Marti Lee, MS has a 200-hour Teacher Certification from the Living Yoga Program at the Radha Madhav Dham Ashram.

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She has a Masters of Science in Administration of Justice and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from UMKC. She worked for 20 years serving the community as a Deputy Juvenile Officer for Jackson County Family Court.

 

 

Marti’s transformation in yoga was ignited from the power of mantra chanting. She was greatly influenced and inspired by Sanskrit Scholar and Vedic Priest Thomas Ashley Farrand. Who Marti honors as her chanting guru.

 

 

Marti has been teaching yoga professionally for 15 years. Her passion is to “bring yoga to the people.” Marti is a Yoga Pioneer. She created a Yoga community in the Northland of Kansas City Missouri.

 

Marti is a forever student of yoga and continues to train with Master teachers.

Starr Lee Evans received her 200 hour yoga teacher certification from the Living Yoga Program at the Radha Madhav Dham ashram. Starr completed a 40 hour Ashtanga Teacher Training from Kathleen Kastner and Wade Mortenson in 2012.

 

Over the years Starr has studied with many Master teachers including; Ray Long, David Swenson, Jason Crandell, Dharma Mittra, Kino Macgregor, Rodney Yee, Baron Baptiste, Richard Freeman, Seane Corn, Sadie Nardini, Bryan Kest, Kathryn Budig, Tias Little, Anna Forest, Annie Carpenter, Aadil Palkhivala, Rolf Gates, and many more. 

 

Starr has grown up in yoga alongside her mother, Marti. She began practicing when she was 10 years old. Starr has been teaching yoga professionally since she was 16 and has always felt grateful for the opportunity to serve. Starr believes that “Yoga is for Everybody”.

Chris Bridges holds a 500-hour Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) certification, having completed her 200-hour training at the Living Yoga Program at the Radha Madhav Dham ashram and her 300-hour training at InBliss Yoga. She is also certified in Yin and Khundalini Yoga methodologies.

Chris began practicing yoga in 2013 and started teaching in 2014. She offers a range of classes from restorative to powerful vinyasa, emphasizing that yoga's benefits are accessible to everyone. Her teaching philosophy centers on helping students find self-acceptance, grace, and inner peace, with the belief that yoga is for every body and encouraging students to find the pose variations that suit them best. Her guiding mantra is, "Your breath is your guide, and your awareness is the key."

Outside the studio, Chris enjoys spending time with her family, including her husband Mike, their daughter, and three dogs. She considers InBliss Yoga her home away from home and cherishes its inclusive community.

Chris Bridges's journey in yoga exemplifies the transformative power of the practice, and she is dedicated to inspiring her students towards self-discovery and personal growth.

Joyce is a certified E-500HR RYT instructor who has been practicing yoga since the early 2000s and began teaching in 2013 under mentors Marti Lee and Starr Evans. She completed her 500hr Yoga Teacher Certification with Yoga Renew in Denver, CO, and holds two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Communication Studies and Music.

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Known for her “soothing cadence vocal style,” Joyce's yoga practice and teaching have enabled her to live a healthier and happier lifestyle physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Joyce currently teaches at Inbliss Yoga studio and is the lead yoga instructor at The Elms Hotel & Spa in Excelsior Springs, MO. She specializes in Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, and Restorative/Nidra classes, ensuring participants leave feeling great joy and relaxation. Outside the yoga studio, Joyce is owner and operator of Wag-a-lotz, a pet sitting service in Kansas City northland, and enjoys spending time with her husband Rodney, their two grown daughters, grandkids, and four dogs.

Her daily mantra is, “When life gets challenging, you breathe!” and “Live in Peace. Believe in Hope. Walk in LOVE! NAMASTE’!”

Ian has a background in kickboxing and boxing. After moving to the US from the Philippines in 1992, he added weightlifting to his routine. Ian started taking yoga classes to balance out his other workouts and improve flexibility.

 

He soon discovered that he tremendously enjoyed yoga.

 

He has been practicing regularly since 2000 and teaching since 2007. He truly enjoys aiding people in improving their personal yoga practice.

Danielle is a Doctor of Physical Therapy that has been teaching a wide variety of yoga classes for 10 years.

She started practicing yoga with Starr and Marti in 2004 and started teaching yoga at Inbliss in 2013. She enjoy’s teaching fundamentals, vinyasa flow, ashtanga, and arm balance yoga. She loves the people that she has the pleasure of teaching and working with at Inbliss. Everyone is so friendly and inviting there.

 

It feels like a second home to her and she always leaves feeling better than when she came, Danielle hopes this for her students as well. Danielle and Starr have been best friends for their whole lives and Marti is like a second mother to Danielle. 

 

She is honored to be a part of such a wonderful yoga community.

Jill discovered yoga 5 years ago when she first attended a class at InBliss. She has been praticing and teaching ever since.

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She enjoys the physical part of yoga, working your body & sweating, but fell in love with the spiritual aspect of the practice.

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She believes you carry each class and pose with you beyond the studio and into your everyday life.

Outside the studio she shares her life with her husband Ace and their fur baby, Rocky.