What is tactical agility?
Tactical Agility Training: Yoga Designed for First Responders
Omni Yoga Studio proudly welcomes and honors our local First Responders. We are a Firefighter-owned wellness center founded by Virginia Martin, Certified Yoga Instructor and Bryan Martin, Fire Lieutenant for the City of Redmond.
Our mission is to serve our diverse South Sound community by providing a range of styles of yoga to fit the needs and goals of each individual. Within our various offerings, we have special training protocol classes designed to bring the benefits of traditional yoga to local first responders. The physical and neurological benefits of yoga are well documented by modern medical research to offer tactical and practical tools for processing stress, building resilience, and enhancing performance. By combining our training and experience of yoga with our understanding of the physical and neurological demands of a career as a first responder, we have developed an industry-focused class called Tactical Agility Training.
Virginia Martin
Virginia Martin
Virginia Martin
I became a yoga instructor after yoga healed my long-term, debilitating back injury that was supposed to require spine-fusing surgery. My husband was by my side the whole way, from injury to health. He is a career firefighter, passionately dedicated to his job. I began to witness the career-specific stresses to the physical body and nervo
I became a yoga instructor after yoga healed my long-term, debilitating back injury that was supposed to require spine-fusing surgery. My husband was by my side the whole way, from injury to health. He is a career firefighter, passionately dedicated to his job. I began to witness the career-specific stresses to the physical body and nervous system that first responders undergo routinely, as just part of the job. Naturally I gravitated towards using what I knew about yoga to support his longevity in the career that he loves. He began to join me in yoga and now has his own stories to tell.
Alev Meyer
Virginia Martin
Virginia Martin
My yoga journey started in 2018 with a 30-day yoga challenge program and about halfway, I knew I wanted to do this the rest of my life. I believe yoga is for everyone. It has no certain age or size. All you need is you and how much you want to invest in yourself. Yoga means healing for me. Practicing and teaching Vinyasa classes is where
My yoga journey started in 2018 with a 30-day yoga challenge program and about halfway, I knew I wanted to do this the rest of my life. I believe yoga is for everyone. It has no certain age or size. All you need is you and how much you want to invest in yourself. Yoga means healing for me. Practicing and teaching Vinyasa classes is where I feel the most creative. I like to create classes that are uplifting and challenging, yet still fun and cause smiles on my student’s faces. Yoga gave me peace and belief in myself, and my goal is to make my students feel good in their body, believing that anything possible for them.
Casey Nicholson
Virginia Martin
Casey Nicholson
As a First Responder working in the ER, my yoga journey started in 2010 at a hot yoga class, where I noticed added physical and mental health benefits. From then on, I was hooked. I knew that yoga would always be a part of my life.
The self-discipline practiced on the mat relates directly to the focus and endurance required for emergency
As a First Responder working in the ER, my yoga journey started in 2010 at a hot yoga class, where I noticed added physical and mental health benefits. From then on, I was hooked. I knew that yoga would always be a part of my life.
The self-discipline practiced on the mat relates directly to the focus and endurance required for emergency service work.
. Now, I have the joy of sharing yoga with a community of friends here at Omni. I teach with heart and humility and it would be my honor to guide you through a class that leaves you feeling empowered and peaceful. Hope to see you on the mat soon!
Katie Egan
Virginia Martin
Casey Nicholson
Katie Egan is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt and an internationally ranked professional competitor as well as a kids and adults instructor and coach. As a lifelong athlete, Katie found yoga many years ago to complement her jiu-jitsu training, and it became a new passion. As her love for yoga grew Katie knew she wanted to take her teach
Katie Egan is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt and an internationally ranked professional competitor as well as a kids and adults instructor and coach. As a lifelong athlete, Katie found yoga many years ago to complement her jiu-jitsu training, and it became a new passion. As her love for yoga grew Katie knew she wanted to take her teaching and yoga to the next level and started her journey towards becoming a yoga instructor. She received her 200RYT in both Hatha and Vinyasa and loves having another way to share her passions.
In-Studio T.A.T. Class Schedule
Tactical Agility Training classes are 60-minutes (available in-person and online):
- Wednesdays 9 am
- Thursdays 9 am
- Saturdays 9 am
Battalion Outreach T.A.T. Classes
Available upon request, Omni Yoga brings private T.A.T. classes to your Public Safety Facility.
Battalion Outreach T.A.T. classes include an educational briefing on the distinct physical and neurological benefits of yoga for first responders, we deliver job-specific and culturally-informed functional fitness T.A.T. classes at your facility, and we bring all required equipment.
These classes are exclusively tailored for:
- Fire Departments
- Law Enforcement
- Medical Professionals
- Military Personnel