Rising Om Yoga

I have been drawn to the benefits of yoga since college.  It wasn’t until recovering from a running injury that I truly began to come into my practice.  Spending most times in the hot room, I began to feel the spiritual side of the practice and wanted to learn more.  In 2018, I received my 200 hour certification and looking forward to progressing into my 300 hour certification. 

Yoga has allowed me to sustain a balanced, healthy, and disciplined lifestyle, and I would like to see my students take their yoga practice to a deeper level physically, mentally, and spiritually.

From Miami, Florida originally when I moved to TLH @ 13 years old where I fell in love with the town so I stayed. Currently shacked up with my main squeeze and our two fur babies in N FL.  

Experiencing the loss of close family members is where my yoga practice stemmed from. I needed to quiet my mind and gain clarity with how my world had permanently shifted and yoga was just the place where that magic happened. 

I completed my 200 hr yoga teacher training through Hot Yoga Tallahassee and Yoga Den, graduating in 2018. I have since been guiding Mind Body Yoga classes at HYT and continuing to work on my craft. 

I am forever grateful for a practice as powerful as yoga, my therapeutic escape. 

Hello! My name is Juliana and obviously, I love yoga. I found yoga in 2010 as a high-school student, practicing in my living room with a set of DVDs (before YouTube yoga was a thing). In 2015, I attended Many Rivers Yoga Teacher Training here in Tallahassee with the sole intention of diving deeper into my practice. Along the way, I found a great love for teaching.

Over the years, my teaching style has evolved, but it has always remained playful. I like to wiggle, shake, laugh, and be silly and I bring this into my classes. I have a firm conviction that while yoga is liberating, cleansing, deep, and healing, it is also absolutely hilarious. I try to instill autonomy in others when it comes to their practice by helping them build body awareness and hone their intuition. My goal in any class is to help others feel good while also teaching them something they can take with them into their personal lives, on or off the mat.

I began practicing yoga just after high school and immediately discovered the benefits of regulating the breath simply by paying attention to it. I believe in the power of meditation as a way to transform the body by quieting the mind with a deep focus on the breath. I’ve practiced many forms of yoga but currently hot flow and yin make up my practice. I studied history in graduate school at NYU and critical theory/cultural studies in the ph.d program at the University of Florida. I’m registered with Yoga Alliance as an RYT-200 instructor and have two yin certifications: one with Bernie Clark (British Columbia); the other with Josh Summers (Boston). I’m certified through the Warriors at Ease program to teach trauma-sensitive yoga to veterans and first responders. When I’m not working my day job (program director at a research office), teaching/practicing yoga, or working in my garden, I read widely in the arts, specifically literature, poetry, criticism, and history, and I write reviews of poetry collections and novels. In the wee bit of spare time left, I am an avid runner and vegan cook.

Hi! My name is Annick and clearly I am a yoga lover! I started my journey with yoga when I was in middle school because it was the only thing I could do without pain from an injury I had from competitive cheerleading! Then, I decided to take on hot yoga in high school and never looked back! Luckily, a teacher from home (Boca Raton) told me of Rising Om Yoga which made me so much more excited to start my life at FSU in 2018. After a lot of amazing classes, inspiring teachers, and wonderful/ uplifting experiences I decided I wanted to give back to the world! I did my 200- hr RYT training through Rising Om Yoga and Yoga Den, which I completed in March of 2020! I am so excited to share what I know, and have so much fun with you all! 

After years of practicing yoga (and lots of other movement) with some phenomenal instructors, I followed in the footsteps of my daughter and completed my 200YTT with Laughing Lotus NYC at their New Orleans “Church of Yoga.” Excited to have studied with Lotus founder Dana Trixie Flynn, and others. I enjoy interesting music and creative flows, but I am also very much into alignment and injury prevention. Look forward to meeting you on the mat!

Sheneh is passionate about healing, advocating self-care and self-love and incorporates these in her classes~ 

She is a Registered Nurse since 2006 and is currently a Cardiac/Medical-Surgical RN at TMH.  She is also a Reiki Master and has been treating clients holistically since 2015.

She loves nature, travel, dancing, meditation, tai chi, yoga retreats and all things glittery and beautiful. She's one sweet, happy soul~ :) 

Hey yogis! My name is Kelsey and I’m from the Chicagoland area. I graduated from the University of Iowa with a bachelors in Spanish and an International Business Certificate in 2013. It was there that I took my first yoga class when one of my roommates convinced me it would help with my running. I quickly fell in love with the movement and the added challenge of the heated room. When I moved back to Chicago in 2013, I lost sight of the practice. I worked full time and was in school part time working on my masters. Then in 2018 when my husband had a chance to pursue his PhD at FSU, we jumped at the opportunity. Moving to Tallahassee allowed me to slow down in a way that didn’t seem possible in a major city. I found Rising Om days after we moved and immediately fell back in love with yoga. It quickly became a focus in my life, so I decided to enroll in the 200 YTT training through Rising Om and Yoga Den. I completed in the training in March 2020 and am excited to get on the mat and flow with you all!

Maddie is originally from Westport, CT, and fell in love with yoga and Pilates as an undergraduate student at Colby College. A lifelong dancer, she was craving cross-training options, and it quickly became apparent that both of these practices were critical in her growth as a dancer, longevity of her body, and overall mental health. In 2012, she completed her 200-hour yoga certification (RYT-200) with School Yoga Institute in Fort Collins, CO, and in 2017, while pursuing her MFA in Dance at SUNY Brockport, she completed her Pilates Mat Certification at Pilates Plus in Rochester, NY. In addition to teaching at private studios, Maddie has also taught Pilates as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Dance at FSU. Fun fact: Maddie also travels the country to judge national dance competitions! Maddie is so excited to be back at Rising Om (you might remember her from back in 2014!) and can't wait to flow with you!

Hello my fellow yogis! I am from Panama City, Fl. I moved to Tallahassee in 2012 and was married October 2014. I have been working as an Aesthetician since March 2007. I am currently working at a dermatology office during the day and by the nights and weekends I'm am one happy yoga mama! I became a mother to my sweet firecracker baby girl July 4, 2017 and we love mommy and me yoga!

My love for yoga began in 2013 when I started my practice at HYT. I had been having neck and back pain from my day job for so many years and needed to find some type of relief. Yoga has been the only thing to help relieve these issues. Staring down for most of the day and at a computer definitely takes a toll on ones body. Since beginning my yoga journey, my mind, body and soul have been hooked ever since. In March 2016 at HYT I received my 200 hour certification thru Yoga Den in Jacksonville, FL. I am now a certified Registered Yoga Teacher, through Yoga Alliance. My specialty is Yoga Sculpt which uses 2-3 pound weights incorporated with basic yoga postures. I look forward to sharing my love for yoga with you all!

Peace and Love

I came to Tallahassee from Colorado Springs in 2002 to attend FSU, and aside from some temporary work relocations, I am proud to call it my home.

After several years had passed since practicing yoga here-and-there with VHS guidance, I came upon a Groupon to try Hot Yoga Tallahassee during a period of unemployment post-campaign work in late 2012. I have been hooked ever since, and have truly found my tribe. After receiving a small windfall from my late Grandma Donna (a retired and enthusiastic high school ESL teacher post-divorce), I decided to pursue yoga teacher training in 2013 as a way to honor Grandma's love of teaching and “staying interesting.”

I appreciate that yoga always meets me wherever I am in that moment, day, or even month. It has been one of the very few constants and pleasures in my life the past decade, and I am truly grateful for the balance my yoga practice and teaching provides. To bear witness to the small and big victories our bodies make in healing, strength, and balance is a daily gift I do not take for granted.

I believe that yoga is truly for EVERY body, and I look forward to meeting you on the mat!