Our Instructors

Meet Jamie. A cool, quiet dude, he’s pretty new to the climbing world but enjoys it to the max. He grew up playing multiple sports like basketball, track and field, and football. You might say... he’s a fitness enthusiast willing to try different things. He’s currently studying kinesiology at City College of San Francisco.

David Lester, an avid climber and certified personal trainer, grew up in Florida and discovered climbing at a young age while participating in Cub Scouts. He spent his summers climbing in Northeast Tennessee on real... rock which was a nice break from the gym in Florida. As an adult, he travels all over the U.S. climbing at different crags and gyms. Compounding his love for climbing, David also loves physical fitness and sees value in doing one to supplement or complement the other. He frequently seeks additional education and has worked with some of the leading influencers in the climbing fitness niche such as Steve Bechtel, Tyler Nelson, and Natasha Barnes. He is currently a Climbing Coach at Dogpatch Boulders and continues down the path of achieving his own fitness and climbing goals with the knowledge he learns along the way.

Jamie is a lifelong athlete and her introduction to yoga was as cross-training from her other sports. As an athlete, she uniquely knows how yoga can support progression for improving your physical strength, flexibility and... balance. She completed her yoga teacher training earlier this year from Folk here in San Francisco to further her own practice and share her love of yoga with others. Off the mat, she works in the tech industry and hangs out with her very cute senior chihuahua.

Obsessed with movement and connection, Lyss naturally fell in love with the acro and yoga world. She’s on a journey to cultivate a space for self-awareness, creativity, and communication. Lyss completed her yoga teacher training... from Kootenay Yoga School in 2022 and teacher certification in partner acrobatics/acroyoga by AcroLove in 2022. Outside of yoga and acro, she also loves to climb. She constantly strives to motivate others, and make yoga and acroyoga accessible to all!

Sophia is a Bay Area local and feels spoiled to call San Francisco home. Growing up as a ballet dancer, she became interested in utilizing yoga as a cross-training discipline and started practicing yoga in... 2010. She received her 200hr RYT in 2018 and has particular interest in the holistic approach and harmonization of the mind, body, and spirit through movement and nutrition. She is a lover of the outdoors, finding tasty bites, and backpacking. When she’s not in the studio, you can most likely find her on the mountain biking trails of Marin or cooking up yet another batch of concentrate for her homemade spicy chai lattes.

Kate is a long-time climber and yoga practitioner. The mind body connection that she discovered in both disciplines drives her enthusiasm about teaching yoga—especially to climbers! She is always willing to chat about all things... movement and mind: how postures work, yogic concepts, climbing beta and more. Yoga and climbing has brought her across the world, and she can’t wait to see where they will take her next. Om Santi Santi Santi.