Amazing place! They make you feel comfortable and welcome and never awkward when you don’t know what you’re doing!!
-Kimberly
So here’s the rundown
Rare Bird Studio is the dream come true of Brooke Buffington and Sandie Gore. Both of them are passionate about helping women and men to know their worth and realize that there’s so much more to life than a number on the scale. Neither of them are strangers to societal pressure and that is why they have decided to embark on this crazy journey of helping people to live their healthiest lives while having fun and learning to be comfortable in their own skin. The friendship to end all friendships began in 2012 when Brooke and her family had just moved to the North Ga Mountains. After having several people tell the both of them that they needed to meet, they finally did, and they have been laughing and drinking coffee ever since.
INSTRUCTORS
Meet the local birds who love big and flow hard and lead the flock in all kinds of ridiculousness.
Brooke Buffington
Owner/Instructor
Brooke is an AFAA-certified yoga junkie, wholelistic nutrition consultant, coffee connoisseur, lover of life, and explorer of joy. She likes her music loud, her coffee black, and her lawn flamingos bright pink. Brooke is a beach bum at heart who’s felt the beauty of Fall in the North Georgia mountains and found home, nestled up in Clarkesville with her bearded hubs, two super cute kiddos and a couple of crazy little animals.
Sandie Gore
Owner/Yoga Instructor
Sandie is a 200hr Registered Yoga Teacher. She has been practicing yoga since 2012 and is currently working on her 500 hour certification. She and her husband, Devin are crazy about their cute pups and their two cats. A few of her favorite things include coffee, french fries, her birds, and anything that makes her laugh.
Shelby Day
Instructor
Shelby has been practicing yoga since 2002 and earned her 200hr RYT certification in July 2017. She lives in Demorest with her husband Seth, daughter Adaira, a dog, and a cat. She is currently under strict instructions not to bring any more animals home. Though she may or may not follow those instructions. She loves her family, chocolate, reading, drinking tea, hiking, and 80’s hair bands. Not necessarily in that order. Shelby refers to herself as a “recovering Type-A personality” and loves the way yoga has taught her to calm down and let go. She can’t wait to share that sense of calmness and peace with others.
Victoria Nolen
Instructor
Victoria is a yogi in practice, a dancer at heart, and a mermaid in spirit. She is a certified yoga instructor, certified Trauma-Sensitive YogaFaith instructor, and licensed counselor in the state of Georgia. Her absolute “faves” include the smell of barbeque, the magic of Fall, daffodils, and sweet hubby snuggles. Victoria’s love for teaching yoga stems from the joy of creating a safe, sacred, and relaxing space where people of all ages and backgrounds can come to move, breathe, connect, and belong.
Susan Stumpf
Pilates Instructor
Susan is a Certified Pilates Instructor with 18 years of teaching experience which include owning and operating several Pilates Studios, as well as working for highly qualified fitness, physical therapy and sports-related organizations.
She lives in the beautiful Sautee-Nacoochee area with her husband John.
She lives in the beautiful Sautee-Nacoochee area with her husband John.