OUR TEAM
At Keystone Yoga, our team of dedicated and passionate teachers is committed to helping you change your life through yoga. Each instructor brings unique expertise and heartfelt dedication to guide you on your wellness journey. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced practitioner, our teachers are here to inspire, support, and help you transform your life.
KRISTEN MOLINARO
Founder, Power & Vinyasa Flow, Restorative, Chair Yoga
Kristen Molinaro is the founder of Keystone Yoga. Kristen has been a student of the practice of yoga since 2011. In 2015, she completed her 200-hour teacher training at Peace of Mind Yoga Studio, Conyngham PA, under the direction of Lynn Patton and Kristen Yuhas. Her training included nationally renowned yoga teachers Annie Q., Sid McNairy, and Deborah Williamson. In addition to her Vinyasa Yoga training, she completed Yoga for Trauma, Addiction & Recovery along with fulfillment of the Prison Yoga Project training under the direction of James Fox and a course on Chair Yoga for Seniors. In continuation with her studies, Kristen has been a student of Rachel Brathen, aka Yoga Girl, and internationally certified yoga teacher, Pradeep Teotia, for a decade. Kristen has taught over 1,000 hours of yoga classes. She moved to Florida in 2019 and started searching for a place to build a yoga community. Keystone Yoga was opened in June 2021. Throughout her yoga teaching career she has taught at yoga studios, gyms, public parks, Girl Scout groups, high school students, inside prison to correctional officers, and led warmups at organized runs. In her spare time, she enjoys running, going to Disney, and spending time with her boyfriend on his motorcycle. Her goal as a yoga teacher is to safely guide you to your edge and outside of your comfort zone while nurturing your body, mind, and spirit. Kristen is honored and humbled after each yoga class she teaches.
KAYE VLASS
Power & Vinyasa Flow
Kaye is a Brandon, FL native. She was introduced to yoga in 2009, and in 2011, she began practicing Baptiste yoga where she fell in love with the physical and mental practice. Kaye completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training certification at Big Fish Yoga in 2012. She went on to teach Baptiste power vinyasa, introductory classes, adaptive needs yoga, breathing and meditation classes, and yoga classes to individuals with traumatic brain injuries. In 2016, Kayeearned her Masters of Science in Occupational Therapy. Occupational therapists are trained to address the mind, body, and spirit of an individual as a WHOLE. Yoga aims to balance the WHOLE person. As a healthcare professional, Kaye has continued her yoga practice while integrating yoga into her professional practice as an Occupational Therapist. Kaye’s passion for yoga stems from thetransformation that it brought to her life. As a yoga teacher, she seeks to empower and bring the balance of the WHOLE to her students.“As you grow older, if you don’t move you won’t move.” -unknown
PEGGY FARRELL
Gentle, Restorative & Chair Yoga
Peggy Farrell experiences yoga as an invaluable path to maintaining physical, mental and spiritual health. While the benefits of asanas, or physical practice, are many, yoga’s profound benefits to the mind and spirit are equally important to her. She earned her academic degrees (B.A. and M.A.) from Michigan State University, and worked for many years as a medical journalist, gaining a deep knowledge of anatomy and physiology. Her career then focused on education, and she has taught in Hillsborough County Public Schools for 20 years. Her interest in yoga began with improving her cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health, but soon bloomed into a lifestyle that included mental and spiritual practice as well. Peggy completed her 200-hour training in Hatha Yoga at the Yoga Loft in Tampa, Fla. and her 300-hour certification from the Heartwood Yoga Institute in Bradenton, Fla., with a focus on yoga therapy. She has specialized training in yoga for trauma recovery, restorative yoga, advanced yoga philosophy, yoga for seniors. and advanced meditation instruction. She has shared her passion for yoga as a teacher since 2017 with students of all ages and abilities, tailoring her instruction to truly make yoga accessible for every body.
ANDREA CHEEKS
Power & Vinyasa Flow, Gentle Yoga
I first discovered yoga in college as just a way of exercising. However, it quickly became much more than that to me and I fell in love with the practice. A few years later I was signing up for a 200hr YTT program and completed my training at “Half Moon Yoga” in Medina, Ohio in 2015. Yoga has been such a positive influence in my life and I love to share that with others. My classes are accessible with opportunities to modify or intensify depending on your need that day. Just come as you are and do what you can!
JENNY MEANS
Restorative, Yin & Chair Yoga
Jenny started practicing yoga in 2004. As a classroom teacher, she started bringing yoga to her young students when she noted the mind/ body connection and how it helped with self-regulation early on. She obtained her ChildLight Childrens Certification in 2002 (NH) and her RYT 200 in 2019 (Find Your Voice/FL). She enjoys running inservices for teachers locally. Jenny is open about her health, weight, and loves to provide a space for others to feel comfortable in their own skin. She adores teaching Restorative and Yin yoga, which she finds brings feelings of bliss to benefit the mind AND body. Jenny added playing Singing Bowls to her practice a few years ago and hasn't looked back. Jenny is a mother and Gigi. Besides teaching yoga, she is an Infant/ Toddler Developmental Specialist with Early Steps, runs her church's Sunday school, loves to hang with family (and animals) and to be in nature.
NIKHIL MOOTOOR
Power & Vinyasa Flow
Nikhil's first yoga class was in 2018 taking a hot class and was so zenned out he was ZTFO (Ask what this means). After some challenges in life in 2023 that rerouted his life path for the better Nikhil quickly started yoga and became a teacher and received his 200h from APEX|YogaPod in Gainesville FL in 2024. Yoga has been an integral part of Nikhil's life journey and loves giving back to his students. In his class student's can expect a safe, warm, and inviting environment to be their true inner child. The goal is to knock on your adult self's door and ask your inner child to come outside and play through breath, movement, and being in the moment with mind and body. He specializes in vinyasa flow. Nikhil loves living life like a movie, travelling the world, meeting people, and experiencing different cultures. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, playing music, and living in the present moment. "And now, Yoga"-Patanjali
PAM BAST
Front Desk Staff
Pam has been exploring the path of yoga for over 30 years, deepening her practice through a 200-hour YTT in 2020 and currently working towards her 300-hour RYT. Since mid-2024, Pam has been a proud member of Keystone Yoga and now works a few peaceful evenings there each week. She also works locally as a hairstylist, massage therapist and somatic coach, supporting others in feeling their best—inside and out.
