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Denise's Interview
Count Your Blessings
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MEET OUR STAFF
DENISE ALICK
Denise Alick is the founder of the Samadhi Yoga Center, in Flint, Michigan located in the heart of Genesse County. Samadhi Yoga Center was first opened in Flushing, Michigan in 2001. Denise began her yoga practice in 1998 after going to Camp Renora where she was first introduced to yoga every morning at Grace in the Woods and fell in love with the practice. She has trained and studied under the direction of Johnny Kest of the Detroit area and Kathy McNames of Yoga Vermont. Denise has also participated in workshops with Paul Grilly, David Swenson, Ana Forest, and Seane Corn.
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She is grateful for the opportunity to teach and to learn from these practices with you on a daily basis. She is honored for all the teachers she has had and for her family she gives her heartfelt gratitude for their love and support and mostly she thanks God.​​​​​​​​​​
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HEATHER BOWMAN
From the second her mat hit the floor, Heather Bowman was hooked on Yoga. Starting in 2014, Heather fell in love with Yoga and couldn't wait to share her passion with whoever she came across. Yoga soon became a healthy addiction. In a short period of time she has made it a point to experience many different studios with many different instructors. Heather has also taken part in multiple immersion courses and workshops.
With a background in teaching cosmetology Heather has the experience needed to make a personal connection with long time students, as well as, students in their very first class. For Heather, Yoga began as part of a workout plan and it quickly developed into a lifestyle. She hopes to be able to share her passion with anyone with an open mind and a desire to experience more.
TORI WILSON
I was initially drawn to yoga because I enjoy pushing my limits and testing the physical boundaries of my body. It wasn't until I met Denise that I started to gain a true understanding and appreciation of yoga. Clarity, calmness, stability, confidence, strength, awareness, safety, comfort and peace, were all found between the four corners of my mat.
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Falling in love with yoga helped me fall back in love with myself. No, it has not been a magic pill that made my life easier. But it has given me the courage to work thru any struggles I may face in a healthy way. I believe in sharing that mindset with fellow yogis. Your practice only works if you do. You will get out of it what you put into it.
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Let Jesus take the wheel and enjoy the ride.
CHELSEA DUNCAN
Chelsea began her yoga practice in 2017 after a series of personal losses left her feeling disconnected and empty. She came to Samadhi Yoga Center with no yoga experience and no expectations. She soon recognized that the practice was helping to heal her body and mind and rebuild the connection between them. Chelsea completed a 200 hour YTT with her teacher, Denise Alick. In 2020, she completed the Connection Coalition's trauma-informed yoga training with Jen Cousineau.
Chelsea believes deeply in the transformative power of yoga and wants to create a space that allows students to grow through their own practices. Her goal is to make yoga accessible for all practitioners, regardless of experience, age, or ability.
JENIFER VELOSO
A little over ten years ago, I first read about yoga’s benefits of helping with mental and physical health. I found Denise’s studio and began this spiritual and physical practice of yoga. In 2020 I began to feel that yoga needed to be more than a personal practice but a means to help others. I used breathing techniques from yoga at the bedside while working as an emergency room nurse. I have used mindful techniques to help patients I cared for receiving ketamine infusion therapy for PTSD. And I have been so thankful to share yoga with my family in Brasil. So much of yoga has poured into all aspects of my life.
In 2023 I was fortunate enough to take the 200 YTT course with Denise. As a yoga instructor my goal isn’t to make the best playlist you’ve heard in a while. Although I take my DJ-ing skills seriously, my focus is to help students find the courage to face sensations and feelings in their body. We learn that poses and feelings are temporary, but the breath is always there to provide support and care. We can move through our healing ‘bird by bird’, breath by breath
JAMIE STEVENS
By viewing the yoga practice as an all encompassing source of nourishment, Jamie dives deep into her teaching style by pairing movement & pranayama with value-driven action & polishing daily habits. As a constant student, Jamie curiously links the practice of living off the mat to the freedom of movement on the mat. It is this curiosity that allows the journey of each practitioner to join exactly as they are, without a right nor wrong, but a constant coming back to the unfolding of growth.
Her teaching style allows each student to realize they are in fact their own teacher, by using the postures as means of awareness of breath, movement & thoughts. Deeply influenced by her lineage of teachers in traditional Hatha, Ashtanga & dominantly Katonah yoga practices, Jamie leads a unique style of slow-movement & challenging flows. Each class offered is an invitation to move organically, and dig deep to release tension both in the physical body & the noisy mind. Off the mat, Jamie thrives by balancing her time in nature- passionately encouraging & living a life of nourishment with food, friendships & movement. You can find her living her happiest life among the Great Lakes surrounded by dogs, laughter, friendship and a great Mary Oliver book. Welcome to your practice.
LEVI LINSEMAN
I began practicing yoga in 2017 as a means to help with the anxiety and depression that I was living with for many years. It wasn't until I began to breathe and find movement in my body that I learned that change was truly possible. Hi I’m Levi. We have hopefully practiced next to each other at Samadhi Yoga Center at one of the classes that are offered here. I walked into these doors two years ago and have loved every minute of my time here. I am passionate about my yoga practice and get very excited every time I practice yoga. It's a true chance for us to live in the moment, to breathe and find a center and move our body through the things that are stored in it all day long. I completed a 200 hour YTT with Marlo Zielger at Chela Yoga in 2020 and I have completed a 200 hour YTT with Denise Alick at Samadhi Yoga Center in 2024. I am excited to be a part of this community and am excited to share my experience with you. If you ever feel like you don't belong or this practice might not be for you. I have felt the same way. We all belong and we are all worth the effort to help make change in our lives. What happens here is life changing!