Alison King is a runner and dancer turned yogi. After a big knee injury, she turned to yoga for healing. It was in a hot yoga room that she first found healing and SO much more. She was hooked after her first class. Alison teaches at One Tree Yoga in Omaha, NE, where she received her 200-hour yoga teaching certification with Theresa Murphy, at One Tree Yoga Omaha, in 2009. Her teaching style is varied, and each week you can find her teaching hot yoga, vinyasa, hatha, eclectic, and yin because she believes “all styles have something valuable to offer!” She has had the honor of learning from so many amazing teachers, including Theresa Murphy, Tias Little, and Amy Matthews to name a few. Alison is currently working on completing the 500-hour teacher certification with Tias Little in... Read the profile >>
Bill is the founder of Smith and Esch fitness systems. He is a qualified: C.H.E.K Golf Biomechanist & Nutrtional Lifestyle Coach NASM Performance Enhancement Specialist USAW Sports Performance Specialist Certified Metabolic Typing Advisor Bill has been working within the fitness industry for the last 15 years. He spent his first 7 years in the industry working at Cybotic Health Technologies in Omaha, Nebraska. Bill then moved on to the Jewish community center, where he spent a year as the Assistant Athletic Director. Finally, Bill spent 2 years personally training out of his own private training studio while developing Smith and Esch Fitness Systems. Bill currently holds the current 24kg Kettlebell Long Cycle American record with 91 repetitions. Bill is also available... Read the profile >>
CeCe discovered running in the 7th grade when she ran home after school every day to escape Vickie, the bully. Running has provided daily endorphin jolts ever since. In the many running years since the 7th grade, she has amassed a strange collection of trophies including a frozen turkey, a metal yard mountain sculpture, & a cast iron frying pan. CeCe began practicing yoga about a decade ago when her best friend gave her a ‘yoga kit’. She has since acquired her 200 hour teaching certi?cation under the guidance of the fabulous Theresa Murphy. CeCe is working toward her 500 hour Prajna Yoga certi?cation. She teaches vinyasa, hatha, yin, & hot yoga at One Tree Yoga Omaha. She ?nds her daily yoga practice to be a perfect complement to her running passion as well as a way to... Read the profile >>
Kim Schwab’s passion for fitness began in high school when she first laced up her running shoes and took to the streets. In college, she added weight lifting and was invited to her first yoga class by her freshman composition instructor. Her practice deepened when, while completing her graduate work in English at UNO, she discovered One Tree Yoga. She completed her 200 hour training in 2010 studying under Theresa Murphy and Tias Little and is now working toward her 500 hour certification through Prajna Yoga in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She currently divides her time between teaching Freshman Composition at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and leading fitness and yoga classes at Aspen Athletic Club and One Tree Yoga in Omaha. Kim’s yoga classes offer a unique balance of challenging asana... Read the profile >>
Libba Harmon is a licensed acupuncturist and certified yoga teacher. She took her first hippie yoga class in the 9th grade. 10 years later, Libba woke up to the magic of yoga, when Jivamukti Yoga Center in NYC was a 3rd floor walk-up, and serving tea in the kitchen after class. Back when, yoga was a way to stay open and centered during her training as a Muay Thai fighter. Little did she know that yoga would later replace Thai Boxing as her greatest friend and biggest challenge. Libba taught in NYC at Bhava and Kula Yoga Project until the day she moved to Omaha, where she has grown a busy acupuncture practice, and brought sweaty NYC Vinyasa to the midwest set. Libba recently took a 2-year sabbatical in Panama, where she launched a yoga retreat business. Through a long string of good... Read the profile >>
I intend to play! Energetic vibrations of fun run deep in my veins. I own Lotus House of Yoga, a vinyasa studio in Omaha, Nebraska. The classes I lead are fun, challenging and filled with love. My godfather is ashtanga and my sister is rock and roll. Music is integral to the asana classes I lead. My play-lists are funky and always fresh, incorporating soul, hip hop, folk, and pop. Gracefully tip toe along the fierce edge of your practice, expect sweat, love, and OM. Read the profile >>
Mother of five children and fitness enthusiast, Nancy is the Pilates and Group Fitness Director at Prairie Life Fitness - Midtown Crossing. Her passion is empowering others to embrace their potential through Pilates and a healthy lifestyle. Nancy was drawn to the fitness industry after a career with IBM and staying home to raise a family. She has over twelve years experience teaching group fitness classes and Pilates. After having bilateral hip replacement surgery, she came to understand and appreciate the mental, physical and spiritual requirements necessary to redefine oneself following a major physical obstacle. Today, she is grateful and blessed to be active and pain free. Nancy loves to cycle, and practice Barre Burn and Pilates. Her dedication to a balanced lifestyle... Read the profile >>
Sandy has been a triathlete for five years, starting her career in a women's only un-timed event in Omaha. She now has every triathlon distance under her belt in a variety of venues. In 2007, she began her career as the Run Club Coordinator at Life Time Fitness in Omaha and spread her love of triathlon to athletes of all ages! She became Life Time's Endurance Club Coach in 2008, where she built a 100-active member organization. She organizes weekly group swims and runs; hosts and organizes triathlons and swim meets; signs sponsors; delivers lectures and manages four coaches. To date, dozens of athletes have learned the sport under her guidance and accomplished personal bests and firsts in every race distance. To hook up with this energy and knowledge contact Coach Bikus at... Read the profile >>
