Meet Natalie
Yoga that shows up for real life.
Hi, I'm Natalie. My practice spans more than 20 years and three very different chapters — sweating through hot yoga in Maui, finding my power in California studios, and eventually coming back here to Texas where yin and vinyasa became the heart of my daily life. Each place shaped how I move and how I teach.
As the years have passed, I've grown to love and deeply respect yin and gentle yoga — not as a lesser practice, but as a pure necessity. They're what allow me to keep showing up. They're what slow everything down when life won't. That shift in my own practice is woven into every class I offer.
My style blends a love for music with body awareness and a genuine commitment to inclusivity. Whether we're flowing to a playlist or sitting in stillness, the goal is always the same: help you feel more at home in your body, exactly as it is today.
Teaching Philosophy
No performance. No pressure. Just practice.
My classes are not about achieving a pose. They're about learning to listen to your body, building a relationship with your breath, and finding out what you're actually capable of — which is usually more than you think.
I offer modifications in every class because bodies are different, days are different, and what serves you on Tuesday might not serve you on Saturday. You're always encouraged to do less, rest, or simply breathe.
The outdoor setting is intentional. Nature has a way of reminding us that we're already whole — we just need a moment to remember it.
The Practices
Three styles. One community.
Gentle Yoga
For every body, every day.
Slow, accessible movement that meets you where you are. No flexibility required, no experience needed. Gentle yoga is the on-ramp — and for many, it becomes the destination.
Power Yoga
Build strength. Find flow.
Dynamic sequences that build real, functional strength — set to music that moves you. You'll sweat, you'll work, and you'll leave feeling more capable than when you arrived. Modifications always available.
Yin Yoga
Deep rest. Deep release.
Long-held, passive poses that target connective tissue and calm the nervous system. The antidote to a busy life. Come tired — leave restored.
The Mission
Yoga belongs to everyone.
Yoga in the Woods exists because access to wellness shouldn't depend on a gym membership or a studio pass. By meeting people in their own neighborhoods — in the parks, community centers, and local gyms where people already gather — we remove the friction between people and their practice.
The suggested donation is $15 per class — that's what keeps this going. But if $15 isn't possible today, come anyway. Give $5, give what you have, or simply show up. No one is ever turned away. And if you're in a position to give more, you're helping someone else get on their mat.
Your presence matters more than your payment. The mat is always here.
What We Stand For
The values behind the practice.
Accessible to everyone
Yoga should never be gated by income, fitness level, or experience. Donation-based means you decide what a class is worth to you — and everyone is welcome regardless.
Rooted in nature
There's something that happens when you practice outside — under trees, with the morning air, birds in the background. It grounds the practice in a way four walls can't.
Community first
These classes exist because of the people who show up. The community that forms on a park lawn — strangers becoming regulars, regulars becoming friends — that's the real practice.