Omkarra Yoga is located at 436 Peppers Ferry Rd. in Chrisitansburg near the mall and is a peaceful space to explore and infuse your yoga practice. Our style of teaching calms the mind and energizes the spirit. Our classes teach practices that restore your lives with balance, strength, and serenity. While our philosophical foundation stems from the ancient teachings of yoga, meditation and prana (the breath), our practice is accessible to anyone who is open to intentional movement and growth. Omkarra is a Sanskrit word meaning an auspicious beginning. The yoga path is a promise of success and prosperity of health and peace. We look forward to welcoming you into our studio very soon!

Michelle Muttart started on her yoga journey in 2003. She fell in love with it immediately, the effects it had on her body at first, but also began to notice how it made her feel good on the inside as well. A spark lit within her and she decided to learn more. And so the path was set in motion. She decided that she wanted to share her experience with others. In 2008 she studied with Sundari Finlayson at Integral Yoga’s Satchidananda Ashram and Retreat Center at Yogaville – Buckingham, Virginia. There she completed a 200 hr. therapueutic yoga certification for Yama Therapeutics.  At this time her predestined path began to pull her towards opening a studio in Radford in 2008. Omkarra Yoga Christiansburg opened Oct. 1, 2010. Michelle attended the

Yoga Journal Conference in Colorado in 2009 deepening her studies and had the opportunity to take classes with Gary Kraftsow a leading Yoga Therapist and the world renound D.K.V. Desikachar. In 2010 she fufilled a desire to travel to the birthplace of yoga, India. She did a Chakra Sadhana course there and learned more about the energy centers of the body and was initiated into the Satyananda Yoga tradition.   She was inspired even more in this trip to offer the true essence of yoga to those who wish to learn. Michelle believes in the anchient traditions of yoga and on the levels of physical, mental, energetic, emotional, and spiritual. She instructs her classes with the philiosophical and proven ways of those who set the path. In 2012, she will spend a month training at the Sivananda Ashram in Nassau, Bahamas to further her studies as she considers herself a student first. She incorporates new advances and knowledge that ensures a safe yoga practice for each and every student as she realizes that each pose can be different for each student. Her classes are full of intention, meditation, spirit, a calmness, with parts that are wonderfully restorative. She believes that the joints are just as important as the muscle, and the mind and spirit are just as important as the body. Michelle is available for private appointments.

Lesley Wert has practiced yoga for over 10 years. Moved by the healing benefits yoga on both the physical and spiritual body she attended a yoga retreat in Costa Rica. It was there that she decided the time had come for her to complete a certification program and begin teaching others. She chose to train locally and attended the teacher training led by Becky Crigger of In Balance Yoga

in Blacksburg. Lesleys experience includes several styles of yoga including, restorative, vinyasa, ashtanga, and hot. Her classes are light and fun, full of breath and movement, warming, with intentions for the physical, emotional, and mental body.

Sofia Nelson is a certified Integral Yoga instructor and a member of the Integral Yoga Teachers’ Association. A lifelong seeker, she has been practicing the various aspects of yoga for over 25 years. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in psychology. Realizing that everyone we meet is our teacher, Sofia considers herself an eternal student. A dedicated promoter of peace, her mission is to share what she has learned over the years so that others may experience wellness and inner peace.  After studying and experiencing the subtle differences between the many approaches to yoga, healing and meditation, Sofia chose to complete her teaching certification through the Integral Yoga Academy at the Satchidananda Ashram in Buckingham, Virginia. Integral Yoga upholds a traditional, wholistic approach to the ancient science of yoga that complements her belief that transformational change comes from within.  Sofia’s yoga experience combined with her academic background has produced a purposeful, yet meditative teaching approach that allows science and spirituality to peacefully merge. Through awareness and attunement of the mind/body/spirit connection, participants in her classes can anticipate experiencing a sense of well-being and deep inner peace.