MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS
Dedicated Experts
KIM TENE
Yoga Director
Kim Tene has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. She’s loved the art of linking movement and music her whole life. As a child, Kim practiced all forms of dance including ballet, tap and jazz. Up until 2008, she worked in the corporate world and taught barre and Pilates part-time. An opportunity for yoga teacher training and instructing fell into her lap, and she has spent over a decade dedicated to teaching yoga full-time. Her intention for every class is to speak easy, pass no judgement, do no harm, and most importantly, have fun together.
“Yoga takes the components of my love for barre, Pilates, and dance to a new level. It encourages a deeper connection with self and with others. Yoga is accessible to everyone, with endless types - the beauty and peace of a yin restorative class, up to moving and sweating, using all your strength, balance and core in a more aggressive flow. There is no competition; it’s progress without perfection. To see what your body naturally can do, listening to it and appreciating for what it will do. When I see my students progress or change or create balance in their body or mind, without ego, without perfection, this is what I love. This is what brings us together.”
BRIDGET CAMP
Instructor
Bridget found her love for yoga in 2013 when she took a hot class with a friend, and dove into teacher training shortly thereafter. She has a Masters in elementary education from Oakland university and taught fourth grade before teaching yoga. When she’s not at the studio, she loves spending time with her family, cooking, decorating, and working out. Bridget is also a certified barre instructor which is a great compliment to yoga.
NICOLE NYGARD
Yoga Instructor
“You do not need to be flexible to practice yoga, you just need to be able to breathe.” is the mantra woven throughout Nicole Nygaard’s classes. After a traumatic and transformative experience in 1995, Nicole answered a calling to heal in Hawaii.
In Maui, she received her group fitness and yoga certifications from SS&C. Since then, Yoga has been where Nicole finds her center and source of light. In her 28 years of teaching, she has been certified in the 500 Hour Training from Maureen Bosker’s “Yoga in The Woods,” as well as The Willpower Method.
Masterfully guiding you to your center, Nicole’s classes have strong foundations in Ashtanga and meditation. She happily teaches Yin, Hatha, Slow Flow, Power Yoga, and-her favorite- Vinyasa. Nicole is blessed to have trained with greats like Gloria Keeling, Berly Bender Birch, David Swensen, and Brian Kest. She always says, “All Yoga is good, you just need to find the
practice or instructor that suits you.”
VAL PERRY
Yoga Instructor/Sound Practitioner
Val has been practicing yoga for 15 years and her practice has become a way of life for her. Val has been a Certified Yoga Instructor since December 4, 2022. She has been certified in the Applications of Therapeutic Sound since June 21, 2022. Working together with Kim Tene, Val brings a unique and popular Sacred Sounds Yin Yoga class to the YogaVita Studio.
