meet the teachers.

Josie has been teaching yoga since 2018 and barre since 2021. She is very excited to add children's yoga to her teaching schedule! 

Josie believes that she "missed out" on something growing up. She was not exposed to yoga until young adulthood. The practice of yoga would have benefited her mental and physical health in sports, school, career path, relationships and so much more. She is thrilled to be a part of the Happy Me team to prevent other children from "missing out."

As a former high school mathematics teacher, Josie already feels a call to work with children. While working in the classroom, she realized the benefits of incorporating stretches and breathing into her lessons. After leaving her teaching job, Josie has found herself continually drawn to work with children in a different way- teaching yoga. 

Josie feeds off the energy that children bring to a space. She loves sharing the benefits of yoga with the students. She feels that it is immensely helpful to expose children to the practice in creative ways. 

Josie's philosophy is as follows: The children are the teachers. They choose what they gain from a Happy Me class whether it be breath, movement, a sense of calm, or a combination of the three. They then carry that teaching into their ever changing world, sharing the teaching with other youth and possibly some adults too! We are all learning from one another all of the time!

  • Happy Me Kids Yoga

    Kids Yoga Instructor

    E-RYT 200

Yoga has been something I have been deeply inspired to share since getting certified in 2017. I enjoy sharing the gift of yoga to anyone I have the chance to share it with as I feel it's more than movement, it's a lifestyle. 

I started teaching in the recovery community and offered Y12SR classes to those in recovery for 3 years. I'm also certified as a reiki master, a Thai massage and Access Bars practitioner, an aromatherapist, and have over 1,500 hours of teaching yoga. Among many trainings I found my interest to be strongest in restorative yoga but enjoy teaching all branches and all ages. My passion to teach kids has grown over the years in hopes to help them become more centered and guide them to a life of joy. Moving from the recovery world to the world of children has inspired me to be the voice and chance for change. With today's world being so overstimulating, it's important to teach children techniques on calming the body and mind and that is exactly what I intend to do. 

A yoga practice is important for everyone to find balance in life and the body, mind, and soul. My classes challenge you to find the strength within and bring it to the surface so that no challenge in life can have the ability to disrupt your peace. 

  • Happy Me Kids Yoga

    Kids Yoga Instructor

    E-RYT 200

Yoga brings a safe space to so many people, and I am happy to be one of them.  In April of 2024, I earned certification in 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training.  It was such an amazing experience!  I wanted to widen my options so I earned my  certification in Barre while completing my yoga teacher training.  I spend most of my days with children , so I knew I wanted to get involved with Happy Me Kids Yoga. 

I am a dance teacher for children and I also work in childcare.  Observing all types of behaviors and anxiety in children made me eager to learn more about kids yoga.  I participated in Happy Me Kids Yoga training and immediately could not wait to get started!  Children deserve a place to feel safe and learn breath work to help them every day.  Allowing them to show their silly side and their creativity is so important, and I am so lucky to be able to allow children to have that space. 

Children leave feeling calm and relaxed.  It allows them to explore deep into their imagination, as well as providing a movement workout release.  The minds of children are so powerful and having the opportunity to see them use their minds is so amazing!

  • Happy Me Kids Yoga

    Kids Yoga Instructor

    CYT 200

Halle completed her first yoga teacher training program in 2016 and began teaching at a yoga and dance studio where she took her very first yoga class. She first started teaching adult vinyasa, yin, & restorative classes – classes she still teaches and loves to teach this very day. Teaching kids yoga was never part of her plan, but there were a lot of kiddo dancers interested in learning how to tumble to enhance their dance routines. Halle comes from a background in gymnastics and jumped on the opportunity to start leading acro classes at the studio. She found herself implementing so many teachings from yoga into these tumbling classes, and eventually Happy Me Kids Yoga was born.

Halle began taking every opportunity to teach kids yoga anywhere that had an interest - studios, schools, libraries, camps, daycares, sports practices – you name it. The kids were not only engaged, but you could tell they were growing. Classes of course were always fun…playing is how children learn…but Halle was blown away by how quickly they grasped the power of their breath and thinking about just one thing at a time (this is what we call meditating). She couldn’t believe these little balls of energy were asking to relax and asking for imagination time (or shh-vasana) just halfway through class. Halle immediately fell in love with her kids’ love for yoga.

Halle’s goal in all her classes is to give kids the opportunity to learn they have the power to change their world with just one breath…to help them discover their tools to create mindful movement, connection to breath, and healthy ways for expression…to show them what her first yoga class showed her: they always have the power to choose happy.

  • Happy Me Kids Yoga

    Founder, Lead Trainer, & Instructor

    RYT 500

    I am a registered yoga instructor and kids yoga instructor living in the Cleveland, OH area.