About Our Teachers

cindi bersingerFounder and Director, Cindi Bersinger, R.N.

Cindi has devoted nearly twenty years to improving the health and fitness of others and her approach to teaching yoga reflects this strong dedication to overall wellness. As a registered nurse with a background in emergency medicine and specialization in women's and maternal health, Cindi's knowledge of physical anatomy and structural function provide her students a healthy environment for the practice of yoga. Her expertise in yoga was highlighted in 2004 when, at the request of the coaching staff, Cindi began privately training the Jacksonville Jaguars football team. She implemented a yoga program for these athletes to maximize performance, manage stress and prevent injury. Observing the positive changes yoga has brought to these athletes who otherwise might not have been exposed to these benefits has been extremely rewarding. Cindi has trained and studied with master yoga instructors in New York, Atlanta, and Los Angeles and continues to attend professional workshops. Her extensive medical training and knowledge and experience as a certified yoga instructor have proven invaluable to her students and to the staff members whom she personally trained and mentored.

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katie bersingerStudio Manager, Katie Bersinger

Katie has been practicing yoga since the opening of the studio in 2000. Katie is a student at the University of North Florida majoring in elementary education. Katie received her yoga teacher training and certification at Asheville Yoga center under Stephanie Keach. Katie's classes are intelligently sequenced with a high level of mindfulness and safety leading to a deeper understanding of each pose.

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sandra hedrickSandra Hedrick

A personal trainer first encouraged Sandra to practice yoga for its physical benefits. She has since studied yoga with Cindi and others and completed her 200 hour certification with Discovery Yoga in the Kripalu tradition in the fall of 2009. In addition to strength, flexibitility and overall health, Sandra finds that yoga quiets a busy mind and makes space for openness, patience and creativity. She enjoys guiding and accompanying others as they discover yoga's many gifts. Sandra has a Master of Divinity and law degree and works as a pastor, mediator/arbitrator, teacher and writer.

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julie kemberKristen Packard

Kristen has been practicing yoga with Cindi for over six years. Initially, yoga to Kristen was no more than a stress reliever in a very hectic life as she juggled family with the demands of owning her own consulting business. After making a major career change, yoga and exercise in general have become Kristen’s new “occupation.” She has an athletic background as a collegiate swimmer and recreational runner. She is a certified Spinning© instructor and currently teaches four spin classes a week. She still swims with a local master’s club and in May 2010 completed her first Ironman 70.3 race. Kristen enjoys the athletic aspects of yoga’s flowing sequences and recognizes the benefits restorative yoga can bring to enhancing athletic performance.

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sheri whinerySheri Whinery

Sheri has been practicing yoga since 2003. From the start of her practice, she immediately recognized the physical benefits of a regular yoga practice. Over time, she began to feel much more relaxed, happy and present in her everyday life. The constant feeling of "just needing to breath" was stilled in her. Since the completion of her teacher training program in 2009, Sheri feels blessed every day to be able to share yoga with others and honor their personal journey while she continues her own.