Aloha and Namaste

Mohalu Wellness is a yoga studio and teacher collective located in historic Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Mohalu offers a range of workshops, special events and weekly classes to support each human’s journey. Focused on the connection between mind, body and spirit, every yogi can find a style and format to suit their needs, from beginner and those with limited mobility, to those more experienced yogis wanting to deepen their practice. All of Mohalu’s teachers are registered with Yoga Alliance and are a minimum of 200-hour yoga teacher certified in a range of methodologies.

Meet Our Teachers

  • Lona Lozinski

    Lona is the founder and operator of Mohalu Wellness. Lona has been a yoga practitioner for over twenty years and earned her 200hr yoga teacher certification on the beautiful islands of Hawai’i. She is also a certified Warriors At Ease yoga instructor, trained to provide trauma-aware yoga to military service veterans and first responders. Lona is a 23+ year Air Force veteran, military spouse and mother to two teenage girls.

  • Chrissy Lewin

    Chrissy is a West Virginia native, 200RYT, certified kid’s yoga instructor, trauma-informed yoga educator and trauma-certified educator with Berkeley County Schools and a SUP Yoga instructor. Lewin is also a mother of four and a local middle school science teacher. Check her out for more offerings and science wellness tips at “Autumn’s Teacher: The Yogi Science Teacher” on social media.

  • Sherry Speelman

    Sherry began her yoga journey over 25 years ago and began teaching in 2016 after completing her 500 hour certification. Sherry has since earned her 800 hour Professional Yoga Therapist Certification, Prenatal Yoga certification and is a Certified laughter yoga leader. Sherry also has advanced certifications in yin yoga, restorative yoga, chair yoga and mindfulness practices.

  • Melissa Christ

    Melissa began practicing yoga in 2013 and is a certified 500-Hour Yoga Teacher. She taught in-person classes through October 2021 and now offers online and weekly classes through her virtual safe space of inspiration and yoga offerings on social media as 'Nikon Melissa'.

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    Elaine Lewis

    Elaine began her yoga journey more than 30 years ago and has over 600 hours of teaching experience. She completed a 200-hour yoga teacher certification in 2015 and more recently completed a 25-hour Yin Yoga Teacher Training and a fourteen-hour Trauma Informed Workshop. Elaine enjoys offering yoga to everyone, encouraging students to be playful, curious, and mindfully explore while honoring their own bodies.

  • Kimber Hyatt-Bowen

    Kimber started practicing yoga in 2005 and completed her 200hr Yoga Teacher Training in 2012. In 2017 Kimber completed her 600hr training as an Ayurvedic Health Counselor and in 2018 Kimber completed her 300hr Advanced Yoga teacher training. Teaching Ayurveda-inspired yoga and sharing Ayurvedic wisdom is her passion. She loves to show students the way a yoga practice can help to maintain health and balance through the changing seasons of the year, just as food can.

About our name…

In Hawai’i culture, Mohalu is the 12th phase of the lunar calendar, when the moon is nearly full. It is said that this was the most sacred night to the Polynesian deity, Kane, who would plant flowers on the 12th phase of the lunar cycle. It is a reminder that as we strive to reach our full light, we can find peace and fulfillment right where we are. At its heart, Mohalu means at ease, unrestrained, and to flower.