Meet The Owner

Haley Picotte-Stozek, an avid music educator and Yoga enthusiast, is the founder of Haleybird Studios.

Haley was born and raised in Wauwatosa, WI. She has studied the cello since the age of nine. She began teaching private lessons during her junior year of high school. This experience guided her pursuit of a career in Music Education.

Haley studied Music Education at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, graduating with honors. While pursuing her Bachelors, she performed with the University Symphony Orchestra, participated in chamber ensembles, and performed and recorded with local bands.

Presently, Haley teaches elementary strings in the Wauwatosa Public School System as well as private lessons. She is known within the schools for her creativity and infectious enthusiam!

Haley’s passion for music is matched only by her belief in Yoga’s ability to improve one’s health in body and mind. In addition to completing a 200-hour RYT Yoga Training Program, Haley believes Yoga to be a life long journey and has enjoyed continuing her studios. She has attend workshops & seminars with Yoga masters including Seane Corn, Rodney Yee, & Paulie Zink. Haley has also completed 36 hours Yoga Therapy Training and looks forward to continuing her Yoga Therapy Studios.

Haleybird Studios is committed to ENRICHING THE LIVES of the residents of Wauwatosa and its surrounding communities through music-based education and hatha yoga.

Christine Eckblad: Yoga Instructor 200 RYT
Christine has completed a 200 hour Yoga Training and been teaching yoga for 6 years. She is also ACE Certified in Personal Training. She enjoys teaching fun and challenging classes that will work one's mind, body and breath. Christine's style tends to be a mixture of Vinyasa (poses flowing together) and Iyengar (alignment focused). She welcomes all levels to her classes as she encourages everyone to listen to their own bodies and tailor their practice to their needs.

Christine also enjoys the theraputic side of Yoga and working one-on-one with people helping them to find their "Yoga edge", a place where they are physical challenged while maintaing mind & body awareness. We invest in a lot of things in life, our money, our time but we need to start with our bodies, the foundation of it all.

Bonnie Frenkel: Blue Belt Nia Instructor
Bonnie Frenkel took her first Nia Class during the summer of 2002.  After taking classes for 2 years, Bonnie’s passion for Nia led her to become a Certified White Belt Instructor in August of 2004.  By October of that same year, Bonnie began teaching Nia Classes.  To deepen her Nia practice and offer more opportunities to her students, Bonnie took her Nia Education to the next level in 2007 and became a Certified Blue Belt Instructor.

Bonnie is pleased to be able to share a movement class that allows participants to do their best at all levels of ability. She encourages and welcomes those new to movement classes.

In addition to teaching Nia, Bonnie also offers wellness solutions & lectures as a wellness counselor.

Pam Foti: Pilates Instructor
Pam began practicing Pilates 7 years ago.  Through her extensive practice, Pam has witnessed first hand the amazing mind-body benefits from a well-rounded Pilates practice including; improved core strength, long-strong muscles and ease of movement through everyday tasks.  Pilates has helped Pam become more conscious & respectful of her body that carries her through her hectic schedule of caring for 2 beautiful daughters and being an independent Arbonne Consultant.

In 2008, Pam decided that she wanted to share the gift of Pilates with others and underwent the Wisconsin Athletic Club’s teacher training program.  She has been teaching Pilates since the spring of 2008.  Pam’s upbeat, encouraging, and down-to-earth personality make her Pilates Classes a true treat.

Nikka Pamenter : Yoga Instructor 200 RYT
Nikka Pamenter's experience includes over 14 years of dance training at various schools including: Foerster Academy of Dance in Sheboygan, Autumn Creek in New Holstein, Mirror Image Dance Academy in West Bend, Milwaukee Ballet in Milwaukee, Art In Motion, Deva Houston's School of Dance in Milwaukee, Danceworks in Milwaukee, and is seeking a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Dance at Peck School of the Arts at UW Milwaukee. She specializes in the areas of modern, ballet, hip-hop, tap, jazz, belly dance, and is certified and registered with the National Yoga Alliance as Hatha instructor.  Pamenter has taught for the Foerster Academy and Autumn Creek. She has also taught and coordinated Yogadance and Hip-HopYoga classes at the YogaLoft for three years. In addition to Yoga, Pamenter has worked with the Theater for Young Audiences as a choreographer, with Art in Motion School of Dance in Milwaukee, and with Reel Yoga Center in Plymouth.  She is credited for starting the Hip-HopYoga Dance Camp for pre-teen girls at the YogaLoft in Sheboygan. She is currently pursuing a career in dance performance and movement therapy.

"My goal is to help guide people in learning how to relax, have fun, and be healthy!"

Pat Layton: Mediation Instructor & Ayurvedic Practitioner
Patricia Layton has been a student of yoga and Ayurveda for many years.  She began teaching yoga in 1974 and has taught in various venues around the country.  She has been training Ayurvedic practitioners for the past ten years and currently teaches at the Bhavana Institute for Yoga & Ayurveda Studies in LaGrange, Illinois.

Christine Klim: Yoga Instructor 200 RYT
Christine is well aware of the importance of relaxed muscles and healthy muscle tone for fluid body movements and good posture. She studied ballet, jazz and Middle Eastern dance for over 20 years; she has been a licensed massage therapist since 1994 and she has practiced Yoga for over 10 years.

Her love of Yoga developed along with her study of Thai massage and eventually inspired her to teach Thai massage as well as Yoga. The Thai massage influence can be felt in the partners’ yoga classes she teaches.

Christine believes that what we learn about ourselves on the mat can be extended to our daily lives: living mindfully, opening ourselves to new possibilities and opportunities without fear, facing life’s challenges with grace and being strong in body, mind and spirit.

Barb Wesson: Black Belt Nia Instructor
Barbara is a certified Nia black belt teacher. She has been teaching since 1997. Barb’s classes are steeped in the fun of Nia. She would prefer her students stay in the pleasure zone rather than perform the steps perfectly. Barb believes that the joy from Nia comes when physical pleasure is sustained during movement.

Jenni Reinke : Yoga Instructor
A native of Wauwatosa, Jenni Reinke has been practicing Yoga for the past three years and experimenting with modern dance and other movement forms for over six years. A graduate of Beloit College with a B.A. in music and philosophy minor, her Yoga education has taken her to a variety of Milwaukee-area teachers as well to India. Here she completed a 1-month Yoga Instructor’s Course at Swami Vivekanada Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (SVYASA), a Yoga university based in Bangalore. She traveled extensively throughout the region, absorbing its rich cultural heritage, and also attended other movement and meditation courses. Jenni has experienced the profound peace that comes from body-mind awareness and centering through Yoga and meditation. She hopes to share this with others in her teaching.

Judy Haack: Black Belt Nia Instructor