Who We Are
Meet Maddi and Lexi: two sisters from Kansas City on a mission to empower your well-being. Like many, they once navigated demanding corporate careers, feeling an undeniable gap between their daily grind and their true aspirations. That all changed in January 2025, when they took a leap, resigned from their roles, and dedicated themselves to building a one-stop shop for balance and self-care—a place where others can find the harmony they now gratefully live.
Meet the Team
Maddi Heise
After graduating from the University of Arkansas with an English degree, Maddi spent four years as a Digital Content Specialist and Project Manager in the corporate world. Outside her 9-5, Maddi dove into her writing as well as her meditation and yoga practices, attending retreats and workshops whenever she could. Maddi loves learning and consistently has her nose in a book.
While Maddi enjoyed her corporate job, it became evident that her heart lays in storytelling and sun salutations. In January 2025, she found her way back to her passions: she started her very first novel and became a yoga teacher. Now, Maddi can't wait to engage with her community through sharing her love for yoga, leading writing and spiritual workshops, and talking books with visitors to the studio.
Lexi Heise
Lexi graduated from Kansas State University with an Entrepreneurship degree. Upon graduation, she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where she gained valuable experience as a financial recruiter for big banks nationwide. While her time in Charlotte offered significant professional growth, the pull of family ultimately led her back to the Kansas City area.
Lexi wasn't just climbing the corporate ladder; she was also busy becoming a wellness whiz! She's a Certified Personal Trainer, Corrective Exercise Specialist, Certified Nutrition Coach, and yoga teacher. Now, she's blending her sharp business acumen with her deep love for wellness to open a yoga studio, proving that passion truly is the best business plan.
Walter Heise
Meet Walter: the sweetest, goofiest boy and the true boss of the studio. This one-year-old mutt is our official mascot, and let's be honest: it's his business—Maddi and Lexi just get to run it. His favorite yoga pose is, naturally, Puppy Pose, and he's mastered it with adorable precision. You'll find him at the studio most of the time, ready to greet everyone with a big smile (yes, it’s a smile!) and a wagging tail.
Our Mission & Promise to You
We saw a gap in our own lives that was a result of inconsistent and inauthentic self-care practices. After recognizing the issue, we started noticing how many others were negatively affected by it, too.
So, we closed one chapter to begin this one with you.
Our mission is to enrich the lives of those in our community through providing intentional self-care practices.
What is “self-care” to us? Self-care is an active effort to nurture one’s mind, body, and soul. Self-care fills a personal cup that is constantly drained by external factors. Self-care ignites passion, light, love, and beauty from the inside-out.
At Walli’s Wellness Studio, we promise to do everything we can to help guide you on your self-care journey. We promise to be intentional, kind teachers. We promise to create a safe, judgment-free space for you to become the version of yourself that you wish to be.
We’re all in this together, friends.
