Alfredo Lopez
Alfredo has been practicing yoga for five years and has been a certified yoga instructor for 3 years. He has been involved in Yoga 4 Change for a little more than two years. He says he choose to get involved with Yoga 4 Change “a few months after attaining my teachers certification in yoga, I heard that Y4C was looking for new instructors. I was told that I would be teaching in corrections, but might also have opportunities to work with other populations. When I signed up for the 200 hour training, I never intended to actually teach yoga; I signed up with the intention to better my personal practice. However, I knew about the transformations yoga had made in my life and felt something tell me that if I had the ability to share it, then I should. I went through the approval process with Y4C and was cleared to teach, but I was still unsure if teaching yoga (especially trauma-informed) was a good fit. After teaching a few classes, I was able to connect with my students. The early breakthroughs, feedback and connections with the wonderful souls in class confirmed that I was exactly where I was meant be.”
Updated in 2024
Chloe Gordon
Chloe has been practicing yoga for 15 years and has been a certified yoga instructor for 10 years. She has been involved with Yoga 4 Change for a year. She choose to get involved with Yoga 4 Change “through UCF as a community service project and I have stayed because I love helping my community”
Updated in 2024
Emily Sissons
Emily has been practicing yoga for 8 years and has been a certified yoga instructor for 5 years. She has been involved with Yoga 4 Change for 4 years. She choose to be involved with Yoga 4 Change due to “Y4C’s mission aligning with my personal mission and belief that yoga is for every individual and how to intentionally facilitate a secure and informed yoga practice.”
Updated in 2024
Evelyn Pena
Evelyn has been practicing yoga for 21 years and has been a certified yoga instructor for 5 years. She got involved with Yoga 4 Change 10 months ago. “Before Yoga 4 Change I was orienting my classes to address trauma , behavioral patterns base of being in survival mode or victim mode. When I was invited to join Y4C I feel it was completely align with me and I love its vision and culture.”
Updated in 2024
Leah Webb
Leah has been practicing yoga for over 25 years and has been a certified yoga instructor for 4 years. She has been involved with Yoga 4 Change for 3 years. She choose to get involved with Yoga 4 Change because “yoga has had such a positive impact on my life, and I wanted to put my knowledge and experience to work and share it with others in addition to my studio offerings.”
Updated in 2024
Tori Breedlove
Tori has been practicing yoga for 8 years and has been a certified yoga instructor for 4 years. She has been involved with Yoga 4 Change for a year. She choose to get involved with Yoga 4 Change because she is “a veteran and loved the outreach and love the opportunity to share with people who may not have explored yoga under different circumstances!
Updated in 2024
Tremonte Flowers
Termonte has been practicing yoga for 9 years and has been a certified yoga instructor for 3 years. He has been involved with Yoga 4 Change for 3 years and choose to get involved with Yoga 4 Change “to help others.”
Updated in 2024
Yaggi Harrypersad
Yaggi has been practicing yoga for over 30 years and has been a certified yoga instructor for a year. He has been involved with Yoga 4 Change for almost a year. He got involved with Yoga 4 Change due to “Yoga 4 Change is helping communities that really need the transformative powers yoga has to offer.”
Updated in 2024
