Meet Our Team

Jodee is the owner of The Yoga Path and started yoga in 1998 for the benefits of relieving back pain. The feeling of physical well-being led to an awareness of how yoga can nurture the mind and body. This personal experience fuels Jodee’s wish to share yoga with each student willing to learn. Jodee has studied with senior teachers Bhavani Maki, Matthew Sweeney, Iain Grysak and Dylan Bernstein. In 2013, Jodee completed 7 week intensive study with Iain Grysak in Whitehorse and begun studying with Dylan Bernstein in 2018 and feels Bhavani as her current teacher. Jodee is a registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance, receiving RYT 200 in 2008 and currently E-RYT 200, with over 10,000 hours of teaching experience.
In the last 5 years, functional movements, pre-hab and re-hab exercises have integrated into Jodee's personal practice and teaching. The aim for Jodee's classes is to be welcoming to all students, include useful movements and offer stress management techniques.

At seventeen Carolyn turned to meditation and yoga as tools for self healing and discovery. Since then, she has practiced yoga in at least one of it’s expressions. In NYC 2011, she was presented with the opportunity to take a teacher training course which, she accepted as a means to further deepen her own practice and support the studio at the same time. To her surprise, she discovered that she loved sharing the practice and has taken a few teacher trainings since then. She received her E-RYT 500 hr certification with Atmananda Yoga, an RYT 200 hr Kundalini and The Khalsa Way Prenatal certifications at Golden Bridge Yoga NYC, Relax & Renew Restorative training with Judith H. Lasater, Thai Yoga BodyWork with Michael Sitzer and numerous courses & workshops in between. Practicing, volunteering and teaching in NYC, Carolyn had the fortune to experience many great and diverse teachers which, she credits with influencing and aiding the growth of her practice. When teaching, she emphasizes awareness of breath, movement and alignment and encourages playfulness, exploration and observation in the practice. Career opportunities in marine biology enticed her away from the city and teaching and thankfully, back to Alaska.

Naomi (she/her) has practiced various forms of yoga since 2013, ranging from more active styles like Ashtanga and vinyasa to slower practices like yin, breathwork, and meditation. She is passionate about yoga as a tool for mental and physical wellbeing. As an athlete, she uses yoga to have more body awareness, balance between muscle groups, and as a way to calm the mind. Curious to learn more about the physical body and different yoga philosophies, Naomi underwent a hybrid 200 hour vinyasa yoga teacher training in the summer of 2024, doing online learning over several months and a week long in person retreat in October of 2024. She also completed a 30 hour yin immersion in the fall of 2024. She is excited to share her passion for yoga with students!

Melissa has dabbled in meditation and yoga for many years, however it wasn’t until recently she experienced the benefits of a regular yoga and meditation practice. Yoga and meditation allows us to reconnect to who we are and can create a greater sense of gratitude for the little things in life. This inspired her to complete an online 200 hr YTT. She is grateful to consider Jodee a mentor and looks forward to sharing her practice with you. Melissa is a teacher in the Juneau school district and considers herself a lifelong learner. When she is not in the yoga studio, she enjoys spending time with her family and playing in the mountains.

Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri Tara grew up with a passion for dance, which led to her career in physical health and wellness. She received her BFA from Arizona State University Cum Laude and continued her education through Stott Pilates. While in college Tara had the pleasure of dancing for many renown choreographers in her local Phoenix dance companies as well as performing around the US. The focus of these companies were to teach arts throughout the community, which is something that is important to her and she hopes to do the same here in Juneau. Tara is a certified Stott Pilates instructor from beginner to advance in mat, reformer, ladder, chair and barrels. Certified in 2009 she has continued her education with various specialized certifications throughout the years. Once moving to the Virgin Islands, Tara had the opportunity to be the guest artist throughout the community and taught dance, movement and Pilates. She was a choreographer for their local community theater as well as various companies and schools throughout the Caribbean. Tara has been in Juneau since 2014 and couldn’t be more blessed to live here with her family. She has twin girls that just turned two and she is very excited to get back into the studio and move with you.

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Brook has studied yoga in Haines with mentors Marni Hartman and Malina Shields.