OUR TEAM

Studio Owner

Jessica Finver

I was drawn to the yoga mat for the physical challenge, and quickly discovered and fell in love with the many, ever changing rigors of the practice. The work I have done on my mat has since transformed my relationship with myself in such a way that I feel compelled to share that magic with others through teaching. I have completed two 200hr Baptiste Yoga teacher trainings, and over 200hrs of yoga trainings with the Baptiste Institute. My classes are both nurturing and rigorous – a combination that I believe encourages possibility and openness in our bodies and minds.

Studio Director

Lora Martin

After years of searching for a yoga studio which felt like home, Lora discovered Power Yoga in 2018 at The Leadership Studio in Atlantic City, NJ. When she walked through the door she was met with open arms, greeted as if she was an old friend, and was hugged by total strangers. This was the yoga she’d been looking for!

As an advocate for inclusivity and equality in community, the connectedness and acceptance personified at Radiance is what attracted her to join as a student and teacher.

Lora is a certified Power Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Prenatal Yoga instructor. She is also the Studio Director at RPY and is more beyond happy to support community members with anything they need!

Lora looks at life with humor and zest, gives giant hugs, and always aims to make others feel safe and seen without judgement. Practice next to her mat to hear a few giggles and find the joy in your practice!

Alisa Van Kleef

I found Baptiste yoga on a fluke. In 2014 I stumbled into a Baptiste affiliate studio and started practicing yoga as a healing tool to recover from running and cycling injuries and as a counterbalance to the great many hours of triathlon training. I instantly feel in love with the physical practice of Baptiste yoga – and it kept me returning to my mat day after day. I felt awake and connected to my body and a sense of belonging to the community. The practices of Baptiste yoga – the strong physical practice (asana), meditation and self-inquiry – has brought me strength and flexibility in body and mind and has inspired me to create a life on purpose and in service to others.

I am a Tier 1: Certified Baptiste Power Yoga Leader – teaching Baptiste Yoga since 2016 – and currently in the year long FIT to Lead program lead by Baron Baptiste. When I am not at the studio, you can find me out on adventures, reading in coffee shops, cycling or playing with my two orange cats.

Anna Ross

Anna started her yoga journey when her hometown studio offered a class for tweens, and her mat quickly became a space where she could move, breathe, and connect with herself. She completed her 200RYT at age 15 alongside a cohort of teens. Fun fact: Anna taught her first class before she could drive!

Anna’s training is grounded in Baptiste methodology, which drew her to the Radiance community. Her practice has helped her stay grounded through many phases of life, including her move to Colorado. She is passionate about sharing her practice with her community and creating a space where students can show up exactly as they are.

Outside the studio, you can find Anna spending time with her horse, Manny, hiking in the mountains, or curled up with a good book.

Becca Purtell

Becca is a yoga teacher with a passion for creating community and connection through the practice of yoga. She is a 200-Hour certified yoga teacher who has taught yoga in New Jersey, Philadelphia and is excited to have now landed in Boulder. Her initial training is based on the Baptiste style; she has completed a 20-Hour restorative yoga training in addition to an 85-Hour prenatal yoga training. In the past few years, Becca has found a genuine passion for supporting women in prenatal yoga and it led her to become a trained birth doula in the Fall of 2020. She also enjoys teaching vinyasa style classes that slowly build heat and emphasize moving intentionally with your breath. Her goal as a teacher is to guide others to discover the mind/body connection within themselves and to enable her students to reach a state of rest and relaxation that can be transferred on and off their mat.

Carmen Chang

Carmen has been practicing yoga for 10+ years. She felt a strong connection to Baptiste Power Yoga for the physical practice and mindful awareness. After years of consideration, she decided to pursue the 200hr Teacher Development Program at Radiance in the Fall of 2022 for personal development. Upon completion, she was inspired to teach and share the tools and knowledge she gained from the program with others! When not on her mat, Carmen enjoys spending time with her family, playing with her cat Kiva, reading, snowboarding, and playing piano (you may hear her music during Savasana)!

Carrie Stone

Carrie has been practicing yoga regularly since she landed in Boulder in 2009. She received her 200-Hour Baptiste Power Yoga certification at Radiance in 2015 and has been regularly teaching since. She has completed her 85 hour Prenatal YTT at Radiance in March of 2024. As a teacher, Carrie encourages her students to make space and create power in their own bodies. You are likely to be challenged in Carrie’s classes and, by the end, be smiling (and sweating). Off the mat, you can find Carrie running on the Boulder trails, drinking a bubbly water, and obsessing over her fluffy cats, Oliver and Earl.

Cayley Byrne

Cayley has been a yoga practitioner since 2020, when she first found solace and healing on her mat. After moving from Virginia to Colorado in 2023, Cayley found Radiance Power Yoga and immediately felt at home. She completed the 200-hour Teacher Development Program at Radiance in the Fall of 2023 and began teaching to share this practice with our community! Off the mat, you can find Cayley rock climbing, walking on the Boulder trails, or traveling to new places!

Charley Thomas

Charlotte Sodergren

Charlotte has been practicing yoga since 2011. She has had a colorful background: previously a teacher for young students, professional disc golfer, and corporate healthcare professional. The one constant in her life has always been yoga. After years of practicing, she decided to take the leap and completed the Earth Ways Yoga Teacher Training RYT 200 in 2022. She is currently enrolled in the Yoga Renew Kids Yoga Teacher Training, set to conclude Fall 2024.

This training inspired her so greatly that she became an advocate for sharing the magic of gratitude, reciprocity, and understanding the sensory system through yoga. Now a Family Flow teacher, she believes learning yoga at a young age can foster foundations of regulation, gentleness, and honoring the ebbs and flows of life. Ultimately, her desire is to invite magic into dominant culture. Her classes are rich tapestries of imagery, movement, and breath that guide yogis of all ages to a deeper connection with Nature, each other, and the sensitive self.

In addition to teaching yoga, she walks a healing path of recovery from addiction and illness through her study of the sensitive self, meditation, and 5 Element Acupuncture philosophy. In her free time, she is an author, writing for her newsletter Gate of Life on Substack and frequents travels to the mountains by van with her husband Drew and her dog, Guillermo.

Fara Cohen

Genevieve Roth

Perinatal Team Lead

Janine Mason

Janine took her first yoga class in 2008. After feeling the freedom of anxiety lifting and strength building both inside and out, she felt called to certify as a yoga teacher. She graduated from Denver’s Samadhi Center of Yoga in 2009. A month later she moved to Canada and began teaching various classes including vinyasa, mommy and me and hot yoga. Pregnant at the time, she quickly found her love for prenatal yoga growing and was mentored by a master teacher and gathered more techniques from a number of other wonderful teachers. It didn’t take long to learn that she had started on her mama-loving path. In 2013 she completed her Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training at Yo Mama in Boulder. She has a deep respect and adoration for mamas and babies – on the inside and out – and enjoys nothing more than leading these women through a class filled with love, laughter, asana and relaxation.

Shortly after having her first son, she was called to be a birth doula. After having her second son, she finally got certified and started serving mamas through this incredible experience. She is truly honored to do this work and is humbled by each birth.

Janine has her BS in Early Childhood Education and is working on her Childbirth Educator Certification. She lives in Longmont with her four amazing boys. She spends her free time running, baking and attempting to sew.

Katy Rumrill

Katy has been a yoga student for over 10 years and completed her 200 hour Teacher Development Program at Radiance in the Fall of 2023. She completed two mentorships with instructors at RPY to hone her skills, develop structure, and create connections for her classes. When she’s not at the studio, she usually spends time with her pup, Poppy, and her family and friends. She enjoys exploring the outdoors and everything else Colorado has to offer. Katy is enthusiastic about sharing her love of yoga and helping others create space for themselves on their mat!

Mimi Tzadok

Mimi is a 200-hour certified instructor trained in power, hatha, vinyasa and hot, styles of yoga. She has studied throughout Colorado, as well as in Rishikesh, India and works to tie booth eastern and western philosophies in her classes. Mimi is also in pursuit of a nursing degree; therefore, her classes are structured with safety in mind from an anatomical point of view. She provides a hands-on method and strives to cultivate community within the classroom.

Peter Michaelsen

Peter began teaching yoga in Portland, Maine around 2014. That year he moved to Boulder, Colorado to complete a bachelor’s degree in yoga studies and teaching at Naropa University. In Boulder, Peter taught yoga part-time at Radiance Power Yoga. At Naropa, he studied yoga history, philosophy, Sanskrit, and Eastern music. Over the years Peter has also completed approximately 400 hours of training through the Baptiste Institute. Peter has completed levels 1, 2, and 3, as well as a few weekend-long programs.

Summer Hagan

Above all, Summer is a heart-centered yogi with a grounding presence. She finds joy in sharing the practice that has been so expansive for her and is eager to build community with you. As an RYT-500, Summer has studied with teachers around the globe, practiced yoga since 2009, and taught since 2017. She uses her understanding of fascia and energy anatomy to offer therapeutic sequences where you will find your edge, soften, awaken, and have fun in the process.

Drawing on breath, alignment, and creativity, Summer transmits her passion for life. She infuses classes with the deeper essence of yoga that will resource your nervous system and ignite your spirit. You can expect both honest effort and deep replenishment from an invitational approach.

Off the mat, Summer is also a therapist, an equine-facilitated coach, and a poet. While a world traveler, she’s a mountain girl at heart with a reverence for the natural world and appreciation for moving the body, such as hiking, biking, climbing, SUP, snowboarding, and dance. She is committed to her own daily embodiment and meditation practices to stay authentic to herself and to keep offerings fresh for students.

Taylor White Moffitt

I am a mom, a devoted friend, a wanna-be DJ, a truth-teller, and a lover of all things that awaken our senses and hearts to the world and those around us….

In 1995 I began a private practice as a licensed psychotherapist. In 2002 when my 2nd son was born my yoga practice began as a way to continue connecting with my heart so I didn’t completely lose myself in mothering. Within the first decade of practice, it became clear I had to give away the tools, teachings, and inspiration of yoga that I was being taught. My first yoga teacher training was in 2011 with James Fox and the Prison Yoga Project, a training that allowed me to share the teachings with those who needed it most. Training with and learning from Baron Baptiste, Rolf Gates, Sylvia Boorstein, Brene Brown, Adyashanti, and more, showed me the natural yoke of yoga, meditation, and personal work. The more I found my voice in the practices, the more excited I felt about helping others find theirs.

My passion now lies in teaching weekly yoga classes, leading transformational retreats, and hosting workshops on topics like Ending Well, Mothers + Daughters, and Yoga for a depressed or anxious mind. My workshops include the trifecta of yoga, meditation, and personal work. The Art + Practice of Self Compassion is a training that continues to light me up and have a following within the community. Here we delve into learning how self-compassion delivers everything self-improvement promises. This year I launched Humanity First: The Art + Practice of Being Fully Human, a year-long Yoga Leadership training created to inspire those who are ready to lead and shine their light.

Throughout the year I offer transformational retreats to provide a bigger clearing for people to understand who they are, how they impact others, and how they can create peace and ease for themselves and those around them. These retreats are meant to shed our insecurities and open our hearts so we can be seen and heard by ourselves and others. A place where we dive deeper into sacred silence and healing with an intentional community where we share our real sh*t and continue our journey to self-discovery.

People often show up in my office or on their mats with suffering. My commitment is to help you relate to your suffering, know your suffering, and know how to connect and work with yourself so you can feel your truth. The truth being is that you are enough as you are, you have the capacity to connect deeply to yourself and you can nudge yourself there each time you commit to your practice. My belief is that we do this work to heal and repair our own experiences so in time we have no choice but to give away this ability we have to love deeply, feel fully, and show up 110% ourselves, no matter what.

I am beyond grateful for my current teachers…my 4 boys, a 20+ year marriage, my family of origin, and my own insecurities.

Teresa Adele

Teresa is a 200hr RYT, writer, certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, and future certified personal trainer. As a teacher and coach, she focuses on self-love, body positivity, and embracing challenges. She loves the science behind holistic healing modalities, creative sequencing, and making whole-body wellness more accessible for everybody.