Meet The Team

Liz Shakti Wyld, E-RYT-500, RCYT

Creator/Director of Shakti Kids Yoga, Lead Teacher Trainer

Liz is a fun-loving, curious yogini, herbalist and teacher. She loves to meditate, travel the world, read and write, spend time in nature, create art, make jewelry, make herbal medicine and other wellness products.  Most of all Liz loves embracing life and teaching all people big or little!  When she found yoga more than 20 years ago, it was the home within that she had always been seeking. She began teaching children yoga in her Montessori classroom and instantly fell in love with helping people find connection to their breath, body, peaceful mind and spirit! Liz strives to empower her students to create their own practice and take away tools to use in everyday life. Also, Liz helps encourage students to intuitively flow into a meditative practice by connecting their movements with breath. Liz is the creator and director of Shakti Kids Yoga and teaches Children's Yoga Teacher Trainings, Workshops, Yoga for Special Events in Austin, Texas and Denver, Colorado and the surrounding areas. 

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Favorite pose: Supta Badha Konasana (reclining bound angle)

Current hobby: herbalism & making mocktails

Celeste Mastronardi, RYT200 & RCYT

Marketing Manager 

​Celeste completed her Shakti Kids Yoga Teacher Training in 2023 and is passionate about sharing the transformative power of yoga and mindfulness with children. As the Marketing Manager at SKY, she plays a key role in elevating the brand’s presence by promoting our offerings, fostering strong partnerships, and ensuring our website and social media channels stay fresh and up-to-date. Her dedication helps to create a meaningful connection between Shine and our community.

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Favorite pose: Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog)

Current interest/hobbies: Travel, Cooking & Clean Living

Faith Bennett, RYT200 & RCYT

SKY Teacher

Meet Faith, a kids yoga teacher from Nashville, TN. The practice of yoga and mindfulness has changed her life in a profound way. Faith has also seen first hand how mindfulness and emotional regulation tools can impact kids, families and schools when she was volunteering with a non-profit organization back in Tennessee. Her time as a volunteer inspired her to bring children's yoga & mindful movement to Colorado. She is passionate about stoking the fire of child-like joy & wonder, while also empowering kids with tools and resources for managing their emotions. In her classes, Faith offers an approachable introduction to yoga poses by including fun activities and silly games while also weaving in emotional regulation techniques for her students to carry with them, even after they leave the class. 

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Favorite pose: Uttana Shishosana (puppy pose)

Current interest/hobby: Travel

Kelsey Dyas, RCYT

SKY Teacher

Hello! I am Kelsey Dyas, 34 years old, she/her, teacher, student, vegan and some would describe me as “crunchy.” 

I knew around high school that I wanted to be a teacher. I went to college and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and fell in love with teaching toddlers to regulate themselves.

I have 10 years of classroom experience with ages 12 months to 5 years old. Also, 5 years of nannying experience with the ages of 8 months to 6 years old. I have completed many training sessions such as Reggio Emilia (Teaching theory), Conscious Discipline, Touchpoints, and Shakti Kids Yoga Training. I have taught skiing, biking and swimming for children as well.

Why yoga is one of my favorite hobbies is the mind-body connection and how much I have learned about my own body to support my healing. Teaching children the things I have learned in yoga is extremely important to me and something I feel very passionate about. What I think I love most about teaching yoga and the breath is that I enjoy helping people but I also love empowering them. Teaching yoga and the essential breath to children is going to give them a lifelong tool that they can use in many situations in life. They’ll be able to enjoy their life more. 

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Current hobbies: hiking, road biking, snowboarding

Blair Binder, RYT 200 & RCYT

SKY Teacher

Blair has been doing yoga since she was a child, and it remains an integral part of her life. She loves doing yoga at home with her 2 kids as well as skiing, biking, and just being being outside. Blair completed Yoga Teacher Training in 2020, and Shakti Kids Yoga teacher training in 2024. She loves using songs and music in her classes. Tree pose, or any balance pose, is her favorite to do with kids because its fun to learn to fall and get back up again. Blair is so excited to be a part of Shakti Kids Yoga and to be able to help kids exercise their bodies and minds.

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Favorite pose: Vrksasana (Tree pose)

Current hobby: reading

Kate Martin, RYT200 & RCYT

SKY Teacher

Namaste! I have been doing yoga for many years and love to bring the same peaceful feeling I experience in the practice to little ones. I know the practice of yoga and breath work can teach kids resilience and inner strength. I love doing yoga with my three kids, especially my youngest, who we recently adopted from India. 

Favorite pose: Half Moon (Ardha Chandrasana)

Hobbies: cooking, traveling, Ayurveda

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Christine Ireland, RCYT

SKY Teacher & Communications Coordinator 

Christine is a firm believer that yoga is for everyBODY and believes in sharing the benefits of yoga with children, senior citizens and those of limited mobility. With over 18 years of experience and two young children of her own, she knew Kids and Family Yoga instructing was the path for her. She has seen firsthand how simply introducing ideas of mindfulness and breathing can change a child's perspective. Her hope is to spread the profound influence movement and breath can have on connecting the mind, body, and spirit. Christine also works as the Communications Coordinator for SKY.

Favorite Pose: Childs Pose

Hobbies: Crafting, Cooking/Baking, Music