MY Story

Meet Alyssa Montana

RYT 500 | Yoga Teacher Trainer | Thai Yoga Bodyworker | Retreat Guide | Multi-dimensional Energy Worker

My life and my work play in the deep end. I have struggled with labels most of my life because I am so much more. Some folks call me a psychic, some a yoga teacher, others neurodivergent, and some just ask when “Magic Hands” is coming over for bodywork?

I believe they are all one in the same. I’ve experienced many flavors of trauma throughout my life, and I notice very subtle information and patterns. I have walked the path of the Wounded Healer, and I am here to help others transform their pain into purpose and power.

My work is transformative because we travel deep into your Underworld, otherwise known as fascia. Your body remembers every pattern and impact your have experienced. These patterns and impacts affect the way you move, breathe, work and play on earth. I am here to help you kindly disrupt the patterns and impacts that are keeping you stuck in survival mode.

I love to weave science and spirit, mind and body, focus and play, and so much more! This work is for humans who are sick and tired of being sick and tired. Radical change requires radical shifts in being and moving through life. Transformation is a journey for the brave.

Are you ready to rewire the way your brain and body communicate? Are you ready to feel alive and free in your body again?

Sensation is the language of your body, and I am here to help you translate. Attunement is a super power.

Where I’ve Taught & Held Space

Over the past 13+ years, I’ve guided individuals and communities across the U.S. (and beyond), holding space in yoga studios, healing centers, retreat settings, and sacred containers.

Studios & Communities:

  • Body & Sol – Onalaska, WI (2012)

  • Infinity Yoga Studio – Winona, MN (2013–2014)

  • Outdoor Education & Recreation Center – Winona, MN (2013–2014)

  • Yogascapes – Berkeley, CA (2014)

  • Great Blue Yogis – St. Paul, MN (2015–2017)

  • Synchrony – Osseo, MN (2017)

  • Gather Yoga Evergreen – Evergreen, CO (2017–2018)

  • Studio One Yoga – Stillwater, Rosedale & White Bear Lake, MN (2018)

  • Yoga Fresh – Woodbury, MN (2018)

  • Lift Bridge Yoga + Fitness – New Richmond, WI (2018)

  • Great Blue Yoga – Amery, WI (2019–2023)

  • The Yoga Source – Driggs, ID (2023)

  • Bloom Bodywork – Driggs, ID (2023)

  • The Yoga Barre — Lakewood Ranch, FL (2024)

  • Aluna Wellness Center & Spa - Anna Maria Island, FL (2025)

  • Salty Buddha Yoga Studio – Anna Maria Island, FL (2023 -2026)

  • The Nest - Luck, WI (current)

  • Home Studio - Amery, WI (current)

Education & Embodied Trainings

My path blends science, spirit, movement, and energy. Each modality has shaped the multidimensional lens through which I now guide others.

Formal Education:

B.S. in Recreation & Nature-Based Tourism – Winona State University (2014)

Yoga + FITNESS Trainings:

  • 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training – CorePower (MN, 2012)

  • 340-Hour Advanced Yoga Teacher Training – Devanadi Yoga School (MN, 2016)

  • Restorative Yoga Teacher Training – Devanadi Yoga School (MN, 2016)

  • BUTI Yoga Certification – Scottsdale, AZ (2022)

  • SUP Yoga Certification – Tulum, Mexico (2021)

  • Barre Instructor Certification– YogaFresh, MN (2018)

  • Children’s Yoga + Chair Yoga – Devanadi & Yoga North (2015)

Bodywork + Somatic Healing TRAININGS:

  • Thai Yoga Bodywork Levels 1–4 – Devanadi School (2017–2021)

  • Chi Nei Tsang (Abdominal Bodywork) – Chiang Mai, Thailand (2018)

  • Traditional Thai Bodywork – Chiang Mai, Thailand (2018)

  • Footwork for Thai Massage – with Bob Haddad (2018)

ENERGY HEALING TRAININGS

  • Reiki I & II – Devanadi School (2015)

  • Reiki Master – Devanadi School (2016)

  • Reiki Crystal Healing I – Bold Soul Life (2016)

  • Shamanic Reiki Drumming – Bold Soul Life (2016)