Traci Armstrong

Director and Bikram Certified Instructor

Traci grew up in New Smyrna Beach. After graduating high school, Traci moved to Gainesville to attend the University of Florida where she earned a BS degree in Computer Engineering. It was during this time that Traci first started practicing Ashtanga Yoga. After graduating from UF in 1999, Traci and her husband moved to Satellite Beach, FL. This is where Traci discovered Bikram Yoga. She enjoyed the practice and benefits of Bikram Yoga so much she decided to go to Los Angeles, CA, to attend the Bikram Yoga College of India two month teacher training program. Once back from LA, Traci decided it would be her dream to open a Bikram Yoga studio back in her home town in NSB. One year later the studio is up and running. During her spare time she also enjoys surfing, and spending time with friends and family.

Nicole Stockton LaPierre

Bikram Certified Instructor

How long have you been practicing Bikram Yoga?
I've been practicing Bikram Yoga for 3 years.
When did you go to Teacher Training?
I attended training in the fall of 2008 in Acapulco, Mexico.
What is your favorite posture?
Camel
What do you enjoy most about practicing Bikram Yoga?
The best part of practicing Bikram Yoga to me is the feeling I walk away with when I finish a class. Exhilaration, relaxation, peacefulness, happiness, calm and general overall sense of well being.
What do you enjoy most about teaching Bikram Yoga?
The best part about teaching Bikram Yoga is knowing I am helping people improve their lives.
Do you have any recommendations/advice for beginners or new students?
I recommend all beginners keep coming back as much as possible and don't get discouraged and push through. The changes and improvements in life will occur very soon. This yoga miraculously improves all areas of life.
Anything else you would like to share?
This yoga has changed my life and improved the quality of every single day for me. I don't know who I would be today if I never stepped foot into my first Bikram Yoga class.

Chantelle Uitermark

Bikram Certified Instructor

How long have you been practicing Bikram Yoga?
I have been practicing since February 10th 2009.
When did you go to Teacher Training?
I went to Spring 2009 TT Palm Desert
What is your favorite posture?
Half moon
What do you enjoy most about practicing Bikram Yoga?
The benefits and the work out my body receives.
What do you enjoy most about teaching Bikram Yoga?
The energy I get from the students and being able to spread Bikram yoga.
Do you have any recommendations/advice for beginners or new students?
Listen to the benefits youÕll receive and keep coming back.
Anything else you would like to share?
IÕll be practicing Bikram yoga for the rest of my life and I hope all the students do as well.

Brian LaPierre

Bikram Certified Instructor

How long have you been practicing Bikram Yoga?
3 years.
When did you go to Teacher Training?
I attended training in the fall of 2008 in Acapulco, Mexico.
What is your favorite posture?
Rabbit, Awkward
What do you enjoy most about practicing Bikram Yoga?
The amazing physical and mental benefits I have received over the years.
What do you enjoy most about teaching Bikram Yoga?
The self-fulfilling, rewarding feeling I get from helping people.
Do you have any recommendations/advice for beginners or new students?
Nothing worthwhile in life is easy! Stick with it and wait for the rewards that lie ahead.
Anything else you would like to share?
Don't underestimate yourself! You are way more powerful than you can imagine!

Joe Cuccaro

Bikram Certified Instructor

How long have you been practicing Bikram Yoga?
Practicing 5 years.
When did you go to Teacher Training?
Fall Ô07 in Hawaii
What is your favorite posture?
Triangle Ð it not only looks cool, it works your body inside and out.
What do you enjoy most about practicing Bikram Yoga?
The peace of mind and calmness it brings to my life.
What do you enjoy most about teaching Bikram Yoga?
Seeing a student make progress. Nothing is better than a student who hears a correction, and makes an improvement in a posture.
Do you have any recommendations/advice for beginners or new students?
Stay with it. It is challenging at first, but the rewards are endless.
Anything else you would like to share?
Bikram yoga has made me a new person; full of life, full of energy, full of joy, and the best shape I have ever been in my life at 50 years old.

Afton Carraway

Bikram Certified Instructor

Afton was born in Orlando, FL and has been practicing Bikram's yoga since 2004. She has an extensive background in dance and has traveled many places both practicing and teaching Bikram Yoga. She graduated from the Bikram Teacher Training in Fall, 2007 and has been teaching full time since then. After completing the training, she decided to take her practice to the next level by competing in both the 2007 and 2008 Florida Asana Championships. Taking 2nd and 1st places there, respectively, she has had the privilege and honor to advance to the National Yoga Asana Championship held in Los Angeles, California both years. During such an event, yogis from all over the world come to participate in and celebrate the endless possibilities of the human strength, ability, and determination. She is very excited to continue to grow in her practice so that she can pass on, further, her knowledge to the world as an instructor.

Anthony Incarbone

Bikram Certified Instructor

In Loving Memory of our friend and teacher: Anthony lived in Port Orange and is a retired New York City firefighter. Raising 4 kids with his wife Liz, Anthony started Bikram Yoga about 4 years ago. He jokes and says raising 4 teens was enough to send his mind to the yoga furlough it needed! But in all seriousness the stress he felt after 9.1.1, the stiffness his body endured more and more everyday from the job and old sports injuries, he knew he needed to modify his routine to feel better. So his interest in Bikram Yoga was the healthy alternative he was convinced would help him-body, mind and soul. Within a month the transformation he had hoped for began to happen. He savored the benefits of Bikram Yoga so much that he attended the 9 week teacher training program in Hawaii in the Spring of 07, and believes in so many ways that he still helps save peoples' lives by teaching Bikram Yoga.

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