All our Yoga Teachers are trained in yoga schools that are registered with the Yoga Alliance standards of practice.
Whether you are a beginner looking to learn the basics, or a yoga veteran trying to perfect a difficult stretch, SNY has classes for all skill levels and ages. Our talented and friendly instructors provide you with personal attention and care to help you on your path to Serenity. Join us in our beautiful Longwood studio today.
- Hatha Yoga Level 1 (Beginner/Gentle Intensity): A balanced class where beginners can learn and improve their practice and experienced students can deepen their practice with guided verbal instruction and relaxation between postures.
- Hatha Yoga for All Levels and Hatha Flow: Designed to stimulate the energetic portion of our body utilizing all forms of postures, breathing techniques, meditation and relaxation. Includes traditional elements of a Hatha Flow class to include warmup, sun salutations, vinyasa asana sequencing, back bend, forward bend, simple inversion, no head or handstands at all, stretch down, Yoga nidra and ending with meditation.
- Restorative Yoga (afternoons)/ Revive & Restore Yoga (mornings) - A very gentle healing Yoga for any age any level to relieve stress and balance Body mind and soul.
- Yin Yoga- poses are mostly seated and held for longer periods of time to provide deep stretch beyond muscle and address tight fascia. Very gentle, slow and restorative in nature as well.
- Gentle Beginner Yoga: perfect for first time on the mat. Easy gentle, breath work introduction, affirmations, easy postures, and a guided meditation.
- Vinyasa Flow Yoga- Dacia has been teaching this class since 2008. The gauntlet has been passed on to Stephanie Weiss! Make sure you try this fun class with amazing sequencing.
All instructors are certified with a minimum of RYT-200.
Dr. Milescu hand picks the best and most compassionate teachers to work with.
Dr. Milescu is the owner and yoga instructor with multiple trainings: Integral Influence Hatha Yoga, Kundalini, Restorative, and Vinyasa Flow Yoga.
She is also certified in children's yoga and prenatal yoga.
Dr. Milescu is a Montessori Yoga teacher.
Dr. Milescu is also founder of Milescu Medical Yoga and offers assisted stretching, gait analysis, and assisted corrective and therapeutic exercise based on her knowledge as a physician and college professor teaching Anatomy & Physiology, as well as Human Biology.
Dr. Dacia Milescu
Founder & Owner Serenity Now Yoga Corp. Established 2010 Professor Daytona State College for Anatomy & Physiology, and Human Biology Retired Podiatric Physician & Board Certified Foot & Ankle Surgeon, Medical Yoga Teacher and Energy Medicine Healer. Movement Medicine & Corrective Therapeutic Exercise Provider. Personal empowerment to manage stress holistically is her path to teaching others to connect body mind and soul. Yoga- certifications in Kids yoga, Prenatal yoga, Hatha yoga, Vinyasa yoga, and Kundalini Yoga. Other training included: Pranayama, Meditation, Advanced Pranic Healing & also Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Master/Teacher certifications to qualify her as a spiritual teacher and energy healer. She is the creator of the medical yoga program developing organically since 2009. She developed her own system to include posture assessments, biomechanical evaluation, gait analysis, muscle and neurological testing prior to developing a custom tailored therapeutic medical yoga practice. Her own specialized medical yoga program is specifically designed for those with chronic disease, and the elderly cardiac patients. She provides a custom tailored Medical Yoga private session for clients who are not able to attend public classes requiring undivided attention and special needs like severe spectrum autism, Parkinson's, post cerebrovascular accident, motor vehicle accidents, post athletic injury, and chronic pathology management such as diabetes and heart disease. She is a facilitator of- Meditations, Guided Visualizations, Emotional Freedom Technique and Affirmations. She often also facilitates energy balancing and healing with Advancing Pranic Healing, certified in 2012. She facilitates training's in Energy Medicine through her Serenity Now Holistic Academy certification program. As a former gymnast, she taught Ballet Fitness and Barre Workout. Recently, her chronic battle with hip pain due to Congenital Hip Dysplasia led to her giving up this aspect of her fitness regime. She has had a Total Hip Replacement at 48 years of age. She continues to practice Yoga and stays healthy despite Degenerative Disc Disease and a left hip that also needs a replacement. Dacia is all about inclusiveness in life, love, and career. She enjoys diversity in her personal practice, career, and personal life. She truly embraces life and all it has to offer. Her quote: Life is a test you never get to study for! 
James Screiber is our Hatha Level 1 Yoga Instructor Saturday's 10:30 am.
Jim Schreiber has been with Dr. Dacia Milescu since the inception of Serenity Now Yoga. He went through the same training as the Founder back in 2008 with Red Sun Yoga Teacher Training. He is a RYT-200 with training in basic Hatha Yoga! He teaches every Saturday 10:30 am- 11:45 AM. He has been with SNY since day 1 January 11, 2010! |
Elizabeth Dalton is a 200-Hr Certified Yoga Instructor, Physical Therapist Assistant and Registered Chiropractic Assistant. Her yoga training was completed at Red Sun Yoga in Winter Springs, FL and she graduated from Daytona State College with her A.S. in Physical Therapy in 2016. Prior to that she was a preschool teacher in the Longwood area for approximately 10 years.
Elizabeth has been practicing yoga since 2001 to manage her chronic low back pain with excellent results. She finds that she gets out of yoga what she puts into it, whether that is a physical practice for just a few moments each day, a meditation practice or studying the yoga philosophy. 
Our main Sub Monica Soccaras!
Monica started her yoga journey in 2011 at a local gym. Before long, she fell in love with the mental and physical benefits of yoga. In 2013, she completed her 200-Hr RYT training under the guidance of Tymi Howard at Guruv Yoga. She has taught across Central Florida ever since, reaching a variety of populations, such as an after school program, senior center, engineering firm, college students, and most recently, the football team at the University of Central Florida. Monica recently graduated from there with a BS in Health Sciences and a minor in Fitness Training. She loves to teach a variety of formats, such as restorative, vinyasa flow, and yoga nidra classes. Monica enjoys helping people of all levels of experience and ability connect to their bodies. She offers modifications to help students find their own unique balance of exertion and restoration. Monica focuses on the yoga foundations of traditional poses and breath, but adds playfulness and lightness to her sequences. 
Jennifer Cabral Nielsen is our Restorative Yoga Instructor and teaches Energy Medicine & Meditation class.
She is our daytime week day instructor and our main Substitute Teacher. I am proud to announce and welcome back our loyal student, Reiki Master turned Yoga instructor and now graduated Massage school. She does what she says and makes it look easy! Jennifer teaches a gentle beginner yoga 9:30 am Tuesday’s, and Restorative Yoga Wednesday's at 9:30 am. She is also available anytime for Reiki healing, and private yoga. She taught at the old studio location from 2012-2014. This is Jennifer’s Bio! Jennifer studied the Usui Shiki Ryoho system of natural healing and received her level II certification in July of 2009, and her Master level in November of 2014. Jennifer practiced Reiki in Rhode Island until she moved to Florida in 2010. Jennifer first discovered Reiki while studying Human Resources at Bryant University in Rhode Island. Her professor was also a Reiki practitioner and had explained the benefits of Reiki. Jennifer was admittedly skeptical but had suffered from back pain most of her adult life and was searching for alternative ways to relieve her pain. After her first treatment, Jennifer was instantly a believer in Reiki and the body's ability to heal itself. In December of 2012, Jennifer completed the 200-hour Yoga Alliance Approved Empath Yoga Teacher Training program with Erica Boucher. Empath Yoga is a form of Integrative Hatha that combines Yoga and Meditation with elements of empathetic listening. In February of 2018, Jennifer graduated from Central Florida School of Massage Therapy and became a licensed Massage Therapist. Jennifer has been teaching Yoga, Meditation and Pranayama since 2011. Jennifer combines Yoga, Meditation, Pranayama and Reiki to assist her students in balancing their chakras in order to move through blocked emotions. Once the chakras are balanced you are able to heal yourself physically and mentally. |
Stephanie Weiss- Restorative Yoga Instructor Stephanie Weiss is a local Yoga Teacher who teaches hatha yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and restorative yoga. She completed her 200-hour Yoga Alliance certification through Discovery Yoga Center in St. Augustine, a Kripalu based yoga center. Stephanie enjoys developing group yoga workshops and incorporating Essential Oils in her daily life as well as in her yoga practice and teachings. She teaches Restorative Yoga every Tuesday 4:45 pm-5:45 pm. She acquired Level II training with Usui/Holy Fire II Reiki Training under the tutelage of Dr. Milescu. 
Jennifer Baker teaches Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, and Hatha Flow Yoga.
She recently acquired Level II training with Usui/Holy Fire II Reiki Training under the tutelage of Dr. Milescu. Hello, my name is Jennifer Baker and I was born and raised in Arkansas. I moved to the Orlando area in 2014. In the past, I battled with health issues that led me to seek ways to overcome them. In the same year I moved here to Florida, I came across Serenity Now Yoga and Dance, here I learned the importance of taking care of myself - mind, body and soul through yoga. This helped me achieve the goals I had for my health and inspired me to further my education at Inspirit Yoga Studio, in order to share the life-changing practice of yoga with students who are in search of discovery, transformation, healing, and growth. I've benefited so much from having yoga in my life that I've gained more confidence, strength and flexibility both on and off the mat. My intention is to create a judgment free space for you to explore your own personal practice as I share love, health, balance, and inner peace. I've enjoyed practicing different styles of yoga with many different teachers and I am a 200 hour registered Yoga Teacher with experience in Vinyasa Flow, Restorative and Yin Yoga. I have obtained my Bachelors of Science in Health Education with a minor in Exercise Science. In my free time, I enjoy learning new things; I find there's always something to learn, shopping for crystals and anything that involves spending time in Mother Nature. “Yoga is a dance between control and surrender – between pushing and letting go – and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being.” – Joel Kramer Jennifer Baker is also a born healer with God given connection with her healing hands. She also trained and acquired Level II Usui/Holy Fire II Reiki Training under the tutelage of Dr. Milescu. 
Alba L. Ramirez
200 RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher), Yoga Alliance Yoga is my PASSION. I started practicing yoga on my own more than 15 years ago and became enthusiastic about teaching Yoga driven by my willing to share the peace and harmony I was experiencing for myself. I am certified as a Hatha Yoga instructor through the Yoga Teacher Training of Central Florida Hatha Yoga School. I started teaching Yoga over 5 years ago. I left my Corporate full-time job in November 2013 following my heart to share my love and passion for Yoga. I teach in English and Spanish. I am also trained in Prenatal Yoga, Kids Yoga and Yoga Nidra (deep relaxation). I currently teach Hatha Yoga, Prenatal Yoga, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga ,Vinyasa Flow, Kids Yoga and Chair Yoga. I believe that there are many languages but the universal language is LOVE. What my heart speaks in a Yoga class cannot be translated; it is to be felt through the love I share while expressing my passion through teaching yoga, bringing my students to a space of unity and peace. My focus while teaching is to create a comfortable atmosphere for everyone and all body types, communicating breath-synchronized movement, core stability, flexibility and alignment techniques. I believe in enabling each individual the freedom to choose their own intensity level through encouragement to help maintain mind-body awareness. Through yoga my goal is to guide others to their healthiest and harmonious possible lifestyle. |
Adelina Caballero-Marin
Soul, Heart, Mind, and Body Alignment Practitioner
Training:
2009- 2010 Family Constellations training under Mark Wolynn at the Hellinger Institute of Western Pennsylvania
2011 to 2019 Soul, Heart, Mind, Body Alignment training including Tao Calligraphy and Tao Science wisdom and practices under Master Zhi Gang Sha at the Tao Academy in Toronto Canada.
Experience:
Leading Group practice since 2015 in Orlando, FL.
Personal Consultations since 2017 by appointment.
Within each person lies the potential to awaken to higher levels of consciousness and the power to heal. Awareness Meditation and Soul, Heart, Mind, and Body Alignment practices are powerful tools to assist us in connecting with our higher essence and recognizing that which is hidden.
Experience life in a more joyful and conscious way. It is your birth right!
Contact information:
amarinaqua@yahoo.com
386-341-1736
Soul, Heart, Mind, and Body Alignment Practitioner
Training:
2009- 2010 Family Constellations training under Mark Wolynn at the Hellinger Institute of Western Pennsylvania
2011 to 2019 Soul, Heart, Mind, Body Alignment training including Tao Calligraphy and Tao Science wisdom and practices under Master Zhi Gang Sha at the Tao Academy in Toronto Canada.
Experience:
Leading Group practice since 2015 in Orlando, FL.
Personal Consultations since 2017 by appointment.
Within each person lies the potential to awaken to higher levels of consciousness and the power to heal. Awareness Meditation and Soul, Heart, Mind, and Body Alignment practices are powerful tools to assist us in connecting with our higher essence and recognizing that which is hidden.
Experience life in a more joyful and conscious way. It is your birth right!
Contact information:
amarinaqua@yahoo.com
386-341-1736
