keri kenney (she/her)
a teacher, a student, a healer, a hopeful devotee for peace
Hi, I’m Keri. Here’s What I Believe...
Hi! Thanks for being here with me. I’m Keri Kenney (she/her), a trauma-informed yoga teacher, writer, Reiki practitioner, college educator, and heart-centered guide working at the intersection of grief, Spirit, nature, and collective care.
My work exists to hold space for healing—not just as a concept, but as a lived, embodied practice.
Whether I’m leading a yoga class, holding a pet loss grief circle, guiding a restorative justice space, teaching about trauma resilience, or writing on love and loss—I do so with the same purpose:
- to help people return to themselves,
- to offer care that honors the whole person,
- and to create space for clarity, connection, and transformation.
My approach is integrative and intersectional. I believe trauma lives not only in our personal stories, but in our systems, our ancestry, and our collective bodies—and so our healing must be as layered and expansive as the harm.
I’m a lifelong student of the heart. I believe in the power of presence, the sacredness of the earth, and in creating accessible pathways to healing—for all of us.
A Glimpse Into My Heart + Story...
I’m a daydream believer. A double Pisces with a Sagittarius moon. A dog mom, nature lover, and child of wonder who finds God in the trees and healing in the dirt.
Born and raised in Michigan, I’m deeply connected to the rhythms of the Midwest—the seasons, the lakes, the quiet beauty of snow and soil. I live in Midland and serve the Tri-Cities area, offering practices and spaces rooted in truth, tenderness, and transformation.
I wear my heart wide open on my sleeve and believe that sensitivity is a superpower. I value simplicity. I honor joy. I live in hopes of being a legacy of light and liberation.
In 2013, I lost both of my parents—one to homicide, one to suicide by cop. That heartbreak cracked me open. It sent me inward, invited me deeper into healing, and ultimately brought me to this work. From that grief came clarity. From that clarity, purpose. From that purpose, a path.
I walk that path alongside my husband—my steady source of belief and support—and our beloved dogs who remind me daily of what unconditional love looks like.
Over the years, my heart has also found a second home in Costa Rica. I’ve built deep friendships and chosen family there, and hold a vision of offering uncolonized wellness retreats in collaboration with the people and land that have offered me so much healing. My love for Costa Rica is rooted in respect, reciprocity, and relationship—not escape or idealization.
This work is not just what I do.
It’s how I live.
It’s how I love.
And it’s how I hope to leave the world—lighter, freer, more whole.
What Guides Me...
Love as a leadership practice.
Grief as a portal to presence.
Nature as teacher.
The body as a site of knowing.
Spirit as compass.
Story as medicine.
Community as healing ground.
My Training + Offerings...
I’ve been practicing and teaching yoga for over a decade, with thousands of hours of experience in trauma-informed movement, meditation, and somatic healing. I’m a certified Reiki and crystal Reiki practitioner, and hold a B.S. in Dietetics and Nutrition from Central Michigan University. I also weave in positive psychology, mindfulness-based practices, and spiritual studies to support the whole human.
As a college educator, I serve as an adjunct professor at Delta College in the Life Long Wellness department, teaching Meditation, Nutrition, and Movement. In my local community, I hold weekly trauma-informed yoga and meditation classes at The Hive in Midland, MI—centering accessibility, authenticity, and collective care.
My offerings include:
- Community practices
- One-on-one healing sessions
- Restorative and transformative justice circles
- Grief spaces (including pet loss)
- Retreats + virtual workshops
- Reflections via my Substack: With Great Purpose
I work with individuals, communities, and institutions—and what I know to be true is this:
We are all worthy of love.
We are all deserving of care.
And healing is always possible.
More than any credential, it’s my lived experience that shapes how I show up:
Tender, truth-telling, and unwavering in my belief in the light we carry—and the liberation we are here to live.
Why I’m Here...
To be human is to hurt—but also to hope.
To live is to lose—but also to love.
I’m here to remind us that healing is not a linear process. It’s a sacred remembering of who we are and who we’re becoming. It requires both softness and strength, courage and compassion, boundaries and belonging.
The practices that saved my life—meditation, movement, nature, breath, connection—are the ones I now offer to others. Through yoga, grief work, writing, teaching, and community-building, I create brave spaces for people to feel, to process, to rest, to reclaim.
I believe we can—and must—learn to live in more honest, embodied, and heart-aligned ways.
For ourselves.
For each other.
For a future rooted in care.
I’m also a deep listener and devoted dreamer. I believe our wholeness is not a destination but a rhythm we return to—with gentleness, honesty, and care.
