HEIDI FRICKE

Trainer Bio

I have been practicing yoga since 2004.  I have trained with Baptiste Yoga since 2008 and assisted programs throughout the United States for The Baptiste Institute.  I am a graduate of the Baptiste Institute’s FIT To Lead Program and a Tier 3 Baptiste Certified Teacher.

My mother was the first person who introduced me to Yoga.  She had battled the disease MS since her early 40s and was always searching for a way to support her physical and mental health.  I discovered yoga many years later when I began searching for a way to support my health.  After leaving Corporate America and distance running, yoga found me. It did not take me long to realize yoga had more to offer than just a physical practice. It was simple; yoga gave me the ability to breathe again and be fully present to all the amazing gifts that were right in front of me.

After attending Level 1 Teacher Training Program, I knew I wanted to share this practice with everyone and every body.  I started teaching yoga from my basement.  Leading classes from my basement is what worked in my life and it gave me the foundation of what would later be created. When my family moved to Cincinnati, teaching from my basement again is what worked in my life. I also explored teaching at studios and soon realized the grassroots of what had been created in the foundation of my home was what I wanted to bring to the community.

The doors of the first Simply Power Yoga studio, SPY North, opened in 2010. Three years later, SPY Central opened and in 2017 the Central location became the first affiliate studio creating a whole new level of the growth for the community of SPY. Affiliate locations of Simply Power Yoga continue to expand into both Altoona, Pa and Youngstown, Ohio.

I love learning and integrating everything I have experienced into my classes and the programs of Simply Power Yoga. For the past nine years, I have led multiple retreats, workshops and teacher training programs for adults and teens. In addition, I have created multiple community outreach programs for youth throughout Ohio.

I want people to love and accept every part of who they are and discover joy within themselves through a practice that is playful and accessible yet challenging to the body, mind and spirit.