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.

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.