Connect with our community.
In addition to the YOGAMOTIF team, we share space with a beautiful community of practitioners. Learn more about the people and resources below and connect with them today.
Sheba Gittens
Sheba is a heArtivist, Arts Educator, Co-creator of Space, Facilitator of Joy, Organizer with Community, and a Weaver of Truth. She received her BA in Africana Studies from the University of Pittsburgh and has spent her career in the practice of equity and justice.
Heather Manning
Heather Louise Manning is a dedicated Youth Garden Educator and a certified 500-hour Yoga Instructor. Her innovative approach centers on her work with children and the seamless integration of gardening and yoga.
Dawnbee Kim-Fair
Dawnbee Kim-Fair, a multifaceted practitioner, combines yoga, breathwork, energy healing and creative alchemy as the heart of Sweet Rain Healing.
Cheyenne Campbell
Cheyenne Penelope Campbell, or Chey for short, was born and raised on the east side of pittsburgh, primarily Homewood. Cheyenne has spent many years working in the nonprofit sector inspired by her lived experiences as an inner city black woman.
Tye Clarke
Meet Tye (she/her): chronic sufferer of wanderlust, multi-hyphenate creative, Raja yoga instructor, and lover of all things otherworldly. Her work explores the relationship between play and joy as tools for collective and individual liberation.
Donal Donovan
Donal Donovan received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Exercise Science from Mercyhurst University, where they also played Division II Soccer. Donal was first certified as a personal trainer in 2010 through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
Lori Crawford
Lori Crawford is an emotional embodiment coach and creator of the Improviding Life Practice which retools 100+ overfunctioning women to heal how they show up in life so their emotional needs are met as they break intergenerational cycles of harm.
Stephanie Romero
Awaken Pittsburgh is a secular organization that draws upon the wisdom of mindfulness and meditation to serve a broad public. Our programs serve social service, public safety and mental health professionals, educators, corporations, and any other individual or organization seeking to gain clarity, focus, renewal, and decrease stress.
Alecia Dawn Young
Alecia Dawn Young is an artist and scholar who believes the creative process is an invitation to heal. The founder of the creative wellness studio YOGAMOTIF, she believes that generating art and life are connected and invests her time in people, projects, and communities that explore these practices.