Meet The Team

I received my 200 hour training under the Founder and previous owner, Misty Lamppa in 2018. I began teaching hot yoga right after graduation and eventually found my love of teaching Transcend Flow. I enjoy the variety, the freedom and the heat! Sculpt is a close second favorite to teach, I love the energy that class creates. I purchased the studio late August, 2022 and it's been such a joy to watch this community grow. I have enjoyed seeing new faces, welcoming back familiar faces and having daily interaction with the students as well as teachers. 180 Balance truly is one of a kind.

Liz is a lifelong learner and seeker of health.  What started as a personal passion evolved into a second career in 2014.  With instructor certifications from Yoga Alliance RYT200, NETA, and YOGABODY Trapeze Teacher Training she teaches at  180 balance Yoga Studio in Detroit Lakes, MN.  Her Yoga classes bring the history of the asanas to life through stories, sequences, and song.  Her smile and sense of humor puts every yogi at ease.  One of her goals for students walking in the door is to celebrate the present moment where we've created space in our lives to take time for ourselves.  Together we'll work to quiet the mind and enjoy moving with our breathe.

I have been a certified group fitness instructor since 2014 and a certified yoga sculpt instructor since 2019. 

In my high school days I was a 3 sport athlete playing soccer, basketball, and softball. From there I went on to play softball at the collegian level. Physical fitness & being active is a huge part of who I am and what I believe in. Over the years this has evolved and developed into not only physical fitness but mental fitness/strength as well. I want those that attend my classes to feel empowered and know that they are capable of doing hard things! 

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Teaching since 2022. I love all classes at 180 but I gravitate toward high-energy/high-temp classes so I’m often at Transcend Flow and Hot Yoga. I'm also available for private instruction (1:1 or group) tailored to your preferences. Let’s connect!

Roz has certifications as a yoga instructor at the 200-hour, yoga-sculpt, and silver-sneaker levels. Roz and her family call Lake Park home. She is almost finished with her Bachelor's in Health and Wellness and has a deep interest in nutrition, reading, and studying all aspects of how the human body functions. She is an animal lover with a long list of destinations to visit and a soft spot for all creatures great and small. Roz's yoga has been a vital part of her recovery from a recent diagnosis of thyroid cancer, and she plans to offer classes that are accessible to students of all levels by accommodating a wide range of physical abilities. "In unison, we will tune in to the information our bodies are sending us about what they need, and we will let our breath and movement naturally feel good as they combine." See you on our mats! -Roz

Arlene has a deep-rooted passion for fitness and health.  She began taking yoga classes in 2014 to gain flexibility and discovered that yoga was a huge stress reliever and a great way to calm her mind.  Arlene fell in love with the grace and beauty of the yoga practice and was inspired to attend yoga teacher training at 180balance in Detroit Lakes, MN to earn her RYT200 certification.  In the months prior to teacher training, Arlene had torn her ACL and had undergone knee surgery to repair it.  Yoga had a huge impact on her recovery.  Due to her own injury, Arlene has an acute awareness of her students’ bodies and how they are reacting to the yoga postures.  Arlene has a gift for helping students find modifications and adjustments that work with their body.  She also has a gift for teaching deep stretching which she found was essential after taking classes at the DL Crossfit Gym.  Her goal is to provide her students with a judgement-free space to explore and grow their yoga practice.

Hi! I’m Diane, your gentle + restore guide here at the studio. My journey with yoga started in my early 20’s, with a little dabble here and there in the practice. But it wasn’t until I was deeply lost in my infertility journey that it became more of a spiritual outlet for me.  I remember coming to 180 Balance for the first time back in 2019 and thinking to myself, “man, this place feels like home.” Who knew years later that home feeling would bring on a whole new chapter for me as an instructor. Funny how life works out.  My hope for these classes I offer is to guide you into truly listening to your body, tuning inward, slowing down to recharge your body, mind and soul, and to just give yourself the rest we all so deeply deserve and need.  Along with my 200hr YTT, I am a Usui/Holy Fire III, Reiki Master . I consider myself a Lightworker, I truly want the best for people  so I encourage where I can to plant those little seeds to guide you in your own healing  journey. 

I love how yoga practice is really a journey home to our True Self, the Divine.  To paraphrase Judith Hanson Lasater, “The asanas, breathing techniques, the meditation and other limbs are not the yoga.   They are the practices that point us in a direction where you are more likely to make your home way to your True Self.”  Ultimately yoga is an internal practice that can change how you move in the world.  

I am trained in Yoga Trapeze through YB and teach those classes at the DLCCC.  In 2018 I took my 230 hour training through Devanadi Studio in Minneapolis.  It opened my eyes and heart to all these rich teachings and practices.  Now I geek out on the Koshas, Vayus, Doshas, Yamas, Niyamas, anything related to this beautiful spiritual practice  and try to share what I learn in my classes.   I believe in the power of a long, nourishing Savasana and try to offer that gift to my students. It’s challenging to lie in stillness and silence but also so rewarding and necessary.  When we are nourished individuals, we live our yoga off our mats and somehow that transforms the world. Peace and Love on your Journey!

My yoga journey began when I was looking for a way to soothe my nervous system and learn more about the mental health benefits of yoga. From my very first class I was already in love with the practice of yoga and just knew I’d love the honor to share this practice with others. I’ve found yoga to be one of the many modalities of medicine for my mental health and my goal as a teacher is to share my experience and make yoga more accessible to anyone – yogis come in all shapes, sizes, and walks of life. I’m passionate about the immense benefits of breathwork, chanting, and meditation – Kundalini & relaxing yoga classes are my current favorite to teach.

Hi! I'm Leah. I wear a lot of hats. Along with being a yoga teacher, I'm a mother of 3 incredible humans, and 3 amazing fur babies. I'm a wife, a daughter, a sister, a holistic health practitioner, nature nerd, introvert, highly sensitive person, intuitive psychic empath, lover of naps, old soul, and lifelong soul searcher dedicated to the service of individual healing as a means of healing the collective. I believe we are one. Period. And it is within my yoga practice that this all began to make sense. 

We're conditioned in this fast paced life to keep ourselves occupied to the extent that our only connection to spirit is in the hours of our sleep, which we often struggle to find and easily forget. Over time, in the practice of moving my body with intention on my mat, I found that it was a means of not necessarily quieting my mind, but coming into a flow state where I could truly observe its thought patterns and shift them accordingly to serve my highest good and purpose. 

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My favorite yoga quote comes from the Bhagavad Gita and states, "yoga is a journey of the self, through the self, to the self."  This beautifully summarizes the practice of yoga in my eyes. I too was someone who viewed yoga as merely a means of "gentle" exercise - until I realized it wasn't. 

I've been a lifelong sufferer of various mental health struggles to include anxiety and depression.  Yoga was the gateway to a path that helped me better understand myself and the GIFTS I'd been given in these "conditions" I'd previously viewed only as a curse. 

My passion in my teaching practice is to truly meet each student where they are not only in the physical body but also in the space of the heart and mind. When we can get in touch with our inner workings and facilitate more love and acceptance for all that we are, the physical body naturally follows suit. I have so much love for each and every student I've encountered and have yet to meet, as they are just as much of a teacher to me as I am to them. 

Namaste. 

Hi! My name is Stacy and I am so honored to share my story and life's purpose with you. I have practiced yoga since 2018 and completed my 200 Yoga Teacher Training in May of 2022. I have a passion and calling for the practice and teachings of Yoga Nidra, Kundalini and creating an experience where yogis can feel held, safe and loved.

My yoga journey began with the hopes of finding mental clarity and guidance. To my surprise, like many others, I found a purpose and true calling that aligned with my soul. I am here to provide support, compassion, empathy and space to those that are in need of it.

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Hi! My name is Ally Knutson, and I teach Yoga Sculpt. After falling in love with taking sculpt classes during college, I got my sculpt certification. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I have been teaching since January 2020 and started at 180 Balance in March 2022. My teaching style can be explained as "sneaky." I like to start off slow with a flow and stretch and then pop in some cardio when you least expect it! In my classes, I like the music to be loud, the temperature to be hot and my class to be energetic. Your arms and legs will be burning when you leave my class, but I promise you will have fun while you do it!

My name is Ashlie Seifert and I found my love for yoga in the OG 180 studio circa 2015- if you know you know. Of course like most new yogis I was very skeptical and unsure but later came to love the practice and found myself working through past trauma on my mat and eventually off my mat because of my practice. I found a mind, body and soul connection here I didn't find in traditional or mainstream counseling and healing methods. Many years of substance abuse, physical and mental abuse coming to light and being manageable because of yoga. 

This journey of healing became a journey of self acceptance and self love which eventually led me to my teacher training in 2020 through Replenish Yoga and Wellness on Rainy Lake International Falls MN, my hometown. I am also a busy mama and social worker with the hopes of completing my masters in clinical counseling to eventually offer yoga therapy. 

My yoga practice isnt always love and light and it's usually pretty messy, much like life. I am absolutely not Zen AF and I do not claim to be. I bring that with me to classes- the real, the raw and sometimes the ugly. My favorite yoga is simply when it's challenging. Challenging to find stillness, challenging to find handstand or simply challenging just to get on the damn mat. That's it omies, simply show up for yourself and breathe and you've managed to be a badass little yogi.