Allissa is the owner and founder of River Valley Yoga Festival and Mudita Wellness, a boutique yoga studio in Stillwater, MN. With over 28 years of yoga practice, Allissa is an E-RYT 200, a RYT 500 and a YACEP through Yoga Alliance. Allissa has specialty training in SomaYoga, restorative yoga and meditation and has also completed Level 1 yoga therapy training. 

Allissa is passionate about sharing the power of yoga with others and has long dreamt of bringing a yoga festival to the St. Croix Valley. At her studio, she stives to create a safe community that is warm and welcoming to all. It is her dream to extend that same sense of warmth and caring to a larger community through River Valley Yoga Festival.

In addition to her work in the yoga and wellness space, Allissa is proud to be a member of the Stillwater Area Kiwanis Club and the Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce. She lives in Stillwater, MN with her two boys and Chief Enlightenment Officer, Lexi – a shih tzu bichon mix and yoga boss.