My name is Cally Burkle, instructor here at B-1 Yoga.

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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.

Austin is our newest instructor as well as a recent graduate of the 200-hour Teacher Training at B-1 Yoga and a 40-hour Trauma-informed certified teacher.

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When he isn't teaching yoga, he is a small business owner of two shops in Galena, IL. He also enjoys running (training for a marathon this year), hiking, and hanging with his lizard, Lukus.

His friends would describe him as unpredictable, spontaneous, and if enjoying drinks… on top of a table singing "Ice, Ice Baby", poorly.

He is super excited to be apart of B-1 community of instructors and looks forward to seeing you in his classes!

Kellie attended her first yoga class as a way to recover from marathon and triathlon training. She quickly learned there was much more to yoga then getting flexible.

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Kellie received her 200 hour RYT certification after attending the Baptiste Institute’s Level 1 and Level 2 week long intensive trainings. In 2018 repeated Level 1 as an apprentice on the teaching team. Additional trainings through the Baptiste Institute include Art of Assisting, Advanced Art of Assisting, True North Alignment, Being of Power, and the Baptiste Teacher Course. When not teaching yoga or YOD, Kellie is either working at Dupaco as a Data Analyst or at home with her 3 boys. Kellie’s hobbies include hiking, biking, kayaking and swimming.

Megan began her yoga journey at the encouragement of a good friend and fellow musician in 2016 at B-1.

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A longtime opera singer, she noticed an almost immediate shift in her vocal performance and, with piqued curiosity, decided to explore this new dynamic and its correlation to her instrument.

However, the more time she spent continuing to grow in her yoga practice, Megan also came to know her time on her mat as an opportunity to turn inward, find her inner knowing and embrace stillness away from the busyness of her day-to-day life.

While COVID-19 put the kibosh on all of her scheduled performances in 2020, it also created space for her to complete her Yoga Teacher Training. At B-1, Megan can be found teaching traditional vinyasa classes, as well as helping yogis settle into a deep and meditative candlelight yin practice.

When not on her mat or getting back on stage, she is the Features Editor at the Telegraph Herald, where she covers all things arts and culture, as well as oversees Her magazine.

Holly received her Yoga Teacher Training from Body & Soul in Dubuque. As a lifelong runner and athlete,

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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.

Meghan began her yoga practice in 2010 with a beginner series and instantly fell in love with it.

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Yoga was a great way for her to get some time to focus on herself while raising two daughters, and a great way to ease the stresses of the day and refocus herself on the things that really mattered while letting go of what didn't. She felt a calling to help others get what she had gotten from a consistent yoga practice and did her Yoga Teacher Training at Body & Soul in 2014. You will often find Meghan in our noon Express class-if not teaching, she is practicing. Meghan loves surrounding herself with healthy positive energy. Her belief is that the greatest gift you can give to the world is a healthy you- Mind, Body & Spirit.

Mae has been practicing yoga since 2005 and completed her 200 RYT at B-1 Yoga in Dubuque, Iowa. She practices many forms of yoga including hatha, bikram, and vinyasa flow.

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Mae's journey into yoga began with a quest for strength, flexibility, and toning, but it has been through her practice that she has discovered yoga also brings peace, acceptance and relaxation. She hopes to share these lessons with her students by helping them understand that yoga is accessible to everyone. When not doing yoga, Mae is a wife, mother, social worker and avid Cyclone fan.

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.

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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 is a 500-hour certified yoga teacher with additional certifications in Yin (50 hours) and Nidra (40 hours), as well as a Level 2 certified Qigong instructor with 500 hours of teacher training.

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His practice is also enriched by training in Taiji (Tai Chi), Bagua Zhang, Xing Yi Quan, and meditation. Tom’s classes offer a mindful blend of movement, breath, energy, and stillness, creating space for students to connect, restore, and deepen their practice.

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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! Since then, she’s trained in and taught Yin, Slow Flow, Yoga Sculpt, Tapas, Power Flow, and Yoga Barre. Katie’s classes seek to develop the mind/body connection through fun, challenging, and energizing movements and breathwork.

Megan joined the B1 community in 2020 and has been practicing yoga since 2016.

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She completed her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2022, and ever since then has loved sharing the peace, strength and sense of freedom yoga brings - especially the way it creates space to slow down, tune in and listen to your body in a world that often asks you not to. In 2026, she became certified to teach Barre and Zumba as well and is excited to bring even more fun and variety to the studio!

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.  

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Maggie is a certified 200- hour yoga and certified B-1 Barre instructor!

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Maggie loves how music can set a tone for class and loves being creative in the studio! Maggie is enthusiastic about making class light, fun, and intentional for what you need! Outside of teaching fitness and yoga, Maggie loves travel, meeting new people, exploring new places and spending time with her family and 3 dogs! 

Grace is a dedicated Yoga Instructor and holder of a 200-hour and a 95-hour certification, is currently pursuing her education at Wahlert High School with plans to graduate in 2025.

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Despite her young age, she achieved her 200-hour certification at 14, reflecting years of dedicated yoga practice. Her passion for yoga extends beyond personal practice, as she imparts her knowledge by teaching both kids and adults. Grace creates a welcoming space, encouraging others to find comfort in their bodies and minds.

Beyond yoga, Grace is an active member of the National Honors Society and engages in various extracurricular activities such as track, cross country, theater, and show choir. Firmly believing in yoga as a lifelong tool for holistic well-being, she looks forward to expanding her teaching journey at B1 in the years to come. Grace is enthusiastic about sharing the transformative power of yoga with individuals of all ages, making a positive impact on their lives.

Marcy is a certified 200-hour Registered Toga Teacher (RYT) with a profound passion for the practice of yoga.

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She wholeheartedly believes in the transformative power of yoga, both for the body in the mind. With her warm and welcoming spirit, Marcy is committed to helping individuals discover the numerous physical and mental benefits that Yoga has to offer, guiding them on their journey towards health, wellness, and inner peace.

Hi, I’m Ashley! I’m a mama to three — two boys and a girl. I was born and raised in small-town Iowa.

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We call Dubuque home. I’m a proud Hawkeye and Badger, having spent time getting my undergrad degree in Iowa City and my graduate degree in Madison, WI. When I’m not on my mat, you’ll find me spending time with my family — we love to travel, be outdoors, and I’m always reading a book. I fell in love with Yoga and Pilates and haven’t looked back! Let’s sweat, grow, and glow together! 

Justin is a 200-hour certified Yoga Instructor and 15-hour certified Total Body Barre Trainer, earning both certifications in 2026.

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He loves movement, fitness, and the outdoors, and brings that energy into every class. He especially enjoys teaching Yoga HIIT and Yoga Sculpt, combining yoga, strength, and cardio for a fun, challenging practice. His goal is to create welcoming classes where everyone can get stronger and enjoy the journey.

Hi yogis! My name is Ali and I currently teach at 5:45PM on Tuesday nights in our non-heated studio.

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I have been a yoga instructor for almost 3 years now. My primary focus is Vinyasa flow style. I pride myself in making vibey playlists to match the theme of our practice. I would love for you to come check out one of my classes! 

Britney is a 200-hour certified Yoga Instructor and 15-hour certified Total Body Barre Trainer, earning both certifications in 2026.

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As a 5th grade teacher and longtime yogi, she found a natural passion for teaching movement and mindfulness. Brit especially loves practicing yoga surrounded by nature and sunflower fields. Her goal is to create welcoming classes where everyone can move, breathe, feel stronger, and leave feeling grounded.

Hi, I’m Beth, a 200-hour certified yoga instructor through B1, certified in 2026. I first discovered yoga by joining a few friends for a class and initially saw it simply as another workout.

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Over time, my perspective shifted. Yoga has become less about just the physical practice and more about creating balance, movement, and mindfulness within a busy lifestyle. Outside of yoga, you can usually find Beth enjoying any kind of outdoor activity, spending time with her nieces and nephews, cheering on the best team in the Big Ten-Wisconsin, or working. I’m excited to share how yoga can be incorporated into everyday life—not just as a workout, but as a way to reconnect, reset, and feel more grounded.

Hi, I’m Vanessa! I’m a 200-hour RYT, Yoga Sculpt certified, and Barre certified. You’ll find me in the studio teaching everything from Vinyasa, Barre, and strength training to the softer side of sunrise flows and sound-healing mashups.

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No matter the class, you can always count on the music being on point! When I’m not teaching, you’ll find me volunteering with our local veterans, helping with benefits and fundraisers, or working with our local semi-pro football team. Outside of all that, I’m a married fur mama to two sweet pups. Come move, sweat, breathe, and have some fun with me!