From The Heart Yoga Center offers Anusara Yoga and Tai Chi Jeung to the Grand Rapids community. We are an all Anusara Yoga Center.

Our Instructors

Behnje Masson
Behnje is a Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher. She has been studying with John Friend since 1997, and has been practicing Siddha Yoga Meditation since 1991. Her openness and ability to connect with people brings a unique and heartfelt style to her teaching.

Rick Powell
Rick has studied Tai-Chi Jeung and Tai Chi Praying Mantis Kung Fu with Yen Hoa Lee since 1984. Since 1998 his yoga studies have been focused on Anusara Yoga. He is a Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher who has studied with John Friend, Behnje Masson and many other great Anusara Teachers. His deep understanding of the body brings a supportive and encouraging flavor to his teaching.

Kriste Johns
Kriste has studied Anusara Yoga with Behnje Masson since 1999 and is a Birth Doula (labor and birth support). She loves teaching Anusara Yoga because it enables each student to access the strength and sweetness that exists within us all. You can read more about Kriste’s work at her website, Birthing Grace.

Kathy Reider
Kathy is a gifted meditation teacher and intuitive in practice since 1981. She directs her own Intuitive Development Program in Grand Rapids, MI. Kathy has the ability to put you at ease and lead you deep inside toward your own greatest potential.

Wellness Professionals

Jock Smith
Balanced Health
Oriental Assessment, Zen Shiatsu, Nutritional/Herbal Counseling
“I have been practicing holistic health care in the Uptown area since 1987. My practice consists of Zen Shiatsu, Oriental Assessment, Macrobiotic, Nutritional , and Herbal Counseling as well as Reflexology and Reiki. I received my training in Western Medicine as a U.S. Naval medical corpsman, and Eastern medicine from the Kushi Institute, a school of oriental health and philosophy. When I meet someone I respectfully listen, offer self-empowering information and treatment designed to create balance, facilitating a natural healing process.”
Contact Jock at 458-8820

Kimberly Stinson
From the Heart Massage
Therapeutic Prenatal, Post-Partum, and Infant, Original La Stone and Thai Yoga Massage
Kimberly is a Certified Massage Therapist practicing since 1996 in the Grand Rapids area. She is a three-year (2000 hour) graduate of Health Enrichment Center, a state licensed school of massage therapy and related bodywork. She has her certification as an Infant Massage instructor from the International Association of Infant Massage in Albany, New York, and is a member of the AMTA. Kim offers many different ways to care for the body through the medium of massage.
Contact Kimberly at 336-0027