Hi, I’m Trisha

1. I help people rediscover their strength and get back to moving their body. Comfortably, kindly and confidently.

2. I also help yoga teachers get out of their own way so they can teach their best, most informed yoga classes.

This includes: Removing common barriers that people struggle with in group fitness classes, helping yoga teachers adapt their sequencing to better serve students with pain, AND extinguishing harmful myths common in yoga/fitness culture that limit access and stifle capabilities.

After years of practicing and teaching ashtanga vinyasa yoga I was burned out and in a lot of physical pain. The idea that you get all of your movement nutrients from a yoga practice did not stand the test of time. That and the emphasis on flexibility was no longer sustainable and the right/wrong rules of alignment felt exclusionary despite the idea that yoga is for all. With time, education and unlearning my whole approach shifted. Now I draw from a variety of movement modalities including strength and mobility to help people feel strong and capable when they move their body. It’s expansive, inclusive, and it focuses on how the movement feels rather than how it looks. I call it, Calm + Strong.

My main influences are Kathryn Bruni-Young, Jason Crandell, Jules Mitchell, Katy Bowman, Todd Hargrove and all the people I get to help. I specialize in 1:1 private sessions and teaching yoga teachers.

Read more of my professional journey

Trisha has dedicated her life to being a mover. A professional dancer previously with Dayton Ballet and former PADI scuba instructor. Trisha's interest and study in multiple movement-based arts is what provides fresh insight that informs her teaching.

Trisha holds a Masters Degree from the University of Cincinnati in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She hosts workshops and trainings in unique places, including Sunrise Riverboat Yoga in Cincinnati, Ohio that she started in 2017. She is the founder of Cincinnati Queer Yoga and owner of Cincinnati Bridal Yoga.

Trisha is a frequent guest teacher in 200-hour yoga teacher trainings.

• Jason Crandell is her primary teacher. Having completed his 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training in San Francisco, Trisha assists his workshops when he visits the Midwest.

• Trisha has 17+ years teaching experience in the movement/wellness industry.

• She is a contributing writer to the online publication, Shut Up & Yoga.

• Listen to Trisha talk about her approach to yoga and movement on the following podcasts: Results Not Typical: What Does it Mean to Listen To Your Body? Wellness Land and Mental Health. A Training Philosophy Podcast

• Her first book, Movement Snacks is now available everywhere you buy books online.