Paula Walker

@handstandpaula

Better known as Handstand Paula, is a beloved yoga teacher at greenmonkey® Miami Beach for the past 10 years. You’ll often catch her flying up into inversions and she’s passionate about teaching + uplifting her students to do the same!  Yogis love Paula’s classes for their strong sequencing, motivational + uplifting messages, fabulous playlists, challenging workout, core work and positivity + inspiration.

Jasmyn Russell

@atmashanti108

Jasmyn Russell started her spiritual practice focused on Vinyasa Yoga, Hatha Yoga, mantra and “user friendly” meditations. After 6 months of studies in India, she went on to teach spirituality in in Italy, Greece, Colombia, Peru and Spain. and now leads classes at Green Monkey, in Corporate wellness and with private students locally that emphasize lifestyle and daily practice.

Despite her passion for studying the ancient teachings and practices, she is a Jnana Yogi: one who studies herself and her own experiences to deepen her understanding of both the earthly and the spiritual worlds.

JP Tiffert

@jptyoga

His practice has been shaped by the teachings passed from the lineages of Swami Satchidananda and Sri. K Patthabi Jois. Furthermore, Yogi Bhajan from the Kundalini Yoga tradition have inspired him to share what he has learned about the different aspects of Yoga. he focuses on alignment, strength building and stretching while offering variations and modifications to make the practice safe and fun for all levels.

Liana Simone Ponce

@lianasimoneyoga

Has been practicing yoga for over 10 years and has a passion for the practice. She has a dedicated Ashtanga practice over nine years and has her 500-hour Yoga certification in Gentle Therapeutics from Master Teacher Allaine Stricklen, who is also Liana’s mentor and dear friend. Liana has trainings under Manju Jois as well, the son of Pattabhi Jois who started Ashtanga Yoga. These trainings are in Ashtanga Primary Series, and Yoga Therapy. Liana believes that yoga is for everybody that is open to learn. 

Chad Ingram

@chadprimal

He is a Miami native and have been teaching yoga for 16 years. He spends his time off the mat trading land in central Florida as a licensed real estate agent at Keller Williams, Port St. Lucie. Over the next 5 years, he will build >100 affordable housing units in a complex called EKhaya FP, in Fort Pierce, around a Coliving model. His team is building a community of bold, curious and socially responsible residents, all looking to meet new people and share new experiences. Our members believe in Gestalt: that together we can create more, learn more, and have a greater impact on those around us.

Meka Gibson

@mekamesweat

For Brenda “Meka” Gibson, a diehard New Yorker whose nickname “Meka” means fire, the path to yoga has been an ever changing one. She has worked as a coach, training manager, and fitness manager for several top-notch gyms and sports performance facilities.  As part of her job, she “dabbled” in yoga taking a few classes and hiring instructors, but a move to Miami two months after major back surgery introduced her to the practice in a way that she had never experienced before. Now a 200-hr RYT, she teaches, but humbly considers herself just another student who is lucky to be able to share her passion with others.  

Valentina Alessi

@thevalentinarose

Born and raised in Italy, Valentina is a Yoga Alliance RYT-E 500 certified yoga teacher based in Miami Beach. Valentina was on the training faculty of Blue Osa Yoga Retreat and Spa for three years. Known for her clearly articulated instruction, Valentina’s classes weave together precise alignment and a meditative, powerful focus. Her well-thought out sequences, intermixed with longer held postures create the right alchemy for empowering each student to become more centered and self-aware. Valentina’s style and delivery is practical and applicable, making yoga accessible and useful for all. Valentina is currently on her path to becoming a certified Iyengar teacher.

India Turkell

@iturkell

Brings a focused and driven meet centered, peaceful and purposeful approach to her yoga practice. Following over a decade in corporate America, she came to yoga as a way to counter the stress of working in the corporate world, only to find it would change her life. India identifies with the drive of her students and creates a place of peace, purpose and power. Her class is an oasis to center and grow inner and outer strength, away from the distractions and pressures of daily life. India welcomes and connects with students from beginners to advanced, to challenge themselves and achieve meaningful growth on and off the mat. The breath, safety, self- exploration and great music, are at the root of her teaching style.  

Patricia Pinto

@thenycyogini

Is a yoga and Pilates instructor with over 20 years of practice experience and 12 years of full-time teaching. She holds numerous certifications from New York City’s best studios in the traditions of vinyasa yoga, Power Yoga, therapeutic yoga, Yin Yoga, Kids Yoga, Reiki, Protocols of Osteoporosis, Muscle Imbalance Assessment and Correction and 150+ hour Pilates mat and apparatus. Patricia has extensive training and clinical experience in scoliosis correction, injury rehabilitation and prevention, fascia massage, spinal manipulation, and sports conditioning.  She is also the founder of Love Surf Yoga, a retreat company that curates surf, yoga, and community outreach retreats around the world.