Tonie Warner

Tonie found empowerment and refuge in Yoga in over 15 years of practice and teaching.  She believes that Yoga is a liberation practice, dependent on the liberation of BIPOC.  She did not see this tenet being upheld in dominant studio culture, and with the desire to extend her practice in alignment with her beliefs, she founded Yuja Soul, a dedicated space offering Yoga for Black Women.  In addition to Yuja Soul, Tonie is also a Principal at The Practice Coalition, a non-profit organization that offers Yoga for trauma to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. 

Tonie is currently a full-time Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500, PYT, YACEP, Somatics and Attachment Therapy) and Teacher Trainer, who can be found leading practice through Brooklyn and New York City.  Her classes are inspired by the Advaita Vedanta philosophy of non-duality, and are known for their physical and mental challenge, and open brave space for inquiry and experiencing at the intersections of Yoga philosophy, social justice and healing justice.  These inspirations are also threaded into her Prenatal Yoga offerings and post-natal offering, Parents and Baby.

Tonie is grateful for her teachers, having completed her 200 and 300 hour trainings at Sonic Yoga, her Prenatal Yoga training with Clare Ryan through Yoga Vida and Somatics and Attachment Therapy with The Embody Lab.  Tonie carries the teachings of her ancestors and elders, and is inspired by the thought and work of bell hooks, Toni Morrison, adrienne maree brown, Tias Little and Gabor Maté.