Caroline Tesar

Caroline Tesar Wells founded Brown Dog Yoga in 2015 as a means of sharing her joy and passion for teaching yoga. Caroline was drawn to the yoga practice after she stopped playing lacrosse in college. Her first experience with hot yoga was at Bikram Yoga Evanston, where she was mentored by owner Stu Getz. Caroline embraced the challenging practice, and was later introduced to Forever Om Yoga, located in Lake Forest, Illinois, by her father in 2009. Caroline completed her first 200 Hour teacher training with CorePower Yoga in 2011. She then trained with Cilla Stoll at Forever Om and completed a five day advanced teacher training with Live Love Teach in 2012. In the summer of 2012, Caroline completed her second 200 Hour teacher training with Divine Play Yoga. In June of 2013, she began her journey towards her 500 hour certification with Bala Vinyasa Yoga and traveled to Tulum, Mexico for a 100 Hour Mastery of Empowered Teaching training. She also became E-RYT certified in 2013 and led her first 200 Hour teacher training with Cilla Stoll at Forever Om Yoga. Caroline led the same training in 2014. She currently lives in Belleville, Illinois and teaches at Yoga, Core, and More in O’Fallon, Illinois and Yoga Six in St. Louis.