Meet Our Founder.
Upward Inertia was founded by Kaelyn Rogers, an occupational therapist, therapeutic yoga provider, and Ayurvedic health coach.
Prior to founding UI, Kaelyn spent more than five years working under the medical model, specifically in neurological rehabilitation. Kaelyn saw the need for a more holistic approach to health and easier access for the most vulnerable in our community. From this need Upward Inertia was born.
Kaelyn has been practicing various styles of yoga for over 15 years. She has found tremendous benefits to her own physical and mental health from this practice and has built her life around yogic principals. She completed her 200-hour therapeutic yoga teacher training for healthcare professionals from the Holistic Yoga Therapy Institute and has subsequently engaged in mindfulness, meditation, and yoga training programs in the United States, India, Nepal, and Thailand.
Kaelyn has been providing weekly classes at ISCI since July 2018, has taught acroyoga workshops and intensives both nationally and internationally since 2013, and teaches one on one and group yoga sessions for both able bodied and differently abled individuals. Kaelyn designed and implemented a therapeutic yoga wrap around service at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center and provided similar offerings at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Hospital. Kaelyn’s teaching focuses on finding strength within range of motion in order to improve stability within the joints and prevent injury. She utilizes her knowledge of body mechanics from her Occupational Therapy background to both breakdown poses in an easy and accessible way and also provide cues to prevent injury and protect the body.