02/25/2026
✨ Teacher Spotlight: Yulia Ray ✨
We’re excited to welcome Yulia to the Protea Movement community! Her teaching is grounded, empowering, and rooted in the belief that everyone belongs on the mat, exactly as they are. 💚
🧘♀️ Favorite Pose: Goddess Pose
“It’s powerful and a reminder to take up space unapologetically.”
💬 Favorite Quote:
“And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” — John Steinbeck
🧠 Fun Fact:
Yulia has a background in linguistics and taught at a medical university, sparking her fascination with how the mind and body communicate.
💚 Why She Loves Teaching:
“Seeing people reconnect with their bodies and realize they don’t need to be flexible to belong on the mat.”
😂 Funny Yoga Moment:
“Once I cued a long, calm breath… and realized I’d been holding my own breath the entire time. Yoga keeps me honest.”
Yulia’s classes are a reminder that strength, softness, and self-acceptance can coexist.
Come move, breathe, and take up space with her.
🌿Thursdays 6:30am, Steady (Warm Flow).
Because Movement is Medicine.