BFREE Teachers

At BFREE YOGA our teachers have been together as a tribe for years and have merged together to cultivate one practice.

Shelby Autrey

Shelby is the owner and founder of BFREE YOGA Austin. She has over 15 years experience in the study and practice of yoga. Shelby is a nationally certified therapeutic massage and bodywork specialist and has worked in sports injury rehabilitation since 2003. She created the 200-hour Yoga Alliance certified school of yoga, b*free(ology), training yoga instructors in alignment-based creative movement. Shelby has a history of teaching live music and yoga events. She has led classes at The White House Easter Egg Roll for the Obama administration, taught for Yoga Journal Magazine at three national conferences, Wanderlust Yoga Festivals in Colorado and California, and has worked with Austin’s very own C3 Presents in community action with live music benefiting Safe Place. She continues to lead yoga and meditation retreats all over the world.

Shelby teaches with humor and vulnerability and skillfully guides people through the practices of movement, breath, and self-inquiry that creates an experience for you to align your body, organize your mind, and open your heart.

Iva Drtina-Hall

Iva holds the space of yoga for each practitioner in a beautiful and natural way that initiates the direct process of transformation. Her interest in health, nutrition and alternative medicine began when she studied Physiology and Health Management at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Ivas extensive travels throughout Asia, North  America, Europe and Australia had broadened her view of different cultures, philosophies and traditions and she spent many years living  in Japan. Her experiences and her studies opened the doors to many new healing modalities such as fasting, cleansing, vipassana meditation  and Ayurveda, which she incorporates into her yoga and meditation classes, workshops and retreats in India, Japan, Bali and the US. She has been teaching Yoga and a wellness since 2002 focusing primarily on Vinyasa Flow and Yin Yoga. She has completed a Yin Training with Bernie Clark and has studied under great teachers *Paul Grilley, Sarah Powers, Bryan Kest and Rusty Wells. She has developed her own Yin Training, and her knowledge of Ayurveda- the ancient art of healing; allows her to guide students to uncover the wisdom of their own way- their own transformation. Iva hosts retreats and workshops internationally as well as facilitating on teacher training programs in Austin, Hawaii, Bali, India and Japan.

Leah Cullis

Leah Cullis is a celebrated yoga teacher, holistic health coach, and author of the internationally published book Power Yoga: Strength Sweat, and Spirit. She synthesizes ancient practices and principles of yoga and wellness and makes them accessible and relevant for life today.

Her empowering vinyasa classes are a beautiful blend of strength, celebration and surrender. Her grounded and steady guidance will encourage you to move with intention and explore your unique edge. 

Leah has been featured on the cover of Yoga Journal Magazine and created the Yoga Journal online course Pillars of Power Yoga. She led Yoga at the White House from 2009 through 2016 as part of a presidential initiative encouraging healthy and active living among children and families, sharing yoga with more than 30,000 participants each year. Her greatest honor is being a mama. Leah lives and teaches in beautiful Austin, TX, where she leads teacher training and classes.

BRooke Binstock

Brooke Binstock has been teaching yoga in Austin for over a decade.  With an original goal to become a Rabbi, Brooke discovered that it was body based spiritual practices that she really wanted to hold space for.   Brooke has received training from Kripalu in Western, Massachusetts, Dharma Yoga in Austin, Texas, Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy and Dakini Meditative with Kelly Lindsey.   Brooke is also a Licensed Social Worker, Massage Therapist and a writer.  She has led yoga and meditation retreats in The Texas Hill Country, South Padre Island, The Margaret Austin Center and The Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado.  She considers herself to be a professional space-holder and a self-care advocate.  When Brooke isn't teaching or offering body work, she enjoys going on long meandering walks, swimming in the San Marcos River and connecting with her community.

Amelia Raun

Amelia began practicing yoga while recovering from an extensive spinal fusion surgery due to scoliosis.  Although she was intimidated and inflexible, with diligent practice she went beyond rehabilitation and transformed.  Her body that once felt weak and encumbered by the titanium rod in her back, began to feel strong and graceful.  It was the freedom, mobility, and empowerment she found on her mat that sparked her passion to teach yoga. 

Following studies in creative vinyasa flow, power vinyasa, and intuitive spiritual healing with Wanderlust Yoga, CorePower yoga, and Wendy De Rosa, Amelia has been teaching in Austin for 10 years. 

Each time you step onto your mat, she hopes that you are ignited to an awareness of your divine potential. In her classes, you can expect to feel the combined influence of her training in creativity, power, and healing through cuing and music.