Karen is the owner and lead teacher of Breath and Beat yoga studio and Yoga Alliance registered yoga school. After a season of health challenges and stepping away from a successful sales career, she found herself looking for that “new challenge.” With the encouragement from family and friends, she realized that yoga was something she was passionate about. She completed her 200 hour training in 2019 and immediately began teaching in studios, gyms and offering personalized sessions. In 2020 she wrapped up her 300 hour training and continued to teach in multiple settings. Meeting the qualifications for ERYT-200, RYT-500 and YACEP, Karen has added workshops to her class offerings. She is honored to teach students how to guide others in the physical practice of yoga or to help them understand the benefits that take place on and off the mat. She can be found traveling and adventuring with her husband, Chris, savoring moments with her family or sipping an Americano at any of the local coffee shops.

Erin is a yoga instructor and a University of Florida graduate (Go Gators!) with a degree in occupational therapy. Her career has included rehabilitating people with neurologic conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s, etc, orthopedic trauma and injuries of the brain and spinal cord since 2002. Erin is happy to guide you on modifications for injury and injury prevention for effective yoga sessions. Her yoga classes will teach you basic poses coordinated with breathing to increase strength, balance, flexibility and mental well-being. She began using yoga with her occupational therapy clients as a treatment modality in 2014, but really became passionate about yoga and its use for wellness in 2015 when she started her own personal yoga practice. Yoga has changed her own life in so many positive ways and she is passionate about sharing that yoga feeling with others. She is a RYT 500 with the Yoga Alliance. Her favorite things (besides yoga) are nature (mountains, hiking, beaches, gardening) and spending time with her family, friends and dogs!

Melody Granzow is an Outpatient Mental Health Therapist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Professor of Social Work at Southeastern University, and a 500 hr. Yoga Teacher. Her yoga teaching journey began in 2017 with a workshop led by Kidding Around Yoga, where she learned how to teach yoga and mindfulness to children and adolescents. She graduated from her 200 hr yoga teacher training in 2019 with Island Yoga in Aruba and completed her Yoga as Therapy focused 300 hr yoga teacher training with Pose-by-Pose studio in Lutz, FL this past year. It was during her time at Pose by Pose, Melody became certified to teach yin yoga, achieved a Reiki level one, and became a certified sound healer. Melody uses her knowledge of the mind body connection to lead both groups and individuals of all ages in their healing journey.  She currently teaches yoga offerings in the Lakeland and Tampa Bay area.