It had been Carla's dream to one day own a Yoga Studio. In August 2024, she made her dream a reality!

Carla took over ownership of the studio, now Endless Summer Hot Yoga. Since that time, she has made many positive changes. 🌞 Upgrading the studio's appearance, adding classes and class times, and recruiting some of the best teachers around!

Carla began her Bikram Yoga Journey in 2018 in Louisville after sustaining a neck injury while kickboxing. Her son invited her to a “hot yoga” class, and she knew she had found something special.
She is passionate about helping others be successful personally and professionally and finds that Bikram Yoga is key to living a peaceful and serene life with a healthy mind, body and soul. She is very grateful for the wonderful Endless Summer Hot Yoga Community and looks forward to seeing you on your mat!

Linda has been practicing for over 22 years now! She attended the Bikram Yoga Training in 2005 and since then has been teaching Full Time.

Over the past 20+ years she has traveled throughout the New England area, the Carolinas, Florida, and Hong Kong, teaching full time and practicing at studios. In 2014 Linda helped to introduce Bikram Yoga to the southwest coast of Florida at a new studio in Venice Fl, Gulf Coast Yoga. Here she directed the studio for over 4 years. Since then, she has added Mat Pilates and Yin Yoga to the classes she teaches. In 2018 Linda started her own small business selling top quality yoga gear at Yoga Studios and Fitness Centers. Now she is back here in Venice managing Endless Summer Hot Yoga! Linda has learned to appreciate what the words, "a lifetime practice" means ~ as a student AND as a teacher. She meets students where they are at and helps them to find physical benefit from each posture as well as encouraging patience with their practice.

Linda is so happy to back teaching, practicing and playing in Venice!

Amy is a lifelong athlete with 30+ years in fitness and wellness. Having taught for over 20 years, she’s an experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT 500/YACEP), studio owner, group fitness instructor, and certified Holistic Health & Life Coach. Over the years, she’s trained in Bikram, vinyasa, restorative, yin/yang, and more, blending yoga with breathwork, meditation, and strength training for injury prevention and recovery. 

She’s taught across the U.S. from Atlanta to Tennessee to Colorado, and now calls Venice home, where she’s excited to be part of the Endless Summer Hot Yoga community. Outside the studio, Amy loves dancing and hooping to live music, swimming, hiking, beach time, and exploring creative outlets. Her passion is helping people grow, heal, and thrive—meeting students wherever they are on their mats and in life. 

Amy brings her many years in health, fitness, coaching, yoga and combines it with her 30+ year corporate business management and accounting background to bring coherence, balance and wholeness to group classes, private instruction, workshops, retreats and to corporate/small business teams.

Becky is a compassionate yoga, instructor, who brings a sense of calm and mindfulness to every class she leads. With a focus on intentional sequencing, breath, work, and asana (poses), she offers clear, accessible alignment, cues designed to support students of all levels. Her thoughtfully, crafted classes, set to tranquil music, aim to leave students feeling refreshed, relaxed, and renewed. Becky was born and raised in New Jersey. After getting married she then spent 26 years in Virginia before settling into her current chapter here in Florida!

She is a former elementary school teacher and reading specialist, roles that deeply inform her nurturing and clear teaching style. Becky is also a proud mom of two young adult daughters, wife, and cat mom to Hugo, a spirited tuxedo cat, who keeps her on her toes.

Dan is a former park ranger and organic farmer. he now works for the county helping to keep our beaches clean and healthy.

His love of Yoga began in 2010 with a Hot Yoga class. The spark was strong enough that eventually in January 2024 he received his 200 hour certification from Heartwood Yoga Institute. Dan's daily practice is Ashtanga but loves all styles of yoga. He also loves anything to do with nature, camping, hiking, building, spending time in my food forest, and is obsessed with health and nutrition. Dan is looking forward to teaching, practicing, and growing with others in the ESHY community.

Yoga was introduced to Dave in 2018 at Core Power Yoga in Encinitas California.

"The first time my forehead touched the mat and grounded into the earth in child's pose sparked intuition and laying in shavasana awakened me to my breath". ~ Dave

That same year breathwork crossed his path and changed his life forever. Through a simple breathing technique, he connected to his source. It was truly a magical experience. Feeling weightlessness, without time, without purpose and just being and the "light show" was mystical.

Jan 1st 2020, is when the intention of teaching others the magic and beauty one could find by finding the stillness and serenity by traveling within one's body.

Dave's purpose is to help others who are looking to uncork the hidden resources for all things by being guided inward and discovering our true selves and infinite potentiality.

Eve started practicing Bikram yoga in 2005 when her stepdaughter invited her to take a class.

She enjoyed the class very much, and especially the feeling afterwards. Eve continued practicing and noticed the improvement in her strength and balance. She became a regular practitioner of Bikram yoga.

In 2002 Eve took a 200 hour 26/2 Yoga Alliance training and became certified to teach 26/2. In 2024 she took an 200 hour teacher training through OHYA and received her certificate.

Eve looks forward to seeing you on the mat.

Joelle is a New Jersey–based yoga instructor whose lifelong love of movement began with gymnastics, evolved through dance, and later expanded into running. She earned her yoga certification in 2015 alongside becoming a CrossFit instructor, driven by a passion for helping people move well, prevent injury, and understand the mind–body connection.

She loves heated yoga, vinyasa flow, and yoga sculpt, and teaches warm and hot vinyasa, slow flow, and sculpt classes. As a dedicated runner and lifelong athlete, she specializes in yoga for athletes—supporting smarter movement, faster recovery, and stronger performance.

A teacher by trade, Joelle has taught students from kindergarten through college in both general and special education. She is committed to fostering healthy physical and mental development at every age, guiding students to build strength, balance, and flexibility on and off the mat.

Kathy has been an avid Yoga and Pilates enthusiast for more than 25 years. In 2014, when she moved to Venice from NJ, she discovered the newly opened Gulf Coast Yoga studio (now ESHY) in Venice and became hooked on the hot yoga and Pilates practices. Kathy especially loved how the studio fostered a friendly and supportive community of instructors and members.

She set a goal to one day join the team of instructors and is excited to now teach Hot Pilates Fusion which merges Pilates principles with yoga movements for a full-body practice that improves strength, flexibility and stability. Kathy looks forward to seeing you at the studio!

Kelly moved from PA to Venice Fl in 2000. She enjoyed raising her two children and growing in her work as an early childhood special educator. She’s always been a fitness advocate, enjoying softball, basketball in her younger years and training for mud runs in her late 30’s. Her health journey began around the same time which led the exploration of a variety of holistic practices including mindfulness, yoga, breath work, organic nutrition, and ecstatic dance. After her children were grown, she shifted all of her energy into getting her health back to a place she didn’t think was possible.

She now is now excited to combine her love for fitness and mindfulness by empowering women with ShaktiRize, a blend of yoga, mindfulness, world dance, somatic/tribal movement that guarantees a sweat and a coming home to yourself at the same time.

Lynne started Yoga in 2012, and tried several different styles of before she came across Bikram in 2014

"When I saw a studio opening up close to me. I was hooked immediately, my body loved the heat -however my mind said not so much so I knew it must be what I needed." ~Lynne

Fast forward 14 yrs, as her father was continuing on his elderly journey she saw the need within our Senior community for unity, participation, connection & movement which is where her path led her to becoming a Chair Yoga Instructor at Senior communities. As Lynne's spirituality deepened and the twists and turns in life happened, she discovered the great benefits of Sound Healing and Vibrational Therapy. The mental, emotional and spiritual health benefits are greatly needed in our community. The desire to share these benefits have led her to become a Sound Healing Facilitator.

From street cop to yoga instructor!

Mary has taught in the Venice community for nearly two decades. After hibernating in the cold, she wanted to get her body outside and began running marathons. Realizing her body "needs yoga," she entered a locale to be told, "We don't have an instructor." In a Res gestae moment, she responded, "I will." She learned to instruct the Sonia Sumar Method of Yoga for All Abilities and eventually Yin Yoga too. 

Mary is a lifelong wellness educator who studies nutrition and Ayurveda and shares healthy living habits with her wellness community. Her side gig, Life of Riley Living, markets Shaklee's nutrition, clean skincare and green cleaners. A portion of Mary's sales goes to benefit Satchel's Last Resort Dog and Cat Sanctuary in Sarasota🐈‍⬛🐶.

In Dr. Shaklee's words and vision: "Care for our fragile Planet." Mary's motto: Be Strong, Be Green, Be Happy!

Rose has been practicing yoga for nearly 15 years and holds a 200-hour certification in Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga. Yoga has become a meaningful part of her life, both physically and spiritually.

Rose enjoys attending different events, learning from teachers and fellow practitioners, and exploring new ways to deepen her understanding of the practice. For Rose, yoga is a lifelong journey of growth, learning, and balance.

Tina first came to the studio in 2014. She was looking for a new way to cross train for running. She knew immediately hot yoga was for her . The combination of focus, with the balance of strength and flexibility, that yoga taught her she was in just a few short weeks, not only running faster but more efficiently. 

Somehow, ten years later, in 2024, she was talked into taking the OHYA teacher training! 😄

Tina is happy and grateful she gets to share the benefits of hot yoga with others at Endless Summer Hot Yoga!