B-more Zen-center Human / K9 wellness

Rachel LaPlaca, Licensed Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner, was inspired by her yoga practice to pursue a career in massage therapy. A graduate of Cortiva, her training includes Sweedish, Deep Tissue, Reflexology, Dry Cupping, and Reiki energy healing. 

 Rachel was introduced to yoga as a way to manage stress and seasonal depression. Her practice opened the doors to her healing journey and she was called to help support others through healing touch and massage therapy. “I realized how out of touch I was with my body and emotions, and I came to learn how much of what I was carrying was old, unnecessary, and in some cases, not my own. I understand that each person has a unique journey so I strive to create healing space where every client can let go of their stress.”  

She is passionate about self care and encourages her clients to find the patterns that may be contributing to their pain. She welcomes clients from all walks of life and enjoys supporting those who are invested in their own wellness path. 

Hi, I am Ewa, a mom of two girls and a fitness instructor with over 18 years of experience. While not teaching or exercising, I love to spend time with my family and watch my two daughters learn and explore new things.

Over time I have realized that postpartum recovery lasts forever, and at some point every woman ends up with similar problems.  Incontinence, diastasis recti, back pain, weak core, variety of muscle imbalances causing wrong compensation patterns.  I had personally experienced all of these, and learned that the above symptoms are very common.  Confused, unaware and desperate to get better I had followed all the incorrect advise, and was doing exercises which were making my symptoms worse.  I had started my own healing journey while my younger daughter was 18 months old. While learning and progressing in my recovery, I have included pelvic floor-safe modifications into my workout routines.  I wish I had this knowledge before I had children. My passion to educate women about the importance of pelvic floor and proper postpartum recovery has led me to earn the Postartum Corrective Specialist Certification and create Core Restore Fitness.

Fitness has always been my passion.  I’m  NASM certified personal trainer and American Fitness and Aerobic Association certified fitness instructor.   I’m also Les Mills advanced instructor for RPM and Sprint, Cxwork, and Barre Instructor.

Pelvic floor… postpartum recovery….incontinence….. prolaps…….these subjects are still in the underground!  Knowledge is your power!

While nursing 2 herniated discs in her lumbar spine, Tabia was advised by PT peers to attend hot yoga classes in order to find pain relief. She attended her first Hot Yoga session on a Sunday and somewhere between focusing on breath work,  quieting the mind, and becoming one with the body, she realized Yoga was much more than stretches and exercise. She’d tapped into the spiritual and sacred aspect of the practice.  

Realizing she had only scratched the surface, she enrolled in the yoga teacher training program at the University of Maryland and received her 200 hr certification. Through training and deepening her personal practice she found peace in the midst of pain and came to know Yoga as a guide to acceptance of self and living with compassion for self and the world. She is passionate about using Yoga, Somatic movement, and Sound Bathing as tools to spread the gifts of love and lightness and helping others find their inner peace as well. She welcomes all levels to attend her Gentle and Yin style classes.

It all started when I was 5 years old, I was introduced to yoga while running around backstage in Spain at a Sting concert. My step dad was a sound engineer on tour with Sting who was practicing yoga with a yogi teacher by the name of Danny Paradise. I guess the spark was lit that day, and I've been drawn to yoga and all its wonderful benefits and studies since. I studied yoga in college at Penn State (2006-2008) and after years of working in marketing, primarily on Wall Street in New York City, I decided to become a yoga teacher. I taught my first class on December 1, 2015 to a group of adults at a co-working space. It was the first of 4 sessions on The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. Since then, I have taught hundreds of classes to students ages 4 to 90 and everyone in between. I have taught creative vinyasa flows, workshops and have had the opportunity to collaborate with DJ’s and to teach at yoga festivals. I have taught large group classes to one-on-one lessons, and have worked with children, corporate professionals, CEO’s and other executives in my community.

Maëlis Mittig is the owner of Bounce Yoga, a new style of yoga under construction, as well as the host of The Bounce Back Podcast, a podcast about yoga as it relates to being a tool to cultivate resiliency. She began her personal practice over 15 years ago, studied yoga technique and history in college and over the last few years, has decided to take her curiosity and passion to the next level by becoming a certified yoga instructor. She completed her first RYT® 200 training at Evolution Power Yoga in 2016 and followed it with becoming a Level 1 and 2 Reiki Practitioner under the teaching of Reiki Master Guillaume Gauthereau in NYC. She recently completed a RYT® 200 Alignment Yoga training through The Yoga Sanctuary School in Lancaster, PA, and since has taught and taken hundreds of classes from NYC, PA, and the DMV to her most recent stint in Negril, Jamaica. Maëlis is passionate and on a life-long quest to learn about how relational energy, philosophy, psychology, meditation, mindfulness and spirituality can be used for healing and expansion.

The ultimate goal — create space for individual self-empowerment and in turn, make the world a more joyful place.

Her personal yoga practice is quite diverse and includes trampoline yoga, hip-hop yoga, Bhakti yoga, alignment yoga, traditional vinyasa and more. Maëlis’ classes are designed to activate the body, mind and spirit and to create joy, peace and universal love. She often bases her classes on chakra yoga techniques, relating her lessons to colors and energetic movement. She enjoys teaching around Baltimore area. You can find Maelis' classes online on a platform called Burnalong.

I am a dedicated yoga instructor and health coach with a passion for nature and helping others. I strive to create an empowering, nurturing environment for students to flourish and feel a sense of joy. My approach is to assist students in developing a deeper connection with mind, body and spirit through a breath centered yoga practice. I appreciate how yoga can play an intricate role in maintaining and regaining health naturally by assisting the body in regulating its functions and developing a greater capacity for stillness to help the individual connect to their true nature. Through a regular yoga practice I have noticed there is a improved ability to make more conscious decisions about well being and self care.   

I earned my 200 hr. teacher training under the guidance of Kim Manfredi and completed a 100 hour training with Martha McAlpine. I continued an ongoing mentorship with Martha McAlpine through 2017.  In May 2018, I attended a training in Energy Medicine Yoga with Lauren Walker that I am thrilled to be incorporating in my classes as a way to further amplify the healing powers of yoga.  I am currently in a 300 hr. masters program in Energy Medicine Yoga to further advance my studies in this healing practice. 

For Jennifer, yoga has been a journey of descending within and discovery. Practicing for over 20 years and teaching for 4 years. Jennifer received her 200RYT at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Stockbridge MA, Yoga Nidra Certification with Lotus Pond Center for Yoga and Health in Tampa FL, and a Personal Enrichment of Awakening course with Inspiration Consciousness in Owings Mills MD. Jennifer's favorite definition of yoga is equanimity- all things in balance. The practice on the mat is expressed off the mat. Yoga for Jennifer is a way, how one moves through life with perception and balance, aware of the subtle shifts and the power of self. How you do anything is how you do everything. With the attitude “To Serve Others” Jennifer has logged many hours of karma yoga with volunteering her offerings at Phoenix Center-giving back with yoga nidra for those healing from addiction, mentoring boys age 8-18, the Italian Cultural Center children's program, amd her church. Jennifer loves loves to help others see their innate beauty and the power of their own heart. Jennifer's classes are structured for connection, grounding and acceptance of self. Moving and feeling the body with proper alignment and proper brathing, Jennifer wants woudl like her students to feel relaxed yet inspiredwhile being an observer, remaining open to what comes up without judgement. 

CC completed her teacher training at M.Power Yoga the summer of 2016.  She was always drawn to yoga before she even really knew what it was about.  After taking her first class, she fell in love with the practice.  Yoga has helped CC find mental stillness, self compassion, and authenticity.  Her classes focus on the power of the breath, the significance of self care, and most importantly how to  laugh at yourself! CC wants her students to leave class feeling relaxed and renewed.  Outside of yoga, she finds joy cooking, traveling, giving back, and playing with her sassy Sheltie, Chester!