Meet Our Team

Jodee is the owner of The Yoga Path and started yoga in 1998 for the benefits of relieving back pain. The feeling of physical well-being led to an awareness of how yoga can nurture the mind and body. This personal experience fuels Jodee’s wish to share yoga with each student willing to learn. Jodee has studied with senior teachers Bhavani Maki, Matthew Sweeney, Iain Grysak and Dylan Bernstein. In 2013, Jodee completed 7 week intensive study with Iain Grysak in Whitehorse and begun studying with Dylan Bernstein in 2018 and feels Bhavani as her current teacher. Jodee is a registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance, receiving RYT 200 in 2008 and currently E-RYT 200, with over 10,000 hours of teaching experience.
In the last 5 years, functional movements, pre-hab and re-hab exercises have integrated into Jodee's personal practice and teaching. The aim for Jodee's classes is to be welcoming to all students, include useful movements and offer stress management techniques.

Naomi (she/her) has practiced various forms of yoga since 2013, ranging from more active styles like Ashtanga and vinyasa to slower practices like yin, breathwork, and meditation. She is passionate about yoga as a tool for mental and physical wellbeing. As an athlete, she uses yoga to have more body awareness, balance between muscle groups, and as a way to calm the mind. Curious to learn more about the physical body and different yoga philosophies, Naomi underwent a hybrid 200 hour vinyasa yoga teacher training in the summer of 2024, doing online learning over several months and a week long in person retreat in October of 2024. She also completed a 30 hour yin immersion in the fall of 2024. She is excited to share her passion for yoga with students!

Brandie has instructed fitness for 15+ years & has had a love for sport and fitness her entire life. Diagnosed with scoliosis in high school, her doctor recommended yoga as a way of balancing her body and aiding her spine health which is when she discovered the physical benefits of yoga. Graduating with a degree in Exercise Science and Health she continued personal and group training and became a Spartan Race Coach and Obstacle Course Training Specialist where mobility became priority & she began mixing mobility, strength, and yoga together. Her mental & spiritual connection to yoga developed through years of personal practice & studying Hatha yoga and meditation while living in the Dominican Republic. In 2020 Brandie completed a 200 YTT with Shanti Yoga School which orients towards a breath-aware, biomechanically-conscious vinyasa & lead her to hosting week long yoga wellness retreats in Mexico. Her passion is to never stop playing while helping others stay playful & active for life.

Melissa has dabbled in meditation and yoga for many years, however it wasn’t until recently she experienced the benefits of a regular yoga and meditation practice. Yoga and meditation allows us to reconnect to who we are and can create a greater sense of gratitude for the little things in life. This inspired her to complete an online 200 hr YTT. She is grateful to consider Jodee a mentor and looks forward to sharing her practice with you. Melissa is a teacher in the Juneau school district and considers herself a lifelong learner. When she is not in the yoga studio, she enjoys spending time with her family and playing in the mountains.