Our Story
At Cornerstone Yoga Collective, our name carries deep meaning. In architecture, the cornerstone is the first stone laid — the foundation that guides the strength and alignment of the entire structure. For us, Yoga is that cornerstone in life. It grounds us, steadies us, and reminds us how to live with presence, strength, and connection.
Since opening our doors in 2017, we’ve grown from a small dream into a collective of teachers and students who come together to move, breathe, and support one another. Our passion has always been about creating a community where you can come home to yourself and find a sense of belonging.
We believe that when we align with ourselves, we naturally align with each other. This is what makes Cornerstone special: the shared energy, encouragement, and unity. Whether you are stepping onto the mat for the first time or deepening a long-time practice, you are welcome here. Together, we build strength. Together, we find balance. Together, we rise.
Candace Soderberg, E-RYT 500 Founder | Teacher
Candace is a cultivator. She is dedicated to creating spaces and shaping communities. She moves through the world with a lightness that belies her strength and resilience; behind her unfaltering smile and quiet graceful way is a sharp mind and dedicated spirit. Her strong, skillful Vinyasa based classes in their reverence to alignment principles and traditional philosophies, reflect this grace and dedication to the practice and her community.
She completed her first 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2013 with Randelle Lusk, who gave her a solid foundation in the anatomy and philosophy of the practice, as well as imparting a rare kind of creative and free flowing Vinyasa sequencing style that is still a prominent thread of her classes today. She completed her 500 hour under Janet Stone, and has also trained extensively with Ryan Leier, Srivatsa Ramaswami, and Tiffany Cruishank.
She opened Cornerstone Yoga Collective in 2017. Founded on the notion of community, Cornerstone encourages the free expression of its teachers and the unique unfurling inner journey of each and every student. It is a space which reflects in its very foundations the creativity, dedication, and simple grace Candace brings to all aspects of her life.
Since 2018, Candace has been offering 200 hour Vinyasa trainings. She continues to be a devoted student herself; dedicated to sharing Yoga, and encouraging her students to meet each moment with curiosity, humility, and grace.
Lisa Sturt, RYT 200 Vinyasa Teacher
Lisa treads lightly and speaks softly, but her ability to hold powerful, transformative space is deep and potent. It is her nature to create beautiful, serene spaces where one can practice reverence to the quieter aspects of the moving body and the flowing breath.
Lisa began her yoga teaching journey by completing a 200-hour training with Randelle Lusk in 2013, providing her with a firm foundation in the philosophy and anatomy of the practice and has since continued to learn and train with an open mind and heart. In 2016 she began her Advanced YTT with Eoin Finn, founder of Blissology Yoga, forever changing the way she leads and creates classes, and cultivating a deep intent to form authentic connections with her students, and to facilitate their connections to each other and the world. In the last few years, she has also obtained certifications with Carolyn Anne Budgell, in breathwork and meditation, and Spa Yoga. These trainings have helped to hone her natural skills in creating classes that are deep and slow moving. Still central to her teaching after many years is her unique ability to create loving and safe space for you to show up as you are.
Kirby Browne, RYT 500 Vinyasa Teacher
Kirby is a restorer—a weaver of spells for nervous system support and embodiment; intuition and creativity. Blending practices like Gentle Somatics, Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Qi Gong, Meditation and Creative Writing, Kirby teaches informed by her own internal meanderings, as well as trainings she has attended with inspired teachers like Randelle Lusk, Meghan Currie and Nicole Marcia. What she aims to share is that with dedication to observing the self through all phases—in movement and in stillness, when challenged and when at rest—we are capable of the self-awareness and resilience to resolve discord, not only within the body/mind, but within the myriad relationships that anchor us in place in the world.
Jai Hiebert, RYT 200 Vinyasa Yoga Teacher
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