We know some of you have been with us for a while. You've found your teacher, your time slot, your spot in the room and it works. We see that, and we don't take it for granted. Loyalty like that is what makes a studio a community instead of just a gym with mats.
So we want to be upfront about something: change is here this summer, and we're genuinely excited about it.
Here's what we believe at MonmouthFlow growth happens at the edge of what's familiar. A new teacher, a different cue, a different way of explaining a pose you've done a hundred times, can suddenly make something click in a way it never has before. That's not a disruption to your practice. That is the practice.
There's one more thing we want to say before we introduce you to the incredible group of instructors joining our family this summer.
Every one of them is stepping onto that mat in front of you as a teacher for the very first time here at MonmouthFlow. For some, it's the first time teaching, period. That takes real courage more than most people realize until they've stood at the front of a hot room or any room fro that mat with twenty plus sets of eyes on them. Teaching yoga or any group fitness class isn't just knowing the poses. It's something you grow into, class by class, cue by cue, breath by breath. We hope you'll meet each of them exactly the way this community has always met each other with warmth, patience, and grace. Everyone teaching in that room right now was once teaching their very first class too.
Now, let's introduce them.
Meet Bella — Sculpt, Yogalates & Mat Pilates
Bella is a NASM-Certified Personal Trainer with a foundation that goes back further than the certification. Before she ever stepped into training, she spent eight years as a competitive gymnast and cheerleader years that didn't just build an athlete, they built a coach. That's where she first found her love of mentorship, and it's carried into everything she teaches today.
Across Sculpt, Yogalates, and Mat Pilates, her classes are calisthenics-based and rooted in functional training real strength that shows up in your real life, not just in the mirror. Her coaching style is built on clear cueing, genuine encouragement, and meeting every student exactly where they are, whether it's their first class with her or their five hundredth.
Meet Allie — Hot Power
Allie is an RYT200-certified vinyasa yoga instructor who has been practicing for over five years. What drew her in and what keeps her coming back to the mat — is the strength and peace yoga gives her, inside and out. She brings that same balance into her Hot Power classes: powerful, sweaty, and grounding all at once.
Meet Leigh - Power Vinyasa (Internally Heated-70-75 degrees)
Leigh has been drawn to yoga since the late 90s, first through Ashtanga before finding her way to a flowing vinyasa practice that builds power and flexibility in both mind and body. She believes yoga is as much about awareness and self-acceptance as it is about movement — her classes blend information with play, striving to balance substance and fun so students leave feeling both challenged and celebrated for exactly who they are.
Since 2016, Leigh has taught power vinyasa at BeachBee Yoga in Havre de Grace, MD a vigorous practice built around strength, mobility, and using the breath to connect mind and body along with gentle yoga classes as needed. From 2017 to 2020, she also led a gentle, mobility-focused class for the Aberdeen Proving Ground community through Army MWR, centered on meditation and breathwork, where she built a supportive community among a wonderfully diverse group of students.
Leigh is a certified RYT-200 through Yoga Alliance, having completed her 200-hour teacher training at Charm City Yoga in Baltimore, MD, and continues to deepen her practice through workshops, festivals, and trainings.
Catch Leigh every Tuesday at MonmouthFlow, teaching
Power Vinyasa (Internally Heated, 70–75 degrees) and
Stretch & Restore both non-heated classes. Whether she's leading a powerful flow or a gentle, restorative session, Leigh's teaching always comes back to one thing: kindness toward your body, your practice, and the people around you.
Meet Amy — Hot Vinyasa
Amy came to yoga in her 40s, about ten years ago, originally looking for a counterbalance to running. What she found instead was a perfect coming-together of her dance and athletic background — which makes sense, since yoga literally means "to yoke," to bring together.
She was hooked almost immediately. She got certified and started teaching as a side hustle before her two young boys were even up for school in the morning. These days, Amy splits her time working at a flower farm, still keeping up a daily practice, and still parenting now a college junior and a high school junior. Her Vinyasa-trained (200-hour) teaching style centers on fluidity of movement, and the way creativity and strength move hand in hand on the mat.
Meet Denise — Morning Hot Vinyasa
Denise has been teaching full-time for over 20 years, and she still remembers her very first day walking into a studio. That memory is exactly why she teaches the way she does with patience, not judgment.
Before yoga became her full-time path, Denise spent 15 years as a registered nurse in a busy Brooklyn hospital. She's seen a lot, and it's given her a steadiness and compassion that shows up in every class smart, creative sequencing, thoughtful modifications for injuries and prenatal students, and zero room for judgment. She's also spent the last decade leading teacher trainings across Monmouth and Ocean counties, shaping the next generation of instructors along the way.
Expect patience, real guidance, and a lot of laughs. This is yoga.
