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MEET OUR TEACHERS

As our community grows at Open Heart Yoga Studio, we will bring on additional experienced, diverse, and quality yoga instructors.   We believe students should have the opportunity if they choose, to practice with teachers of varying styles, specialties, and backgrounds, giving them the chance to further explore the depths and edges of their practice from different and unique perspectives.   

​Jennifer Haas
Open Heart Yoga Studio, Inc. - Owner / Founder
Yoga Alliance: E-RYT 200, YACEP
Karma Kids Yoga

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Jennifer has been practicing yoga for 23 years.  As a software customer support manager for nearly 20 years,  she turned to running and roller blading in her earlier days to burn off steam.  After several injuries, she tried her first yoga class and was instantly hooked, maintaining a consistent daily practice for many years.  Jennifer received her 200 hour certification in early 2012 at Moksha Yoga Studio in Wellington, FL .  She has been teaching  ever since,  continuing to  deepen, evolve, and enrich her yoga studies with consistent practice and continuing education.  Jennifer teaches from her own personal  journey, sharing how poses benefit the body and how they translate off the mat.  She offers modifications in the hopes to make the benefits of the poses accessible to all students.  Her compassionate  teaching style and training background focus on the whole student and their personal intention for practice.  Jennifer hopes that her classes allow students to explore their yoga goals and intentions to their fullest capacity through awareness of the breath and the exploration of  mobility, range of motion,  strength, and flexibility.

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Monica Hornung
Yoga Teacher
Yoga Alliance: E-RYT 500
Karma Kids Yoga

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Monica Hornung has been teaching  Yoga since 1998.   She grew up watching her aunt meditate and chant with the Sidha yoga organization in Venezuela and became curious about the spiritual part of the practice .  She took her first  Sivananda yoga teacher training in 1997 . Later she started practicing Ashtanga yoga and studied with David Swenson and Richard Freeman .  In 2012,  Monica received a 200 hour certification at Moksha Yoga Studio in Wellington, FL.   She also met and practiced with Pathabi Jois several times, and went to Mysore India and practiced under Saraswathi in 2013.  She has been a massage  therapist since 1995 and attended Mastery University with Tony Robbins in 2012.   She is a reiki master and Thai massage therapist.

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Christine Festa
Yoga Alliance : E-RYT - 500
Functional Range Conditioning





​Christine is a E-RYT 500 who has been practicing yoga for 9 years, and teaching for 6. She discovered yoga when she was looking for a way to de-stress from her fast-paced corporate job. After her first savasana, she was hooked. Once she was certified by YogaWorks, she left her corporate job behind to teach full time. Christine is also a certified Functional Range Conditioning® Instructor and infuses these mobility techniques into her sequences. Her teaching style is informative and anatomy-focused, and she encourages embodiment and awareness. If you like to learn, you will love her class.

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Eva Montalvo
Yoga Alliance E RYT - 200, YACEP
AADP Holistic Health Practitioner
Chair Yoga Certified



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Eva is an E-RYT 200, certified Chair Yoga teacher, and an AADP Holistic Health Practitioner.  Eva became interested in yoga and holistic health during her 20+ year accounting career as a way to minimize stress and feel better in her body. Although she had practiced yoga for over a decade, she came to realize that yoga as a lifestyle – rather than just exercise - was key to overall wellness in mind, body, and spirit.

​Eva’s mission is to inspire busy adults to live more energetically and vibrantly by helping them incorporate simple changes in their lifestyle, especially in learning how to move and breathe to connect to their body through yoga. She believes strongly in making yoga available for EVERY BODY and specializes in working with beginners and older adults.

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Elizabeth Debbie Aiu
Yoga Alliance RYT-200
Yoga for Cancer, 2017






Elizabeth Debbie is a renowned hair stylist.  Her works of art have been featured on magazine covers and television shows.  From Trinidad, with a passion for life and an eye for success, she blends her stylist focus with efforts to spread yogic philosophy and lifestyle, tailoring each class to the students in the room.   With a background in various styles of yoga, Elizabeth Debbie enjoys sharing her knowledge of Hatha, Vinyasa, Ashtanga, Aerial, and Bikram yoga practices, infusing each class with smiles and fun.  Debbie completed her 200 hour training at the Kailash Vedic and Yogic Science School in Dharamsala, India in September 2015.  In 2017, she completed her 45 hour Yoga for Cancer course in Boca Raton, FL, and teaches yoga practice and theory around the world, branching out from her Palm Beach area home studio and local community.  She teaches courses in Trinidad and Tobago, Banff Canada, Costa Rica and Hawaii.  She plans to further her reach to to students in Kenya, Australia,  and beyond.  Debbie considers her time spend teaching yoga to be extremely fulfilling as she enjoys impacting the lives of others.  Her reward is the joy in teaching others to help themselves reach their goals, guiding them towards their full potential, while gaining strength and flexibility.

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Holly Bromer
​Yoga Alliance, RYT - 200
Karma Kids Yoga
Trauma - Informed Yoga






Holly Bromer is passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of others through yoga.  She believes there is so much we learn on the mat that can be used off the mat and in our everyday lives.  Her classes tend to be physical in nature, but will leave you feeling inspired and lighthearted. 

Holly has been practicing yoga for 10+ years and received her training certification in 2010 (RYT-200).  She continues to add to her knowledge base through workshops and advanced anatomy studies.  

Holly maintains a daily Ashtanga yoga practice and meditation regimen.  She is married to her college sweetheart and has two energetic sons.  The family is active, playful, and loves to go upside-down!

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Maria Garcia
Yoga Alliance, RYT-200
Anatomy for Yoga Teachers, with Jason Crandell








Maria's  motto is always be a student. She has been practicing yoga for over 20 years. She started practicing while attending law school in Caracas, Venezuela. She is a chronic migraine sufferer since she was 7 years old and decided to give yoga a try to see if it would help her with her migraines and the stress of schoool. After a few yoga classes she was hooked. She was looking for a good workout but ended up finding a practice that challenged her physically but also spiritually and mentally. She began to visit her local studio on a regular basis. In 2013 she moved to the US and in 2015 she decided to fully inmerse herself in the practice and got her yoga certification. She has not stopped teaching since them.

Maria is a believer that yoga is for everybody.  All you have to do is show up and the practice will show its multiple benefits. She is vinyasa trained but also enjoys teaching gentle/slow flows. Her teaching is very thorough and she makes the asana accesible so it can be practiced by EVERYbody. She is a meditation teacher as well. She is currently deepening her knowledge about the human anatomy so she can become the best teacher she can be. 

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Brett Coppol
Yoga Alliance, RYT-200





Brett truly loves yoga.  After discovering the practice in his mid 30's, he had no doubt yoga would be a part of his life forever.  He was instantly drawn to it's depth, and continues to be fascinated by the rich history, physical rigor, and mental stimulation of yoga. 

In Brett's classes, he challenges his students to grow through meeting their physical edge with friendliness. He teaches the practice of listening, both to the body, mind, and most importantly each inhale and exhale.  He is dedicated to the growth and development of his students, both on and off their mats, and believes yoga begins when you leave the studio.  

Yoga has taught Brett to harness his wild mind, illuminating how to let go of self-doubt and laziness. In his life, he has become the person that he is on his mat - courageous, fearless, dedicated, kind, patient, and compassionate -  and he can’t wait to share that with his students.  He strives to create an environment that is both fun and educational - inspiring students to pull up, work harder, and triumph.  He has experienced first-hand the powerful benefits of yoga, and  wants to teach anyone willing to learn that they, too, can have superpowers.

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Heidi Rocke
Yoga Alliance E-RYT, YACEP








Heidi has been studying the dynamics of movement from very young.  She began training as a dancer at 5 and began riding at age 6. She studied at the Humphrey Dance Center in New York and then moved to Florida to compete in equestrian events as a Junior. After graduating from New York University with a Bachelor's in Journalism she went to work starting, conditioning, training and exercising Hunters and Jumpers, ponies, even starting thoroughbred yearlings for racing.

It was during her Master’s study of Oriental Medicine/Acupuncture in 2005 that Heidi found Yoga and the true direction of her path developed. She got her Yoga Alliance Teacher Training at the Miami Yoga Shala in 2006 and has since studied the pioneers in human movement and mindbody connection including, Myers, Porges, Feldenkrais, Alexander, Franklin, and Ida Rolf.  She has developed Dynamic Integration Technique; a somatic approach to balancing and recalibrating the body through the major axes (pelvis, feet, ribcage, etc.) and joints (hips and shoulders), and the fascia that suspends them.
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With 14 years of experience working with group and private clients, Heidi has a reputation for bringing the most out of everyone she works with. She is able to express her deep understanding of the body and the dynamics of movement with vivid imagery and progressive exercises.  From beginners to advanced, ages 12 to 82, whether in the prime of health or just putting yourself back together, Heidi unlocks the secrets that bring your body into optimal balance and performance.

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Ava Ashe
2016 Certified Yoga Instructor,  Vyasa Yoga Peeth; Rishikesh, India
2018 Certified Yoga Instructor, Tantra & Shamanic Yoga; Ecuador
2019 NASM Personal Trainer 




Ava's love for yoga began with her desire for fitness, ashtanga actually! She loved the challenge, and in 2016 she became a certified yoga instructor,  first in India, and then again in 2018 in Ecuador. Her practice deepened spiritually when she began to travel, giving her an opportunity to come 'home' while on her yoga mat.  Ava's passion has since ignited as she parted ways with Ecuador and continued to become a certified personal trainer. Science and spirituality both interconnect within Ava's teachings.  Ava continues to lead workshops and offer multiple healing modalities, including classes and private sessions on: Tantra Yoga, Partner Yoga, Connection For Couples, Thai Yoga Massage, Rapid Transformational Therapy, and in the future, Tantra Coaching! Each modality is guided with the attitude of using the body as a tool towards consciousness, and shifting our subconscious mind back to our Power & Purpose.

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It is our  hope and wish that Open Heart Yoga Studio brings a relaxing, calm atmosphere with consistent quality yoga and abundant positivity for Palm Beach County and the Boynton Beach and surrounding communities.    ​