Our Facilitators

Amber (she/they) is an educator turned holistic practitioner who is certified in both Reiki and yin yoga. Although she taught in schools for many years, her love for psychology and spirituality have led her to teach outside of the classroom. Reflecting on over a decade of practice, Amber shares that yin completely changed her personal yoga practice and she now feels that bringing this gentle, yet deep form of healing to others is part of her life path, and is honored to be able to share its magic. Her approach to yin yoga bridges the ancient and the modern by incorporating trauma-informed strategies, somatics, yogic philosophy, Chakras, Meridians, astrology, and more

Whitney is a certified Yin yoga teacher, Reiki Master, folk herbalist, and sound healer.  Her teaching is an intuitive blend of these healing modalities.  Yin postures provide the structure to gently guide students back into a feeling of connection and presence as she weaves in sound and reiki energy healing.     

Whitney began focusing on energy and subtle body work after experiencing her own energetic healing from sciatica, relationship trauma, and burnout from years of hustling as a designer in NYC.  Whitney completed her 200 hr YTT in India under the mentorship of Amanda Capobianco, her herbalism certification as an apprentice under Sage Maurer of the Gaia School of Healing and Earth Medicine, Yin training under Stacey Bell, her Reiki Masters from Lisa Levine of Maha Rose, and her sound healing certification from Amber Bonham of Shefayoga Venice.  

Jenni Stevens is a licensed clinical mental health counselor and experienced yoga teacher whose work bridges psychotherapy and somatic practice. Her journey with yoga began in 2010 as a way to cultivate balance, and has since evolved into a deeply rooted passion for embodiment and healing. She completed her 200-hour yoga certification through Happy Love Yoga School in 2017 and a 300-hour certification in Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) in 2020.

With a trauma-informed lens, Jenni creates compassionate, predictable spaces that support participants in reconnecting with their bodies and inner resources. Her approach is rooted in offering choice, agency, and presence through yoga, meditation, and mindfulness. Jenni holds space for possibility and empowerment, inviting each person to meet themselves just as they are, in their own time and way.

As Serenity Rising, Ruth and Amber offer a unique tandem Reiki experience. By working simultaneously in order to maximize the healing potential during a session, these intuitively-guided energy sessions cater to the client’s individual needs.

The goal of Serenity Rising is to allow people to realize that they are more than their limitations. By using the ancient Japanese technique of Reiki, Ruth and Amber help the body and mind to come out of stressful patterns and begin to heal.

Jenn is a 500 hour certified meditation teacher through Yogamu Institute and Meditation Alliance International. She began her journey a in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction class which uncovered her true passion of mindfulness and meditation. Leaning into her intuition, she become devoted to her own daily practice of yoga and meditation, experiencing for herself the immense amount of benefits yoga and meditation had on her mental health and her ability to cultivate peace in her inner landscape. Through this passion, her purpose became clear: to hold authentic, safe space filled with love, light and compassion for herself and others around her.

As a former school teacher, Jenn is decided to her mission of teaching others how st hold that same space for themselves and others around them. Her wish is to help create community filled with love, light and compassion, fulfilling her belief of leaving the world a better place than she found it.

Whether she is hiking, meditating or blissfully admiring the world around her, Jenn finds inspiration by being in Nature. She loves being surrounded by majestically imperfect trees and feeling completely supported by the ocean. Being so drawn to Nature, Jenn values everyone’s own unique purpose and gift. Practicing with Jenn reminds up of our very own unique experience in this world.