed down & really tapped into my body where past injuries and experiences were still lingering. Slowing down & learning to breath opened me up to more than just the postures of yoga.

Life has brought some rough years, being stabbed & in fires, TBIs, combat in the Gulf War, deaths in childhood, heck I even broke some bones in a workshop once. I’m 12 years sober now and try not to tell these stories anymore but yoga has been a big part of healing them, my body, and my heart. Amazing teachers along the way ushered me into the full experience & practice, drawing me in deeper. I discovered yoga is an elixir of life, a practice to be in union with our whole being and be restored. From shamans in Peru to Sufi masters in the holy land, my quest for truth & wholeness gifted me with yoga to walk myself home the rest of the way. My goal in teaching is to help and guide others into the peace, balance & health of yoga, and create a space of fun & ease where we can be ourselves. True medicine for the mind, body, spirit & soul!

Cassandra Fauss is a deeply intuitive and heart-centered yoga, meditation, and breathwork teacher, holistic health coach, energy work practitioner, and aspiring mental health therapist. With a profound passion for fostering self-awareness and awakening inner wisdom, her classes inspire others to embark on transformative journeys of self-discovery.

Cassandra embraces the healing powers of breath, mindfulness, movement, human connection and Mother Nature as cornerstones of mind-body wellness. In 2013, she founded Mobile Om Yoga, blending these passions to offer outdoor, community-centered yoga classes, special events, leadership training, and wellness retreats.

When she isn’t practicing or teaching yoga, Cassandra is an avid adventurer, foodie and outdoor enthusiast. She loves traveling, hiking, stand-up paddleboarding, and exploring the world with her charming Cavalier puppy, Charley.

Grounded in Hatha Yoga, including breathing techniques and meditation I have been studying and teaching all levels and various styles of yoga from beginning through advanced as well as special needs for over 23 years. My desire is to kindly guide and encourage students to explore, discover and refine a balanced and holistic connection with Self via the ancient and beautiful principles of yoga.

I studied intensely for 6 years with Eric Small, Iyengar Master Teacher and Director of Stress Control Systems of Southern California in the premier method of Teacher to aspirant learning the principles of body/mind alignment, opening to harmony of effort and ease as well as a multitude of inner dimensional mysteries. I am also 200 RYA and certified in Functional Fascia.

It has been my deep joy to discover and teach that through mindful and compassionate practice we empower ourselves in strength, agility, grace, balance, fluid fascia, body/mind integration and integrity, shifting our nervous system into releasing stress, boosting mood and energy, creating a calm expansive witness consciousness.

Diana will guide you on a soulful journey back to you. A former actress, she studied Vinyasa with Alex Dawson in Los Angeles before earning over 500 hours of Dharma yoga training in Austin.

She teaches workshops and trainings around the world. Sought-after for her illuminating wisdom, unique sequencing, and thousands of studio teaching hours, Diana and her vibrant teaching focus on how to live your yoga.

Jessy is a musician, yogi, and a co-owner of Martindale Yoga and Wellness. She brings a powerful Flow Yoga Practice with years of experience behind it.

Jessy has been a student of yoga for 25 years and has been exploring the gift of teaching for the last 7 years. Jessy opened Martindale Yoga and Wellness, in Martindale, TX, around the same time as our opening, and we are having fun supporting each other’s studios!

Wendy discovered yoga at a boxing gym in Austin in 2001 while working at a therapeutic wilderness camp for at-risk youth. The practice fortified her inner and outer stamina and compassion in her work as a counselor and a touring musician and she’s been a devotee ever since, earning her first teacher certification in the years following.

In 2008, Good Karma Mama Publishing invited Wendy to create a Yoga DVD & Workbook for traveling musicians called “Yoga to Go.” Wendy has woven yogic philosophy and asana practice into her daily life, music, and mentorship for the last 20 years.

Wendy Colonna has been with us since day 1, and her joy and excitement for this new community has already driven her to the seat of the teacher again!! Join us for her therapeutic, approachable take on the Ashtanga sequence.

Sound Healer, yogi, mom, musician, and founder of Open Space Yoga and Sound, Jennifer Zavaleta joins The Ripple Effect as a seasoned and certified yoga instructor of ten years, and practitioner of twenty.

Jennifer trained at the RYS Konalani Yoga Ashram in Hawaii for her 200 hour teacher certification and is currently studying with My Vinyasa Practice to acquire an additional 300 hours.

In 2023, during a transformational treck to Nepal, Jennifer dived further into her studies of sound healing, at The Yoga Home, Nepal.
Jennifer teaches Hatha, Vinyasa and Yin, and will meet you on the mat, wherever you are!

Stephanie found yoga in her 20s after losing 3 close friends and family members. She was overweight and depressed when she stumbled upon a yoga video by Bryan Kest, founder of Power Yoga. “I practiced with this video almost daily for 10 years. It healed me emotionally, physically, and mentally and set me on a path to investigate the deeper levels of the yoga sutras.” Her subsequent studies included workshops with Sean Corn and Shiva Rea. She then went on to Teacher Training with Becky Jordan (30+ years, 500 RYT, Yoga Therapist) in 2011. Becky hired Stephanie immediately after her training ended, recognizing the passion she was able to translate to students through yoga. After teaching there for 5 years, she went on to teach at Wimberley Fitness and Orange Moon Yoga in Wimberley.

In addition to teaching yoga, Stephanie also practices the human bio-energy field cleansing through the use of tuning forks and singing bowls. She also practices the healing art of Reflexology in the feet, hands, ears, and face. With a background as an EMT and a licensed massage therapist, Stephanie’s knowledge is all-encompassing and threaded into each of her yoga classes. In the coming months, we will add another dimension of hers that includes couples Thai Yoga.

Jordan Moser has done Pilates since he was 13 years old. Having used the method for injury recovery and prevention through his 15-year professional dance career, Jordan has a first-hand experience of the power of Pilates. He has studied under Brooke Bowersock at Align Pilates in Austin Texas. Jordan is available for private pilates sessions.