Noelle is a yoga therapist/wellness coach, floral designer, and performance artist. She grew up in Boone doing community theater and dance. Her first yoga class was at age 6 with her father, who practiced energy healing + sound therapy. She began teaching in 2009 and became an internationally certified yoga therapist in 2017. She continues to study and practice accessible yoga, somatic therapy, movement, performance, story telling, and song as tools to healing. As a back care specialist, living with scoliosis, she has a deep understanding, and ample experience helping others through chronic pain of all kind in their bodies. Noelle performs as a musician in the band, “The mountain whistles,” and as a solo singer and rhythmn dancer, Petals the clown, and in professional theater productions with her family. She fell in love with floral art in her grandma’s garden and grandfathers japanese maple nursery. She then honed her skills at Mast Farm Inn and freelanced with local event florists in the Banner Elk area. She deeply loves working with natural elements to create works of art for special events that evoke a sense of calm, creativity, and play in your heart.