Staff Bios
Qi's staff is comprised of seasoned personal trainers and instructors who share a passion for health and wellness.
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Neil Allman
I was born and raised in sunny Florida playing every sport available. While on campus, I had a blast working as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor. After graduation I looked for a healthy, productive environment where snowboarding was a short drive away, making Denver the obvious choice. Now living in Denver and working for Qi you will always find me in a good mood.
Education: B.S. in mechanical engineering at the University of Florida.
Certification: American College of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer, Crossfit Level 1
Experience: For 3 years at U.F. I worked as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor leading outdoor fitness, kickboxing, indoor cycling, total body, and bootcamp classes.
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Dawnelle Arthur - Co Owner
Dawnelle brings a rich and varied background to her yoga classes. She has attended many teacher training sessions including; 200 hrs in Eclectic Hatha Yoga from The Institute of Progressive Therapies in San Diego, California; 200 hrs in Power Yoga and Hot Yoga from CorePower Yoga Studios in Denver, Colorado. She also holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology from Iowa State University. Dawnelle is a very encouraging teacher and hopes her students can find the strength, compassion and self acceptance that her practice helped her find.
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Ashli
As an outdoor enthusiast, Ashli enjoyed the beauty and unpredictability of exploring the mountains. Although she still enjoys these activities, they only offered opportunities to connect with the external world. Ashli decided she needed to find a practice that would hone intrinsic integration of mind and body. In the summer of 2002, she tried her first yoga class and knew immediately that she found the perfect means for calming her mind as well as keeping her physically fit. Ashli has been a dedicated practitioner of vinyasa yoga since 2001. This past summer, Ashli decided to explore new options for staying fit and enjoying the outdoors. She completed a few triathlons both on and off track as well as coaching the swim portion for Seasons Fit triathlon training. During this period, Ashli became hooked on spin yoga and soon thereafter went through training to become a spin instructor herself. Ashli is a firm believer in merging cardio, strength training, and yoga as a united and fulfilling exercise routine. Seasons Fit is a perfect match for her workout ideals.
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Isaiah P. Castilleja - NASM-CPT
Isaiah is a Board Certified Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). In addition, he is currently continuing his education for a bachelors degree in Human Performance and Sports with an emphasis in Adult Fitness and a minor in Dietary Nutrition.
Isaiah has been working in the health and fitness industry for three years and is looking to make a career out of his passion for fitness. Being a stand out football player and an athlete his whole life, Isaiah brings almost a decades worth of training knowledge and experience to the table.
Isaiah can help you achieve any of your health and fitness goals, whether you're looking to shed a few pounds, build some strength, or just keep up with the kids, he'll bring you the most up-to-date and scientifically backed workout programs tailor fitted for your specific needs.
Specialties Include: General Health and Fitness, Athletic Strength and Conditioning, Weight Loss, Bodybuilding
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Raquel Cecil
Raquel has a decade of experience teaching pilates, as fitness and rehabilitation. She has studied and certified with masters of pilates and Gyrotonic, including Elizabeth Larkam of the St. Francis Hospital Center for Sports Medicine, Lisa Marie Goodwin, Sebastian Plettenberg and other leaders in the fitness industry, Liz Koch of The Psoas Book, Johnathan Urla and most recently Sebastein Lagree of SPX. She completed her White Belt training in the NIA Technique in 1999. Her passion for movement is primarily dance, modern, salsa and African, which she has studied through the University of Colorado Boulder, Cleo Parker Dance in Denver and with various master teachers from around the world. Further studies into rehabilitation, lead Raquel to complete 10 months of study to be certified as a Muscle Activation Techniques™ Specialist and many subsequent master's level courses including RTS™.
Any good fitness program should not only be challenging and integrative in the moment, it needs to prepare the body for the activities you love to do and prevent injuries.
Certifications: PhysicalMind Pilates 2000, Yogilates™ 2001, Gyrotonic™ 2003, Muscle Activation Techniques™ 2005, NSCA-CSCS Personal Trainer 2005, Zumba™ dance fitness 2006, SPX™ 2008
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Kylie Riesselman-Larson - Class Instructor Manager
Kylie began practicing yoga almost 10 years ago in an effort to give her body a break from all of her previous athletic endeavors. By practicing yoga she finally found the balance that she so desperately needed. By tuning into her body and mind she increased her personal awareness and became a better listener, realizing when it was time to back off, and when there was room to push further.
A strong Bikram practice set the foundation for Kylie to build upon. She loved the discipline that Bikram offered, and then was amazed at the endless possibilities of a vinyasa practice. In her opinion, "all yoga is good yoga."
Kylie's teaching style is best described as a slow flow, allowing students to feel each posture and maximize the benefits that each asana has to offer. Her favorite part of teaching is sharing the yogic philosophy and showing students how they can bring their yoga into their everyday life.
Please join Kylie for yoga, spin-yoga or yoga sculpt.
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Krystal Leiding
Was in competitive gymnastics for 6 years, and was a state qualifier in track (events: shot put, 100dash and hurdles). She has taught gymnastics, dance and cheer classes while in college, and is currently a senior at Du for international business and mandarin. Krystal loves working at Qi because everyday she sees how our members enhance their lifestyles by creating and maintaining new and life-changing goals.
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Chris and Corina Lindley-Co Owners
Chris and Corina have always been involved with promoting health and wellness. Chris has his Masters in Public Health as well as many national training certificates. He is also a veteran of the war in Iraq, serving over 12 months in Iraq as a Public Heath Combat Commander (where he recieved a Bronze Star), and continues to serve as a Army reservist as an Force Health Protection Officer. He has been a Nationally Certified Personal Trainer for over 11 years.
Corina has a Master's in Public Health and is certified Kinesis Instructor has been a soccer coach for 15 years. Corina was a three time All-American in soccer.
The Lindleys have two children, ages four and two.
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Raven
Raven has been practicing yoga for over 10 years. She moved from the suburbs of Chicago 7 years again and began to deepen her practice. Ravens passion for the practice, total body fitness and connection to the universe found her teaching power yoga, yoga sculpt, spin yoga and kinesis. She is thrilled to be able to live her passion and share the commonality that we all carry within us, the connection to our source. Ravens classes provide a light hearted energy to ease the changes within and courage to endure our own resistances to the outdated "stories" in our mind body and soul.
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Tanya Yaskoff ATC, NASM-PES
Athletic Trainer & Sports Performance Specialist
Tanya holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Athletic Training from North Park University in Chicago, IL. As a board certified, Colorado registered athletic trainer she has provided prevention, evaluation, and rehabilitation of athletic injuries for over 30 different sports teams and thousands of athletes. Tanya also holds certification through the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Performance Enhancement Specialist.
Tanya's passion lies in educating her clients on efficient movements. Her unique approach to functional training is centered on teaching core activation, proper form and technique, and re-educating postural muscles. Her method of correcting muscular imbalances allows for everyone to achieve their fitness/athletic goals along with minimizing injury.
