Meet Our Instructors

Kesa is the owner and head instructor of A "Gray"ceful Touch Yoga. She began her yoga teaching journey in 2020 stemming from a passion of yoga since she was 13 years old. 

As a Licensed Massage Therapist, Kesa's teaching style is centered on alignment and flexibility. Kesa believes that a hands-on approach to teaching is imperative for the growth of her students therefore, she offers hands-on adjustments during her classes. She also brings a sense of fun to her classes from the music that she chooses to the random laughter, dances, and just all-around fun attitude. 

Kesa is a firm believer that, though yoga is a serious practice, one can still have fun while expanding their yoga practice as yoga can truly be a practice for everyone no matter their body type, race, or beliefs.

 April Caddell is a certified yoga teacher and meditation instructor. April has been practicing yoga since 2011 and attended her first yoga teacher training in 2013. 

In 2015, April began teaching yoga classes at Yoga Bliss in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She has also taught at retreats and special events. Since 2016, April has attended meditation retreats in the vipassana (insight) tradition as well as lovingkindness retreats. She is confident in the transformational power of consistent yoga and meditation practice, which she hopes to share with her students. 

April has also earned a Ph.D. in Foundations of Education from The University of Alabama, and an M.A. and B.A. in Women’s Studies from UA and Spelman College, respectively. In addition to teaching yoga, she works in academia as a professor. 

Steph has been a practicing yogi for over 20 years. She attended her first intensive meditation retreat in 2009, where she fell in love with the yoga community and quiet contemplation. She became more serious about her yin practice in 2017 when her chronic illness became tougher to manage. 

In 2019, she earned her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training certification with

HereNowYoga in Birmingham, Alabama. Yoga has been a transformative experience for Steph and an integral element of her chronic pain management. She is passionate about bringing peace and comfort to others through gentle movement and breathwork, and firmly believes that every body can benefit from a sustainable, accessible yoga practice.

Steph holds a PhD in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, an MFA in creative

writing from Bowling Green State University, and a BA in English from Western Michigan

University. She has been teaching creative writing, literature, and composition classes at various

colleges and universities since 2008, and currently serves as an English instructor at the

University of Alabama. She is working toward an MLIS in library and information science and

an MFA in book arts from the University of Alabama.