KELLI WEFENSTETTE

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Kelli Wefenstette is a yoga teacher and founder of Wildlight. What began as a search for movement after college evolved into a lifelong study of yoga, spirituality, psychology, and personal transformation. Through yoga, she discovered strength and flexibility as well as a framework for living with greater presence, purpose, and authenticity. Today, she teaches yoga as a path of embodied spirituality, inviting us into deeper relationship with ourselves, one another and the world around us.

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Drawing from more than a decade of teaching and over 1,000 hours of advanced training, Kelli integrates psychology, spirituality, ritual, yogic philosophy, nervous system regulation, somatic awareness, movement, and mindfulness into an approach that is both deeply rooted and refreshingly modern. She's developed the Koshic Model of Integration, a framework that weaves together the koshas, chakras, elements, and Eight Limbs of Yoga into a practical path for modern practitioners seeking greater self-understanding and meaningful growth. Her greatest joy is walking alongside others as a they remember who they are and step courageously into living soul-led lives.

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Kelli holds a BA in Psychology and Religious Studios from Monmouth College and a MA in Social Justice and Community Development from Loyola University Chicago. She has trained with Rhonda Kantor of Global Yoga & Wellness, Will Brashears of Lotus Yoga Temple, and Sri. Dharma Mittra of Dharma Yoga. Her additional studies include prenatal and yin yoga, breath-work, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Thai Yoga Therapy, Elemental Yoga Therapy, Akashic Records, Reiki, trauma-informed teaching, nervous system regulation, and herbalism. She directs Wildlight's 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, mentors emerging teachers, facilitates workshops, and curates immersive retreats globally.

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Outside of her work at Wildlight, Kelli can usually be found in a neighborhood coffee shop, catching live music with friends, hosting dinner parties, wandering through the forest preserves, or sneaking in an afternoon nap with her cat bestie, Jubilee, tucked in the crook of her arm.

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