Ashley Williams

Ashley Williams, MS, C-IAYT is a Yoga Therapist and Mindfulness Educator with 12 years experience in the fields of education, behavioral and mental health and community programming in Richmond, VA.

As a builder and weaver, she bridges mindfulness, diversity, wellness and inclusion on micro and macro-levels to achieve equitable, socially stable and conscious spaces for individual and collective care.

She is the Founder of BareSOUL Yoga & Wellness, a community-based organization initially created to offer accessible yoga offerings, and Mindful on Life, a curriculum-based program dedicated to transforming community through the practice of mindfulness education.

As an advocate for diverse representation, accessible self care and overall well-being, she has strategically built community-centered yoga and mindfulness programs in schools, health systems, government agencies, faith-based organizations and businesses. Ashley is full of inspiration and light, and continues to create spaces to encourage self exploration, awareness, authenticity and community for people of all ages and backgrounds.

She is a dog mom to a cocker-spaniel pit bull named Sebastian Ezra, an outdoor explorer and loves all things food-related.