Our Teachers

Brenda

I opened ecce yoga studio in 2008 in downtown Fargo. After holding space for ten years on Broadway, ecce yoga moved to a beautiful new home in 2019. I’ve been practicing and studying yoga since 2002. I first discovered yoga while living in Minneapolis and continued my studies after moving to Portland, OR, where I met my teacher, Casey Palmer of Near East Yoga. I completed my 200-hour training in 2010 and have since trained with De West (prenatal), Judith Lasater (restorative), Matthew Sweeney, and Asha Wolf (Ashtanga and Yin). I also completed doula (birth partner) training in 2014.

As a professional touring singer-songwriter for more than a decade and an activist for suicide prevention for the past 20 years, yoga has helped ground me and keep me well in body, mind, and spirit. It has been a constant through joy, loss, grief, and change. I feel deeply honored to hold space at ecce for others to practice, grow, heal, and connect in community.

I am also blessed to share life with my partner, Derek, and to be the mama to our beautiful daughter, Ruby Ann, and our dog, Bernice.