Meet our

Teachers

At True North Yoga, our teachers are a huge part of what makes us special. While they each have their own areas of specialty, all are dedicated to providing a caring and compassionate space where students can explore something more – on and off the mats.

Crystal Bailey

Crystal has been teaching and studying yoga since 2010, with a background as a fitness instructor since 1993. She completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training through Wanderlust Studios in Austin, Texas and Lake Tahoe, California. She completed her RYT 500 through Experience Alaya Yoga School, and her 1000HR Experience Alaya Yoga School Apprenticeship Program. She leads classes, workshops, retreats, and 200HR Teacher Training & Immersions. 

Crystal is a co-owner of True North Yoga and is passionate about providing transformative yoga experiences in a safe and welcoming environment. Crystal believes yoga cultivates awareness of opportunities that allow us to evolve as human beings, to live from a place of gratitude, and to become more comfortable in our bodies. Crystal’s love for yoga inspires her life as a mother, grandmother, and an active member of her beloved community.

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Ivey Hanson Butler

Ivey is a yoga teacher with over 20 years of experience practicing yoga. Her passion for yoga began during her time in college as a Division 1 swimmer, where she discovered the power of yoga to improve performance and mental clarity. She enjoys helping students cultivate a deeper understanding of their mind and body so they may reap the benefits of a lifelong, pain-free yoga practice. Ivey earned her 200HR yoga teacher certification with the Experience Alaya Yoga School.

Ivey is a co-owner of True North Yoga and is committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for students of all backgrounds and experience levels.

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Lindsay Black

Lindsay began her love of yoga in 2010 shortly after the birth of her second son. After years of dance as an adolescent, soccer and softball in high school, and running college, she felt like yoga was the perfect mix of flexibility and strength. It also allowed her to build her leg strength up after multiple knee surgeries without risking another injury. She is a wife as well as a stay-at-home mom of three wild and beautiful boys when she’s not leading a yoga class. 
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TRACY BOHLAND

Tracy began regularly practicing classes at True North Yoga as a means to alleviate an injury. As she began to heal, she experienced the profound benefits that yoga offers for general overall well-being. To continue learning about the holistic healing of yoga, she completed her 200hr yoga teacher training with the Alaya School of Yoga. She believes the centuries-old wisdom of yoga is a gift to be shared. 

Raised in southern California she grew up as a ballet dancer. This passion continued to college at San Francisco State where she discovered yoga and Pilates. Now based in Paducah, she is the proud mom of a college student. She continues her yoga education journey with workshops and training. She strives to offer a welcoming and safe environment that promotes inner strength and balance; holistic well-being with a sense of community.

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Scotty Butler

Scotty’s journey with yoga began in 2020. He was at a point in his life where he found himself seeking purpose instead of ‘just going through the motions’. As much as he loved the physical aspect of yoga, the real magic happened when he discovered and fell in love with the spiritual aspects of the practice. Scotty enjoys helping students better connect to their true self through the practice of yoga, breath work, and meditation – and teaches for those moments when studesnts are able to reconnect with their hearts and to begin listening to their bodies with non-judgement. Scotty earned his 200HR yoga teacher certification with the Experience Alaya Yoga School.

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Stefany Carroll

Stefany’s journey into yoga started with physical pain. As a college student lugging around a heavy back pack, as a teacher of young kids having to spend time bent over, and as a waitress on her feet all day – her body hurt! A friend lent Stefany his yoga DVD after her chiropractor suggested she try it. Back then, Stefany found the practice dull, and that was the end of yoga for her. She came back to it years later and started to practice nightly. In 2015, she moved to Colorado began her Yoga Training shortly after. She is a lifelong learner and continues to take whatever workshops, trainings, and classes pique her interest. Stefany loves to teach those who think only certain people can practice yoga and firmly believes there is a yoga practice out there for everyone.

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Dana Edwards

Dana is a self-described yoga nerd, cat lover, and silly introvert. She discovered yoga in 2016 and received her 200HR yoga teacher certification in 2020 from The Maze Method through Yoga International. Off the mat she loves tending to her small jungle of house plants, playing video games, and listening to pop hits. She enjoys creating sequences for her students that are challenging and fun. She hopes to encourage students to open their minds and explore what their bodies can do through their practice.

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Julie Folsom

Julie discovered yoga 20 years ago after experiencing multiple injuries sustained from long distance running. The physical practice of yoga provided much needed muscle lengthening and stretching that she needed to continue running. As she continued to explore the art and science of yoga, she also recognized the amazing union achieved between body, mind, and spirit. Eager to experience more, Julie completed a 300 hour yoga certification program with Nicole Brown and the Southern Institute of Yoga Instructors. Since then, she has taken many courses with other teachers, including Bryan Kest, Libby Hinsley, Sean Corn, Kathryn Budig, and Leslie Kaminov. She continues her education with periodic trips to the Asheville Yoga Center for workshops where she most recently completed yoga training for Sacroiliac Joint & Pelvic Inflammation, Yoga Psychology & Trauma, and Yoga for Seniors and those with back injuries. Julie recently entered her 60s and embraces this wonderful sentiment from Mahatma Gandhi: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

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Sierra Irwin

Sierra first fell in love with yoga nearly 20 years ago while regularly attending a yoga/pilates/Tai Chi class at a big box gym. Since then, her practice has grown by exploring different types of yoga, breathwork, meditation, and mindfulness techniques, culminating in completing the 200HR teacher training with the Experience Alaya Yoga School. Sierra is committed to creating a safe and fun space to welcome people of all levels, abilities, and bodies to her classes. Her intention is to inspire students to practice mindfulness, movement, and breathwork both on and off their mats.

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KYLE MORGAN

Kyle stumbled into a power yoga class a decade ago where the teacher led the practitioners through a series of “yoga” postures in 105-degree heat, and he was hooked from the start. His early yoga days were messy, yet medicinal, which ultimately increased his desire to sustain a long-term yoga practice. In 2016, Kyle was introduced to the Journey into Power sequence, i.e. Baptiste Power Yoga, facilitated by Gregor Singleton at Down Under School of Yoga in Boston. This specific type of Vinyasa Flow carried him in a way that opened his somatic-spiritual body and soothed stress. He quickly joined the studio’s community, which eventually unfolded into an opportunity to train as an instructor under the mentorship of Gregor Singleton, Natasha Rizopoulos, Claire Este McDonald, and Justine Cohen. 

Kyle is a certified Personal Fitness Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM), holds a 500-RYT certification, has a background in psychology, and nearly 20 years of expressive art making. He holds spaces for integrative wellness and community growth while his personal passions continue to forge him towards a deeper understanding of the mind/body/spirit connection. As a full-time teacher with thousands of hours teaching and connecting to students, he feels he hasn’t even scratched the surface of this impeccable work.

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Lindsay Sydnor

Lindsay’s love of fitness began in 1996 when she started working at a Curves franchise while in college. Over the next 15+ years she would open several of her own franchises, as she found her purpose through helping others achieve their goals and find self confidence through movement and exercise. In 2009, she quickly became a regular in Shannon McGee’s vinyasa flow yoga class. She was initially drawn in by the physical challenge, but found herself craving the sense of peace and calm that followed each class.  Lindsay began student teaching in 2013, and received her 200 hr certification in May 2014 through Aura Wellness Center. Her classes, while challenging, are lighthearted and fun, and she strives to make them accessible for all levels. When she’s not teaching, you will find her working in her flowers, hiking in the forest, watching the night sky, or reading a good book.

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Dell Taylor

Dell comes from a dance and gymnastics background. She began teaching yoga in 2011 and enjoys teaching power vinyasa, the hot sequence and yin. Dell brings creativity, curiosity, attention to alignment, balance and transitioning, strength, breath, faith and playfulness into the classroom. She enjoys setting students up for success in their practice and providing a challenge. She is passionate about teaching and exploring the connection between the mind and the body, and journeying toward your most authentic self.  She enjoys seeing the many benefits and blessings that come with a dedicated yoga practice in herself and her students. One of her greatest privileges is the opportunity to teach yoga and be part of space filled with like-minded individuals, moving and breathing together in the present moment.

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