Aura was born from Kerstin's own healing journey, and a belief that movement is more than exercise. It is communication. It is healing. It is a way home.

Founder Kerstin Brown grew up in constant motion — relocating across Georgia, South Carolina, and California, finding grounding through gymnastics, competitive swimming, and cheerleading. Sport taught her resilience, discipline, and how to find belonging in unfamiliar places. More than that: the body holds experience, and movement can create connection even in the most unfamiliar of places.

Before stepping fully into the wellness world, she studied at the Fashion Institute in San Francisco and Los Angeles. That foundation shaped her understanding of expression, confidence, and presence — and the deep connection between how we feel inside and how we show up in the world.

Everything shifted when she walked into her first hot yoga class. The heat, the breath, the stillness inside the effort. It was the first time movement felt like medicine.

From there, her path unfolded. She became a registered yoga teacher and continued expanding across power, sculpt, yin, restorative, sound healing, Pilates, strength training, TRX, cycling, barre, and energy work. Each modality added a layer — never a replacement. Each taught her something different about the body, the nervous system, and the importance of intention.

Over the years she's taught thousands of classes, led large-scale community events, and partnered with Nike, Lululemon, the San Francisco Giants, the 49ers, Delta Airlines, Diplo's Run Club, and the Ritz-Carlton. She's opened studios, trained instructors, and built programmes from the ground up — always with care at the centre.

Aura is the culmination of that experience — and now it's a place, not just a practice. A studio where strength meets softness, where fitness meets nervous system care, and every class and session is designed to support strength, mobility, and longevity while honouring the nervous system and the energetic body.