Meet your teachers
Sarika Kopp, RYT 500, RN-BC, Studio Founder/Owner
Sarika is a Registered Nurse, Registered Yoga Teacher, Certified Integrative Nurse Coach/Holistic Nurse, and the owner of Yoga Nook. Sarika has owned and operated a yoga studio since 2019.
Yoga has been transformative in every way possible for Sarika. Her yoga journey began in 2011 with a pursuit for improved health and physical strength. What she found was much more. She began to love herself again and started to treat herself and other's around her better. She truly believes because of this self love, it has led her to finding purpose in life, which in turn, has opened doors she could never have imagined. Since 2011, Sarika has completed thousands of hours in yoga trainings and has practiced and taught all over America and internationally.
Sarika teaches yoga for longevity and vitality and hopes each moment on your mat awakens and nourishes every part of you. She pours all of her knowledge, experience and skills into every class to make sure each class is deliberately sequenced anatomically and energetically. On your mat with Sarika, you will practice conscious body movement and learn to listen and connect with yourself in a deeper, more present way while honoring where you are in this stage of life. Sarika loves sharing what she knows and understands to anyone who wants to learn.
She is happily married to the love of her life and is a mother to 2 long haired chihuahuas (Harley and Littlest Man). Sarika has lived and worked as a nurse and yoga teacher all across America (Virginia, Texas, Washington, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oregon, Iowa). Through her travels and experiences she hopes to bring a well-rounded yoga program to Manchester Iowa. Her mantra is "stay light hearted in all that you do". Namaste!
Yoga Education
E-RYT 500
85Hr PYTT
Prenatal/Postnatal Teacher Training
Yin Yoga Teacher Training
Reiki Certified
Advanced Vinyasa Yoga Sequencing
Yoga Nidra Certified
Yoga for Athletes Teacher Training
Myofascial Release Yoga Teacher Training
Chakra and Meditation Teacher Training
Eight Fold Path/ Sanskrit Teacher Training
Sarika has 2000+ hours of teaching yoga and leading trainings and workshops.
Workshops and retreats with Virginia Gallagher, Lisa Rischitelli, Annie Okerlin and Laura Burkhart.
Griffin Kopp, RYT 500, CRNA, Owner
Grif is a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Registered Yoga Teacher, and co-owner of the Yoga Nook. Grif found his way into yoga via his wife, Sarika. What started as a tag along to the local studio as a substitute to 9 holes on a rainy day turned into a real love for the practice. A full season of daily practice during the cold winter in 2014 had him hooked.
Immersing in the practice of yoga, not just asana, helped Grif balance the trials of anesthesia school and clinical practice over the past 3 years. So much so, shortly after passing his anesthesia boards he decided to complete his 300RYT. Transplanting the work he does on the mat into his day to day work in anesthesia helps him provide patient centric care. A deep understanding and love for anatomy, physiology, and functional movement inspires Grif’s sequencing and integrative cues as you work your way through his classes.
Grif is happily married. His wife and their four-legged friends, Harley and Littlest Man, keep him busy adventuring together around the Midwest and other parts of the world. He looks forward to providing a balanced alignment-based asana practice to his community in Manchester, Iowa. His mantra is, “when things get tough, lean into it”
Yoga Education
RYT 500
85hr PYTT
Timbre Greenwood, RYT 200, Enrolled in RYT 500
Timbre is a high school English teacher turned stay-at-home mom, yoga teacher, and Harry Potter enthusiast. She completed her yoga teacher training through Uplifted Yoga with Brett Larkin, and is currently working toward her 500-Hour Teacher Certification through Hot Asana Yoga University, though her initial foray into yoga began in her early 20s. In recent years, as life events has thrown multiple curveballs her way, Timbre returned to yoga as a means of coping, and in it she has found her salvation. Yoga has provided her with a means for constant regrounding and centering, allowing her to focus on the truly meaningful things in life, and she is so excited to provide others with the opportunity to come to love this practice as well.
Timbre is married to her eternal love and is mother to three pretty amazing kids as well as Alice, the puppy beloved by so many Yoga Nook yogis. She taught English for 13 years in Utah, and chose to stay at home with her children upon a move to Tennessee in 2018 and another move to Iowa this year. She loves reading, playing at the park with her kids, and finding moments of simple peace throughout her days. She also loves slipping away from home to come to the Yoga Nook and hopes that all who come here feel the warmth and welcome that she has received within this cherished space.
Yoga Education
200 Hour Teacher Training
Currently Enrolled in 300 Hour Teacher Training
Yin Yoga Teacher Training
Yoga Nidra Certified
Myofascial Release Yoga Teacher Training
Workshops with Brett Larkin, Virginia Gallagher, and Annie Okerlin.