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Continuing our little segment called…Get to Know (GTK) your Teachers! A fun little way to learn more about the kind soul...
06/05/2026

Continuing our little segment called…

Get to Know (GTK) your Teachers! A fun little way to learn more about the kind souls who guide you through your practice each week 💕

Sade Pramberger is up next! She was our second ZD teacher to join the team and she showed up at the perfect time when we were looking to add to our team.

If you’ve been to a class with Sade, you know she’s cool with a capital “C,” and, she has a voice that’ll make you drift right into Savasana!

Let’s hear more about Sade!

1) Favorite food?

Breakfast is my absolute favorite meal of the day, so truly any and every breakfast food - pancakes, avocado toast, tofu scramble, oatmeal, a smoothie  

2) Something about you that might surprise people?

For people who don’t know me, I’m a HUGE reader. And the series that got me into reading is the Twilight Saga. The movies are my favorite to watch each year around my birthday! 

3) Are you a morning or night person?

I am 100% a morning person, my bedtime is forever 9pm 

4) What’s a food you won’t eat?

Anything with olives 

5) Do you have any siblings?

I’m the oldest of three girls and they are my forever best friends 

6) Favorite yoga pose:

Dolphin or pigeon 

7) Favorite yoga style to take: power

8) Favorite yoga style to teach: restore 

9) Least favorite pose: Any arm balance - my goal is to be able to do crow at some point in my life haha 

10) One word for what yoga means to me:

Bliss

11). What makes you the happiest?

Slow mornings make me the happiest. Being able to ease into the day with a cup of coffee just feels so incredible 

12)Advice for your younger self?

Trust your gut!

Thank you, Sade, for sharing more about yourself! We love to get to know our community better! 🩷💛🖤

Scenes from the studio 📸 So serene, so inviting … see you soon 💕Photos by .moves
06/01/2026

Scenes from the studio 📸

So serene, so inviting … see you soon 💕

Photos by .moves

Life, lately 💕 👣
05/30/2026

Life, lately 💕 👣

Introducing a little segment called…Get to Know (GTK) your Teachers! A fun little way to learn more about the kind souls...
05/27/2026

Introducing a little segment called…

Get to Know (GTK) your Teachers!

A fun little way to learn more about the kind souls who guide you through your practice each week 💕

Carly Isleib was our first teacher to join the ZD team, and she’s been around since our very first few months in business, so it’s no surprise she’s up first!

Let’s hear a little more about Carly!

1) Favorite food?

Currently bread 🥖

2) Something about you that might surprise people?

I have trouble meditating 🧘‍♂️

3) Are you a morning or night person?

Morning person for sure!!! ☀️

4) What’s a food you won’t eat?

Snails 🐌

5) Favorite yoga pose:

Nowadays..... I love a forward fold...(knees bent, belly on quads...thats the stuff!)

6) Least favorite pose:

Wheel. I’ve been fighting with this pose for ages. It gets better as my upper body gets stronger, but it’s still terrifying to me.

7) One word for what yoga means to me:

Alliance. Returning to an alliance with myself. The world pulls me in so many directions, but when I’m on the mat...no matter what is going on, I’m aligned with myself again. ✌️

8) What makes you the happiest?

Honestly, it depends on the day & the season and my energy. Some days I need to be slow and cozy. Other days I need speed and heat. My yoga practice helps me figure out what my body is asking for each day.

9) Advice for your younger self?

Trust yourself. You are 1000% stronger than you think you are.

Thank you, Carly, for sharing more about yourself and the fun pics of you and your hubby and the infamous cat, Pancake 🥞!!

Nyla Jean Mikkelson arrived Tuesday, May 12th, after a 48 hour labor that went nothing like I’d planned.The very next da...
05/23/2026

Nyla Jean Mikkelson arrived Tuesday, May 12th, after a 48 hour labor that went nothing like I’d planned.

The very next day, Nyla had a seizure and spent 5 long days at the NICU at CCMC.

Traumatic doesn’t begin to explain our first few days as parents, waiting news of our baby whilst staring at her empty bassinet 😭

— But she’s home now; and she’s happy, healthy and doing all of the baby things.

Life has a funny way of showing you perspective, sometimes.

Welcome home baby girl, we love you more than you know💕👣

Happy Mother’s Day!! 🩷39 weeks + 2 days, hallelujah Healthy “advanced maternal age” pregnancy, hallelujah Big sis who ta...
05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day!! 🩷

39 weeks + 2 days, hallelujah
Healthy “advanced maternal age” pregnancy, hallelujah
Big sis who takes amazing photos, hallelujah
My yoga studio with perfect lighting, hallelujah
Baby girl coming very soon, hallelujah

🩷💛🖤

One of my biggest fears of pregnancy was how it would change my body. Vain? Perhaps. — But I’ve battled weight my entire...
04/28/2026

One of my biggest fears of pregnancy was how it would change my body.

Vain? Perhaps.

— But I’ve battled weight my entire life and had finally - almost - gotten a handle on it… then, surprise!! I found out I was pregnant!

I’m not here to say it’s been a walk in the park… pregnancy is a wild ride.

Miraculous? Yes.
And also, incredibly challenging.

New aches and pains and mental fatigue… you lack control as your body shifts to accommodate this little life inside of you.

Yet I still felt called to capture this special time and embrace my curvier female form.

— The miracle of life becomes all the more apparent when you carry a child within you for 9 months.

I’ll be forever changed by this experience. 🙏🏻🩷

Thank you, for the beautiful images and for getting Dave to pose in ways he said he’d never 🤪

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