Specialties
Rise Yoga aims to create a tranquil, peaceful space for the Wallingford community. A space where upon opening the door one feels as though they just took a big, deep breath. A place to move, exhale, de-stress, and connect with yourself. Rise welcomes all levels of practitioners and offers Vinyasa as well as Gentle Yoga classes.
History
Established in 2017.
Rise Yoga began bringing yoga to the Wallingford community in January, 2017. Founder, Kelsey Sperl, a Wallingford native, kept feeling pulled to teach in the area. When she had the opportunity to rent out space in a local gym, she knew this was the universe telling her to go for it.
In those first six months Kelsey was consistently blown away by how many people were showing up. It was telling in and of itself how much this town needed the time and space to slow down and reconnect with themselves...mind, body, and spirit.
After just a half of a year, she knew it was time to go all in. The community that was evolving wanted more classes, more options, more teachers, more yoga!
Her vision was always to create a tranquil, peaceful space for this community. A space where upon opening the door one feels as though they just took a big deep breath. A place to de-stress, to learn, to simply just be with yourself. Kelsey made that vision come to life!
Meet the Business Owner: Kelsey S.
Kelsey first stepped on to her yoga mat in 2011 while living in Boston and navigating life in her early twenties. Being active through sports and dance growing up, she of course enjoyed the physicality of the yoga practice although soon realized that wasn't what kept her coming back. Her yoga mat slowly became what felt like home to her. A place to find stillness and quiet among the stresses and over-stimulation of everyday life in a busy world. Over the next few years she continued to practice and little by little began realizing the benefits yoga was having on her overall well-being.
Upon moving back home to Connecticut in 2014 she enrolled in her first 200 hour Vinyasa teacher training. Kelsey's classes offer a well-rounded physical practice focusing on proper alignment and using the breath as a tool to anchor in to the present moment. You can always count on a heart-warming playlist and a reminder to practice your yoga not only on the mat but off of it as well.
