Meet your yoga instructors!

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Thank you for choosing Your Pace Yoga Studio to practice Yoga. Our mission is to bring yoga to everyone in the Pace/Milton community. Yoga aligns your body, breath and mind bringing health and relaxation to all. We offer a variety of yoga classes to help you find your pace. 

I began my yoga journey in 2014 doing Bikram yoga three times a week and fell in love with the practice. In 2016 I retired after 23 years from the Navy and moved to the Pensacola area. I wanted to continue doing yoga and discovered that there are more types of yoga than just Bikram. I decided to step out of my comfort zone and take various types of yoga classes. Each class and instructor were so unique and different that you are bound to find one or more that suits your needs.  I have found in yoga there is something for everyone. There was so much to learn about yoga that I wanted to expand my knowledge. This started my journey of getting 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) certified at URU in 2018, opening a studio in Pace/Milton area and getting 300-hour YTT certified in 2020 at URU.  I love the practice, I love to share with others and I love the feeling after a yoga class, the relaxed mind, stretched body, and the stillness that comes over me. I hope that you will take that first step and join me in discovering that Yoga is much more than a good stretch. It’s aligns your body, mind, and breath.

 

I am a registered E-200/500 yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, Buti© certified, completed Mindful Resilience Training with the Veterans Yoga Project and currently enrolled in Master of Science Health Promotion & Worksite Wellness at UWF.

When I'm not doing yoga, I love to foster kittens with A HOPE, being outdoors running, biking, gardening, or working on a crafty project alongside my two amazing kids and wonderful husband.

Jebbye Lemons, Owner/RYT 500/E-200

I have never been a very active child in sports or as a young adult. It wasn't until 2010, when I realized I could run more than 3 miles. With this knowledge I kept pushing myself father; completing 12 marathons, numerous half marathons and discovered yoga while training. We began doing Bikram yoga three times a week and I loved it! In 2016 I retired from the Navy and moved to the Pensacola area. I wanted to continue doing yoga and discovered that there are more types of yoga than just Bikram. I realized I didn’t have to be flexible, strong, fit or a runner; I have found in yoga there is something for everyone. I decided to step out of my comfort zone and take various types of yoga classes. Each class and instructor is so unique and different that you are bound to find one or more that suits your needs. I tend to love the powerful and hot flows. There is so much more to yoga that I wanted to expand my knowledge. This started my journey of getting 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) certified at URU. I love the way I feel after a yoga class, the relaxed mind, stretched out body, and the calmness that comes over me. I wanted to bring the joy of yoga to the Pace/Milton area and opened up Your Pace Yoga Studio in June of 2018. I hope that you will take that first step and join me in discovering that Yoga is much more than a good stretch. It’s aligns your body, mind, and breath. I am a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance, Buti© certified and have completed Mindful Resilience Training with the Veterans Yoga Project. When I'm not doing yoga I love to be outside running, biking, gardening or working on a crafty project alongside my two amazing kids and wonderful husband. We have a zoo consisting of a sulcata tortoise, leopard tortoise, two dogs and two cats.

 

Darcie began practicing yoga in 2014. Serious practice turned to intense interest in going to the next level in 2017. In 2018 she began teacher training and became certified with 200 hours. By October of the same year it was time to leave her 8-5 and pursue teaching full time. For the last year or so she's enjoyed teaching about 500 hours and several styles with focus on beginners, yin, restorative and vinyasa. Darcie relocated to Florida just 3 months ago.

Darcie Saunders E-RYT 200

I attended my first yoga class in 2017, initially with the goal to become more flexible. Although I had experience in other areas of fitness- bodybuilding, running, cycling, and aerial arts, yoga was a totally new and challenging experience. I enjoy the community that comes with yoga, the physical challenge, and the unique focus on mindfulness and movement with the breath.

In 2019, I attended a month-long yoga course in Bali to deepen my practice and experience the various styles of yoga. By this time, I had fallen in love with the practice. The following year, I completed my 200-hour yoga teacher training at Vinyasa Yoga Ashram in Rishikesh, India where we concentrated on Ashtanga and Vinyasa. As a teacher, I want to make sure my classes are challenging, yet accessible to every student.

Laura Muehl CYT 200hr

 

Kathlene Huff-DeGrand CYT 200hr

Jamie is passionate yoga instructor, certified health coach and clinical mental health counseling student adept at facilitating a mind-body connection and recognizing emotional blockages and trauma manifesting in the physical body. Her desire is to teach others about their bodies by utilizing a mindful flow designed to promote an awareness of thought patterns and sensations within the physical body.

Jamie Smith CYT 200hr

 

I started practicing yoga in 1998 in Russia and immediately fell in love with it. I continued my journey when I moved to America in 2011. I received my training certificate in 2013 in Tallapoosa Center for Inner Art in Georgia and a few months later I opened my own yoga studio in Pell City Alabama.
In April 2023 I moved to Milton and was excited to join the team at Your Pace Yoga Studio.
Yoga helped me to keep my sanity in the hardest time of my life as well as get rid of back pain and headaches I had long suffered.
I am eager to share my knowledge and my heart with everyone who wants to learn and enjoy yoga. Let us go on this journey of discovery together!

Julia Cook CYT 200hr

Emily found the beautiful practice of Yoga as a profound healing and strengthening modality after several pregnancies and births. Upon realizing the practice was not only so deeply healing for her body, but also her nervous system, mind, and her spirit, she decided she wanted to teach the art of Yoga and share it with others. She enrolled in 200 YTT with Your Pace Yoga Studio and graduated in the Spring of 2023. Emily also offers sound healing meditations and teaches astrology in the area. Wonderful things are happening in this beautiful yoga community. 

Emily McClain CYT 200hr

 

Jamie began her yoga journey in 2018 when she took a beginner's class at Your Pace Yoga studio. She instantly fell in love with the movements and mental calmness she felt. She has taken many different styles of classes, but hot yoga is her favorite. She likes the challenge. In 2022 she felt it was time to take her practice even further and become a teacher, she started YTT in 2022 and graduated May 2023. She’s excited to start this new journey and grow within the yoga community.

“Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self” -The Bhagavad Gita

Jamie Ebanks CYT 200hr