Valarie is offering Group ‘Yoga on the Lawn’ at Cypress Square, Fridays, 8am
She also offers Private Yoga, Ayurveda consultations and mental health counseling.
EMAIL: [email protected]
Valarie Olsen, LMHC, E-RYT 200, AYS
Valarie has been practicing yoga for over 20 years in the Ft. Myers area. Back in the 1990’s the only place to practice was in the gyms around town, this is where she met influential teachers that would shape her appreciation and understanding of Yoga. In 2011, she completed yoga teacher training in Bonita Springs and began teaching in studios and community centers locally. As an Experienced Yoga Teacher, Valarie teaches gentle yoga, as well as flow and all levels classes. In 2017 she added Ayurveda Yoga Specialist training to her repertoire. Valarie is a certified meditation teacher and can provide training to individuals and groups.
Valarie is also trained as a licensed mental health counselor spending much of her career working at a local non-profit agency and now currently as an associate in a small private practice. Valarie incorporates her background in mental health, the 8 Limbs of Yoga and interest in neuroscience into her teaching. Combining interests in Yoga, Mental Health and Wellness has led Valarie to study trauma sensitive yoga. She has provided trauma-informed teacher training to scores of trainees as guest faculty in local Yoga Teacher Training programs. Valarie can provide trauma-informed training for YTT’s as well as continuing education for registered yoga teachers.
Jayme currently offers public group classes on Wednesdays via Zoom; Sunday morning Beach Yoga @ Shucker’s FMB and monthly kid’s workshops.
EMAIL: [email protected]
Jayme Nagle, RYT 200, PT
Jayme has been teaching yoga for a little over 3 years in a variety of community settings. Her yoga teacher training through YogaFit has taken her all over the USA, which has provided her with a variety of experiences and perspectives.
She has a YogaFit Warrior and Warrior Kids certification, which are trauma sensitive yoga certifications. She began her Yoga Therapy training in the spring of 2020. In addition to teaching public classes, she has been volunteering at the Fort Myers Vet Center teaching yoga to veterans with PTSD.
Her classes focus on flows that are accessible, mindful and intentional for the mind, body and spirit. She offers small group private and public sessions.
In addition to her small group classes, Jayme is available for one-on-one sessions. She is also a Licensed Physical Therapist, with experience working with adults, children and their families. She is very familiar in working with the human body and thus able to create an individualized experience in a one-on-one session.
One-on-one yoga sessions are ideal for those who are new to yoga, those with injuries and/or participation restrictions, or clients who are looking to deepen their practice in a personalized way.
Lindsey currently has weekly offerings at Heart/Space on Saturdays, 9:30am THRIVE Yoga and 11:00am Gentle Yoga.
She also is offering workshops every other month.
Email: [email protected]
Lindsey Zimmerman, E-RYT 500, CAP
I’m so honored that you are considering joining me to THRIVE! I am passionate about sharing my love for yoga with others because I truly believe that mindful practices like yoga & its sister science Ayurveda give us the tools to we need to live our very best lives.
I found yoga at a time in my life when I desperately needed to reconnect with myself to deal with the physical and emotional toll of recurrent miscarriages. On my mat, I was able to process my grief, reconnect with myself and learn to love and appreciate a body that had once felt ‘broken’. I knew that I had found my calling in sharing yoga with others so that they too could feel better by managing their physical and mental health and well-being in a holistic way.
If we allow it to, yoga can become a refuge from the craziness of our daily lives. Our yoga mat becomes a place to find oneself, a place to drop in to ourselves and connect, a place of union with peace, joy and ultimately, love. Yoga helps us THRIVE!
Join me, won’t you?
Sondra offers Easy Tai Chi (this version of Tai Chi is accessible to all ages, abilities and levels of experience. It explores 8 of the 24 postures of Tai Chi) on Wednesdays from 2-3pm.
She also offers Stretch N Strength on Mondays and Thursdays from 11am-12pm.
Text Sondra to sign up or for more information.
Phone: 239-822-4371
Email: [email protected]
Sondra Dansby, E-RYT 200
Sondra created the ‘Stretch n Strength’ class to offer a combination of many techniques that focus on increasing strength and balance. Sondra also teaches Easy Tai Chi: two modified forms of TC for balance, concentration, coordination & fun. She includes Qi Gong exercises for managing health.
Sondra’s credentials include Reiki Master, Yoga Alliance Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher,chair yoga certification and teacher trained in Yoga Away’s Viniyoga Program. She developedher TC classes after becoming certified in “TC: Moving for Better Balance”, an evidence -based fall prevention program.
Carla will be offering yoga classes on Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9:15 am
8 people maximum. Socially distanced.
$15.00 cash or Venmo @Carla-Hyde-4
To register Email, Call or Text Carla
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 239-850-8177
Carla Hyde
Carla is a certified yoga instructor and has been teaching Iyengar style yoga – an inclusive and nonjudgemental practice – for more than 20 years. During that time, she has studied yoga and meditation with renowned teachers, including Aadil Palkhivala, Rodney Yee, Shiva Rae, John Schumacher and David Life, and many Tibetan Buddhist teachers.
Carla has been a certified group exercise instructor and personal trainer for 25 years, building on her unique talent as a trapeze artist and aerialist performer. But don’t worry! You won’t be asked to do that!
Carla is also a world traveler, and her light shines through with her ability to connect with others behind a smile that breaks down barriers!
In class, explore the art and science of letting go and experience gratitude and joy, all while enjoying the physical aspects of Iyengar yoga, including heart openers, hip openers, and strength and confidence building via standing poses and balance postures. With Iyengar yoga, props, demonstrations and alignment cues help you find yoga success on your own terms.
After all, it’s YOUR yoga practice!
Namasté
Dolores J Gozzi
Dolores guides Ecstatic Dance
She also offers YoMassage and more throughout the local community.
EMAIL: [email protected]
Sue Persia, MS, OTR/L, RYT 500, AYS
I had no idea how much yoga would shape my life when I attended my first class over 20 years ago. Practicing yoga allowed me to feel at home in my body in a way that I could not fully comprehend or express at the time. It also opened my eyes to our amazing capacity for change. Initially I experienced this mostly on a physical level. My fascination with healing through movement led to a graduate degree in occupational therapy. Gradually, a steady practice of yoga and meditation led me to experience energetic and spiritual shifts as well. Seeking a deeper understanding of these subtle yet powerful shifts led me to yoga teacher training. I am so grateful that both of my professions offer me an opportunity to support others as they use yoga and movement to transform their lives.
Yoga teaches that everything we need already exists within us; it also provides us the tools we need to experience this within our daily lives. It is this physical, emotional, and spiritual shift that allows us to participate in our lives with more joy and meaning. As a registered yoga teacher with additional certifications in kid’s yoga, perinatal yoga, and Ayurveda, it is an honor to share the wisdom of these traditions with all yogis big and small.
David offers an all levels Early Morning Yoga “Breakfast Club” on Mondays at 6am.
Please call, text or email him to sign up. His offering is $10.
Phone: 239-850-1800
Email: [email protected]
David Spina, RYT 200
David is a yoga teacher and licensed massage therapist. You may have seen him at the Alliance for the Arts Green Market offering chair massages.
Daniel R Mahoney, CGFI, SFS
Dan joins the fitness field after a career in the social work and substance abuse field in New England. He moved to the Ft Myers area in 2014 after traveling to the area for many years to participate in the Roy Hobbs Baseball World Series. Dan’s passion has always been sports and fitness. He continues to participate in golf and senior baseball at a National level, even after bilateral hip replacements. Dan is a Certified Group Fitness Instructor and Senior Fitness Specialist, and has certificates in Sunrise Yoga and Resistance/Circuit training. Dan has utilized the Yoga discipline and Holistic Health models into his personal fitness life. He believes the health and fitness are essential to quality of life for the older and compromised populations. At 65, it’s never too late to chase dreams.
