I am a small business owner, mother of two, wife, teacher and yoga studio owner. Each role has helped me learn, grow, and build inner strength for all the ebbs and flows of life. My path to becoming a yogi, as well as a yoga studio owner, was not traditional. I took several detours along the way, which ultimately led me on a journey of self-discovery. My practice started 18 years ago with a show called “Inhale” on the Oxygen Channel, where I found myself practicing daily with Steve Ross. It was here that I started moving my body and finding space to surrender to the present moment.

Years later, I would complete the “Power of Awareness” mindful meditation course taught by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, receiving a certificate from the University of California, Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and the Awareness Training Institute. Yoga encouraged me to build a connection with myself and look inward. I would eventually complete a 200 hour yoga teacher training program (200 RYT and 300RYT), as well as the Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher (RPYT) certification. I am certified in Chair Yoga, and Christina Phipps Foundation Oncology Teacher Training. I am blessed to be a part of an extraordinary community at Guruv, as well as share the journey of yoga and provide a deeper, more accessible way of practicing yoga for all students in mind.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. I am so grateful and blessed to have had incredible teachers appear in my path when I was ready to receive them. Having been involved in a lifetime of fitness, beginning with ballet and gymnastics moving on to aerobics and weight training, I was reluctantly pushed in to an Ashtanga yoga class. My preconceptions of yawning and soft stretches were immediately put to rest. I was hooked on the physical aspect of yoga.

It wasn’t until years later due to life happening… and a shoulder injury that I began looking deeper into the mind body connection. Finally deciding to simplify my life and pursue my passion I immersed myself in my training. Finding peace, joy and bliss in my practice on and off the mat. It is one of my greatest pleasures sharing the gift of yoga and what I learn in the process is priceless. Peace and Love, Belinda.

Faith means living with uncertainty – feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark. (Dan Millman)

Belinda Lowry completed the 200hr RYT Yoga Teacher Training at Guruv Yoga.

Born and brought up in India, Geeta came to the U.S in 2005 for a more rewarding career in the information technology sector. After becoming a mom, she decided to take a hiatus to be with her son. Yoga found her in 2014. She became completely devoted to a daily practice of yoga asana and meditation; which would not have been possible without the inspiration and guidance of her teachers.

In February, 2016, she decided to sign up for 200 hour teacher training at her home studio Guruv Yoga with Tymi Howard and Steve Ross. Yoga continues to teach her to just be with life and finding peace as it happens. She is thankful beyond words, she cannot pay back to all who have inspired her but would like pay it forward by sharing conscious breath and movement through this beautiful science of Yoga. Namaste.

I have been with Guruv Studios ever since Tymi Howard opened her first studio. My personal practice on the mat and further teacher training with Tymi (and others) have transformed my body/mind in ways that other exercise and therapies have never done. I studied with Tymi Howard receiving my 200 RYT and 500 RYT (2016) certifications.

In 2017 I became an Internationally Certified Yoga Therapist through IAYT (2017). The focus of my extended training was 120 hours of Yin, Yoga Nidra, Restorative Yoga and Yoga therapeutics. I am also a licensed psychotherapist in private practice and often combine Yoga and therapy in practice with my clients.

My personal practice and that for my students includes breath practices, meditation and mindful movement to restore balance, build strength, resilience and flexibility in body, mind and spirit. My focus, to help each Yogi develop a confident and compassionate practice for the continual and ever changing self. Yoga Rocks!

Amy discovered yoga in 2015 and completed her first certification in 2016. She fell in love with the practice of yoga and the healing spaces she found in it. Her classroom is a safe space, lighthearted, flooded with music, and genuine community.

Amy is always on the path of learning more about yoga and how to help people find their practice — body, mind and spirit. She has completed several trauma trainings, touch trainings, leadership trainings, Yin, and Restorative trainings; and continues to keep a beginners mind — always setting aside time to learn more.

Amy’s vision for success is to help others find breath, balance, strength, and healing on their mats. Her greatest desire is for students to learn tools on their yoga mat that transfer off the mat and into their daily lives.

Amy loves her Goldendoodle – Lucy, her family, watercolors, teaching, learning and painting. She believes life is a true gift to be shared and used to bless and encourage others.

E-RYT 200, RYT 500, YACEP, CMHY-500

“Do everything with a mind that has let go” - John Chan.

I stepped into my first yoga class back in 2014, I was searching for peace of mind and a way to manage stress and anxiety. What I learned in that first class was how to let go. I was able to breathe a little easier, tune out everything that didn’t matter on the mat and dive into a world of just being present. From that first class I was hooked. I became intrigued by yoga and wanted to learn everything that I could about this ancient practice and deepen my personal practice.

I found a 200hr YTT Yin and Vinyasa teacher training program at Guruv in 2019 and quickly knew this was the path I was supposed to take. While in the YTT training, I wanted to broaden my knowledge on other types of yoga and participated in a Prenatal Immersion Course at Guruv Yoga and learned just how incredible the human body can be. Over the years, I have discovered how much peace, joy, community, love and compassion there is in yoga and through the YTT program, I became eager to share this passion of yoga with others.

Kiah has completed her 200hr RYT through Guruv Yoga.

After living a very inactive existence, Tracie started running in 2005 and tried yoga to help stretch and build strength. She loved how yoga complemented running, as well as provided a mental escape from the daily grind but still let a demanding career control her schedule so everything else came a distant second.

In 2009, Tracie participated in a 21-day yoga challenge during one of the busiest months of the year for her job. Somehow, she completed the challenge and realized she could and needed to make yoga a priority in her life. Tracie has enjoyed exploring and practicing different styles of yoga and their respective benefits, as well as being part of an amazing yoga community. She finally enrolled in yoga teacher training to gain a better and more complete understanding of yoga, as well as deepen her practice. When the stars aligned and Tracie completed her 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification at Guruv in 2019, she was pleasantly surprised to learn she loved teaching yoga and did not want the journey to end.

She has attended a 10-day Vipassana Meditation course in Thailand and is also certified in Chair Yoga, Christina Phipps Foundation Oncology Teacher Training and My Vinyasa Practice’s Ayurvedic Nutrition. She is currently working on her 300-Hour Yoga Teacher Training. Tracie looks forward to continuing and sharing her journey with you.

Karen’s love for exercise began at an early age as an accomplished ballerina. Additionally, outdoor activities such as water skiing, mountain biking, running, hiking and swimming have been a passion throughout her life including marathons and triathlons. Karen has been teaching and training since 2004 after earning certifications in Personal Training, Pilates I, Group Fitness, and Spinning.

Karen likes taking fitness to the extreme, specializing in boot camp and kickboxing style classes. She has also been involved in teen and senior fitness programs. Karen’s love for fun and teaching is evident in her classes and training.

Yoga is for EVERY BODY. It’s the connection made between your mind, body and soul when you get on your mat. It’s the feeling that you get while practicing, that keeps bringing you back. Yoga is more than the asanas. A lot more.

Melissa Rosenberg is a Yoga Alliance Certified, 500-hour instructor, that’s personally been teaching for over 25 years. She received her 200-hour teacher training, under instructor Tymi Howard, in 2020. Then immediately after this training, started teaching at Guruv Yoga in Lake Mary. She then went on to get her 300-hour advanced yoga teacher training from Heartwood Yoga Institute in Bradenton, Florida in 2023.

Not only is she passionate about teaching her students new ways on how they can improve their mood and their bodies with a practice involving asanas, she also is passionate about allowing her students to quiet their mind-chatter, the Citta vritti, through breath work and meditation. She believes in balance, which includes movement, but also includes stillness. She is versed in teaching Vinyasa Flow, Hatha, Yin, Restorative and Chair yoga.

Currently, you can practice with Melissa on Monday night (Flow and Yin) and Saturday morning (Hatha and Yin). In her spare time, she loves to take walks in nature, and also continuously expanding her knowledge of anything yoga, health and nutrition related. She’s so proud of her two sons, Riley and Conner. She also loves to spend time with her boyfriend, Andy.

Jeanine has been either performing, studying or instructing dance for over 35 years. She has taught students from pre-school to professionals in Jazz, Tap, Modern, Hip Hop and Ballet. Most recently, she has choreographed musicals for several local school performances and dance/cheer competitions.

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For almost two decades, as a Certified Health and Life Coach, ERTY-200 Yoga Teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist, and Energy Worker, Tracy has had the privilege of guiding hundreds of women on a journey to rediscover themselves while creating a radiant ripple of love and joy throughout their lives and communities.

Her clients and students affectionately describe her as the fusion of Lucille Ball’s charm and the wisdom of the Dalai Lama. Through personalized one-on-one sessions, transformative sacred group experiences, inspirational energetic events, and yoga classes you can expect a style that supports everybody and every “body.”

Jennifer was drawn to practice Yoga during her “sabbatical” from teaching and performing dance…over 20 years ago. The yoga mat became the place she felt most at peace. She discovered, in small glimpses, the sheer joy of connecting to the universal light within… something she previously experienced when performing. The Yoga asanas felt heart linked to her training as a dancer. After returning to teaching dance, and many life changes she found the opportunity to become a yoga teacher. She expresses gratitude to her many teachers in life and yoga.