Through years of education in yoga and the healing arts combined with personal growth and direction, Stephanie Gaylord has created Roots Holistic Wellness. Of course, wellness can be taught and explained in different ways, but Stephanie believes in simple and practical applications.

Taking a Health Coaching program was her entry point into health & wellness. It changed my relationship with food being raised on a standard American diet. From then she studied Yoga which helped me learn presence, trust, and confidence. She has learned so many different things that has helped her heal through different ailments she wasn’t getting answers from in the Traditional Medicine world.

Stephanie is a 200-HR RYT, completed a Bachelors Degree in Sociology & Liberal Arts, as well as the IIN Integrative Health Coaching Program in 2015. She has completed the Breathing Deeply Yoga Therapy Foundations Program and is currently enrolled in the Advanced Program working toward a Certification for Yoga Therapy that is 875 hours of study. She has 7 years of teaching experience, over 500 hrs of continuing education in topics like yoga for healthy aging, yoga for the vagus nerve, trauma informed yoga, adaptable yoga, and more.

Stephanie enjoys learning about ecology, biology, and the natural world around us. She is enthusiastic about different methods of growing food, foraging, learning about native plants & medicinal properties, and crafting things out of natural resources. She values nurturing connections with our planet, her two children, husband and the community.

A lover of movement and music since childhood, I have enjoyed anything that connects the mind body and soul. Maintaining my connection with the health and wellness industry ( a licensed massage therapist and NCBTMB MT ) and my love of theatrics I joined a burlesque group in 2005. Having the time of my life my body also responded in a beautiful way!

Keeping this in mind, I started my journey into any kind of fun fitness. In 2010 I suffered a debilitating back injury and was on the brink of surgery. My curiosity (and willful stubbornness against surgery ) led me on a journey of self-healing. Understanding the mechanicals of the human body I became a devoted pilates student for years and returned to full mobility, pain free.

Mixing my love of dance & pilates, I discovered the perfect fitness: Barre. After being a student I went to Brooklyn, NY to become certified in Barre Above. I’ve been teaching Barre ( and burlesque) for a combined total of 6 years. I’ve seen the life changing results in both myself and my students.

All classes finish with my number one favorite thing: a custom oil that I apply at cool down before I send you blissfully on your way.

My first career was in midwifery. I loved not only the births, but learning about the various
birth traditions and healing modalities that cultures around the world use to stay healthy. I graduated from Goddard
College where I completed a Bachelor’s Degree program for Health Arts and Sciences. Using
that knowledge I began working as a Midwife in the U.S. and Central America.

Nora Fenner is a 500hr Kripalu Yoga Teacher, Yoga Health Coach and Energy Healer. She leads dynamic yoga classes and supports a community that studies habits over ten weeks to improve sleep, digestion, and overall better health. She supports habit evolution on and off the yoga mat by leading one-on-one and group sessions with like-minded participants. Her sessions foster an environment where all participants feel supported to meet their body, mind and spirit goals. She brings an authentic, grounded and light cheer to her classes. Nora feels the practice guides her to inner peace and strength, which she shares through yoga and coaching. Visit noraleighyoga.com to connect and learn more.

Shanti began her yoga journey at Yoga Anand Ashram in Amityville,NY under the guidance of Guarani Anjali and Yogi Satyam Ananda. Through the eight limbs of yoga practice she found relief from anxiety and depression. In 2004 she became a certified yoga instructor from integral Yoga Institute in Manhattan. In 2007 she graduated from Finger Lakes School of Massage and in 2013 became certified in biodynamic craniosacral therapy. Over the years she has studied other healing modalities such as reiki, polarity and lymphatic drainage and essential oil therapies. 

Elizabeth practices an integrative approach to CranioSacral Therapy where she combines shamanic medicine and her somatic training in sound and movement. She is also a rebirther, a form of breathwork that uses a circular connected breath pattern to support transformation and connection.

I love teaching people the foundations of fitness and instilling in them the knowledge they need  to achieve all their fitness goals and feel as good along the journey of achieving them as they will when the reach their goals. 

I completed a mat  certification in 2010 with Brian Hull and another in 2014 at core Pilates, I started Crossfit in 2014 and obtained my Crossfit Level 1.  I use a fusion of these and other modalities I have found effective. I help clients achieve their goals faster using the law of attraction and challenging limiting beliefs.

I sold real estate for over 20 years in Columbia County with my family at Old Ghent Realty and my academic background is Interior Design but what I really enjoyed was the hands on renovation and restoration of homes. Ultimately this it what set me on the path to study metal working and jewelry design which I do from my home studio in Ghent.

Toni-Anne has been devoted to movement and breathwork classes for the past nine years; sampling everything and keeping what felt right. She completed an epic 200 hour teacher training in the wilds of British Columbia with Outbound Yoga in 2017. Since then she’s taught in Red Hook with Rainbow Body Yoga, and Saugerties with Little Blueberry. Her practice as well as her teaching style have evolved to include more somatic techniques alongside traditional yoga asana. You’ll strengthen, stretch, and release the stickiness you’ve been holding. She’ll be bringing a fun well rounded class to Roots this spring, amongst other offerings in the future. When she’s not at the studio you might find out and about in the beautiful Hudson Valley we all call home. Toni-Anne is thrilled to be back in a studio offering a safe haven to all students.