Meet the Team

Allison was introduced to yoga in college and has since been a life-long practitioner. Allison credits yoga with helping her to balance the many “hats” that she is fortunate to wear in her life. She is a wife, mother, grandmother, professional musician, and clergy, who believes that exercise and yoga can help one to balance life and age in a graceful healthy manner.

Along life’s path, Allison had a health challenge that led her to experience and discover the art of energy healing. She is a certified Reiki Master, Karuna Reiki practitioner, and Jewish Energy Healer. She uses many of these techniques in her yoga classes, and her students enjoy and receive the benefits of “chanting and sound healing” through her use of Tibetan and crystal healing bowls.

Upon retiring as a professional musician in 2018, Allison delved into her yoga practice with a passion. She studied and earned her 200 HR RYT Yoga Alliance Teaching Certification in June of 2018 and began to teach yoga privately and in South Florida studios. Allison is certified in Restorative Yoga and T.R.Y. Trauma Recovery yoga. She holds certificates in Face Yoga and Sound healing. She has recently completed her 60-hr Yin Yoga certification with Bodsphere Health and Wellness, teachers Samarthya and Preetika Bhatnagar. Classes that she teaches include Yoga for Beginners, Gentle Flow, Candlelight Yoga, Vinyasa, Happy Hips Yoga, Chair Yoga, Jewish Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Restorative and Reiki (R & R).

Believing in the “he-ART” of Yoga, Allison’s classes combine a creative flowing sequence of poses including Pranayama (breath work) and meditation. Allison pays close attention to the alignment and safety of each student. It is her hope to inspire others to discover their mind, body and soul connection and to feel refreshed, renewed and balanced when they complete class.
The benefits of yoga are many including strengthening, toning, flexibility, breathing, mental acuity and stress release. Allison loves teaching yoga and believes its lessons continue when you step off the mat and out into the world.

  Franchesca is a Mind-Body Coach & Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 500, YACEP) who has been guiding her students and clients through the journey of self-discovery and exploration for almost a decade. Starting her own journey back in 2011 with a yoga DVD and a beach towel as a mat, she was immediately drawn to the physical benefits of the practice; but it was during her 200 & 300 YTT that she realized that the yoga practice reaches far beyond what we do on our mats. It was during this time that she developed a true passion and love for the practice and had the desire to share this knowledge with as many people as possible.
Since then, Franchesca has expanded her scope of practice to include trauma-informed Mind-Body Coaching and somatics, which explores the integration of body and mind as key components to long-term, sustainable transformation and healing. She utilizes a combination of yoga and mind-body coaching in her practices, encouraging every student to approach their practice from where they are and to embrace their own beautifully unique expression of the practice in a safe and effective way. In her classes, she interweaves the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the practice in hopes that her students are inspired to live yoga beyond the four corners of the mat.
Here's a glimpse into her background:
• E-RYT 500 Yoga Teacher & Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider
• Over 700 additional training hours via courses & workshops in various subjects related to yoga & trauma work, including chakra work, somatic experiencing, integrative somatic trauma therapy, polyvagal theory, yin & chair yoga, anatomy, etc.
• Over 8 years of teaching experience
• Recipient of the trauma-informed Live Your Purpose Coaching Certificate led by Mastin Kipp
• Recipient of Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga Certificate led by Dr. Arielle Schwartz & Dr. Stephen Porges
• Recipient of Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate led by Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Nkem Ndefo & Dr. Scott Lyons
• Participant of Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Mentorship Program led by Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Nkem Ndefo & Dr. Scott Lyons
• Recipient of the Mind-Body Coaching Certificate led by Dr. Scott Lyons, Kai Cheng Thom & Dr. Rae Johnson
• Experiential knowledge based on client results, as well as over 12 years invested in her own personal growth 

Owner of Yoga 1 - RYT500 

Rosie’s fitness career began as a teenager instructing an assortment of dance classes in high school and continued through college while earning her degree in Modern Dance. She spent the next 20+ years in commercial aviation holding various leadership positions and earning her BSBM from the University of Phoenix. With each promotion came less and less fitness and self-care in her daily routine.

Then came Covid! Like millions of others around the world, the slow-down allowed Rosie to take time to gain perspective. Rosie has set out to make it a mission to make a difference through mindfulness, health and fitness. As such she now holds a Certified Group Fitness Instructor Certification through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (AFAA-CGFI), YIN and Restorative Certifications from YogaRenew, and has a variety of Zumba licenses.

Rosie is laser focused and committed to bringing joy, happiness and mindfulness for those she interacts with 

and is the proud owner of Yoga 1. 

Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative and Yin Yoga as well as Licensed in: Zumba®, CIRCL Mobility™, Zumba Gold ®, Zumba Toning®, and Plate by Zumba®

Sophie parle français.

Sophie aspires to help those around her in a more balanced lifestyle, bring peacefulness and inner harmony in our busy life and challenging times. She has the enthusiasm and desire to share some of her tools: Sound and vibrational therapy and Qigong Flow practice.

Her path in energy work started 17 years ago with a strong foundation in Ayurveda (Ayurvedic Lifestyle Coaching and Ayurvedic Dietetics) she also received the 200 hour certification in Kundalini Yoga in 2012. 

Suffering from a neck injury she started to look for gentle therapies and softer practices. She discovered the sound and vibrational therapy using tuning forks on acupuncture points and experienced their profound effects. Shortly after she became a practitioner (Acutonics) and combined this therapy with a variety of sound healing instruments. She has been leading private and group sound journeys since 2015.

Naturally she expanded her knowledge in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and energy work practicing Qigong: a safe practice for all, combining gentle movements with conscious breath to cultivate our life force energy (Qi) and allow it to circulate smoothly throughout our body and energy fields. She discovered Qigong in 2019 and “fell in love” with the practice. Since then she has been practicing on a daily basis, studying and teaching it, to become certified in 2022. Qigong flow has become her core practice as she has experienced its benefits in her daily life. She is excited to share with others this practice that is becoming more and more popular but that is not yet well-known. Truly a practice to discover and experience!

Besides her knowledge in yogic breathing techniques, Sophie learned Buddhism and Daoist breathwork, and was also certified as a Conscious Connected Breath (CCB) facilitator in 2023. CCB is a specific breathing technique to help release energies that no longer serve us and connect with our True Self, our inner wisdom.

Sophie is inviting you to a journey of learning, practicing and experiencing through sound healing therapy and Qigong practice: When balance and harmony set in, it results in a sense of well-being and peacefulness, it enables our self healing abilities!