freedom yoga team
Kimberly Ky
Megumi Burr-Tolliver
Megumi Burr-Tolliver
Founder & Instructor
I am a newly single mother, artist, community member, and a natural born teacher (coming from an ancestral lineage of teachers). Through my personal experience, I’ve discovered how yoga can be a sacred self-healing practice and I encourage everyone to claim this power for themselves. These transformative practices can
Founder & Instructor
I am a newly single mother, artist, community member, and a natural born teacher (coming from an ancestral lineage of teachers). Through my personal experience, I’ve discovered how yoga can be a sacred self-healing practice and I encourage everyone to claim this power for themselves. These transformative practices can be accessible and comprehensive for all, and I strive to share it that way. My yogic offering is a dance between mindful movement and deep introspection. The most important aspect of my classes is integration- understanding how yoga relates to life OFF of the mat. Currently, my purpose is supporting whole families on the path and reaching people who are seeking a spiritual home. Students can expect to feel embraced by our Freedom Yoga community.
Megumi Burr-Tolliver
Megumi Burr-Tolliver
Megumi Burr-Tolliver
Energy Healer
Megumi Burr-Tolliver's passion is sharing inner wellbeing. Her practice, Compassion Tree Mama Care, has supported mamas over the past ten years with massage, yoga, energy healing, and doula support. She loves guiding women into deeper connection, whether they are just discovering or seasoned explorers. Megumi's classes offer compassionate and attuned support.
Leah Mercado
Megumi Burr-Tolliver
Leah Mercado
Leah Mercado is a spiritual teacher and a practitioner of the healing arts for over 20 years. Her commitment as a teacher is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that facilitates communication and acceptance. Participants in her dharma and Conscious Parenting offerings will be invited to discuss, practice, and integrate this “dharma” in their everyday lives.
Erin Serrano
Matthew Legaspi
Leah Mercado
Instructor
Erin started her yoga journey looking for a new physical exercise. Instead, she found a deeper connection with herself and a greater awareness of her mind, body, and spirit. Erin aims to show her students that yoga is accessible to any person who is open to the experience. Her classes are structured to promote overall wellness and the confidence to explore the yoga practice.
Fe Lindquist
Matthew Legaspi
Matthew Legaspi
Instructor
Fe is a mindful teacher who honors her body by prioritizing longevity. She has been practicing for over 11 years and her passion for this practice has grown as she got older. She has always been close to her children, and more so now that she is able to share her practice with them as well as her grandchildren. Fe strives to mak
Instructor
Fe is a mindful teacher who honors her body by prioritizing longevity. She has been practicing for over 11 years and her passion for this practice has grown as she got older. She has always been close to her children, and more so now that she is able to share her practice with them as well as her grandchildren. Fe strives to make yoga accessible for all. In the future, she wants to teach yoga for aging gracefully. (She will retire next year and is feeling better than ever!)
Matthew Legaspi
Matthew Legaspi
Matthew Legaspi
Instructor
In yoga, Matt has found a place for health, friends, and community for 8 years. He enjoys that yoga is so multifaceted and provides so many things to an equally diverse population of practitioners. For him, yoga is a toolbox- it provides ways to deal with all types of stresses and situations both on and off the mat.
It has becom
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In yoga, Matt has found a place for health, friends, and community for 8 years. He enjoys that yoga is so multifaceted and provides so many things to an equally diverse population of practitioners. For him, yoga is a toolbox- it provides ways to deal with all types of stresses and situations both on and off the mat.
It has become a great way to be authentically involved with his family. As many of his family members adopt ways to get and stay healthy, he gets to be a resource and uses yoga as a means for them to achieve their goals.
Clare Bautista
Danielle Sanchez
Danielle Sanchez
Instructor
At first yoga was a means of getting a good work out, but it quickly evolved into so much more. My body not only craved the movement, but my mind needed the release from everyday life. I decided to deepen my practice by becoming a RYT 200 in 2018. Yoga helps me balance out my life and provides a place for me to breathe, move, an
Instructor
At first yoga was a means of getting a good work out, but it quickly evolved into so much more. My body not only craved the movement, but my mind needed the release from everyday life. I decided to deepen my practice by becoming a RYT 200 in 2018. Yoga helps me balance out my life and provides a place for me to breathe, move, and let go. My yoga practice helps clear my mind, refocus my energy, and helps me balance out my priorities in order to be a better wife and mom to my 5 kids.
Danielle Sanchez
Danielle Sanchez
Danielle Sanchez
Instructor
I have been an enthusiastic yoga student for over 12 years and have transitioned from student to teacher when I completed the 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program. Because of my desire to make yoga accessible to everyone, I enjoy teaching gentle and beginner level classes, emphasizing that everyone can benefit from the gift of
Instructor
I have been an enthusiastic yoga student for over 12 years and have transitioned from student to teacher when I completed the 500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Program. Because of my desire to make yoga accessible to everyone, I enjoy teaching gentle and beginner level classes, emphasizing that everyone can benefit from the gift of yoga.
In my classes, I love to combine Iyengar style sequencing, compassion-centered philosophy, and my playful spirit to help students deepen their practice. My hope is that you leave your mat feeling centered, rejuvenated, and fulfilled."
Yoga has inspired me to continue my inquisition in myself and others, cultivating a deep connection internally and externally. My yoga practice has transferred off the mat, resulting in healing my relationships with family members and myself.
April Ang
Danielle Sanchez
Aryn Tuazon
Instructor
My yoga practice has evolved over the two decades since I first stepped onto the mat. After many starts, stops and restarts, yoga has played an important part in my own growth and transformation as a person, and a member of our community. What began as rudimentary exercise, yoga, for me, has become more than simply the set of
Instructor
My yoga practice has evolved over the two decades since I first stepped onto the mat. After many starts, stops and restarts, yoga has played an important part in my own growth and transformation as a person, and a member of our community. What began as rudimentary exercise, yoga, for me, has become more than simply the set of movements – yoga has become a place of contemplation and purpose, a place to discover wholeness and confidence that has helped me become a better parent and partner. My aim is to offer you a class that is fun, builds physical and mental agility, inspires confidence, and is a place for contemplation and growth. I am excited to share my experiences and support you on your own journey on the mat and off.
Aryn Tuazon
Aryn Tuazon
Aryn Tuazon
Instructor
Aryn is a RYT-200 certified yoga instructor born and trained in the Bay Area with a background in dance and creative movement. She hopes to cultivate diverse dreamlands for folx to access a sense of play, reimagine freedom, and feel their aliveness through expansive breath and movement. She is passionate about discovering authen
Instructor
Aryn is a RYT-200 certified yoga instructor born and trained in the Bay Area with a background in dance and creative movement. She hopes to cultivate diverse dreamlands for folx to access a sense of play, reimagine freedom, and feel their aliveness through expansive breath and movement. She is passionate about discovering authenticity, exploring intuitive relationships, and feeling embodied to share our stories with the community. In class, she will offer her best to suggest props and safe variations for all bodies.
The Freedom Yoga Story
My Wake Up Call
DING DING DING
I wish it was an alarm clock, but it was the sound of my car’s safety system notifying 911.
I fell asleep at the wheel and drove up a curb. My chest already felt sore from the seatbelt and I winced as I unbuckled my seatbelt.
Freedom started bellowing in the backseat. I had to get to him, but i was moving so slow. Weakly pushing my driver side door open, I made my way to the back door. It felt like the longest journey of my life….
I looked him in the eyes and he immediately stopped crying. As I undid his harness, I checked his body for any injuries. Not even a scratch. My heart sank to my knees in deep gratitude for the Universe truly looking out for us.
I took a walk around the car and knew it was unsalvageable. At that moment, I knew I hit rock bottom.
Freedom was 9 months old and I was in the pits of severe postpartum depression and anxiety. Without a doubt, I loved my baby, AND i was beyond tired of and from EVERYTHING. It was time to slowly climb my way out.
It was time to put on my tool belt. Through intentional choices, active self healing, professional therapy, and leaning on community, I became more strong, balanced, and flexible- just like my physical yoga practice.
I began to let go and entertain the visions I had of starting my own yoga business. And so I did it- I started a yoga business from nothing and named it after my son, my guiding light, Freedom.
Originally, I started Freedom Yoga to support new mothers. If there had been more accessible postpartum healing, I believe I would not have fallen so low into my suffering. Through way of evolution, I arrived at the mission to create community on the path. This is because it truly takes a village. The conversation and practices had/has to be broader.
That was the past and right now is the present. Building the Freedom Yoga community is the present I give myself everyday. I love sharing my mothering journey with those I share my yoga practice with. I am so grateful to get a glimpse into others' homes and cultivate a space where we can truly come as we are.
I am living a dream that fills me with much joy. I am building the community that is raising my son. Will you build this community with me, for our families?
- Kimberly
Founder Kimberly Ky with her son, Freedom Sage.