For Your Body. For Your Mind. For Your Spirit.
Our Teachers:
Sandra Sanford, RYT-500, Director
Sandrasanford@cox.net
Sandra's passion for yoga began the first time she stepped on a mat. She gravitated towards Kripalu Yoga, "the yoga of love and compassion". Sandra received her 500 Hr. Certification from Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Lenox, MA, after 5 years of deep study and active teaching. She is a proud member of Yoga Alliance. Her desire to spread the joy of yoga throughout Pensacola inspired her to open Breathe Yoga Studio over 3 years ago. Sandra's unique style of yoga integrates the opportunity for self-inquiry with joyful vinyasa flow. Deeply committed towards raising awareness and helping to end the cycle of domestic violence, Sandra devotes time and energy to the Favor House, a safe house for women and children. Sandra’s regular pilgrimages to Kripalu have allowed her to study intensely with many nationally recognized teachers, and to all of them she is immensely grateful for having been blessed with their love, knowledge, experience and guidance.
Originally from Puerto Rico, but raised mostly stateside, Sandra lived in the Virgin Islands for 14 years before moving to Pensacola in 2000. She holds a BA degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. Sandra’s yoga practice, sadhana, gives her the fuel she needs to be a mother to two children, wife, teacher, business owner and caregiver to a yellow lab and a Cruzan cat.
Divya Keith
Divya Keith recently left Hong Kong and her yoga family at Pure Yoga where she was an instructor and studio manager since 2003. First introduced to yoga in 1999, Divya has been motivated by the spiritual and physical possibilities it offers ever since. She began teaching yoga in 2001 and excels in instructing diverse styles including: Hatha, Hatha-Raj, Hot Yoga (Bikram's), Gentle Flow, Power, Yin, Yin/Yang, Pre and post-natal as well as Pranayama, Meditation and Satkarma.
Divya leads transformational retreats in India and is on the Teacher Training Faculty of The World Yoga Family based out of Rishikesh,India.
She is highly regarded for her unwavering spirit in her own yoga practice and for the gentle eloquence she uses in encouraging self-reflection, physical and spiritual growth in her students.
Tara Taylor
Tara is Breathe Yoga Studio's in-house licensed massage therapist, and also one of the newest members of our teaching team. Tara's yoga practice was born in 2004 when she took her first class. She sensed immediately that yoga would become a permanent part of her life. Over the next few years she began to experience the myriad physical, psychological, and spiritual changes that come with a regular practice. She credits yoga with helping her to stop smoking, lose weight, and become a happier, healthier and more well-adjusted person by fostering a greater sense of awareness in her. As a result, a desire to share yoga with others began to grow in her heart, and in 2008 she expressed this wish to Breathe director Sandra Sanford. Sandra and fellow Breathe instructors John and Dominique Harding, graciously decided to team up and train her. After several months under the tutelage of these lovely teachers, Tara began subbing classes and upon receiving certification as a yoga instructor through Fitour, began teaching her own classes in April of 2009. Tara is known for bringing a sense of humor to the mat, and approaching her practice with a beginner's mind. She will remain eternally grateful to all of the teachers she has encountered on her journey, and hopes to share the beauty of yoga with as many people as possible.
Lorraine Graves, P.H.D.
lmganchor@aol.com
Dr. Graves is a Certified Pranic Healer and Instructor. She teaches
three levels of Pranic Healing classes, including Advanced & Pranic
Psychotherapy. Lorraine mentors students in Pranic Healing
Certification Programs and coordinates the Free Pranic Healing
community clinic on Tuesday evenings at Breathe Yoga. She is a Licensed
Mental Health Counselor and maintains a private practice in Pensacola.
