Kelly, the founder of still soul studio, is a Charleston business executive and mom who found her life shifted when she began a yoga and meditation practice. Kelly studied meditation with Deepak Chopra and is a certified meditation teacher with the Chopra Center for Well-Being in California. Having practiced meditation at studios in Los Angeles and New York, Kelly was inspired to bring the concept to Charleston with still soul studio, a welcoming space located in the heart of Downtown Charleston for meditators of all levels. For more than 20 years, Kelly has dedicated her work and passion to helping individuals and organizations identify and achieve their goals for personal and professional excellence. She holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology along with an Ed.M in IO Psychology from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Bob Bates was only in the 5th grade when he requested his first copy of Grey’s Anatomy for his birthday. He has since then continued to fuel this fascination through his own self-study into everything that has to do with mind, body, and spirit.

Bob graduated from The Citadel with a B.S. in Business Administration. He continued his education with a Master of Divinity from Reformed Theological Seminary. Since then he has split his professional career in both the non-profit sector and corporate America. Constantly the student, he applied his personal study to improve his performance in marathoning, triathlons, and open water race swimming. It was merely by an invitation of a friend that Bob found himself in a yoga class 10 years ago. This shifted his focus of his study to the topics of happiness, stress coping strategies, longevity, nutrition, and yoga. It was through these topics of study that there was a natural convergence which lead into an exploration in meditation. Through his personal deep dive into meditation and daily personal practice for years, he can speak clearly and with confidence to the practical differences meditation can make in anyone’s personal and professional life. Presently Bob is in the middle of completing his 200hr YTT at an area studio and his meditation teacher certification. Bob is excited to be a part of the impact Still Studio is having on the Charleston Community.