Carla found yoga during the lockdown of 2020 through online yoga classes and later found her “tribe” in the yoga community at the Aum Yoga Studio in Harlingen. Inspired by her yoga teachers at Aum, she enrolled in 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training-Yoga Alliance Certification through the RGV Yoga School-Yoga Studio of Corpus Christi and will graduate in September 2024. With a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology, Carla understands the role that a well-balanced yoga practice has for reducing stress and fatigue, increasing strength, flexibility, and endurance, and developing a general sense of well-being through regular practice. She brings a love of yoga and a desire to help yogis of all levels achieve their best selves at any age and fitness level.

Maria Schroeder was born and raised in Harlingen. She studied ballet and dance all of her childhood and adolescence. After a brief career as a chemist with Hoechst Celanese, Maria relocated to Harlingen to start a family. She was a housewife for 22 years and her two daughters are in college. In 2015 Maria was suffering from debilitating sciatic nerve pain and her neighbor introduced her to Aum Yoga studio. Within weeks, she was completely healed after a decade of physical therapy and rehabilitation. In her free time, she enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, cooking, baking, and crafting.

Yoga found Paula when a dear friend invited her to attend a community class in April of 2021 and she fell in love with changes she saw in herself, both inside and out. When given the opportunity to be a part of the first ever 200-hour yoga teacher training available in Harlingen through Yoga Alliance and at Aum Yoga Studio, she jumped at the chance. She is a firm believer in the power that positivity can bring in a group fitness setting, and she wants to share this with anyone who attends her classes. Paula was born and raised in Northern Maine and moved to South Texas in 1991. She has three children and has had the privilege of being a stay-at-home mom to them with the support of her beloved husband.

Stacey was born in Waco, Texas and spent her childhood in Brownsville, Texas. She returned to Waco to attend high school and college. She made Harlingen her home when she joined her family business, Scoggins Construction Company as their office manager. She became incredibly involved in the Junior League of Harlingen (serving as President) and the Associated General Contractors. Stacey is married to Dr. Jim Rowe, and together they are actively involved with the Harlingen Country Club. She started attending yoga in 2009 at Ahimsa Yoga, which later became Aum Yoga Studio. The teachers that have been at this studio through the years have been instrumental in her pursuit of becoming a yoga instructor. Stacey is most appreciative of being able to attend yoga teacher training in the same studio where her yoga journey began. Stacey is a 500 hour yoga instructor.