“Teaching is a beautiful job; as it allows you to see the growth day by day of people entrusted to your care.” - Pope Francis
Wendy Middleton-Bentley - ERYT 200/RYT 500
Wendy Middleton-Bentley started her studies of internal medicine in 1999 with a class in T'ai Chi Ch'uan. Since then she has studied multiple forms of internal medicine. Through the years Wendy has become certified to teach Yoga, certified to practice Thai massage and Reiki, and licensed in the state of Kentucky to practice Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. She is the owner and Yoga teacher at Yoga In The Red and practitioner at Natural Bridge Acupuncture.
Wendy is a certified E-RYT 200/RYT 500 yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance. After more than a decade of studying yoga through her personal practice, she decided to pursue her teacher training certification with Amanda McMaine at the Lexington Healing Arts Academy. She has continued her training with Michaelle Edwards, the innovator of YogAlign, studying how to safely increase flexibility and bring the body back into proper alignment. Her emphasis in teaching is about making sure that you are practicing Yoga safely with proper body alignment, body movement and breathing techniques.
Wendy Middleton-Bentley started her studies of internal medicine in 1999 with a class in T'ai Chi Ch'uan. Since then she has studied multiple forms of internal medicine. Through the years Wendy has become certified to teach Yoga, certified to practice Thai massage and Reiki, and licensed in the state of Kentucky to practice Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. She is the owner and Yoga teacher at Yoga In The Red and practitioner at Natural Bridge Acupuncture.
Wendy is a certified E-RYT 200/RYT 500 yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance. After more than a decade of studying yoga through her personal practice, she decided to pursue her teacher training certification with Amanda McMaine at the Lexington Healing Arts Academy. She has continued her training with Michaelle Edwards, the innovator of YogAlign, studying how to safely increase flexibility and bring the body back into proper alignment. Her emphasis in teaching is about making sure that you are practicing Yoga safely with proper body alignment, body movement and breathing techniques.
Lila Simpson - RYT 200
Lila was first introduced to yoga while attending college at Eastern Kentucky University to supplement her rock climbing. It took one class for her to recognize the advantages of a regular yoga practice and pursuing a healthy and active lifestyle. After practicing yoga primarily by herself for years, she took her 200-hour teacher training under Deborah Pennington and Wendy Middleton-Bentley through Red River Gorge Natural Health Center in July of 2016. After completing her Teacher Training Lila subbed some classes in 2016 but devoted more time to her personal practice than to teaching. Her personal practice style is an anatomically aligned ashtanga practice with power vinyasa influences, all of which are focused on obtaining a mind-body connection. In her class, you will learn about and feel the benefits of strengthening the core and shoulders as well as spine and shoulder mobility/flexibility. After living with rock climbers and friends with back and shoulder weaknesses, pain, injuries, mobility issues or a combination of them all, it became abundantly clear what her community was looking for in a class.
Lila was first introduced to yoga while attending college at Eastern Kentucky University to supplement her rock climbing. It took one class for her to recognize the advantages of a regular yoga practice and pursuing a healthy and active lifestyle. After practicing yoga primarily by herself for years, she took her 200-hour teacher training under Deborah Pennington and Wendy Middleton-Bentley through Red River Gorge Natural Health Center in July of 2016. After completing her Teacher Training Lila subbed some classes in 2016 but devoted more time to her personal practice than to teaching. Her personal practice style is an anatomically aligned ashtanga practice with power vinyasa influences, all of which are focused on obtaining a mind-body connection. In her class, you will learn about and feel the benefits of strengthening the core and shoulders as well as spine and shoulder mobility/flexibility. After living with rock climbers and friends with back and shoulder weaknesses, pain, injuries, mobility issues or a combination of them all, it became abundantly clear what her community was looking for in a class.