We are located in beautiful historic downtown Fernandina Beach on Centre street. Proudly, we opened in October 2013 & continue to grow our classes & expand our community.
We have an array of class offerings including Ashtanga, Heated Power, Gentle Flow (non-heated), Restorative Candlelight, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga, Caregiver & Kids Yoga, Teen Yoga and Hero Yoga (yoga for First Responders, Military, Veterans + their families).
If you have not had the opportunity to walk through our doors, what are you waiting for? We are so excited to offer a space that allows you to safely open yourself up to what's possible for you. The hardest step is showing up. We are excited to offer over 30 classes/week with all certified instructors with over 35 years of experience. We offer beginner, intermediate & advanced practices, along with private instruction, master classes & workshops monthly.
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Studio Owner and Lead Instructor - 500RYT
Elizabeth is the proud leader of the amazing Centred Team. She has studied under Baron Baptiste & completed Level I, Level II, Art of Assisting, Foundations, & Baron's Immersion. While the Baptiste style has been her main focus, Elizabeth continues to educate herself in other Yoga genres and is excited to have created a studio that meets the needs and is of service to the whole community. She has also studied under Shiva Rea, Seane Corn, Eric Paskel, Dharma Mittra, Sianna Sherman and many others. Elizabeth is a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 500 certified teacher (1000 hr teaching). Elizabeth has also studied at the Amrit Yoga Institute and is privledge to add Yoga Nidra to her yoga practice. This deep meditation practice will change your life. After practicing with Elizabeth, you will most certainly find space, clarity and a sense of awareness you did not know possible.
"Yoga has transformed my life. I look forward to creating a community and sharing my passion with others. Be well my friends."
Studio Owner and Instructor - 500RYT
As a successful business owner for over 20 years, Dan discovered yoga was a great way to find balance in his life. After attending Baron Baptiste's Art of Assisting, Dan began team teaching classes. In 2014 Dan completed his 200 hr teacher training and is a certified yoga instructor. He has studied under and been influenced by Shiva Rea, Kathryn Budig, Baron Baptiste, Eric Paskel and Sadie Nardini. You will find Dan's passion for music, rhythm and flow creates a peaceful and strong practice. His Bhakti Flow class is a Yoga ballet. His Power Vinyasa combines music, fun, challenge and inspiration. He will push you to be your best. Come see why they say "Yea Chair!!" in class.
Studio Manager and Instructor - 200RYT
Saven is the current manager of our studio. She moved here to Fernandina in January of 2022. New to teaching but not new to yoga, Saven has been practicing yoga for over 7 years. The bulk of her practice has been in Bikram sequence yoga (yes she likes it hot). Ever since she joined the Centred on Yoga community, though, she has fallen in love with the Baptiste style of vinyasa. She graduated from the YTT program here at Centred in December of 2022 and we are so honored to have her teaching now at the studio. Saven's favorite thing about yoga, is the sense of empowerment she feels when doing these asanas. She likes how she gets lost in her breath a movement, it melts away everything else. This is what she likes to inspire her classes to tap into as well. To experience the same love she feels when she is doing yoga. She is honored to have the privilege to teach and hopes to add to the yogi community here.
Instructor - 200RYT
In August of 2012, Allyson spent a week in the beautiful Catskills Mountains with 180 other yogis to immerse herself in Baron Baptiste’s Level 1 Teacher Training. From there she went on to complete her 200 hour teacher training with Portland Power Yoga in Portland, Maine. Allyson loves the holistic nature of yoga. It truly is a mind, body, spirit experience for her. She feels blessed to teach yoga and hopes that people will feel much different in body, mind and spirit after participating in her yoga class. Her favorite classes to teach are Yin and Gentle Flow. She feels so grateful to be a part of the incredible community that makes up Centred On Yoga.
Allyson is also a certified Life Coach, Group Coach and Precision Nutrition Level 1 Nutrition Coach. She’s a Canadian girl but loves living on Amelia Island. She shares her life with her husband, David, her children, Evan, Rebekah and Timothy, her precious grandkids, Ellie and Tavi and her sweet soul of a dog, Scotia
Instructor - 500RYT
Andrea has been a resident of Fernandina Beach for over 30 years and is an integral part of this beautiful community. She loves spending time with her family, reading and walking on the beach.
Andrea has found that the practice of yoga helped to bring ease, patience and self love into her life and into the lives of others. This life changing practice has grown into a thirst for more knowledge and a quest to understand yoga as a way of living a true, authentic life. She teaches with compassion and empowers students to take charge of their own lives using the many gifts she has to offer. Her love of yoga and people is evident in everything she does.
Andrea completed her first 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training at Centred On Yoga in 2020 and has since completed 225 hour Forrest Yoga Foundation Training with Ana Forrest and Jose Calarco, 70 hour Forrest Yoga Advanced Teacher Training, 20 hour Yin Yoga-The Functional Approach with Paul Grilley and Sadie Nardini’s Yoga Shred. Come get on your mat with Andrea and experience her strength, compassion and love of yoga that you can share in your life!
Instructor - 500RYT
May joined the COY family in 2014 after years of prior study and personal practice in various yoga traditions. She became certified to teach in 2014 at The Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in the beautiful Berkshires of Massachusetts. There, she received her 200-hour certification and focused on asana, compassion and finding presence with the many seasons and cycles of life. May now teaches everything from gentle flow and meditation, to yin and the occasional intermediate class. She will receive her 300-hour certification in Spring 2022 from Indra Yoga Institute with a focus on Ayurveda, Mental Health Support, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Social Justice and Environmental Awareness.
May is here to support you in being your best self through the mindful practices of Yoga and Ayurveda. You’re invited to come back to a place of peace and wholeness; qualities that we innately have in our heart. Find new ways to honor your heart and hold space for your true self. Sign up for one of her classes now to give yourself the gift of self-care, it could be just what you need! Jai Bhagwan ~ Namaste
Instructor - 200RYT
Jennie grew up in Fernandina Beach and has been practicing yoga since 2013. She completed her 200hr RYT training at Centred on Yoga in 2017. She fell in love with yoga during the summer of 2013 and is appreciative of the mindfulness yoga has taught her on and off her mat. Jennie has danced most of her life and loves the awareness of breath and movement that yoga brings to her life. She love practicing at Centred on Yoga and cannot wait to practice with you and share with you her yoga home!
Instructor - 200RYT
Alexis started practicing yoga back in 2012 and has been a consistent lover of the practice ever since. She received her teacher training through the CorePower institute in Hawaii where she received 200hr training in hot power vinyasa and 200hr training in hot power fusion. She is embarking on her fifth year of teaching.
Instructor - 200RYT
Nancy relocated to Fernandina Beach with her husband Steve in 2020, following several years of vacationing on this island paradise. Within a year, she retired from twenty three years as a school social worker and pursued her yoga teachertraining to enhance her personal practice. Nancy’s exploration of
local yoga studios led her to the beautiful community at Centred on Yoga where she recently completed her 200 Hour Teacher Training and Yin Yoga Certification. She believes that practicing within a studio with a live instructor and fellow practitioners awakens your senses and refines your practice; that our
collective experience can raise the vibrational frequency of love on this beautiful planet we inhabit. Nancy invites you to return to your mat and enjoy a practice that amplifies love, gratitude and joy!
Instructor - 200RYT
Kathy completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training at Centred on Yoga in December 2023. Having grown up dancing, she found in yoga that same sense of fulfillment and joy that movement brings. For Kathy, yoga is a journey of self-discovery where the outside world melts away, allowing for the connection of breath, body, and mind. It's a beautiful practice that leaves her feeling empowered, and she is thrilled to share this passion with yogis of all levels. Beyond the mat, Kathy shares her life with her husband and two dogs.
Instructor - 200RYT
Janie is a 200RYT & Yin Yoga certified instructor. Her life long pursuit and passion for fitness and healthy living has included practice in dance, Zumba, Shred, running, weight training & yoga. For her, yoga is the perfect blend of breath work, mobility, strength, balance & discipline. She believes yoga is for everyone. No matter your age or circumstance this practice is empowering and enlightening. Practicing yoga brings centeredness to the mind, body and soul. It opens the door to exploring your authentic self. As a result a new level of peace enters your life.
In 2023 Janie came to Centred and loves the COY community! Centred on Yoga is an eclectic, warm community that embodies the yoga philosophy with support and kindness. Janie loves to teach and is a nurturing and compassionate person. She is excited to be part of the COY team and to share her enthusiasm and energy for yoga and meditation with you! Mom of four, Janie leads her life focused on family, faith and service in the community are among her other life passions.
Instructor - 200RYT
Alexis recently received her 200 hour YTT certification in December with Centred on Yoga. Before then yoga has always been a big part of her life. When she’s not on her mat, she enjoys going to the beach, spending time with friends and family, and traveling! Her goal as a young girl was to help people, in any way that she can. Now her goal is still just that, she found her passion in Teaching yoga, wanting to help people through spiritual & physical moment. Alexis’ promise to herself and her students is that she will forever be learning on her endless journey with yoga.
Instructor - 200RYT
Heather’s yoga journey began 13 years ago when she and her family relocated to Fernandina Beach. Yoga has offered many things to her in love, light, health, peace, challenge, community and self-compassion. She completed her 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training and Yin Teacher Training at COY. She values the warm and inviting community of yogis at the studio and is honored to guide others through the practice of Yin. Heather practices yoga to calm and center mind, body and spirit. She is passionate about sharing the benefits of yoga and mindfulness; she believes that yoga is a pathway to growth and healing. She looks forward to sharing love, light and peace with you. Outside of the studio Heather is a helping professional and community volunteer committed to empowering others.
Instructor - 200RYT
Debbie started vacationing in Fernandina Beach in 2005 and moved here full time from Towson, Maryland in 2020. After a first career in public accounting, Debbie decided to follow her passion for helping others. She started her own personal training business in 2002 and completed her 200-hour Teacher Training in 2008. Debbie fell in love with yoga while working in public accounting, finding it a great way to decompress. She enjoyed teaching yoga one-on-one with her personal training clients while also finding time for her practice. She found Centred On Yoga during her vacation days and is happy to be part of the teaching family.
“There is so much joy in helping others connect their movements to their breath and seeing the relaxation on their faces at the end of a class. “
Centred on Yoga
212 B Centre Street Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
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