My name is Cally Burkle, instructor here at B-1 Yoga. I’m originally from Dyersville, and as a young child did my first headstands, handstands, and backbends at the Debbie Moser School of Dance. I practiced, competed, and performed gymnastics up until high school. After graduating from Beckman High School in 1991 and attended the University of Iowa, where I received a liberal arts degree. From there I eventually landed in Chicago where I lived for 10 years with a career as a real estate agent.

In 2006, I began practicing yoga to supplement my running routine. I found myself intrigued by the shift in my performance and strength while practicing yoga. I took my first Bikram (hot yoga) class while traveling to visit a college friend in Phoenix, Arizona (of all places!). I fell in LOVE! I came home and started practicing the same 90-minute 105 degrees structured class whenever I could find the time. In 2008, I attended a Core Power Yoga class and found the vinyasa hot yoga experience my new love and almost daily routine.

In the Spring of 2013, after coming back from a rejuvenating retreat in Koh Samui, Thailand, I decided to leave my fast-paced life in Chicago and return to Iowa to teach yoga. I enrolled and completed a 200-hour power yoga teacher training class at Core Power Yoga. Shortly after, I purchased the building at 185 Main Street in Dubuque and opened B-1 Yoga in April of 2014. I recently sold the business to Krissy so I could have more time to focus on my other business and have more time to hang with family and friends.

My other business is Gordon’s Tuxedos & Suits, located next store to the studio. I purchased both the business and building last March. It’s been an exciting year learning the tuxedo and suit rental business. If you need a tuxedo or suit, contact me for a 10% off discount on your next rental.

Holly received her Yoga Teacher Training from Body & Soul in Dubuque. As a lifelong runner and athlete, Holly became hooked on the physical practice of yoga when she realized how it transformed her athletic performance. Later, the mind-body-spirit balance of yoga became integral to how she lives her life.

Holly is also a certified kid's yoga instructor and a Pre-K teacher at St. Columbkille early childhood. She uses yoga and mindfulness regularly in her classroom to help her young students manage their emotions and develop self-regulation skills.

Kristen began practicing yoga in 1999. The more she practiced, the more she tapped into yoga's countless physical benefits like improved energy, increased strength and increased flexibility. She then developed a deep appreciation for the subtle life lessons the practice of yoga offers. She completed her 200RYT in 2008 and 300 RYT in 2019. Today, her practice focuses on the meditative aspects of yoga. Whether she's teaching Noon Express, Flow 1.5, Aroma Flow or B26, she likes to instill a sense of peace and tranquility so students leave feeling re-centered.

Tom originally began a yoga practice in 2001 at the recommendation of his chiropractor, by doing yoga with DVDs and televised classes. Tom was very active and to get away from yoga, he began long-distance running and competed in many races, from 5Ks to Marathon races and long distance cycling races, and a weight training regimen. Because of the limited range of motion of these activities, Tom was experiencing a lot of tightness in his muscles and, in particular his hamstrings and back. In 2017, a coworker of his was a yoga instructor and encouraged him to get back into yoga. After attending 6 days of classes in his free week of yoga at B-1, Tom became a regular yogi, completing over 400 classes in less than 2 years. He was inspired to take his practice to the next level, and attended teacher training at B-1, completing the 200 hour program in early 2019. He has been teaching ever since.

In 2020, Tom began his quest for certification in Yin Yoga, and completed a 50 hour teaching course through Loka Yoga in Bali in January of 2021. The practice of opening up the joints, and stressing the connective tissue to open up energy channels was the perfect balance to the vinyasa flow classes he was taking and teaching. Tom also appreciated the meditative aspect of the practice.

Tom also has a long standing love of Yoga Nidra, which dates back to the early 1980s. Tom was a student of Aikido for several years. One of his Senseis finished classes with a guided meditation and learned in Tai Chi.  Tom delved further into the study of Nidra, reading several texts on the subject and started to incorporate it into his yin classes. It is a guided meditation that is referred to as yogic sleep. Through the practice, yogis arrive at a hypnogogic state between wakefulness and sleeping. It has been said that 1 hour of Nidra equals 4 hours of sleep.

Tom is currently seeking his 500 hour teacher certification. At the time of this writing he is 90% complete and should have it completed soon. Tom truly appreciates all of the yogis that attend his classes, and strives to guide them as best he can on their yoga journeys.

Nichole is a Dubuque native who started her free week trial at B-1 in 2016 and realized all of the amazing benefits of yoga physically, mentally and spiritually. She realized with the help of yoga a person can truly transform into the best version of themselves. After continuous practice she felt more self-aware, had more clarity of thought, as well as an overall feeling of peace and calmness even when the stress of life was REAL! She truly believes if everyone practiced yoga, the world could be an even better place!

Nichole is a mother of two beautiful daughters and two adorable doggos! She is a Yoga Alliance 200-hour certified yoga instructor, a licensed radiographer and CT technologist, and a licensed health and life insurance agent. She believes in the benefits of a healthy lifestyle both physically and mentally and is genuinely excited to help students on their yoga journey!

Susan Swift, who achieved her Yoga Instructor Training at Body and Soul in Dubuque, also has experience working with Forrest and Turbodog yoga methodologies. Through breath, she aims to bring awareness to the fluid connections among mind, body, and spirit. Her yoga practice includes a flow of asana leading to an apex pose, various standing poses as well as inversions, and of course, savasana! Her class is both meditative and playful. Come practice with Susan and she will help your body, mind, and soul--your personal trinity--become one.

Anne Funke is a 500 hour E-RYT and has been certified since 2013. Anne has taught in a variety of spaces in Dubuque over the past decade, and loves teaching a creative vinyasa practice that involves breathwork and a bit of playfulness. She's also led a 200 hour and 300 hour yoga teacher training in partnership with Challenge to Change Inc, and is excited to spend more time with the B1 community !

Hello! My name is Tessa and I am super excited to be a new yoga teacher at B-1. I am from and live in Dubuque working in my families business. My favorites in life besides yoga are being with my family and friends, outdoors doing anything, cooking, traveling, and my puppy, Lola. My yoga practice started early last year and it quickly became a necessity and passion. While never in my plan when I started practicing, the opportunity to learn how to teach the practice I became so passionate about was a natural next step, especially with the amazing 200 RYT training B-1 offers. I love a sweaty vinyasa style class paired with some great restorative poses, mimicking the balance of movement and stillness in everyday life. My goal in class is to connect the mind and body through movement, balance, stretching, and of course, heat. Add in some oils for aromatherapy and we arrive at the class I’m teaching. Come practice with me at the 4:30 PM Aroma flow every other Wednesday. Can’t wait to see you there!

Kristina is a certified RYT 500 and RCYT 95. She loves incorporating the use of essentials oils into her vinyasa style classes. She enjoys teaching all levels of yoga and her classes are for everyone. Kristina loves spending time outdoors with her husband and children.

Katie began practicing hot yoga in 2017 as a way to challenge and connect with her body. Her love of the mental, physical, and spiritual benefits of the practice led her to pursue her RYT-200 certification in 2020 and she’s been actively teaching ever since! Katie’s classes seek to develop the mind/body connection through challenging and energizing movements.

Hey y’all! My name is Megan Stecklein & I am so excited just to be writing this out!! You have probably seen me around the studio as a fellow yogi, but will soon be seeing me around as a teacher too! I joined the B-1 community in 2020, but have been practicing hot yoga since 2016. This past March I graduated teacher training and cannot wait to share the peace yoga brings to me with you. Outside of yoga I teach first grade, am a proud cat & plant momma, and love to play snd coach volleyball (especially at my alma mater #goeagz)!! I look forward to growing with you as a student and teacher.

Throughout my adult life I have always been drawn to the practice of yoga. I love the fluidity of a beautifully sequenced vinyasa class and how when paired with the breath, the practice feels like dancing.  

I started attending yoga class in college as a way to increase my flexibility because as a collegiate dancer, I didn't have the flexibility and extension that I felt like I needed.  Fast forward a few years and I still found myself leaning toward yoga as a way to balance out my physical lifestyle as a fitness professional.  I pursued my 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training certificate in 2014 as a way to deepen my knowledge of the practice and have the ability to teach classes, but I walked away from my first yoga teacher training with so much more than pose sequencing.  I learned authenticity, abundance, and friendship at a pivotal time when I had also become a new mother.  The entire experience was beautiful and impactful.  And yet, I didn't hold on tightly to my yoga practice and overtime I was rarely on my mat and generally consumed by the patterns of motherhood and daily life.   But like so many people, in 2020 my daily life dramatically changed because of the covid pandemic and after suffering and recovering from a tightness induced running injury, the yoga practice was once again drawing me back in.  However, this time was different because I was different.

For me, yoga has become the perfect ritual.  I come to my mat everyday because the practice grounds me and has changed me both mentally and physically.  I practice, study, and teach in the style of Awakening Yoga,  a modern yoga system designed to honor the ritual of traditional yoga with a practical and functional approach to asana.  

I am so grateful to have the opportunity to share the style of yoga that continues to fill me up with gratitude and challenge my ego.  I hope my classes inspire a love of the ritual with a curiosity for the possible.  

Outside of teaching yoga classes, I work for Challenge to Change as a yoga in the schools educator and studio ambassador. I  spend most of my free time with my husband and two sons chasing little adventures and pursuing many different seasonal interests. 

Jess has been teaching yoga for 20 years and is passionate about sharing the value the practice has added to her life with others. She fell in love with the practice as a student and became a teacher, but will always be a student of the practice. She includes playfulness, curiosity and connection in her style of teaching and is so excited to join the special community at B1.

Molly is the owner of Challenge to Change Inc. right here in Dubuque bringing yoga and mindfulness to kids everywhere. She is an E-RYT 500, Registered Adult and Children’s Yoga Teacher, and holds a Master's Degree from Westen Illinois University in Education. She is a mother of four beautiful children: Sydney, Maggie, Jacob, and Maria, and a wife to Tom. Regardless of the role she is in—mother, business owner, wife, friend, or teacher—Molly joyously shares her mission for helping people of all ages cultivate happy and healthy lifestyles.

Millie strives to build community and empower students to use breath and movement to connect with self while taking the tools of yoga off the mat into their lives.

As a triathlete Millie came to yoga in 2006 looking for a physical practice. Through hot yoga she found an amazing practice as well as community and a mind-body-spirit connection. In order to deepen her practice, in 2016 and 2017 she attended the Baptist Institute level one and two weeklong trainings to earn her 200 RYT certification. Through Baptist training she was able to transform her Life, teaching and practice through asana, meditation and a deep dive into self inquiry. Millie has enhanced her training with Baptist’s Art of assisting and 3 Yin Yoga trainings with Joe Barnett, Josh Summers and Julia at Body & Sole. she enjoys practicing and sharing the meditative nature and release of Yin Yoga.

Millie has taught at Ignite since 2016 and now teaches Yin and subs power vinyasa classes.

Millie lives in Galena with her husband and four cats and enjoys hiking, swimming, biking, kayaking and making quilts and bags.

Darcee took her first yoga class several years ago and fell in love with the physical, mental, and emotional challenge of yoga. She then trained to become a certified instructor with Corepower Yoga in Denver. She has been teaching and practicing at various studios in Colorado and Iowa ever since.

After an invitation to join a friend for her first hot yoga class, Benita found a love for being in the studio. She completed her 200 hour and yoga nidra training through Ignite Power Yoga Studio in Dubuque. Her teaching style includes an emphasis on functional alignment cues, creating accessibility through modifications, and the power of breath. Benita values the importance of community and connection, and expresses this in class through authenticity and gratitude for her students who share their practice with her. Her personal belief is that a good yoga class can fix anything (if only for a moment)