Meet our team
Heather Ruth, Owner
.After leaving a high stress career that left her sick and tired, Heather made her way to teaching yoga and becoming the owner of Serenbe Yoga. Her journey to yoga began as a way to manage stress and gain physical strength. She received her Thai Yoga Therapist certification and 200 RYT in Costa Rica specializing in Restorative and Breathework, and attained her 300 RYT through The Maze Method, which focuses on alignment. She is also certified in Aerial Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and a certified Sound Bath Facilitator. She is the founder of Serenbe Goat Yoga, and mother to the stars of the show, her sweet 7 Nigerian Dwarf Goats. Heather's classes are light hearted and meditative in nature.
Jeny Mathis
Jeny has been teaching yoga for over 20 years. Through her own practice she has come to understand that the mind-body-spirit connection is critical to wellbeing. She has worked in all kinds of settings bringing tools and practices to everyday people to help them slow down, be present and experience now the life they are working so hard to build or maintain. Those practices include mindfulness and meditation, yoga, and facilitated labyrinth walks. Her certifications include 200 hour RYT, Veriditas Certified Labyrinth Facilitator, and Aerial Yoga. Her hope is that with these tools and practices her students will become more aware, live more authentically and connect more deeply with themselves, each other and their communities.
Christine Provine
Christine is a senior Kriplau Yoga Instructor. For 12+ years she’s been teaching in studios around the Atlanta area and leading teacher trainings, workshops, retreats, and corporate, public, and private classes. Her classes are intuitively guided and offer an integrative yoga experience incorporating breathwork, meditation, elemental medicine, and asanas inspired by Universal, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga traditions.
Nancy tvedt
Nancy began teaching Vinyasa- based yoga in 2012 following a successful corporate career. Life turned a bit upside down and transitions in life became opportunities for Nancy to pursue new life goals and her practice wholeheartedly! Yoga is more than movement - it encompasses our total well being - mind, body & soul. Forever a student on the mat, Nancy has advanced her practice delving deeper in the yoga philosophy and exploring various disciplines beyond Vinyasa including Ashtanga and Anusara. Eager to learn more to support her students, Nancy has learned under the tutelage of many leaders in the yoga industry. Nancy is a firm believer in the power of Yoga to forge the interconnection between the mind, the body and the soul.
Maria cadena
Born and raised in Guatemala, Maria moved to the US in 2005. What started as a six-month adventure in yoga teacher training turned into a true life calling, replete with a husband, three tiny doggies, four chickens and a little girl named Esme. Maria has been teaching yoga for over a decade. She is a 500H registered yoga teacher, has led multiple yoga teacher training courses in Atlanta, Nashville and LA and has hosted numerous international yoga retreats. She is also a Certified Pranic Healer, a comprehensive system of energetic medicine.
Maria's classes are founded on alignment and breath. She embraces the modern collective style of yoga while remaining deeply respectful of the roots of this ancient practice. Her classes weave intelligent and creative sequences that are approachable to all practitioners at any level. Her goal is that her students will finish class feeling like they have arrived home.
Liz Gabor
Elizabeth is a certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor, providing this remarkably effective yogic technology to further help people bring balance to body, mind, and spirit. Think of it as emotional and spiritual fitness. She incorporates meditation, imagery, breathwork, visualization, mindfulness-based stress reduction techniques into her work in order to create clarity, self-awareness, and stress reduction for her students. Elizabeth received extensive training for health care professionals at the world -renowned Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington D.C. and teaches mind-body skills to individuals, groups, and high school students.
Collette Appert
Classical and Contemporary trained Pilates Instructor Collette offers a challenging, fun, and dynamic class that greatly compliments your yoga practice. Build strength, cardio function, and agility during her Hot Pilates Sculpt class, and have fun!
shelby davis
Shelby is a trauma-informed yoga guide, conscious business leader, and space-holder known for her deeply rooted and intuitive approach to embodied healing. She earned her 200-hour yoga certification in 2015 from Peachtree Yoga Center in Sandy Springs, GA, and went on to receive advanced training in Tantra Hatha Yoga, Yoga for Anxiety and Depression, Restorative Yoga, and Reiki Energy Healing. A graduate of the 300-hour Spiritual Warrior Trauma-Informed Advanced Yoga Teacher Training through Yoga Farm Ithaca, Shelby brings a uniquely grounded and regulated presence into every room she enters—combining yogic tools, somatic awareness, and Ayurvedic wisdom to meet each person exactly where they are.