Angee Franzen began teaching power vinyasa in 2012, completing her first 200hr Yoga Teacher Training with Core Power in NW Portland. Angee continued to study the philosophy, science of movement and the social implications of living an Intentional life at The Bhakti Movement center. In 2015 Angee discovered Radiant Body Yoga with Kia Miller. Radiant Body Yoga holds the principles of Ashtanga Yoga with the wisdom of Kundalini Yoga. After studying in India in 2016 and 2017 with Kia Miller Angee received her 300hr teaching certification. In 2017 Angee completed a Trauma Informed training with Living Yoga. She volunteers at MacLaren youth correctional facility monthly. In 2019 Angee completed her Kundalini Level 1 teacher training in Bali. In July of 2024, Angee earned her E-500 RYT designation, a longtime goal. Angee loves to teach Yin Yoga, Meditation as well as Restorative Somatic Yoga. Angee has been living sober for 20 years and raising 3 sons with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Emily Cawley, originally from Beaverton, has been a student of Bonfire Hot Yoga since 2011.   Emily earned her her 200 yoga teacher certification in 2016 in a program focused on the 26&2 hot yoga series,  training Sarah Grace, Kathy Allen and Kevin Cooke at Sealevel Hot Yoga. Her teaching is influenced by her practice of ashtanga and the yoga lineage of Bishnu Ghosh. Her instructional style is warm and direct, which emphasis in stillness, discipline, and finding ease within effort. Emily has 15 years of study in education which she puts into practice not only in teaching yoga, but in mentoring new yoga teachers, and offering professional development opportunities to improve teaching practices for the yoga community. She and her teaching partner Seth Brown have taught several teacher trainings, advanced asana workshops and posture clinics since the beginning of their collaboration in 2017. Emily also teaches voice workshops for actors and yogis alike, and has worked as a dialect coach and acting teacher in the Seattle, WA. You can find her at Bonfire Hot Yoga, the Beaverton-located studio of which she is the owner. She has lived and practiced in Seattle, New York City, and Vancouver BC.

Vasilina Britikova is a certified yoga instructor with extensive experience in Yin Yoga, breathwork, and meditation. Her teaching focuses on deep relaxation, mindful movement, and the connection between breath and body. Vasilina’s Yin classes offer a therapeutic approach to releasing tension, improving flexibility, and restoring inner balance. Through long-held postures and guided breath awareness, she helps students cultivate stillness and presence.

Hi my name is Isabel or Isa,

First and foremost I am a human, sister, and woman trying to live my best highest life. I have spent innumerable nights in darkness in shamanic sacred ceremonies, seeking spirit and life meaning. I am constantly working on how to best help myself and inspire others, aligning my thoughts with my actions. My nature is to share, I love to serve, lead, build community, and bring people together.

I share my medicine, gifts, and life lessons through teaching yoga, group sound journeys, workshops, meditation, private healing sessions, somatic therapy, cranial sacral, and Thai yoga massage.

I am a big believer in the power of community. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to be part of the Bonfire Studio, a space where I reach and touch many hearts with hatha and kundalini yoga and I teach it with confidence and testament to its power and ability to help one along the path of life. 

Life is short. The meaning ever evolving. The focus ever shifting. The one thing we can lean into is the consistency of change. I am an evolving human and so are you. It is a privilege and honor to take the journey together. Thank you!

*Learn more about Isabel by visiting her website: https://www.falconmedicina.com

I started practicing yoga in 2008 and began teaching yoga in 2017.

I trained with Dina Lang for my RYS 200hr, and Michele Loew for my RYS 500hr. Both certifications are through Yoga Alliance, and both teachers are masters in their field. I still to this day draw from their words of wisdom when sequencing my classes, teaching workshops, or guiding new students on their yoga journey.

I enjoy teaching dynamic classes which gently push students out of their comfort zones. I use breath & movement to let go of old stories, judgements, fears that may be holding us back. Just breathe and move and be mindful of what comes up. I believe if you keep practicing consistently it can change your life.

Come do yoga with me. We’ll sweat, work hard and maybe have a laugh or two. :)

Namaste

It’s my personal belief that everyone's yoga journey begins with their first breath, arriving at body, or perhaps even before then. When one becomes aware they are on this path it’s simply a matter of time & perseverance.

Around 2003 I stepped into what I knew as my first yoga class. I was recovering from a traumatic brain surgery that left me chronically disabled - I was 14 years old at the time. It was not hot yoga, but a style based in energy work similar to Kundalini or Qi Gong. It was my first experience in what I knew then as yoga, & had tremendous effects on my physical recovery & depression. Later, in 2008 I would begin my hot yoga practice with Bikram yoga, this time I was 19 & mostly recovered from my surgeries with the exception of chronic nerve damage. I always enjoyed being physical & competitive, & at that first class I knew this was going to change my life.

After about 7 years of practice I found myself going through yet another brain surgery in 2013 - this was to be my 3rd operation. Previously I worked in the trades as a metal fabricator & welder, however this last surgery would usher me into my new occupation as a yoga teacher. In 2014 I arrived at my first yoga training. I completed Bikram’s nine week teacher training, spending the next year after that traveling & teaching around the world & across the USA. My training did not stop there, & since then I have trained under Bernie Clark, Sarah Powers, Esak Garcia, & senior teachers of S.N Goenka (Vipassana) & Richard Miller (iRest). I've also done other 200hr YTT’s in person & online as continuing education. My training hours exceeded over 1000, &, since 2014 my teaching hours exceed 5,000.

This is all to say, teaching is my life's passion. It is not a job or a duty. But a privilege & an honor for which I am grateful.

I was first introduced to yoga in the mid 90's when the costume designer at Willamette University saw a need and generously taught an unofficial vinyasa class to stressed out students.  Years later I took up long distance running and needed something to help with muscle cramps.  As I ran past the yoga studio I remembered those beautiful classes and decided to try yoga again. 

My yoga journey now includes a 200 hour YTT in Vinyasa flow from Pure 8, a Ghosh apprenticeship with Seth Brown, multiple workshops and training sessions with Ghosh Yoga, and a Yin teacher course at Bonfire Hot Yoga.  Yoga has become an integral part of maintaining and increasing my health. I enjoy every continuing education opportunity.  

The more I practice yoga, the more it becomes an essential to my spiritual practice.  The study of yoga helps me dive deep into all aspects of my humanity, which only serves to increase my understanding of the divine. I hope to offer the opportunity for that discovery to others as well. 

In addition to yoga practitioner, I'm a wife, mom, and a pastor at Christ the Healer, UCC.