Allison Rissel

Allison has always been an exercise enthusiast. Even when playing high school sports, she never complained about extra practices or conditioning because as long as she was moving then she was happy. When she was 20 years old she started teaching yoga as part of her group fitness teaching career. After just a few sessions she realized that a lot of her knee pain was starting to diminish. She started exploring various kinds of yoga including Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Hatha, and Bikram yoga. After stumbling upon The Stillwater Studio in 2012, Allison completed the 500-hour teacher training with Camp Utopia where she has learned to combine her extensive exercise physiology background with yoga, hoping to become part of the movement to link science & yoga together so that all people will become believers of the healing practice.  

Allison is also the co-creator of enLIGHTen, an 8-week diet course that teaches people HOW to lose weight and keept it off while living a normal life. enLIGHTen focuses on using the yoga chakra system to help people make behavioral changes and live a healthier and lighter life. She is also now a licensed Camp Utopia instructor and hosts 200 & 300-hour yoga teacher trainings in ND, SD, MT, WY & CO.

In addition to yoga, Allison holds her master's degree in Exercise Science and has extensive knowledge in Exercise Physiology, Anatomy & Physiology, Biomechanics and Exercise Prescription. She was formerly the assistant director of Total Wellness, a Texas State University based wellness program in San Marcos, Texas. She has experience working with worksite wellness programs, children's summer camps, teaching group fitness classes, personal training, workshop presentations, marketing, and metabolic testing. Allison was also a lecturer at Texas State University where she taught undergraduate classes in Exercise Physiology, Resistance Training & Conditioning and Introduction to Exercise & Sports Science. 

Today, Allison resides in Longmont, CO with her husband, Sean and is the owner of The ART of Living-Allison Rissel Training.  She believes in providing quality exercise programs at affordable rates to help people of all shapes & sizes live healthier & happier lives.