Julz Atwood

I fell in love with yoga as a teenager, and have never looked back! I attended my first Hatha yoga classes in a tiny, incensed, rainbow-mandala-tapestried backroom of a metaphysical shop in Fresno, CA (shoutout Brass Unicorn!). In my early twenties, I worked at Blue Moon Yoga as a karma cleaner, while simultaneously practicing community yoga at the Fresno Retired Teachers Education Center (RTEC). After about a year of attending classes at RTEC several times each week, I became a volunteer Hatha yoga teacher there. I didn’t yet have formal training, just a deep love of yoga and lots of hours on the mat. I was delighted to help provide accessible, low- and no-cost yoga to our community in that space. In May 2024, I received my Reiki II practitioner certificate through Firebird Healing Arts; and in June 2024, I became a certified mindfulness meditation teacher through Dharma Moon and Tibet House. I am currently working on my 200-hr YTT training through Yoga Renew. 

I found Firelight shortly after moving to Portland in September 2017, and am thrilled to see how this wonderful studio and community have blossomed over the years. I joined the team as Studio Manager in June 2023, and am grateful to have been welcomed in by this very special group of people. It is a joy to be here and I look forward to growing with our community, both on and off the mat!