Victoria “Tori” Daniel believes that yoga is a practice for realizing our true potential. As each of us accesses our own inner knowing and purpose, we can show up with greater confidence, love, and joy in our relationships, work or personal pursuits, and community. We can become our own loving guide.

Tori’s perspective on yoga as a tool for transformation and healing stems from her experience as a manager, talent coach, and wellness practitioner in the US Government for 15 years. She blends yoga, neuroscience, and principles for emotional intelligence to help others find their own unique purpose and strengths. Beloved has been at the heart of her personal experience with yoga for emotional healing and leadership. She completed the 200-hour teacher training under the mentorship of Beloved instructor Jamilee Wagenseil and continues to draw inspiration from her mentor Maryam Ovissi. Tori is in the process of completing her 500-hour teacher training and regularly studies with leading yoga instructors, including Shari Friedrichsen, at the Himalayan Institute (HI).

Tori is particularly interested in the healing power of the breath and likes to invite students into a deeper exploration of the subtle body and key energy centers, or chakras, believing each of them offers a journey to unlock hidden capacities. She tends to teach gentle and creative flows that offer Beginners and students of all levels the tools to slow down so we can really pause and connect with ourselves. She also loves music and poetry to quiet the mind and awaken the spirit.

When she’s not on the mat, she enjoys spending time with her husband Steven and little cat Sherlock, exploring nature, or writing and creating art.

Cindy has been practicing and teaching yoga for over 10 years, having completed her first 200-hour teacher training with Bhekaji Lynch in Washington, D.C. Wanting to deepen her yoga training, she completed her advanced 300 hour training with Beloved Yoga in 2012. Over the years, she has studied with different master teachers, but her primary teachers are close to home: Maryam Ovissi, Jafar Alexander and David Ingalls. It is her students, however, that are her inspiration.

It is her hope that in her classes students will be able to cultivate a comfortable relationship with their breath, and settle into a slower, deeper physical practice.

Carmen believes yoga is a system that invites us to walk with clarity and attention to that inner place we call home. This way, we can experience a state of being and presence. Yoga offers us the opportunity to sense a peaceful and quiet mind through tools that will empower our will, attention, and goals in life, guiding us always to the liberation of the mind from its fluctuations.

Her first encounter with yoga was in her late teens, in the Andes of her native Venezuela at the Universal Great Brotherhood. She received her 200-hr Certificate in 2012 in Orlando, Florida at the Yoga Teacher Training of Central Florida, School of Hatha Yoga. She began to teach at studios, wellness centers, senior living communities, summer camp programs, and gyms. She also received training in Kids Yoga by Kidding Around Yoga, and also trained in the method of Creative Relaxation for Children with Special Needs. In 2019, she received her 300-hr Certification from Beloved Yoga Sanctuary. She also attended Beloved Yoga’s Trauma-Informed Yoga training, as well as Pranayama and Yin Yoga Training.

In 2017 she participated as a yoga instructor for adults and kids at the Floyd Yoga Jam Festival in Willis, Virginia. She also had the opportunity to lead one-week retreats in the Dominican Republic at Caribe Yoga in 2017 and 2018.

Carmen’s approach and orientation is friendly and welcoming, where participants are provided with practical and accessible tools to be able to experience wellness, but most importantly, a calm and peaceful mind.

Carmen is also a former professional contemporary dancer with more than 15 years of experience. She was a resident member at the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Venezuela, and she had the opportunity to participate in several international festivals around the world.

Carmen also holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing.