LATOYA BARNES

LaToya has a yoga practitioner since 2010 and is a certified yoga instructor, registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 200. She is the owner and lead instructor at The Soular Yogi studio in Gulfport, MS where she teaches Vinyasa Flow, Power Yoga, Slow Flow, Yin/Yang Yoga, and Gentle Yoga. LaToya is a graduate of Florida A&M University where she earned a Bachelor of Criminology, and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

LaToya has been featured in Natural Awakenings Holistic Magazine and in Mantra Yoga & Wellness Magazine’s “Wisdom of Women” series, and she has served as a crew member for the Yoga Journal Live Conference.  As a member of the Yoga Body and Image Coalition, and the Black Yoga Teachers Alliance, LaToya strives to promote diversity, body positivity, and inclusivity in the yoga community. She believes that yoga is for EVERYONE regardless of race, religious belief, body type, and socioeconomic status. Her playful and energetic classes fuse movement, breath, and stillness, in a fresh and innovative way to encourage her students to live a fearlessly inspired life.