3840 S Osprey Ave, Sarasota, FL 34239
(941) 928-2137
Hours: Monday - Sunday 8:00AM - 8:00PM
About Us
YOGA IS POSSIBLE FOR ANYBODY WHO REALLY WANTS IT
Welcome to Prana Yoga and Healing Center Sarasota, where wellness meets community and transformation begins. We are more than just a yoga studio!
“What’s really inspiring are those who attend class knowing they have not allowed their ailments, age, and fears to discourage their experience. In fact, it is that “courage” that keeps us focused on bringing our Prana Yoga style to the community. It compels us to expand our services to include concepts that support this vision creating alternative paths to healing.” — Regina DeWitt Owner
Our Philosophy: Our emphasis is on education for the healing aspects of yoga not only physically but emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. We offer various classes and in-depth teacher training in Asana (postures and kriyas) that include pranayama (breath awareness) meditation and mantra (chants/songs). PYHC is a powerful place to experience alternative well-rounded approaches to health and well-being in sound immersion, energy healing, mudra, mantra, and aromatherapy. Our holistic approach includes classes at various levels and focuses are offered to appeal to the raw beginner as well as the seasoned practitioner. We also create and cultivate community events with our monthly gong, sadhana, potlucks, kirtans, concerts, and more.
Our Mission: Prana’s mission is to be a studio where all are welcome to come and be and to immerse your being in traditional teachings of yogic philosophy and Asanas. Every day this dream becomes more alive in the students who bring this profound awareness to their health and lifestyle by allowing the benefits of their practice to be a personal healing experience on the mat. It’s a team effort with our amazing teachers and our incredible students and together we are part of a great ripple that is making a difference in our world.
Our Instructors: Our team of passionate and experienced instructors bring a wealth of knowledge and a deep love for yoga. Each instructor is committed to guiding you on your journey, offering personalized attention and adapting practices to meet your unique needs and goals. Their expertise spans various styles and traditions, ensuring a rich and diverse experience.
Our Community: Prana Yoga and Healing Center Sarasota is more than just a place to practice yoga; it’s a community. We cherish the connections formed within our studio and strive to create a warm, welcoming atmosphere where friendships blossom and support thrives. Our community events, workshops, and retreats provide opportunities for deeper engagement and shared experiences.
Our Space: Designed to be a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of daily life, our studio offers a serene and calming environment. From the soothing décor to the carefully curated amenities, every detail is intended to enhance your practice and promote a sense of peace and well-being.
Join us at Prana Yoga and Healing Center Sarasota and embark on a journey of self-discovery, wellness, and community. Together, we’ll explore the many dimensions of yoga, creating a balanced and harmonious life. Welcome to our family. Namaste.
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Prana Yoga Instructors
Regina Dewitt
Owner of Prana Yoga & Healing Center
After 30 years working in the hospital as an RN, Regina decided to take health care into a different arena. She began the study of yoga in 1995 due to depression following the death of her remaining parent. She studied yoga in the tradition of B.K.S. Iyengar with Rodney Yee, and Richard Rosen learning and discovering alignment principles of the practice. Yoga and the vast wisdom of the body and breath showed an inclusive approach to overall health, wellness and spirituality.
In 2009, Regina left the hospital to open Prana Yoga and Healing Center offering classes, workshops, and teacher training. In 2011, she began to study Kundalini Yoga through the teachings of Yogi Bhajan. A deeper transformation began to happen as the teachings of kriyas, breath, meditation, and chants enveloped her practice and life. Kundalini Teacher Training was offered at Prana Yoga in 2015 for the first time because she wanted to share these teachings and she was a part of the graduating class.
She still maintains her RN license, in addition to E-RYT 500, and a Certified Kundalini teacher. She is currently working on getting certified as an International Yoga Therapist.
Tamara Page
Certified Instructor
Founder of Y3M Wellness
E.R.Y.T. 500 Yoga Coach
For the past 30 years, it has been my passion and joy to help people live more fulfilling lives physically, emotionally, and spiritually through teaching the practices of Yoga, Movement, Mindfulness, and Meditation. Through my coaching, I have empowered my clients to take charge of their lives, care for their personal health, and practice disease prevention, and I invite you to join me and learn these practices that will do the same for you.
Now, a little bit about me! After living for 26 years in New York, I am now happy to call sunny Sarasota, Florida my home. I am an E-RYT 500 registered yoga instructor through the Yoga Alliance, which means that I have taken over 500 hours of courses in yoga teaching. Beyond that, I have studied a variety of yoga disciplines, Mindfulness Meditation, and the Buddhist tradition of Vipassana meditation which I incorporate into my teachings.
I attribute the foundation of my teaching skills to the late Senior Iyengar Yoga Instructor Mary Dunn, who’s mother inspired the great BKS Iyengar to introduce Iyengar yoga to the United States shortly after the publication of “Light on Yoga.”
Having the foundation and experience of a 5 year apprenticeship under the tutelage of Mary was the most extraordinary experience a yoga teacher could have. To this day, I marvel at the unique blessing that opportunity was. Forever I am grateful and hold the memory of Mary who inspires and influences me today as an instructor.
In addition to my yoga and meditation teachings, I have 14 years of experience as a Certified Hypnotist and have developed the Yoga Hypnosis Training Technique (Y.H.T.T) to assist my clients in the development of healthy and sustainable lifestyle habits.
Let your light shine and begin awakening within!
Harmony Ananda, RYT 500
Certified Instructor
Harmony Ananda is one of the first and most beloved yoga teachers in Sarasota. She received her 500-hour Yoga Certification from Yoga Alliance in 2000. Harmony now specializes in Gentle Meditative Yoga which combines traditional Hatha Yoga postures, Pranayama (breathing practices), Yoga Nidra (conscious relaxation), Mudra & Meditation. You will experience and learn about the 8 limbs of Yoga, as well as traditional yoga alignments & meditation techniques. This is a slow-paced class which integrates all of the above, as well as restorative postures using props to assist student’s ease in developing good posture, flexibility and strength. Open to all ages and levels.
Harmony was one of the original teachers at Body & Soul Yoga Cooperative, Sarasota’s first yoga center and helped create and teach in that Yoga Teacher Training Program. She also started the yoga program at the Ayurvedic Center, and Mandala Yoga Sanctuary. She most recently taught for 7 years at Garden of the Heart Yoga Center .
Harmony has been blessed to study with great Yoga Masters since the age of 20 when she became a teacher of Transcendental Meditation, as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. She is also certified in Kripalu Yoga, founded by Yoga Amrit Desai and TriYoga, founded by American Yogini, Kali Ray. Harmony is certified to teach yoga to Veterans and is also certified in Laughter Yoga as taught by Madon Katira. Harmony has also offered Yoga on Cruise Ships and teaches Couples Yoga Retreats and workshops with her husband, Rick Joyce. Her life-long study and practice of yoga has blended into the style she teaches & offers today. Harmony honors the ancient practice of yoga as a tool for health, healing, longevity, and self-awareness
Eva Saunders
Certified Instructor
I was very fortunate to be introduced to yoga early in life and learned to practice on my own. Before the popularity we see today. I took my first training in Vienna, Austria. Coming to Sarasota I took Anusara training with Jaye Marten and Betsy Downing where the principals are based on alignment and always have a central focus for class. This helped to renew and deepen my skills. I trust the intelligence of my body to constantly try to maintain homeostasis, our most aligned self. I do daily meditation on the magnificent body and its functions of maintaining good health that I am grateful for. This is what I teach and live. I have been teaching for 57 years and make it My Lifestyle. .
Deborah McLeod
Certified Instructor
A recent Sarasota transplant, Deborah trained in modern & classical dance while studying anatomy, kinesiology and exercise physiology through college. In 2001 she established East Village Wellness in San Diego, Ca. an elegant private studio offering “pilates method” training, ashtanga, vinyasa & wall yoga instruction, massage therapy, advanced clinical and anti-aging skin care solutions. She has worked with and apprenticed under inspirational teachers whose influence has given her an outstanding ability to observe the behavior of the body and apply her knowledge in a practical fashion. She is a dedicated teacher/student and believes everyone could benefit immensely from a process that enables you to think more clearly, breathe more effortlessly and move more efficiently.
Shakti - Carolina Rivelli
Certified Instructor
Shakti; Carolina Rivelli
Shakti has a Ph.D in Yoga Science and over 800 hours of official Yoga Teacher Training, combined with life long training and practice from Yogi Alice Christensen of the Light of Yoga Society and American Yoga Association. She is also a Certified Professional I AM Yoga Nidra Facilitator who is initiated into her beloved Guru Amrit Desai’s Tantric Kundalini Lineage as a close disciple.
Anya Castellano, MA, RYT
Certified Instructor
Anya has earned a Masters Degree in Counseling and is a Registered Yoga Teacher.She studied Anusara Yoga with John Friend and Kundalini Yoga at the Khalsa Healing Arts and Yoga Center in Yardley, Penn. She taught Yoga full time in New Jersey, her home state for 15 years and then continued teaching on the East Coast of Florida. After taking time off from teaching classes, Anya moved to Sarasota and created Quantam Face Healing and a Balancing Yogic Practice, which she implements with private clients. Anya has felt a calling to once again teach and serve. She is so grateful to have found Prana Yoga Studio a place she can call home. Anya is also a Crystal Bowl Sound Therapist, Collage Artist and Fairy Hair Stylist.
Harriet Roberts
Certified Instructor
Harriet Roberts is a devoted yogini who has been practicing seriously since 1991. Before moving
to Sarasota in 2010 she was senior counsel and partner in private law practice on Wall Street
followed by a decade as a law professor. During that time Yoga became her lifeline in navigating
the high pressure of a professional career on the cutting edge of the business of disputes. Upon
retirement from law practice she turned to yoga full time and deepened her practice, earning her
200 RYT in 2012, studying with Jaye Martin and Betsey Downing. She is trained in the Anusara
style of yoga, an alignment based yoga adhering to Tantric philosophy. She is devoted to the full
and exuberant expression of each yogi’s divinity through the precise and compassionate practice
of engagement of the body and heart-mind.
Loretta Milia
Certified Instructor
Through Kundalini Yoga, Loreta weaves breath, movement, and mantra into a practice that uplifts the spirit and restores inner balance. Her Yoga Nidra offerings are an invitation into deep rest, where the body softens, the mind quiets, and the soul remembers its wholeness. With the healing touch of Reiki, Loreta channels universal life force to harmonize energy and nurture renewal from within.
Her work is rooted in compassion and presence, creating sacred spaces where others can breathe more deeply, feel more fully, and awaken to the beauty of simply being. Loreta’s path is one of guiding others back to themselves — to the peace, clarity, and light that already lives inside.
Meredith Sauceda
Certified Instructor
Meredith Sauceda is a dedicated instructor specializing in Anusara yoga. Trained under Jaye Martin, she brings a heart-centered and alignment-focused approach to her teaching, ensuring students of all levels feel supported and empowered in their practice. Meredith offers a wide range of classes making yoga accessible to everyone, regardless of experience or ability.
Beyond the mat, Meredith is also a skilled sound healer, incorporating sound baths and yoga nidra into her classes to create a deeply restorative experience. Her holistic approach blends movement, breathwork, and sound, guiding students toward balance, strength, and inner peace.
Meredith’s passion for well-being extends into the community through her commitment to food accessibility and sustainability. She actively participates in food rescue and gleaning initiatives, ensuring that fresh, nutritious produce reaches those who need it most. Her dedication to both personal and collective wellness makes her a valuable presence in the yoga and broader community.
At Prana Yoga Studio, Meredith fosters a space of connection, healing, and transformation, inviting students to explore their practice with curiosity, kindness, and authenticity.
Larisa Kenny
Certified Instructor
14 years ago I came to a point in my life where I needed something for me, for my body and for my mind. I had tried a variety of exercise programs but nothing gave me the satisfaction that I was looking for, until I stumbled upon a Park District yoga class. As a professional dietitian caring for seniors with dementia and memory loss, my days were challenging yet yoga created a balance.
I developed my foundations in Anusara inspired Vinyasa Flow. I have also had extensive studies in the practice of Iyengar and therapeutic yoga. I received my 200 hour RYT Certification from my mentor, Silvia Mordini, then received a certification in Prenatal Yoga and later completed my Personal Trainer Certification through the AFAA.
I believe the practice of Yoga enhances and improves the quality of our lives. When our lives become more demanding, it is essential that we take time to nurture our minds and heal our bodies. I feel privileged to share the physical and mental benefits of Yoga with individuals from all walks of life.
I finished my 500 hours teacher training in 2017.
Ram Deva (Sheri) Levine
Certified Instructor
Sheri has been practicing Yoga for many years, but her love of and identification with Kundalini Yoga have transformed her practice and dedication. She studied with Deva Kaur Khalsa and received Certification to teach under the auspices of KRI in 2023.
She especially loves bringing Kundalini Yoga and its rich variety to newer students to the practice, with an emphasis on the transformative values that Kundalini Yoga brings through Kriya, Meditation and especially Pranayama (breathwork).
Originally from New York City, now residing in Venice, FL Sheri holds certification in ThaiYoga Bodywork for more than 20 years, and offers this wonderful healing therapy by appointment, as well as Breathwork.
Carmita Lorador
Certified Instructor
Carmita Lorador a former Cirque du Soleil artists, has transformed her life from dazzling performances to a proud commitment to health and wellness as a yoga teacher and an acrobatics coach .Through her unique blend of skills, she shares a passion for cultivating the mimd body connection, emphasizing the significance of flexibility, strength, and mindfulness in her teachings.
In her classes, Carmita places a strong emphasis on flexibility—not just in the physical sense, but also in mental adaptability. she recognizes that flexibility is essential for both acrobatics and yoga , allowing individuals to navigate challenges with grace and resilience , by integrating dynamic, static stretching , mobility drills, and mindful breathing techniques, she helps her students develop greater physical flexibility , which in turn enhances their overall performance and wellbeing.
Angelique Chromy
Alissa Haggstrom
Alissa has spent over a decade studying sound healing, astrology, numerology, yoga, Reiki, and various other energetic practices. Her passion and curiosity inspired her to create Aquarian Sound Medicine, an intuitive practice that uniquely blends many of these modalities into deeply harmonizing experiences.
Her signature offering, the Star Harmony Sound Bath, is a fully immersive journey aligning sound healing with planetary influences and cosmic rhythms. She carefully selects from a rich collection of instruments including over 20 crystal bowls, Sun, Moon, and Wind gongs, a 30 inch frame drum, Tibetan bowls, and over 20 tuning forks, curating frequencies to match the energies of the present moment. Sessions are held under a live-projected night sky, with essential oils, herbal tea, and crystal gemstones woven into the experience to support deep integration and energetic alignment.
Through this intentional blend, Alissa’s work moves beyond a traditional sound bath, providing a warm, intuitive exploration of deeper resonance within yourself and the cosmos around you.
Class Pricing
UNLIMITED, CLASS PASSES AND SINGLE CLASS (DROP-INS)
Best Value!
Monthly Unlimited
$185
Per Month
Includes wall classes!
Annual Unlimited
$1465
Or $125 / Month
Includes wall classes!
Semi Annual Unlimited
$795
For 6 Months
Includes wall classes!
Single Standard Yoga Class
(Drop In)
$20
4 Class Pass Standard
X
$60
10 Class Pass Standard
X
$135
Single Wall Class
(Drop in)
$25
4 Class Pass Wall
X
$74
10 Class Pass Wall
X
$175
Private Session
$100
Includes advanced yoga classes with our most experienced coaches. This type of membership is perfect for starters. For people, who are not sure what to do with their schedule or workout routine yet.
*All Class Passes expire after 6 month after purchase.
Why Donate?
Prana Yoga has been in business for 10 years. Over this time I have seen the studio become a place of community for the community. It’s a big step forward to move from the “I” to the “We”, spiritually, mentally and emotionally. Prana Yoga Foundation is a 501c3 non- profit and we would like to let people know they can make a tax-deductible contribution through it. We are reaching out to the community to make an investment in supporting Prana Yoga in keeping it thriving.
While many people see the studio as the work of one or two people, it really belongs to the community and to all who come to experience kirtan, Yoga, instruction, healing, and the social-spiritual gatherings that enrich our lives. We trust that you feel the same way and are willing to help sustain this spiritual center.
As my spiritual mentor said ” Let people love you,” “Give them an opportunity” A lesson for us all…
Community Involvement
There are many benefits why people gravitate towards a yoga practice. Yoga helps strengthen the body and mind, builds community, find one’s authentic self and even reframes one’s thought process on how they should approach life. The benefits are endless and should be experienced by everyone!
Our foundation supports and funds yoga programs for various groups. We also provide training to help kickstart yoga programs, inspiring grassroots social change, and community cooperation in under-resourced areas. Join us in sharing the transformational benefits of yoga with the world, one person at a time.
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3840 S Osprey Ave, Sarasota, FL 34239
(941) 928-2137