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Cassie Popeski

Teacher

she/her

Hometown:

Tucson, AZ

Favorite Song/Artist:

An impossible question, but a few favorites: Toro y Moi, Buscabulla, James Blake, Sade + yunè pinku

Odd Fact:

I have a pup named Wren and she is my love, my light, my everything!

My Sign:

Aries ☀️ Aquarius 🌙 Virgo ⬆️

My Class Style:

Expect a playful, intentional flow with creative transitions, eclectic music and plenty of opportunities to get curious about how you move. While we’ll definitely have fun (and probably get a little sweaty), I also place an emphasis on alignment, not for the sake of making a pose look a certain way, but as a tool for understanding our bodies better and finding movement that feels good in them. Classes often weave in yoga philosophy, a grounding theme and somatic-inspired movement, and may build toward a peak pose, but there is never one “right” way to practice. My hope is that you leave feeling a little more present, connected and at home in your body.

I first found yoga as a teenager at YogaOasis in Tucson. Coming from a dance background, I was used to thinking about how movement looked, and yoga asked me to pay attention to how it felt. There was something incredibly freeing in that shift - moving with less concern for how it appeared and more curiosity about what was actually happening in my body. Over time, yoga became a constant through all of life’s ups and downs, a practice I could return to again and again, helping me get out of my head, back into my body, and a little closer to the present moment. I completed my 200-hour YTT while living in Seattle just before the pandemic, and after a few moves from Seattle to NYC to LA, I’m so happy to have found a home teaching at ODD.