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Welcome!
Feeling stiff, stressed, or like your body just isn’t moving the way it used to? Wondering how to build strength, stay flexible, or reconnect with yourself—without burning out or getting injured?
You’re not alone. And you’re in the right place.
At OmBodies Yoga Studio & Functional Wellness, we’re here to support your wellness journey—whether you’re stepping onto the mat for the first time, deepening your practice, or training to share the gift of movement with others.
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We offer a variety of Yoga and Pilates classes to help you move well, feel strong, and reconnect with your body in a supportive and empowering environment. Our classes are rooted in healthy alignment, functional movement, and mindful breath, making them accessible to all bodies and all levels.
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Looking to go deeper? We’ve got you covered. We host health and wellness workshops and trainings designed to educate and inspire, covering topics like pelvic floor health, perimenopause and menopause, trauma-informed yoga, and more.
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For those ready to take the leap into teaching—or simply dive into immersive learning—we offer comprehensive 200- and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings that blend deep knowledge with heart-centered teaching. And we're thrilled to soon be launching our brand new OmBodies Pilates Teacher Training, combining the principles of classical Pilates with functional anatomy and mindful movement.
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Whether your goal is to move better, feel better, teach others, or simply find a space where you can just be—you’ll find it here. At OmBodies, we meet you where you are—and help you grow from there.
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Just a Little More About Us
At OmBodies Yoga & Functional Wellness, our dedicated teachers share one goal...to provide a safe space for you to play, explore, breathe, stretch, and transform your body and mind.
We offer an array of classes and services to support you in living your best life. We have broadened our scope of offerings to include methods that will allow you to explore your practice and personal well-being through a more “functional” approach. Many of us here at OmBodies have trained extensively in a variety of methods and modalities that blend with and support the yoga practice very nicely. Our goal is to use these methods and modalities to better support you in your practice, your life, and your pursuit of radiant health and well-being.
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Our yoga classes are rooted in the traditional philosophy of yoga with a modern spin to support your daily lifestyle. Through intelligent and creative sequencing, each of our well-trained, certified yoga teachers works to provide the best yoga experience in every class.
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OmBodies Yoga Studio is a Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga School since 2011, training teachers at the 200-hour level and the 300-hour advanced level. Teacher trainings are led by
Heather Otterbine, double 500 hour certified E-RYT 500, Yoga Medicine Registered Therapeutics Specialist
& YACEP.
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We are passionate about supporting you in your efforts to build a yoga practice that is safe and sustainable for a lifetime of health and wellbeing.
Meet The OmBodies Team
Heather Otterbine
Founder, Owner, & Lead Trainer Double 500-hour Certified E-RYT 500, Yoga Medicine Registered Therapeutics Specialist, Functional Nutrition Guide & YACEP
Yoga, Barre, & Pilates Teacher​
Heathers journey into yoga began nearly 25 years ago. After practicing for 5 years, she decided to enroll in her first 200-hour yoga teacher training.
Her Vinyasa yoga classes feature challenging, creative sequences with an emphasis on precision cueing and healthy alignment. She uses these elements in combination with a deep understanding of anatomy and physiology to draw in other aspects of the yoga practice, such as, pranayama and meditation.
Alisha
Forest
OmBodies Yoga Studio Manager RYT-200 Yoga Teacher
Yoga & Pilates Teacher​
As a high school mid-distance runner from a small town, Alisha started practicing yoga in the early 2000s in her parents’ rec room, with videos as her teacher. She lost touch with the practice during her college and early career years, but became a practitioner in the Mt. Pleasant yoga
community in 2017.
Alisha began yoga teacher training at OmBodies in 2023, seeking relief from whole-body fibromyalgia pain and long covid symptoms. With this in-depth understanding of yoga and functional wellness, she has learned to manage and understand her conditions. She is currently pursuing her 500-hour certification, and hopes to add Yoga Therapeutics to her list of specialties.
Her passion is spreading awareness of the necessity of being gentle with our bodies and helping people understand how to move safely, throughout practice and life. Alisha’s teaching style is engaging and empathetic. Her classes seek to challenge students to become stronger and deepen their practice, while also stressing the importance of listening to the body and respecting its needs.
Iian
Mull
E-RYT 500 Yoga Teacher
Iian has been studying movement and the body for most of his life. At the age of 5, he joined a swim team and over the next 20 years, became one one of the world's best swimmers. He has dedicated much of his and early adulthood practicing and studying technique, hydrodynamics, and anatomy and physiology, to achieve peak performance.
He began his "official" yoga journey in 2002 with his first-ever yoga class with Rodney Yee in the San Francisco Bay area, where he was living at the time. Since then he's been able to practice under the guidance of amazing teachers such as Mark Stephens, Rusty Wells, and Kofi Busia.
His personal practice has developed steadily (and not so steadily at times) over the years. In January of 2018 Iian decided to take the next big step in his journey by becoming a a certified yoga teacher under the tutelage of his current teacher, Hilaire Lockwood. He received his 200-hour certification in June of 2018; 500-hour certification in August of 2019; and is currently working to complete his 750-hour certification.
Iian's teaching style is both playful and challenging. He strives to bring a sense of lightness, inquisitiveness, and creativity to the yoga flows that he teaches. You can expect to perspire, laugh, be challenged, be safe, and fall deeply into your practice and yourself.
Experienced. Dedicated. Passionate.
Carlin
Caszatt
E-RYT 200 Yoga Teacher
Carlin found her way to yoga in 2010 after the birth of her children. While focusing on her family and raising her wonderful children, she felt like she was losing herself in the process. Having been a competitive gymnast, Carlin felt like she needed to find movement again. She was attracted to yoga for the physical benefits, but soon realized that it had much more to offer. Carlin fell in love with the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of the yoga practice and continued to develop her own personal practice over the years, finding a particular enjoyment in the challenge and strength of inversions.
Carlin has a Bachelor of Science in Health Fitness from Central Michigan University and also attended the Naturopathic Institute of Therapies and Education and found that the natural benefits of yoga complemented her education and beliefs.
In 2012 Carlin decided to deepen her knowledge of yoga by enrolling in the 200-Hour OmBodies Yoga Teacher Training program and has been enjoying teaching ever since.
Emma
Theisen
RYT-200 Yoga Teacher
Licensed Naturopathic Doctor
Emma began practicing yoga in 2010 during a very challenging time in her undergraduate career. Through her yoga practice she found herself feeling more grounded and joyful. Yoga proved to be more than just a physical practice, but truly a holistic practice that works the mind, body and soul, allowing healing to happen. Her practice has ebbed and flowed while in school and having children, but she knew that becoming a yoga teacher was something she wanted to add to her knowledge of holistic healing methods. In 2023 she started her 200 hour yoga teacher training at OmBodies, completing it in February 2024. She has found true joy and honor in teaching yoga to others.
Emma received her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Central Michigan University and she received her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Washington state. She has also received her massage license from Bellevue Massage School in Washington state.
Her vinyasa yoga classes are based on safe alignment and movement, while exploring how one’s body feels with yoga philosophy mixed in. She hopes students feel grounded and safe to explore movement in their bodies.