Kristi Gall

Kristi Gall grew up in Colorado and has been using the Colorado mountains as her playground since she was a young girl.  She first discovered yoga while attending graduate school in Phoenix in 1998, rolling out her mat on the grass next to the student union.  Enthralled with the way she felt after her first class, she continued practicing and learning more about the vast health benefits of yoga. She earned her 200-hour certification at Providence Institute in Tucson, Arizona and began teaching to the senior citizen audience in Green Valley as well as in Spanish to the low-income families through El Rio in Tucson.  She also began to notice the healing power of yoga within her own body, after many years of skiing, hiking, soccer, softball, and more.

Maria Kali Ma, one of Kristi’s teachers at Providence Institute, introduced Kristi to the potential healing powers of yoga therapy, encouraging and mentoring Kristi as she secured her 500-hour certification in yoga therapy with Joseph and Lilian LePage at Integrative Yoga Therapy.  Her background in yoga therapy helped Kristi immeasurably as she worked with aging bodies, including her own. Finding a way to help others heal fueled Kristi’s desire to continue with her yoga and yoga therapy training, completing her 1,000 hour designation in Integrative Yoga Therapy in November 2012.

Kristi rounded out her yoga training and teaching by adding the youth audience to her repertoire.  In addition to her yoga therapy training, Kristi has worked as the Program Director for The Wellness Initiative, bringing yoga to students Pre-K through high school throughout Denver and Boulder.  She furthered her training for children and young adults through the training of Yoga Ed., an evidence-based program that provides training and tools to support the physical, mental, and emotional health of the children and teens.

She moved to Napa in 2015 with her husband (who is a native to Napa) to support and care for her elderly in-laws.  She pursued a Personal Training certification as well as a Sport Nutrition Specialist certification in 2016 as she is passionate about learning as much as healthh and wellness.  She continues to teach, train and pursue her passion as she discovers the vast adventures that await her in the Napa Valley and Northern California.