The Studio Instructors
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Meet Your Yoga Instructors
Karen Flynn
Mind/Body Manager The Studio Manager Pilates and Precision Manager
Karen Flynn
Mind/Body Manager The Studio Manager Pilates and Precision Manager
Karen has been an avid fitness buff who enjoys life through the lens of positive spirituality and physical health. An E-RYT 500 with Yoga Alliance, Karen is grateful to be able to share her love of yoga, REACH, and Pilates with others in both a teaching and management capacity. Karen creates a welcoming environment with students and team members, encouraging self-acceptance, wellness, restoration, and personal growth. Karen especially enjoys the challenge of creating a dynamic and fun sequence in each and every class that connects deeply with her students. Karen is a mother of three and in addition to her professional life she gives of her time to her family as well as various ministries in her parish. At the club since: 2008
630-315-5347kflynn@wheatonsportcenter.com
Allie Beyer
The Studio Instructor
Allie Beyer
The Studio Instructor
Allie Beyer is an E-RYT and has been teaching hot and vinyasa yoga since 2015. She enjoys challenging her students to grow in their practice by experimenting with familiar movements in unfamiliar ways. Allie likes to remind her students (and herself) that it’s just yoga – Have fun with it and find playfulness on the mat! 200hr Certified, Hot & Aerial Certified. At the club since 2015
Amy Kerman-Gutzmer
The Studio & Group Fitness Instructor
Beth Bach Pomatto
The Studio & Group Fitness Instructor
Beth Bach Pomatto
The Studio & Group Fitness Instructor
Beth Pomatto comes to the Wheaton Sport Center with a passion for yoga and serving others. Beth has been practicing yoga most of her life. She became inspired to get her 200hr training to help others experience the benefits of yoga for themselves. Beth has been teaching yoga to all ages for 9 years and is continuing her yoga education in multiple class formats while working towards her 500hr certification. She is excited to share the benefits of yoga with you. 200hr Certified. At the club since: 2012
Carrie Provost
Group Fitness Instructor & The Studio Instructor
Carrie Provost
Group Fitness Instructor & The Studio Instructor
Carrie Provost comes to the Sport Center with an eclectic resume – her primary career is as an orchestra conductor and violinist in the DuPage Symphony Orchestra. Yoga has become an integral part of Carrie’s life since she started taking classes 15 years ago at the Sport Center. She was inspired to complete the 200 hour teacher training in order to help others experience yoga’s benefits! She also recently became certified with the Aquatic Exercise Association. 200hr Certified. At the club since 2019
Danielle Brown
The Studio Instructor
Danielle Brown
The Studio Instructor
Danielle started practicing yoga as a teenager and has been hooked ever since. She trained at Kula yoga project in NYC in alignment based vinyasa and has been teaching since January 2012. After having her first child she did a prenatal/postnatal teacher training program at Bliss Baby yoga. She also likes to mix in barre and Pilates, with plenty of focus on the breath. Danielle is a proud mama of two with one on the way. At the club since 2018
Dawn Ostrem
The Studio Instructor
Dawn Ostrem
The Studio Instructor
Dawn is a Yoga Alliance certified RYT 200 hour Yoga Instructor. She loves that yoga offers everyone a way to build balance, resilience and strength of the body, and mind. Years of consistent practice led her to becoming a teacher to share the gift of yoga with others. Dawn is passionate about fitness, the outdoors, travel and family. When not teaching she is busy with her husband and three kids, and volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House in Winfield. At the club since: 2020
Heather Nieting
The Studio Instructor
Heather Nieting
The Studio Instructor
Heather is thrilled to join the team of yoga instructors at Wheaton Sport Center. She decided to pursue her 250 hour certification through Prairie Yoga after seeing how much a consistent yoga practice benefited all aspects of her life. As a five-year member of the club, Heather has been influenced and inspired by the many wonderful teachers at WSC and looks forward to sharing the joyful gift of yoga to those who join her for practice. Off the mat, Heather enjoys traveling, dancing, and going for nature walks and bike rides with her husband, three children, and dog. At the club since: 2022
Jeannie Iseman
The Studio Instructor
Jeannie Iseman
The Studio Instructor
A runner and triathlete, Jeannie started her yoga journey to build stamina and flexibility. The quiet of the practice coupled with mindful movement inspired her to seek more education through RYT-200 training. She specializes in hatha, power, and vinyasa flow and enjoys a vigorous practice to get her heart pumping. When not teaching yoga, she works for The GardenWorks Project, a local hunger assistance organization, and serves at her church as a worship leader. She lives with her husband and three children on a farmette in Wayne. 200hr Certified. At the club since: 2015
Jen Heyen
The Studio Instructor
Jen Heyen
The Studio Instructor
Jen is passionate about helping others live healthy lives and is grateful to share the benefits of yoga, along with good playlists and a sense of humor, with any level and age of student. After experiencing the benefits of yoga in her own life, she obtained her 200 RYT in 2019 and her 500 RYT in 2021. A lifelong learner both on and off the mat, Jen is certified in multiple formats, including traditional hot, sculpt, senior, and yin yoga. She looks forward to practicing with WSC members and hopes they can take the peace, mindfulness, and strength they demonstrate in class into their daily lives. 500 hour Yoga Alliance certified. At the club since: 2022