Athens Power Yoga

ADDRESS: 750 N. Chase Street
Athens, GA 30601

Phone: 706.425.1982

Email us at athenspoweryoga@bellsouth.net

At Athens Power Yoga we teach a style of Yoga called Power Vinyasa Yoga. Power Yoga is one of the fastest growing styles of Yoga in the country, and people who have become die-hard fans have ranged from the Philadelphia Eagles to Gwyneth Paltrow, and even to the most hard-core of couch potatoes. Everyone can reap the benefits.

Athens Power Yoga can help you to...

  • Reduce Stress
  • Build Strength
  • Increase Flexibility
  • Release Toxins
  • Achieve Balance

These are just a few of the things that Power Vinyasa Yoga can do for you! Yoga helps the body on its constant quest for physical and mental well being. A good Yoga practice is your time to commune with your body and its unique needs without competition or judgment, while in a safe environment with a qualified instructor to guide you through your own personal journey towards physical and mental harmony.

Power Vinyasa Yoga is taught in a hot room. The heat works deeply into your muscles so that your body can stretch further. Also, sweating is the body’s most effective way of eliminating toxins.

Vinyasa = Flow. Each pose is connected with movement and breath. This makes for a great workout and can help assist in cardiovascular health and weight loss. Athens Power Yoga is a small space, with smaller classes so that you can take advantage of much more individual attention & assistance in your learning. No one will be forcing you into poses that your body just can’t handle. Yoga is a life-long learning process. Enjoy the process!

Instructor biography...

Kendall Kookogey began her yoga journey as a compliment to running, kick boxing and weight lifting. She was fortunate enough to experience her very first Yoga class at Power Yoga Works in Philadelphia, a Baron Baptiste affiliate studio. For two years Kendall practiced Power Vinyasa Yoga under Bill Raup, the only certified Baron Baptiste Power Vinyasa Master Teacher in Pennsylvania.

Wheras Yoga began as a “work out” for her, it was not long before the spiritual side began to work itself into her body, mind and soul. Kendall found herself experiencing life with a calmness coupled with a sharper awareness of herself and the world around her. It was this yogic change that transformed her and helped her in her day-to-day life as a professional opera singer, a career that was becoming increasingly stressful.

Inspired by the way Yoga challenged and transformed her both physically and mentally, Kendall enrolled in the Teacher Training Program, where she trained extensively with Master Teacher Bill Raup. It is Kendall’s desire to make a difference in people’s lives by sharing the Yoga journey and encouraging the belief in the possibility of change and growth that is inherent in everyone. “Yoga is so personal and really challenges you to look at yourself deeply, and yet it amazes me the community of support that grows out of a Yoga class. There you are alone on your mat, experiencing physical and mental breakthroughs, and yet there is still a sense of family because everyone around you either is experiencing or has experienced their own breakthroughs. It is a powerful connection.”

Kendall is certified by Power Yoga Works in Philadelphia and holds the 200 hour nationally recognized Yoga Alliance Teacher Certification.

Jill Rithmire was introduced to yoga after enjoying Pilates classes for a number of years. Not long after regularly attending yoga classes, she felt progress through understanding the breath, acknowledging the mind, and strengthening the body. The quality and care of her instructors inspired her to enroll in a teacher training program at Atlanta Hot Yoga in Buckhead.

Her training consisted of hands-on work within a large, fully functioning studio and personalized education about the philosophy of yoga, human anatomy and physiology, as well as teaching techniques and methods. The experience of immersion in a culture of understanding and support for the body, mind and soul was a life changing experience that does not have to be gained through a teacher training program - it can be found in any yoga class.

In addition to teaching yoga, Jill teaches 7th grade life science. The intense mental and physical demand for her day job keeps her returning to the studio to relieve stress in the mind and tension in the body. Teachers make wonderful yogis and offer great support to fellow practitioners. "I have always been active in sports since I was a kid. Yoga has been one of the few methods from which I have progressed mentally and physically with each week of consistent practice. And the benefits of yoga that can be seen and felt outside of the studio can't be found in an aerobics class or day spa - it is a full mind, body, and soul workout which follows you off the mat."

Jill holds a Yoga Alliance recognized 200-hour teacher certification from Atlanta Hot Yoga.