ABOUT FORUM

Bringing Modern Yoga to THE BLUEGRASS STATE

FORUM offers the ancient practice of yoga with a modern approach that combines various philosophies with an emphasis on each student’s individual progress. Our practices, from some of the best teachers in Kentucky, provide the instruction and support you need to reach your goals. FORUM’s high-energy vinyasas, breath-focused movement, and meditation practices help provide a much deserved sanctuary within your community to focus on your self-development, as well as a place to challenge yourself and learn from experienced teachers. 

Above all, FORUM aims to empower every student by revitalizing your sense of self through movement with our informed practices that continuously move towards true wellness and a balanced state-of-mind. 

THE BEST OF THE BEST

Class INSTRUCTORS

Our instructors are self-motivated experts who have earned advanced certifications yoga philosophy, anatomy, adaptive sequencing, energy work, and other specialty areas to comprehensively support all students at every part of their journey. As a team, our instructors have a combined 20 years of teaching experience that they can’t wait to share with you.

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  • Home state/ place of origin: Orange County, California 

    Years teaching: 12

    Years practicing: 20

    Favorite quote: “we’re not here for a long time, just a good time”

    Favorite food: Tacos

    Favorite music: EDM, Phish ⭕️ & The Grateful Dead 

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga: Snowboarding & Swinging Kettlebells 

    Training you’re most proud of: Smartflow w/ Annie Carpenter

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  • Home state/ place of origin:  CA

    Years teaching: Two

    Years practicing: Five

    Favorite quote: “I’ve been accused of vulgarity. I’d say that’s bullshit.” - Mel Brooks

    Favorite music: love it all. 

    Favorie food: Tacos

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga:  big cross trainer! Run, lift, Pilates are my favorite! 

    Training you’re most proud of: The Truth of Yoga with Daniel Simpson

  • Home state/ place of origin: South Jersey

    Years teaching: 7 

    Years practicing: 10

    Favorite music: Wu Tang is for the children 

    Favorite quote:  “It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” – Marcus Aurelius

    Favorite Food: Italian Hoagie

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga: Hiking, Snowboarding

    Training you’re most proud of: 500hr awakening yoga academy

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  • Home state/ place of origin: Midway, KY 

    Years teaching: First year 

    Years practicing: 9 years

    Favorite quote: Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. -Mary Oliver

    Favorite music:

    2000s pop punk 

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga: Lifting heavy things 

    Favorite food:  chocolate chip cookies

    Training you’re most proud of: 200 HR with Nu School

  • Favorite Food:
    Deer sausage we aren’t suppose to eat but steal from the counter & broccoli

    Favorite quote:
    Are you hungry?

    Favorite music:
    The sound of the snack bag opening

    Favorite activity:
    Naps

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  • Home state/ place of origin: Illinois 

    Years teaching: 8 years 

    Years practicing: 13 

    Favorite quote: “She doesn’t do it all she does what she can” –Amanda Katz

    Favorite music: A mix of afrobeats, worship, and rap

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga: Running 

    Favorite food: roasted vegetables

    Training you’re most proud of: My 200HR RYT, it’s enabled opportunities in my personal, professional, and academic life that I am very grateful for.

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  • Home state / Place of origin: Texas

    Years teaching: 3

    Years practicing: 23 years, since I was 11 and my mom put me in a yoga summer camp.

    Favorite quote: ‘Great people do things before they’re ready’ –Amy Poehler 

    Favorite music: Fred Again..

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga: Running…my mouth. 

    Favorite Food: TexMex

    Training you’re most proud of: Repatterning at Nu school. This training got me out of my comfort zone and into a real place for growth.

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  • Home state / place of origin: Wolverhampton England

    Years teaching: 7

    Years practicing: 8 1/2 

    Favorite food: Thai

    Favorite music: Anything that makes me feel infinite

    Favorite quote: What's for you, won't pass you.

    Favorite athletic activity to do outside of yoga: hiking or weight training

    Training your post proud of: first 200 hours (it took a year to complete and did it whilst flying full time- showed me I was capable)

THE STUDIO

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A PLACE FOR GROWTH

OF ALL KINDS

Conveniently located at the Hartland Shopping Center, the studio opened in 2024, providing a true home for both our instructors and our practice.

Prior to opening, our studio underwent a major transformation that allowed us to create a space that provides the best possible experience for our members, both on and off the mat.

During our classes, we use infrared heating panels that allow for all the benefits of traditional hot yoga without the room becoming stuffy or uncomfortable.

After class, we encourage you to take time to join in the community we’ve created. Whether it’s getting to know any of our amazing instructors or sitting with a cup of coffee to catch up with others in the studio, we invite you to make this space your own.

A ONE OF A KIND MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

MEET THE GRADUATES

As part of Nu School’s commitment to thoughtful education, FORUM hosts a six-month mentorship that supports new teachers as they grow into confident, curious facilitators of the practice.

During this mentorship, interns fine-tune their teaching skills, learn how to truly hold space, and develop the ability to read and respond to the bodies in front of them with care, presence, and integrity.

This experience is the only one of its kind in Lexington.

Curious to learn more? Visit nuschoolyoga.com to explore our upcoming yoga teacher training.

  • Home state / Place of origin: Rio de Janeiro/Brazil

    Years practicing: 2

    Why YTT: I have been practicing yoga for only two years but I’ve felt a huge difference in my physical and mental health. I started YTT to improve my own practice, to learn new things and get better on some of the things I already knew, but I learned so much more than that and now I wanna be a part of it and help people the way I have been helped by other teachers.

    Favorite quote: “If the goal is growth you’ll never lose.”

    Favorite food: Italian

    Favorite music: Indie pop, hyper pop

    Favorite athletic activity outside yoga: Hiking

  • Home state / Place of origin: Georgetown, KY

    Why I felt called to do YTT: Yoga changed my life because I allowed it to change my life and I want to share my knowledge in the form of lived experience with others interested in practicing yoga 

    Years practicing: Started practicing consistently July 2024 

    Favorite quote: "You were born with the right to be happy. You were born with the right to love, to enjoy and to share your love. You are alive, so take your life and enjoy it. Don’t resist life passing through you, because that is God passing through you. Just your existence proves the existence of God. Your existence proves the existence of life and energy.” - Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements 

    Favorite food: I’ve never met a vegetable I didn’t like. Eggs. But particularly eggs from a happy chicken who loves its life because it’s treated so well! Sushi. 

    Favorite music: Justin Bieber, 90s grunge, 90s punk, what you’d imagine as hippie music (70s), I like most all of it, maybe it’d be easier to list what I don’t like? Sorry,  music is important and there’s so much out there I’ve yet to hear & I can’t wait to hear more 

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga: chasing after kids, a dance floor, walking around a new place 

  • Home state / Place of origin: Boston, MA 

    Years Practicing: On and off for 15 years but more consistently for 2 years. 

    Why YYT:  After two years of practicing at Forum and experiencing how it supported my physical and mental health, I wanted to deepen my understanding and grow my own practice with the teachers who helped shape it. Along the way, the desire to teach naturally clicked seeing the privilege it is to move bodies, hold space, and support others. 

    Favorite Quote: “Be curious, not judgemental” - Ted Lasso 

    Favorite Food: There isn’t a food I don’t like! But a good bowl of Pho, I’ll never turn down. 

    Favorite Music: What my Pandora hits me with!  (yes pandora, and yes free version). Olivia Dean, Hozier, Noah Kahan, Leon Bridges, Van Morrison, J. Cole, all over the map! 

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga: Hiking

  • Home state / Place of origin: Berea, KY

    Why YTT: Yoga has gifted me an awareness of physical, mental, and emotional state on and off the mat. I want to give that gift to others, honoring my path as a student and a teacher.

    Years practicing: 3

    Favorite quote: We missed the reality and beauty of the forest because we were diverted by the ugliness of some of its trees”

    Favorite food: Pasta

    Favorite music: SZA

    Favorite activity outside of yoga: Mat pilates

  • Home State/Place of Origin: Beaver Dam, Kentucky

    Years Practicing: 1

    Why YTT: I found yoga in the middle of a transitionary period of my life. Amidst the chaos and confusion of it all I found a yoga studio near my apartment, Forum Modern Yoga, and signed up for an introductory membership. Eventually the studio became a second home for me, and the practice became a kind of medicine for a tired heart. After hearing about the upcoming YTT I was hopeful to have the opportunity to deepen my practice and be able to knowledgeably lead others in their own movements.

    Favorite Quote: Go big or go home

    Favorite Food: Mac n Cheese

    Favorite Music: Indie-folk and rap 

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga: Running and cycling

  • Home State/Place of Origin: Good ol’ Western KY

    Years Practicing: Off and on for over 10 yrs. 

    Favorite Quote: “And when she stood she stood tall” - The Lumineers

    Favorite Food: Whatever I’m in the mood for honestly. 

    Favorite Music: The Lumineers, Mt. Joy, Harry Styles, Chappell Roan, 00’s rap

    Favorite athletic activity outside of yoga: Hiking, strength training, occasional running, and hopefully more rock climbing

FOUNDER OF FORUM

MEET CHRISTINA MORALES

Christina’s yoga journey began 20 years ago as a way to bring peace and balance to her life. What started as a personal exploration led to a profound passion for helping others manifest their highest potential through mindful movement and breathwork practices.

In 2013, she completed her first teacher training and she hasn’t stopped learning since. She immerses herself in everything yoga: anatomy, biomechanics, breathing mechanics, the mind and meditation, and more. Originally from California, Christina moved to Lexington in 2016 and didn’t waste any time connecting with other yoga enthusiasts in the area. After running Nu School Yoga from her home studio, opening FORUM was a natural progression that allows Christina to reach more students and guide them on their own yoga journey.

Facilitating yoga is not just a profession for me; it is my personal dharma. There is nothing that fills my heart with greater love and joy than the opportunity to pay attention and take care of my students. It is in these moments of connection and service that I feel truly aligned with my purpose. I can’t wait to share these moments with you.

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