Miami Yoga Club Instructor Resumes
Miami Instructors
Arianne Traverso, RYT. After graduating with a BFA in Graphic Design Arianne embarked on her Yoga journey. she trained in Miami in the Ashtanga Yoga Lineage and Hatha Vinyasa Yoga and has advanced Thai Massage training in Thailand. She also studied with Dharma Mittra, John Friend, Sianna Sherman, Duncan Wong, thus furthering her exploration into other styles of yoga & acrobatics. Ari love for acrobatics led her to seek her certification in AcroYoga, and she is currently the only certified AcroYoga instructor in Florida. According to Ari "AcroYoga has flipped my world upside down, literally." Ari currently teaches Ashtanga Yoga, Jivamukti and Anusara inspired Vinyasa Flow, and AcroYoga classes throughout Miami. Being Peruvian, yet a fully bilingual Miami native of 19 years has also offered Ari the opportunity to reach a wide cultural community with her yoga practices. Her passion for Yoga inspires her to share this practice with as broadly as possible.
Amanda Harris, RYT, is known for her passionate positive approach to life and all that she does. Her teaching style offers a dynamic blend of classic vinyasa yoga mixed with a true to life personal theme, allowing her students to leave the class knowing a little more about themselves and their karmic footprint on the world. Amanda’s intention is to share the practice of yoga and meditation so that people from all ways of life can relate and feel welcome. She offers this sacred practice in a non-conforming and completely accepting way. If you have always thought, “that yoga stuff is not for me”, then Amanda is the perfect teacher for you. The practice itself is challenging yet still appropriate for beginners and experienced practitioners alike. It will focus on physical vinyasas to release toxins, breathing techniques to manage stress, and thought provoking ideas to develop mental awareness. It is perfect for anyone desiring the tools to live in balance with a centered mind while in a fast paced modern lifestyle. Walk away with control of your mind and experience the benefits of empowered control of your daily life.
Marilyn Crucet, RYT. Marilyn's intensive yoga training includes instruction from master yoga teachers such as Tias Little, Rodney Yee, Wayne Krassner, and others. Her training includes various styles of “Hatha Yoga” such as Iyengar, Bikram, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Sivananda. These practices include techniques such as pranayamas, kriyas, bandas, mudras and meditation. Marilyn is also trained in Prenatal Yoga and Yogassage. Marilyn is experienced in working with a wide variety of students including athletes, children, cancer patients, and the elderly at all levels of experience from beginner to advanced. Marilyn is First Aid and CPR certified and was awarded the “Group Exercise Instructor of the Year” at FIU in 2008. Marilyn continues to actively pursue additional training and workshop opportunities as she also strives to enhance her 90 year yoga practice and teaching skills!
Fort Lauderdale Instructors
Melanie Camp, RYT. “Melanie Camp simply put is one of the world’s premiere instructors,” says GL from Sundance, Utah. Her thousands of students around the world agree. In 2003 Melanie became a certified Yoga Instructor and has since completed Level II and III teacher training. She is a Duke Integrative Medicine Yoga Therapist, a certified Yoga for Seniors Instructor, and a Kids Yoga Associate Teacher for Yoga Kids International completing Phase I in Italy in August 2004. She teaches at the Barkan Method Studio and Yoga Connection. She has taught yoga while traveling to SE Asia as part of the CARE International delegation following the Tsunami of 2004. She participated in the 2005 Caribbean 1500 sailboat rally and taught yoga while on board and at beaches in the British Virgin Islands. She has assisted her teacher at his yoga retreats in Costa Rica, Brazil, Santorini and North Carolina. In 2006 she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and practiced yoga with her crew while ascending. Melanie is currently writing a book of yoga tips from her world travels featuring her original oil paintings.
Jessica Lohrey Cobb, RYT, first became aware of yoga when she was a child, watching Lilias Folan on "Lilias, Yoga and You" with her mother. Each event and experience in her life led her further on the path toward yoga. There have been many mentors and inspirational teachers along the way, including her parents. After a life-changing motorcycle accident, Jessica's physical and spiritual paths led her deeper into her yoga practice. Inspired by what she had learned, Jessica decided to become a teacher and studied under lifelong yoga practitioner, Mike Noury, at Yoga of India in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to her Iyengar-based teacher training, over the last decade Jessica has studied various forms of yoga in the Krishnamacharya and Sivananda lineages. Jessica continues to seek out new ways to experience and teach yoga. She enjoys blending styles into a unique and ever-changing yogic experience!