Our Instructors

Jessa Peterson - Founder & Owner

JESSA PIONEERED A YOGA CULTURE IN MANHATTAN WHEN SHE MOVED FROM LOS ANGELES TO MANHATTAN, HER HOME TOWN, AND OPENED A STUDIO THAT SHE GREW FOR 10 YEARS. SHE REALIZED THERE WAS MORE THAT WE COULD BE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND LEFT TO FOLLOW HER PASSION OF HELPING PEOPLE. JESSA STARTED TEACHING IN 2007, SHE HAS TAUGHT OVER 12,000 CLASSES, AND IS E-RYT 500 CERTIFIED. SHE LEADS 200 HOUR TEACHER TRAININGS AND 100 HOUR MENTORSHIPS. SHE BELIEVES THERE ISN’T A ‘ONE-SIZE FITS ALL’ TO YOGA. SHE ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO FIND WHAT WORKS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL BODIES WHILE PAYING ATTENTION AND WORKING HARD. JESSA LOVES BUILDING COMMUNITY AND SEEING PEOPLE GROW THROUGH THE YOGA PRACTICE. SHE LIVES IN WAMEGO WITH HER HUSBAND, BRIAN AND TWO CHILDREN, INDIE AND CREW.

Alison Pugh - Wamego Studio Owner

ALISON SCOTT PUGH GREW UP DANCING IN SALINA, KS. IN COLLEGE, SHE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT DANCING JOBS FOR 6-FOOT-TALL WOMEN WERE SCARCE. IT WAS IN WORKING THROUGH THIS DISAPPOINTMENT THAT SHE DISCOVERED AND FELL IN LOVE WITH YOGA. SINCE THOSE COLLEGE DAYS OVER 20 YEARS AGO, ALISON HAS BEEN A CONSTANT PRACTITIONER THROUGH HER MOVE TO WAMEGO IN 2004, THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST CHILD, PIPPA, AND THE BIRTH OF HER TWINS, CLEMENTINE AND OLIVER. SHE FINDS THAT YOGA HAS TAUGHT HER FOCUS AND CLARITY OF MIND WHILE MAINTAINING THE CONTROL OVER HER BODY THAT SHE LEARNED DURING THOSE EARLY YEARS IN DANCE. IN 2021, ALISON COMPLETED 200-HOUR YOGA TEACHER TRAINING WITH HER MENTOR, JESSA VOSS, OWNER OF CHAPTER 5 YOGA. IN SEPTEMBER 2022, SHE OPENED CHAPTER 5 YOGA WAMEGO, AN OFF SHOOT OF CHAPTER 5 YOGA, TO SHARE HER LOVE OF YOGA WITH WAMEGO, THE COMMUNITY SHE LOVES.

Meet the Team