cultivating embodied wisdom through yoga
Attuned Wisdom School of Yoga provides workshops, classes and yoga teacher training in the heart of Lexington, Kentucky. Rooted in embodied practice, nervous system awareness, and the timeless wisdom of yoga philosophy, our programs integrate modern movement science, fascial anatomy, breathwork, and subtle body teachings to support a holistic understanding of yoga.
The Five Pillars
Foundations for Attuned Wisdom
Nervous System Literacy & Breath
Understanding the nervous system is foundational to an embodied yoga practice. Students learn how breath, pacing, and awareness influence states of stress, regulation, and resilience, and how yoga practices can support balance and healing.
Fascia & Functional Anatomy
Students explore the body through the lens of fascia, joint function, and intelligent movement patterns. This pillar emphasizes sustainable alignment, adaptability, and understanding the body as an interconnected system.
Embodied Self-Inquiry & the Subtle Body
Yoga becomes a practice of listening inward. Through movement, reflection, and subtle body awareness, students develop the ability to sense the body’s signals, explore prana and energetic anatomy, and cultivate inner guidance.
Intelligent Strength, Movement & Therapeutic Yoga
Students learn how to build strength, stability, and mobility in ways that support the whole body. Emphasis is placed on functional movement, therapeutic application, and adapting practices to meet the needs of diverse bodies.
Living Yoga & Real Life Integration
Yoga is more than what happens on the mat. Through philosophy, self-study, and practical integration, students learn how yoga informs daily life, relationships, and authentic teaching.
Instructors
Monica Livingston
LEAD INSTRUCTOR
B.S.Ed, E-RYT 500, LMT, LE, Usui Reiki Master, Certified Pilates Instructor (FITOUR)
Monica brings over 770 hours of advanced yoga training along with a background in education and kinesiology, creating a teacher training experience that is both deeply informed and highly practical. Her approach bridges anatomy, nervous system awareness, and intuitive teaching, helping students truly understand the body—not just memorize it.
As a licensed massage therapist and esthetician, Monica offers a hands-on, real-world perspective of how the body holds tension, adapts, and heals. Her trainees learn not only alignment and adjustment techniques, but how to see and respond to the individual in front of them with clarity and confidence.
Rooted in trauma-informed principles and influenced by her work in reiki and vedic Thai massage, Monica teaches future instructors how to create spaces that feel safe, inclusive, and genuinely supportive. Her style emphasizes presence, adaptability, and connection—guiding students to teach in a way that is both anatomically sound and energetically attuned. Above all, she is passionate about helping aspiring teachers develop their own voice, trust their instincts, and lead with both knowledge and authenticity.
Guest Instructors
Colleen Potter
Colleen Potter is a women’s health & intuition coach, yoga & pilates teacher, Reiki Master, and lifelong athlete. Her flow-style yoga classes blend breath, intention, mobility, energy, and functional strength to help you develop a deeper, more resilient relationship with your body and yourself. In her health & performance coaching practice, Swell Life Wellness, Colleen helps female leaders emerge from exhaustion and burnout to create soulfully successful lives that look and feel amazing - inside and out - through personalized coaching, leadership training, women’s health education, and rejuvenating retreats.
Ashtin Morgan
Ashtin, RYT, MBA, is a Kentucky native whose lifelong passion is to share movement, mindfulness, and holistic wellness throughout the Appalachian region. With a deep appreciation for her community, she strives to make yoga accessibility for practitioners of all backgrounds. Her desire to be a lifelong student has molded her teaching style to be both innovative and curious. Her approach is rooted in creative sequencing and playful exploration. She encourages students to explore their tipping points safely, using movement and breathwork as a pathway to inner awareness. Her classes invite students to grow, play, and reconnect, on and off of the mat.
Megan Adams
Megan Adams (RYT-200) is a yoga teacher, movement educator, and lifelong dancer with 25 years of classical ballet training and 10 years of teaching experience. She is currently a C-IAYT practicum student under clinical supervision, with anticipated completion in Spring 2027. Guided by Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, Megan’s approach supports compassionate, embodied practice sprinkled with a lot of joy, emphasizing mindful movement, breath and community. Her work centers accessible, functional movement that prioritizes how the body feels and functions over how a pose looks. Megan teaches at The Studio Georgetown and the Lexington Senior Center, is the founder of Bluegrass Serenity Yoga & Wellness, and serves as an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown College. She also works with dancers, athletes and teams to support mobility, recovery, and resilience.
Dindy Yokel
Dindy Yokel, a 500-hour registered yoga & mindfulness teacher, has been a yoga practitioner for more than 30 years. Dindy deepened her practice by studying at the Azul Yoga Institute of Boca Raton 200-hour RYT training, graduating in May 2016, and at Yoga Journey, completing 500 hours in September 2019. She specializes in Yin, Hatha, Vinyasa, gentle and restorative styles incorporating mindful meditation, reiki, chakra balancing and yoga philosophy into her teaching. Ms. Yokel has received trauma-conscious yoga and mindfulness certification from Connected Warriors, Connection Coalition and David Treleaven.