about

Natasha leads from a place of love and is passionately in service to share floating sound wellness experiences, aerial yoga & fitness and mindful crafting with others at her studio, Steady Effort Yoga • Wellness • Sound in Penticton, BC.

She is grateful for her inspiring teachers that have helped guide her to be a RYT 500hr SOYA graduate, level 2 Pain Care Aware teacher and is certified in Aerial Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Pre & Post Natal Yoga and Sound Wellness.

If you can’t find her crafting or upside-down in a hammock, she will be helping the bees and butterflies as a volunteer Butterflyway Ranger, dancing in the starlit forest, floating in water, or travelling with her family and friends in laughter.

Born and raised in Penticton, Michela carries with her the grounded warmth and natural beauty of the Okanagan Valley. Her lifelong connection to movement began with a dance background, which opened the door to a more expansive mind–body practice.

She is a 500-hour Yoga Teacher Training graduate, further enriched by certifications in Water Yoga and Stand-Up Paddle board Yoga. As a Pain Care Aware Level 2 practitioner, she integrates trauma-sensitive and nervous-system-informed approaches into her offerings. Her work is also shaped by her training as a certified Death Doula, holding space with compassion and presence for the profound transitions of life.

Her teaching focuses on the subtle yet transformative practices of pranayama, meditation, and gentle, mindful flow. She invites students to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect with the intelligence of their own bodies whether grounded on the mat, floating on the water, or navigating the tides of daily life

Kendra is a tree planter turned personal trainer, born and raised in Penticton. She is funny, quirky, and easygoing, and her goal is to make everyone’s experience with fitness a positive and empowering one! She believes in enjoying the process more than chasing the result — working hard, playing hard, and not taking life too seriously.

Her passion for fitness has led her to become an ISSA Certified Personal Trainer with a Bodybuilding Specialist certification and has helped many individuals one on one get to their fitness goals.

Kendra runs a successful all levels, full-body workout Kettlebell Circuit class that blends strength, cardio, balance, core, and agility training — all powered by the kettlebell. Kendra invites you to join her and see how much strength, confidence, and energy you can build — one swing at a time!

When we are not helping humans with their wellness goals, we are trying to help the bees and the butterflies with their pollinating goals!

We are a part of the David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project. The aim of the project is to encourage the planting of native wildflowers that support local bees and butterflies in communities throughout the country. Insects are in decline and every patch of wildflowers, big and small, can help bring them back!

Our role as volunteer Butterflyway Rangers is to reach out to friends, neighbours and local groups and businesses that might be interested in adding native wildflowers to their gardens or showcasing these plants in-store to help spread pollinator awareness.

The goal is to establish at least a dozen new pollinator-friendly gardens in our community this year to officially be recognized as a Butterflyway. We was hope you might be interested in helping out too!

You can find more details about the Butterflyway Project and a map of other Butterflyways at www.davidsuzuki.org/butterflyway.

If you are interested in creating your own wellness experience, learning more about helping the butterflies or have an idea you’d like to share please get in touch below. Thanks!