About Us

Our Story

Find Your Expanse

Founded in 2008, Blue Sky Yoga Studio was created as a space for genuine practice, inner expansion, and heartfelt connection. Our purpose remains simple: to help people learn yoga and progress in a natural and beneficial way so they can experience the true fruits of practice—greater alignment, balance, flexibility and strength, enhanced energy, creativity, and confidence.

Our Philosophy

A Path Rooted in Tradition

We believe the body and mind are inseparable—each shaping the other. This unity is the heart of yoga and the foundation of how we teach. Yoga recognizes that the body-mind is inherently free and self-guided, capable of expanding or contracting, healing or resisting. We all move between these states, and yoga offers the tools to meet them with clarity and steadiness.

Rooted in tradition, our approach blends practice and grace to support your growth. Through alignment, breath, presence, and mindful attention, you learn to listen inward, move with intention, and step into a fuller expression of yourself.

Meet Your Instructor

Guided By Experience

Preston Whaley Jr., PhD., founder of Blue Sky Yoga Studio, is a Yoga Alliance RYT 500E teacher and authorized Neelakantha Meditation instructor with over twenty years of experience. Bringing decades of study, practice, and teaching to the studio, Preston blends precision with compassion—offering instruction that honors both the structure and the spirit of yoga. His approach unites alignment, breath, and mindfulness to help students of all ages build strength, awareness, and inner clarity.

Since founding the studio in 2008, Preston has created a welcoming, grounded space where students feel supported, inspired, and connected to the deeper wisdom of yoga.

Picture of Preston Whaley the lead yoga instructor of BlueSky Yoga

Preston Whaley Jr.

Founder & Instructor