YOGA INSTRUCTORS
Carrie Foltz-Gray (aka Carrie Bull)- Studio Manager, 200 hr RYT, BUTI Yoga Master.
Carrie is our Studio Manager and started practicing yoga in her bedroom in 2006. When she found BUTI Yoga in 2012, she had moved on to her living room. After her first online video, she sat on her mat sweaty, red faced, and exhausted; bewildered by what she just attempted to do. Being a connoisseur of the home video work out programs (shout out to Beachbody), BUTI felt different. It tapped into part of her that no other practice had before. She continued to hide away and BUTI shake in her living room until 2015 when she decided to seek her 200hr RYT certification in Nashville, TN under BUTI Yoga founder, Bizzie Gold. It was the hardest thing she ever did, but when she emerged she was completely changed. In 2015, she completed her 200 hour RYT in Santa Monica, Ca. After certification, Carrie finally got out of practicing BUTI in her living room, and moved on to teaching packed classes in Knoxville, TN.
Carrie is the first to bring BUTI Yoga to Knoxville. At first, many were hesitant to try out this non-traditional form of yoga they had never heard of, but once students began trying it out, they were hooked, and began to spread the word about Carrie and BUTI Yoga. This was the seed needed that needed to be planted, and soon it would grow into the KNOX BUTI TRIBE: a supportive, loving group of women passionately devoted to spilling everything that they are. At the end of 2015, Carrie became certified in Advanced BUTI and completed the BUTI Yoga Master Trainer Program in 2016.
Carrie balances her BUTI Yoga practice with Bhakti Vinyasa, Renegade Power Yoga, Ashtanga, Bikram and more traditional practices.
A reformed couch potato, when she isn't at the studio, she is spending time with her loving husband and daughter, exploring cities, traveling, eating, more eating and on a patio of your local brewery.
"BUTI Yoga is learning the art of letting go, being in your body and allowing movement to heal you- it is magic. Westerners have gotten away from dance rituals, ceremonies and celebrations. BUTI Yoga taps into those roots of primal movement, stimulating energetic cleansing from within. You might not know exactly how it's happening, but the evidence won't be clearer as your life stars to change in all facets. In BUTI we sweat with intention. We move in an expression of pure joy. Join me on the mat."
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Client Relations Manager, Buti Yoga Instructor
Jamie has a Health and Wellness degree and was fitness coordinator while serving in the US Navy. Her background is Boxing and CrossFit. She found yoga 2 years ago after she hit her “rock bottom” and realized it was time to love her body/mind not punish/break it. Her passion for Buti came from just that. Getting out of her head and into her body. Letting the movement guide her into a new joy for life. She truly feels like Buti called her home to awaken her own power. Her passion for the community is something you can’t miss and she brings a fire for life with her into any class she teaches. She lives by the saying #alwaysdown and thrives on getting comfortable in the uncomfortable. Her goal is to share the gift of yoga with everyone so they can see their own potential while always remaining a student herself and continuing to learn from her amazing Renegade family and beyond!
If you can’t find her doing yoga you’ll probably catch her in the Mountains as she plans to hike the Appalachian Trail next year.
Amy Wardana washed up on the shores of yoga physically exhausted, mentally drained and spiritually spent. She soon learned yoga was a powerful tool that could be used to heal, nurture and restore balance.
After completing a 200 hour teacher training with Cindy Dollar, Amy began teaching in 2014. She has committed her life to healing, awakening and to the evolution of consciousness. In her classes, she compassionately guides students to their edge using breath, touch, and classical postures.
She has been most influenced by the teachings of Philip Clift, Gabriel Halpern, B.K.S. Iyengar, Kino MacGregor, and Stephen Cope. Amy has a BA in counseling from Johnson University. In her spare time she loves to write, travel and adventure with her husband and daughter.
She aspires to shape her life around Isak Dinesen's quote, "May I live and so serve the world, so that after me there should never again be birds in cages."
Heather is a certified safe space holder, earning her Y12sr Certification in 2019.
Y12SR “connects the dots” between the ancient wisdom of yoga, the practical tools of 12-step programs, and the latest research on trauma healing and neurobiology. As part of a holistic recovery program, it works in tandem with traditional treatment to address the physical, mental and spiritual disease of addiction.
The program serves people recovering from all manifestations of addiction, from behavioral addictions to substance abuse – creating a safe place on the mat where trauma can be released. It also supports those who are impacted by a loved one’s addiction.
Heather earned her 200 RYT certification in 2015 at a Baptiste inspired program in Knoxville. She quickly fell in love with yoga when she first attended a basic workshop with her mother who had been begging her for years to try yoga with her. Heather is eager to share all the amazing benefits of yoga with her students through Power yoga. She truly believes that yoga is healing in all aspects of life and that it is all about progression not perfection. Heather has found that yoga practice truly brought her out of the dark and saved her life.
Ethan Brewer, local entrepreneur and owner of hairpeace since 1996, came to yoga with aches, pains, and plenty of stress after 20+ years in the service industry as a busy hairstylist and salon manager. His first yoga teacher landed in his styling chair as a salon guest at a very critical time in his career. Ethan
had very specific requests such as learning to control stress and mental fluctuations using the breath, while looking for a therapeutic approach to pain management and strengthening the body. This journey sparked a hunger to learn more, and Ethan completed his first 200-hour yoga training at Nosara Yoga
Institute in Costa Rica in January of 2014. His awakening transformed an occasional practice into a new
way of experiencing and living life. His new passion for yoga (and Costa Rica’s excellent surfing!) led to additional trainings, while continually fending off requests to teach yoga publicly. By March of 2018 Ethan had completed well over 500 hours of yoga training, vowing at graduation that he would not pass
another chance to share the practice he had come to love with others. That request came very shortly after, and Ethan has been teaching Yin Yoga and Power Flow at Renegade since June. Enjoy his midweek
relaxing Yin yoga 7:30 every Wednesday evening, and watch for him to pop up on the schedule teaching Power Yoga as needed.
had very specific requests such as learning to control stress and mental fluctuations using the breath, while looking for a therapeutic approach to pain management and strengthening the body. This journey sparked a hunger to learn more, and Ethan completed his first 200-hour yoga training at Nosara Yoga
Institute in Costa Rica in January of 2014. His awakening transformed an occasional practice into a new
way of experiencing and living life. His new passion for yoga (and Costa Rica’s excellent surfing!) led to additional trainings, while continually fending off requests to teach yoga publicly. By March of 2018 Ethan had completed well over 500 hours of yoga training, vowing at graduation that he would not pass
another chance to share the practice he had come to love with others. That request came very shortly after, and Ethan has been teaching Yin Yoga and Power Flow at Renegade since June. Enjoy his midweek
relaxing Yin yoga 7:30 every Wednesday evening, and watch for him to pop up on the schedule teaching Power Yoga as needed.
Madelyn found yoga after years of struggling to find peace with her body and mind. She has a passion for music and movement and believes a dope playlist and intention are the keys to an effective practice. When she’s not on the mat or at the barre, she’s snuggling with her sphynx cat, at the movies with a large popcorn, or taking a walk in the Old City with her husband.
Described as an energetic little firecracker, Jaclyn Normandie started her teaching career as a high school and university music professor, taught dance and voice lessons all through her youth, and has since turned her passion toward yoga and wellness. In 2019, she traveled to India for her 200 hour YTT at Kranti Yoga and spent 4 months living and teaching full time in Brazil. She is a member of the Path Program and Facilitator Training at Renegade Yoga Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, is a Reiki certified healer, and a meditation and pranayama instructor. She has a thriving personal business called Rising Phoenix: Yoga & Wellness which focuses on private training sessions and wellness guidance.
Yoga found Whitni Miller 4 years ago. She was seeking a way to claim her body back after having her son, but what she found was to claim back her mind. Whitni has been practicing under two mentors, both with dynamically different styles (Christina Gerdes /Viniyoga and Philip Clift/Ashtanga). She enjoys weaving their contrasts, the intention of linking breath, and with movement to find stillness. Her fascination with yoga sparks from the magic found there.
Whitni holds certifications as a NASM personal trainer and an animal flow level 1 instructor. Her daily practices are yogic on and off the mat. In October 2019, she completed the 21-month Path Program at Renegade Yoga Center and is, currently, enrolled in Philip Clift's facilitator training program. Outside the studio she enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and studying different movement styles.
Whitni holds certifications as a NASM personal trainer and an animal flow level 1 instructor. Her daily practices are yogic on and off the mat. In October 2019, she completed the 21-month Path Program at Renegade Yoga Center and is, currently, enrolled in Philip Clift's facilitator training program. Outside the studio she enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and studying different movement styles.
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That passion first found expression in his study of massage. After receiving his training at the Atlanta School of massage, Philip began experimenting with a variety of deep tissue modalities. Fusing those with Thai massage and Ashiatsu, Philip developed a massage style that is uniquely his own.
Philip discovered yoga by happenstance over 25 years ago. Inspired by a single magazine cover featuring a compelling photo of a practioner in Kukkutasana, Philip launched into a multi-decade study of the practice with a focus on Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga (variations of which are commonly taught in the US as "Power Yoga"). It's no exaggeration to say that yoga has become Philip's life purpose.
Supplementing his traditional Ashtanga foundation with modern sequencing philosophies, Philip has created a unique style of yoga called Khai yoga. Students describe Philip's Khai yoga as challenging, centering and even hypnotizing.
Unlike most modern yoga where hands on adjustments are discouraged in favor of verbal cues, Philip's Khai yoga teaches primarily through an intuitive touch guided by decades of studying anatomy and massage.
To schedule a massage with Philip, please contact the studio directly at 865-500-7120