Elyse Robleto

RYT-500, MBody Yoga Teacher Certification Program

I was pulled into a Baptiste yoga class in 2006 and was immediately hooked. I fell in love with the cadence and how strong I felt. The more often I practiced, the happier and more powerful I felt.

I grew up extreamly shy. Talking to someone new or worse, to a group of people, made me want to run and hide. But on my mat, I was fearless, unafraid to try new things, open to explore and play. It was an amazing feeling!

I noticed my confidence start to build. With that confidence, I started to get hungry for more. I signed up for MBody’s 200 hour teacher training with absolutely no interest in teaching. I was transformed. By the end of training, not only did I want to talk to people, meet people, connect with others but I wanted to teach so I could share my excitement and love of the practice with others!

Being embraced by this loving, open and generous community continues to empower me. I completed my 300 hour MBody Mastery Advanced Teacher training program October 2017.

My husband and I have 4 sweet little practicing yogis of our own. Everything I learned on my mat and through my trainings has carried through to my home life and in my relationships with everyone I meet. I am a kinder, more patient, happier version of me.

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Chelsea Prine

e-RYT-200, RTY-500, MBody Yoga Teacher Certification Program

I began practicing yoga when I was 18 as a way to “get skinny.” I was viewing my body, my life and my practice as something that was “not good enough” and needed to be “fixed.” I enrolled in MBody Yoga’s teacher training program in 2012 to learn how to better my practice on my mat, but what I ended up learning is how I was showing up off my mat. I had been showing up with this lie of “I’m not good enough.” I was hiding my own greatness and I didn’t even know it. My yoga practice has given me the confidence to own my power, even when at times I am the youngest in the room. My goal as a teacher is to hold space for students to try on something new. My classes will leave you feeling seen, empowered and excited about your next step. When I’m not in the yoga studio, I’m working as an accountant in a local CPA firm, spending time with my husband or giggling over silly cat videos.

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Cindy Rowe

RYT-500, MBody Yoga Teacher Certification Program

Cindy is a certified Yoga instructor at MBody Yoga of Jacksonville. She is a married mother of two sons, an engineer and a commercial diver. Cindy is a retired Emergency Medical Technician and a small business owner. Cindy started teaching at MBody in 2014 shortly after taking her first class with Dawn Clapp.

Falling in love not only with this style of yoga, she fell in love with the people at MBody. From the first day she stepped a foot into the Southside Studio, Aug. 5, 2013, she knew she had found a home. Within two weeks she enrolled in the 200 hour TCP Training. At the well seasoned age of 57, she has experienced many transformations in both her physical and spiritual life and is a passionate teacher, willing to share her experience, strength and hope with all of her students. She has a joy and passion for teaching which some might say is infectious.

Cindy supports her students both on and off their mats and has a huge presence in the yoga community. Her classes are both challenging and joy filled. Cindy is known for her servant’s heart, being always available to others. Cindy also teaches Yoga Nidra and holds a current Stand Up Paddleboard Yoga certification which she received from Black Creek Outfitters in June of 2014.

Cindy Rowe’s main focus is to impart all of the wisdom which she has gained to improve the spiritual and physical lives of others.

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Stacy Santiago

RYT-200, MBody Yoga Teacher Certification Program

Stacy Santiago is a yoga teacher, mother, wife and special educator. She has taught in public and private schools in New York and Florida since 2002, has a Master’s degree in Special Education and takes pride in knowing she makes a difference in her students’ lives on a daily basis. She enjoys inspiring her learners to feel confident and excited to learn and grow.

In 2009, Stacy became certified to teach group fitness and began teaching Yoga/Pilates/Tai Chi based classes at a couple of local Jacksonville gyms. In 2011, a friend convinced her to take her first Baptiste Power Vinyasa Yoga class, and Stacy was instantly hooked! Being a part of the Mbody community, and experiencing the strength and love of Baptiste Power Yoga on her mat and in her life, inspired Stacy to share this practice with others. In February of 2013, Stacy graduated from Mark White’s 200 hour Teacher Certification Program.
Throughout both of Stacy’s pregnancies, she practiced yoga. She is passionate about the benefits she experienced before, during and after pregnancy and designed and led MBody’s first prenatal yoga series, called Prana Mama. Stacy loves empowering expecting women to breathe, find calm stillness, increase their strength and flexibility needed for delivery, trust their bodies and connect with and nurture themselves and their growing babies.

She has attended an immersion workshop with Baron Baptiste, as well as a pediatric yoga workshop, which inspired her to teach yoga to students with intellectual differences at her school. She is inspired by her special needs students, because they exude all that she loves about yoga: community, playfulness, compassion, flexibility and strength; her yoga classes incorporate each these principals. Students leave her class feeling uplifted, inspired and empowered. Stacy’s enthusiasm and love for life is contagious!

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Amber Acord

RYT 500, MBody Yoga Teacher Certification Program

Amber has a passion for movement and was naturally drawn to yoga after years of gymnastics. The powerful physicality of the practice coupled with its ability to calm her anxiety and panic attacks was enough to compel her to spread the magic. Amber’s favorite thing about yoga is the endless personal growth invoked by committing to a regular practice. She teaches a fun, sweaty class designed to leave each student feeling empowered and curious about what else they can do and be on and off their mats.

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Rosa Diaz

eRYT 200, MBody Yoga Teacher Certification Program

Rosa Diaz, eRYT 200 yoga instructor. Started to teach yoga after my 200 HR teacher training at MBody Yoga. Originally from Venezuela, passionate for new cultures, and open to learn more about different people perspectives in life. Before becoming a yoga teacher, I was looking for a yoga practice that would help me relax, and stay in shape, but as I stepped into Mbody yoga, I found more than that. I fell in love with the Baptiste Power Yoga Style. This practice taught me the power of being present in the now moment, as well as the power of breath, and community to grow, and stay calm with a clear and open mind. I learned that everything is possible when I make the jump out of my comfort zone. After my teacher training I realized, I wanted to help, and empower others through their yoga practice by encourage them to breath, and stay in the moment to accept, and embrace themselves in any step of the way. I do also believe in the power of laughter, so on that note, don’t be surprised if I throw one or two jokes in class to release any possible facial tension.

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