A collective of individuals building an inclusive, brave space to invest in people and community healing
Our team
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Brooke
Register & Pay Under Classes Tab or Venmo @BrookeMonaco
I recognize yoga as an act of self love, integrity & liberation - & I believe within my whole heart that everyone deserves access to this type of empowerment, this type of healing. My goal with this space is to offer practices & private sessions for people that are affordable, inclusive & attainable.
My professional career in yoga:
I am a 500hr RYT, with an emphasis on trauma informed yoga, yin yoga, somatics, yoga for addiction & currently wrapping up my yoga therapy training. I have built several trainings out of these topics & have taught them since 2018 - also having worked at a chiropractors office, working alongside talk therapists doing EMDR work, speaking at UNO & the Nebraska Counseling Association & doing countless 1-on-1 trauma informed sessions with clients.
In addition, I have had the privilege of working alongside a wide range of diverse communities. While working with nonprofits, prisons, transitional homes, rehabilitation centers & creating the Wellness Programs at Black & Pink National - I have witnessed the immense impact these practices can have on an individual once they are accessible - in price, location, body, etc.
Misha
Misha “HoneyLove” Frazier
Misha is a choreographer and wellness creative who practices and promotes healing through yoga and dance. Through her HoneyLove Lifestyle brand, she cultivates spaces of joy, sensuality, and community connection. She is excited to join the Ananda team, where she shares her passion for movement as medicine and helps others reclaim freedom and self-expression.
Brittany
Class Sign up link: https://bendwithbrit.setmore.com/brit
My name is Brit and I am a passionate and dedicated 200 hour yoga instructor whose mission is to bring the transformative benefits of yoga to communities that have historically lacked access to these practices. As a Black woman, I am deeply committed to creating inclusive and accessible spaces where people of all backgrounds feel welcomed and empowered to explore yoga.
After experiencing the transformative power of yoga, I felt called to share it with underserved communities where wellness practices are often inaccessible. My classes create a welcoming, inclusive space that promotes mindfulness, self-compassion, and resilience for people of all backgrounds. Ultimately, I aim to make yoga a tool for personal and social transformation, fostering connection and healing for everyone.
Darryl
Darryl Brown, Jr. is a nationally recognized author, sexual health educator, spiritual life coach and teacher, as well as pastor and healing practitioner. With a history of non-profit and community facing leadership, Brown has served in the realms of healing justice, reproductive justice and health as well as sexual health. Brown is the Founding Teacher and Facilitator at Under the Tree Wellness Community where African history is used as the entry point to total person wellness. Also called to herbalism as a healing & wellness modality, he is the owner of HootTea, a handcrafted wellness and manifestation herbal tea business. With several modalities used in his work, Brown’s work is at the intersection of spirituality & healing, black advocacy/liberation, and marginalized identities.
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Jordan
Venmo @Jordan-Minnick-1 to sign up for her Wednesdays, 7pm Pilates Class
Jordan is an Omaha transplant that has found community through health & wellness. She is working on Stott Pilates instructor certification and has done training at the Pilates Center of Omaha. As a yogi that has circled back to pilates, she has found great purpose & motivation in her pilates education and is eager to help others find their way to feeling good through mindful exercise. She works full time in elections, something that she enjoys traveling for. You can catch her gardening, concert-going, and film-watching in her free time.
Priya
Venmo @PRI-AYLWARD to sign up for Pop-Up Events
Dr. Priya (she/her) is an Indian American Yin Yoga teacher and physician dedicated to bridging the ancient and moderns world of healing. With a deep foundation in both Western medicine and Ayurveda, her holistic approach guides students back toward balance, self-awareness, and optimal health.
FAQs —
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What is the Goal of Ananda Omaha?
Short Answer: These practices are a human right. When we invest in people, not punishment, our entire city heals. Let’s return these teachings to everyone — & guide our community back to its inherent wholeness.
Long Answer: We believe these practices are a human right. Gifted to us through Indian lineage & ancestral wisdom, yoga was never meant to be stripped down or priced out of reach. Everyone deserves access to the tools that help them feel at home in themselves — in their own bliss body.
Yet, too many people are shut out of the wellness world: prices too high, inclusion is too low, & teachings reduced to a workout instead of a pathway home.
When we invest in people & their wellbeing, we invest in the health of our entire community. Mental health improves, connection strengthens, & Omaha becomes a safer, more compassionate city.
It’s time to shift our resources away from punishment & harmful systems, & back towards practices that reconnect us to our truest nature — our inherent wholeness, our bliss body. Our Anandamaya Kosha.
What Kind of Community is Being Built at Ananda Omaha?
We’re creating a community where everyone belongs. We’re committed to eliminating obstacles tied to price, body, clothing, experience, identity or labels of any kind. We’re building a space where people feel welcomed in their full humanity, & where yoga is offered as a path back to ease, connection & wholeness — not just a workout.
Ananda Omaha is for all of us, & we can’t wait to grow this community together.