Meet Your Instructors

Kelly Prince - Founder

Bikram Yoga Certified 2006 , 500Hr E-RYT, Active Isolated Stretching Certified, Professional Circus/ Stunt Performer 2000 - 2007.

Kelly Prince is the proud owner of Body Heat Yoga Studio. She is certified in Bikram Yoga, 200Hr RYT and Active Isolated Stretching. Kelly has spent a lot of her time teaching professional athletes, soccer moms, grandparents, and everyone in between. Her yoga sequences follow the guidelines of ” breath linked with movement.”

Kelly was born in Sarasota, Florida where she spent her childhood performing in the circus. After graduating from Riverview High School, she spent five years as a stunt performer at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and in Tokyo, Japan. Kelly credits her wide array of life experiences for molding her into the person she is today.

Kelly attended her first yoga class after coming home from Tokyo. Simply put, she did not care for it; the second class did nothing to change her mind. It was not until after her first “Hot” class in 2005 that she fell in love with yoga. The primary difference was crystal clear: Kelly connected with the instructor on a personal level. This connection inspired her to practice daily and allowed her to realize that the true benefits of yoga went far beyond one’s physical appearance. The real results and benefits could be found in her mind and soul.

Armed with her new passion, Kelly headed west to Los Angeles, California in 2006 to begin Bikram teacher training. In 2007, she opened Body Heat in Sarasota. To this day, she has made it a constant goal to form the same personal connection with her students that she experienced with her instructor who opened her eyes to yoga.

“I am honored to teach someone who may otherwise walk away from yoga, to make that connection from the moment they walk through the door. We’re all equal, we all have stuff going on and we’re all here together.”

“In between the chaos yoga provided me with inner silence. And through inner silence I received the strength to heal.”

Jenny Parish –

500 RYT Sunstone Yoga Academy

I took my first yoga class in 2007 and loved it. I began practicing hot yoga regularly as a means to loose weight but also found myself feeling more connected, focused, and just plain happier. In 2008, I completed a 500 hr RYT certification with Sunstone Yoga Academy in Dallas, Texas. I began teaching hot yoga and quickly branched out to teach power and vinyasa yoga as well, continuing my education through workshops and conferences. In 2010, I moved from Dallas to Sarasota and was happy to find a place to practice and teach with Body Heat. I took a hiatus from teaching to have my two beautiful children. I found with motherhood, I need yoga more than ever. I seek to help others nurture their mind, body, and soul through yoga. As a teacher, my goal is that you step off the mat feeling refreshed, nourished and centered. Your practice will change and grow with you and meet you where you are.

Angela Mynatt

Body Heat Yoga Teacher Trainer/ 500hr E- RYT

500 RYT - Hatha alignment based Yoga, Vinyasa, and fascia myofascial release
Reiki Master
I was born and raised in Sarasota, and then took time out to travel to far away destinations, looking for my path in Life. I started practicing Iyengar Based Yoga 6 years ago and Vinyasa 4 years ago, and now currently educating in Fascia release.
I began my practice for the purpose of weight loss and flexibility. Soon I was to discover, as I deepened my practice, that my emotional well-being was positively affected and my love for others and myself grew. The physical was soon becoming balanced with the Spiritual and It started bringing me contentment through Gratitude. It is my pleasure and service to share the gifts I have found in the practice of Yoga.

Milana Simik

200 - Hour RYT

I started practicing bikram yoga in Vail, CO in 2005. I fell in love with the practice and it has been a consistent part of my life. Since I began practicing, I also got diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Although I often have to modify some postures, the bikram yoga has really helped me deal with the debilitating part of RA on a physical, mental and emotional level. I believe it has made my RA much more manageable, and my body is able to move with much greater ease.

In 2010, I decided to undergo a 200hr hot yoga teacher training program in Vail, CO. It was one of the best decisions I have made. I have been fortunate to teach at Body Heat since returning from training and I love sharing my passion for bikram yoga with the other students.

Melissa Schildkraut

RYT 200- Hour at Circusoul ,Expert rating yoga cert, BS in psychology from Tufts University. MS in Kinesiology from University of Michigan. ACSM certification Exercise Specialist, Health coach certification from Institute of Integrative Nutrition

Melissa has been working in the health and wellness field for 25 years. She is a mother of three, including a child in college. A happy practitioner of hot yoga for over 6 years, Melissa continues to see amazing mind and body benefits from the classes at Body Heat. Melissa loves teaching yoga and welcomes all to come try our amazing classes at Body Heat Studio!

Natalie Ghezzi

500hr RYT

Natalie Ghezzi is a lifelong movement artist and creative visionary with over a decade of experience in studying, professional dance, production, and teaching internationally. Her dedication to wellness and the healing arts has also led her to explore paths in fitness, massage, and bodywork.

Natalie’s discovery of yoga at the age of 18 was a life-transforming experience that continues to provide a sacred space for personal healing and soulful sovereignty. Her love for sharing and inspiring others propelled her to deepen her connection with yoga, leading her to become a 500RYT yoga teacher in 2019. Throughout her journey, she has cultivated a deeper understanding and artistic appreciation of the practice. Her classes blend Vinyasa with creative bursts of movement and balance, offering a unique and enjoyable approach to exploring the connection of breath and body with curiosity and awareness.

In 2021, after touring for years as a dancer, Natalie embarked on a cross-country adventure and eventually settled in Sarasota, Florida, where she continues to share her passion for movement and the arts through diverse forms of expression. Additionally to her movement-based work, she also serves as a creative consultant/director providing her unique artistic vision to studios and productions in a variety of content creation endeavors.

Natalie’s profound relationship with movement has enabled her to witness its transformative and healing potential. She has devoted much of her life’s work to her passion for movement’s ability to facilitate change and her affinity for creating visually and experientially impactful moments within this realm.

With her deep connection to movement and creative arts, she is committed to supporting her students in embracing personal freedom and deepening their connection to themselves and the world in their own unique way.

Alice P Nelson

Bikram and Kripalu certified in yoga and Mad Dogg certified in spinning.

Started teaching step aerobics as a result of her love of movement on a bicycle, which she did then and still riders today. During the early years of group classes I taught step aerobics, body pump, cycling, pool classes and eventually yoga. Yoga’s popularity started to grow when I was teaching at Bally’s Total Fitness gym in NJ.

From finding yoga at the gym, I attended a 200 hour training in 1999 at Kripalu center for yoga and health which opened its doors in MA, in 1983, a time of change in the yoga world in the west. In 1973 Bikram Choudhury opened his studio in Beverly Hills, CA and became well known as the yoga teacher to the stars. This style of yoga was also gaining followers at his studio. He started offering teacher trainings to people in that original studio in Beverly Hills, in 1994 with small groups to start. When I attended the Bikram yoga, 500 hour Teacher training, it was the fall of 2000, my class of 203 (I believe we started with) was the largest class at the time. Years following, the teacher training offerings grew even bigger. From 2001-2006 I owned and operated a Bikram Yoga only studio in NJ. That year brought change to my life with the selling of the studio to then riding my Bicycle across the USA in the summer of 2006.

Since selling the studio Iv been lucky enough to teach and practice at many amazing studios. Iv been fortunate enough to teach in NJ, NY, CA, WA, MA, FL, England and New Zealand. I love visiting studios all over as well as one meets amazing and welcoming teachers and students alike. Yoga brings people together with others and more importantly, together with the self. Yoga gives one the opportunity to explore the self via movement and breath to better connect to everyday activities of daily living on planet earth. Any style will do! Come and explore how you feel via poses and breath work with me!

Kelly Atkins,

Tri Yoga Training in Sarasota, ACE certified personal trainer with 30 years experience, has a Bachelors of Science degree in Health and Wellness.

Kelly first discovered yoga in 1998 as a way to enrich her dance. She completed the Tri Yoga Training in Sarasota in 2002 and continued to explore different forms of yoga. In 2012 she discover hot yoga and fell in love with its ability to cleanse the body, stretch deeply into muscles and clear the mind. Kelly is also ACE certified personal trainer with 30 years experience, has a Bachelors of Science degree in Health and Wellness with a strong background in anatomy and physiology. She’s a mom and also the creator of ” Kai” a somatic dance fitness program. Www.kaimoves.com

Daniele Jarman

Body Heat Yoga Manager and Teacher Trainer

500 Hour E-RYT

Daniele has been involved in health and wellness her whole life. She loves a strong, challenging and creative yoga class; yet believes Yoga is so much more than just the physical practice. Daniele takes great pleasure in guiding classes that inspire others to experience the bliss of all aspects of Yoga: Body. Mind. Spirit. Daniele is the proud owner of Ignite Yoga Center a studio that is thriving in NJ under the teachers that she has trained over the years. After recently relocating to beautiful Sarasota, she is super excited to share her love of this Ancient Art with Florida Yogis. Daniele previously was an owner of two large gymnastic training facilities in Northern NJ. Her gymnastic background gives her a solid base to teach and inspire her students on their mats particularly in more advanced poses. Daniele received her Yoga Certification from Sonic Yoga in New York City. She has also studied with Shiva Rae, Sean Corne, Sharon Gannon and David Life, and many other influential yoga teachers of our time. Her Flow classes are an eclectic inspiration from various styles of yoga. Classes are different each day and are accented by great music and a calorie-torching flow. She has directed many 200 hour and 300 hour Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Trainings. Daniele has also taught Yoga for people suffering from addiction and mental illness at St Claire’s Hospital and was the Yoga Teacher for Oasis in Paterson NJ (a haven for women and children). She is married to Marc and is the proud Mom of 3 beautiful daughters and two fur babies.

Lee Ann Armington

200Hr RYT

In 2007, Lee Ann took her first class at Body Heat Yoga Studio in Sarasota, Florida. A decade and a half later, she completed a 200 hour YTT at the same studio and credits her continued love of yoga to the foundation she built inside those walls.

While completing thousands of class hours as a student at Body Heat Yoga, Lee Ann attained an international perspective with a professional career that afforded her the opportunity to travel the world. From Europe to Central America to North America, Lee Ann has immersed herself in the practices of Vinyasa, Yin, Bikram, Hatha and Ashtanga.

Whether she is guiding students through a calming Yin class or a powerful Vinyasa flow, Lee Ann strives for everyone to feel balanced and reset. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” (Tao Te Ching, 64) Lee Ann enjoys teaching those who are about to take their first step as well as those who are already miles into their journey.

Marina Traub 500HR E-RYT

website www.radicalyoga.com

Marina discovered yoga via VHS tapes in the 90s and began practicing regularly as a Division I rower at The University of Virginia. After a dozen years of collegiate coaching (including several NCAA Championships and lots of team yoga sessions) she transitioned from full time coaching to teaching yoga (but still sometimes coaching). She has certifications in Prison Yoga, Yoga for 12 Step Recovery, and Veterans Yoga, and leads Trauma Informed Yoga trainings, Continuing Education, and 200 and 300 hour YTTs. She is passionate about helping people understand how their bodies move optimally and with connection, revealing the internal tools which ground and balance the nervous system giving access to fuller joy, deeper trust, sharper focus, and clearer intuition. She is an ERYT-500 and has taken immersive trainings with Noah Maze, Judith Lasater, Seane Corn, Jason Crandell, Dice Iida-Klein, Carmen Aguilar, Mark Breadner, and Sally Kempton. She now instructs the USRowing High Performance Centers and Olympic Development Program and hosts daily online yoga classes through her website, Radical Yoga. She teaches workshop weekends around the country and will lead yoga retreats to anywhere with coastline and a chance of sea turtles.

Hillary Kallenberger

500HR E- RYT, Masters Degree in Human Relations, Certified Personal Trainer, Thai Yoga Practitioner, Certified Life and Meditation Coach , and level 2 Certified Neufit Practitioner.

A classically trained dancer, Hillary Kallenberger developed a passion for movement a young age, with a continued quest for understanding how the body works. She has a Masters Degree in Human Relations and worked as a Mental Health Counselor incorporating art, movement, and recreational therapy into her work. After the birth of her daughter, HIllary moved into the personal training and fitness field, as well as starting her path to become a Registered Yoga Instructor . She has been teaching for over 15 years, working with individuals and groups to help them gain a deeper understanding about their bodies and themselves. She is a 500 HR E- RYT, Certified Personal Trainer, Thai Yoga Practitioner, Certified Life and Meditation Coach , and level 2 Certified Neufit Practitioner. Hillary enjoys using a blend of modalities to help her clients achieve their personal, emotional and spiritual goals through a deeper understanding of the body as a messenger.

Heather Grindstaff

200Hr RTY , Yoga Alliance Registered - Full Circle Yoga School in Cocoa Beach, FLRYS-Hot 108 Flow Teacher Training at Studio 108 Yoga and Holistic Healing in Tampa, Florida in 2016.

Reiki First Degree- attuned by Deborah Quinn, (Ra, LMT, Reiki Master, Herbalist, Ayurvedic Practitioner )

” I began my yoga journey in 2011 at BodyHeat. I had always been a runner and never thought of myself a yogi, but that quickly changed! The best thing about yoga is it lifetime practice for anybody at any fitness level. Yoga has been life changing for me in not only maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but in reducing stress and anxiety levels. We live in such a busy world, it’s important to take time to be mindful, centered and reflective. I love teaching yoga because it gives me a way to share my passion for yoga and get students excited to try something they never thought they could do.”