THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PURPOSE
Meet The Team

Michelle "Shelley" Lorenze
E-RYT500
Michelle Lorenze is a Yoga Alliance RYT-500 and ERYT-200 certified teacher from Morgantown, WV. She recently completed her RYT 500 certification from the Himalayan Institute. She teaches Vinyasa style yoga. Michelle’s classes are open to any level of experience. She creates a welcoming and loving environment in all of her classes. She loves to watch new students evolve and grow in their practice. She loves spending time with her husband, four daughters, , dogs and cats. In her spare time she loves researching her family tree, gardening and has recently taken up golf.

Donnie Murray
RYT-300
Donnie is a nine year veteran of the United States Army and WV Army National Guard. He found his Love for yoga at the Veterans Readjustment Center after his counselor suggested it to help with his anxiety and PTSD. It wasn’t long before he felt the healing benefits. He started teaching August 2019 and completed RYT 200 training. Donnie recently completed his RYT 300 hour training. His passion is to teach Yoga’s healing power to other veteran’s. When he isn’t on his mat he enjoys riding his Harley, camping, hiking and anything in nature.

David Ervin
RYT-200
David Ervin is a veteran, writer, and editor with a love of history and nature. He took his RYT-200 training through Moonbow Wellness and Yoga in 2022 with the initial goal of deepening his own knowledge and practice of Yoga. He’s found Yoga to be a source of strength, clarity, and peace. His classes challenge students to find stillness amidst effort as they explore the practice and its philosophical underpinnings.

Heather Kessler
RYT-200
Heather became interested in yoga while living in Denver in 1997. She moved back to the east coast in 2001, where she raised her son and daughter in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia. As her children became more independent, Heather began taking as many yoga classes as she could find in her rural community. Combining the healing qualities of the asana practice with meditation and spending an abundance of time in nature, she discovered a healthy way to help manage the challenges of living with Multiple Sclerosis. Heather studied for her Registered Yoga Teacher certification in Asheville, NC, and became certified in 2018. Heather offers a mindful vinyasa flow in her classes, focusing on the breath, balance, strength and resilience. She lives in Morgantown, and enjoys spending time with her children, being in nature, gardening, writing, playing bass guitar and snowboarding.

Samantha Shaver
RYT-200
Sam Shaver is a Yoga Alliance RYT-200 certified teacher from Morgantown, WV. She completed her RYT 200 certification with Main Street Yoga in Fairmont, WV in 2004. Sam’s classes are vinyasa flow-based with a peppering of somatic movement, Qi Gong, and mindfulness practices. She loves to listen to students’ individual goals and needs as they begin or continue along their unique yoga journeys. Sam finds grounding and inspiration in nature, whether hiking, meditating, and rock-climbing in West Virginia’s beautiful state parks or photographing trees and changing landscapes through the seasons. She also enjoys spending time with her three children and five playful cats.

Haley Hoffman
RYT-200
Haley has practiced yoga off and on over the years and found a renewed connection to her practice in 2020. She completed her RYT-200 with & Yoga in 2024 with the intention of cultivating self-compassion, presence and contentment for herself. As a teacher, she believes everyone is whole and complete and encourages students to show up as they are. Currently a student of yoga therapy, Haley is deepening her understanding of the body’s innate capacity to heal and is passionate about helping people feel self-empowered to meet their goals and live the life they want to live—through the application of yogic principles such as meditation, breathwork, and functional movement.