What began as a studio has evolved into a mission of support, equity & care...
who is alignment 8?
Alignment 8 is a mission driven, woman owned business, that believes in the goodness of us all! Owned and operated by Keri Kenney who is called and led to lead with her heart's truth and share the practices, resources and support that has allowed her to greet her grief, learn from her pain and grow beyond her trauma.
Keri's work centers on healing from individual and collective trauma, returning back into the wholeness that already is here and aligning the mind, body, spirit, and heart through authentic and accessible practices, support and courageous commitments to care.
She works with all people and within all systems, organizations and institutions holding the assumptions that we are only as well as the environments we are in and that without inner change there is no outer change.
Whether it is in an equity based wellness workshop, training, yoga space and/or reiki session, all Keri is and offers aligns with all 8 limbs of yoga, intersects with science, spirituality, social justice and is trauma-informed and mindfulness centered. She believes in our resilience and ability to repair and is intentional about ensuring all have access, opportunity, and courageous & compassionate care.
Meet Keri Kenney...
Keri Kenney (she/her/hers): trauma informed ERYT500, YACEP, Wellness Advocate & Educator
"I am not here to compete. I am here to grow and be free" -yung pueblo
Education + Certifications
BS from CMU in Dietetics/Nutrition 2013
200 HR YTT Yoga to Transform Trauma 2016-2019
200 HR YTT OmBodies February 2017
200 HR Certificate in Positive Psychology 2018
134 YA CEC Hours OmBodies 2018 & 2019
300 HR YTT Hilltop Yoga March 2020
250 HR YTT Hilltop Yoga June 2020
75 HR YTT Skill in Action September 2020
Awarded The Spirit of Rotary Award 2019
Reiki / Crystal Reiki practitioner 2020
StarrCommonwealth Trauma & Resilience Trainer 2021
Keri's story is one of independence, alignment and turning great pain into great purpose. Her offerings meet at the intersection of science and spirituality and shine light on and through the many layers and dimensions of shame, singularity, and circumstance that try to keep us , silenced and separate in our own healing story.
She believes in the power of the human spirit and the resilience we can live into action. She believes in integrity, transparency and truth and has found from her own lived experience that we can each rise beyond the ashes and transmute that which breaks us into that which can awaken us, serve us and support us.
She brings with her a multitude of lenses, both from lived experience and through continued education and healing, that give her a wider perspective and heightened awareness, creating a kaleidoscope of offerings all yoked into the human experience and the many ways we can heal and reclaim just how much we are already whole.
She believes in the power of our own story and knows we must hold our own story tenderly, sacredly and truthfully so we can feel, flow and find our way to our own authentic healing.
Her mission is to make healing accessible - possible - and done in alignment to one's own individual and authentic needs. She believes in the power of collective care and stay with the catalyst of change as we both learn how to love and unlearn how to harm - ourselves - each other - and our collective consciousness - our world.
She believes in the power of our Divine creator and all that is possible when we lead and align with our heart, spirit and will. She believes in the power of each of us through our choices, through our advocacy, through our mission, through our art, through our spaces, through all the ways we are here and human.
She is so humbled to share space, skillsets and living sanctuary through the practices that have not only saved her life, they have given her life: nature, meditation, movement, yoga, community & more.
She is here in support of the Highest, healthiest and happiest versions of ourselves we can be - working both with individuals and within instiutions, networks and systems. She shares space for radical transformation, accountable healing and reimagining what is possible when we lead and align with our heart and Spirit.
