Our Teachers
Kim Gargiulo RYT
Carla Ann Drummond RYT 500, YACEP
Marla Jenkins RYT 200
Kim is a managing partner of Kure Beach Yoga. She has been teaching yoga classes for nearly 20 years, including many years of teaching yoga on the beach. She enjoys teaching and practicing vinyasa yoga where each pose organically flows into the next, incorporating breath with movement. Poses are held to increase strength and flexibility. Her yoga class is welcoming, energizing and invigorating with the goal of leaving students feeling relaxed and centered - fitting for beginners as well as experienced practitioners. The overarching goal of yoga, to Kim, is to unite the body, mind and spirit. Kim is a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and is certified with Kidding Around Yoga. She has also trained in trauma based yoga, Ayurveda and prenatal yoga. Kim has traveled with Fitness Pro Travel since 2022 and has taught yoga to guests from around the world.
Marla Jenkins RYT 200
Carla Ann Drummond RYT 500, YACEP
Marla Jenkins RYT 200
Marla is a managing partner of Kure Beach Yoga. Yoga has been part of Marla’s life for almost 20 years now and there are many reasons why she continues to practice. Marla says that “aside of the many health benefits, practicing yoga allows me to deepen the connection to my true self and be present not only on my mat, but to myself and others. With the chaos that finds its way into each day, I find that each yoga class slows me down and reconnects me to what is important.” Marla completed her certification to teach Samdhaana yoga in 2020 and is Registered with Yoga Alliance (RYT 200). She has also received her Reiki Masters Certification crediting her yoga practice for introducing her to the body’s 7 main energy centers or “chakras” which led her to the healing practice of Reiki or “Universal Life-Force Energy“. Marla’s classes are laid back, soulful and offer the student a chance to set aside ego and just be.
Carla Ann Drummond RYT 500, YACEP
Carla Ann Drummond RYT 500, YACEP
Carla Ann Drummond RYT 500, YACEP
Carla Ann is the owner and founder of Lake Lure Yoga. She feels passionately about making yoga accessible to all. Her first yoga venture was to create a community space in Kure Beach, offering yoga for all levels of practice and always with the option to ‘pay what you can’ . Having moved to the Lake Lure area in 2021, she is bringing the breath of the sea to the heart of the mountains in this lovely new (retrofitted) space for the community to gather and practice yoga together. Carla Ann is registered with Yoga Alliance, holding ERYT200, RYT 500, YACEP and yoga for trauma certifications. With over 25 years of yoga experience, she encourages personal expression with energetic connection and creative movement. With the vision of co-creating sister studios in Kure Beach and Lake Lure, she is deeply grateful to see this connection of Mountains and Sea come together in 2021.
Megan Pryor RYT 200
Paula Huffman BS, RN, ERYT, CCE, Mindfulness Instructor
Carla Ann Drummond RYT 500, YACEP
Megan has been practicing the many styles of yoga for over 13 years. She believes it is an essential tool in building physical strength and mental awareness. Yoga fosters this connection of mind, body and spirit, connecting us to our own truths and assists with continuing our life’s path.
Megan says “My hope in teaching is to offer a comfortable and safe space where you can let go of expectation, get into the body, create space and mobility and reconnect to the essence of you! I want you to feel energized, achieve your potential and just feel good!” Megan completed her Samdhanna Yoga teacher training and is registered with Yoga Alliance (RYT 200). Her classes are purposeful, peaceful and introspective.
Paula Huffman BS, RN, ERYT, CCE, Mindfulness Instructor
Paula Huffman BS, RN, ERYT, CCE, Mindfulness Instructor
Paula Huffman BS, RN, ERYT, CCE, Mindfulness Instructor
Paula started practicing yoga in the mid 70’s and has been an instructor of yoga for
about 25 years. The combination of her training as a Registered Nurse and
Certified Mindfulness Instructor continues to inform both her personal practice
and her teaching. Her classes provide opportunities for stretching, strengthening
and restoring with a focus on alignment for safety purposes while encouraging a
gentle, reflective and laid-back approach to the experience. She holds an Adjunct Faculty appointment with UNC Chapel Hill teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Pain Management Courses with the UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine’s Program on Integrative Medicine after completing two
Mindfulness facilitator trainings with the Center for Mindfulness at the UMASS
Hospitals, led by Jon Kabat Zinn. She received her 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training
with the NC School of Yoga in 2001. She also holds specialty certifications in
Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga, Perinatal Fitness, Mindful Yoga, Yoga Warriors with
PTSD, and Level I Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy.
Genevra Miller RYT
Paula Huffman BS, RN, ERYT, CCE, Mindfulness Instructor
Paula Huffman BS, RN, ERYT, CCE, Mindfulness Instructor
Genevera has been teaching yoga since 2017. She likes to offer classes that are a mixture of “smart plus heart” weaving yoga themes throughout that help make the ancient science of yoga relevant in todays modern world. Genevera enjoys teaching all levels and ages functional yoga. She believes that how we do anything is how we do everything. If we can practice reducing stress and moving mindfully on our mats we may notice without trying we start to bring these new habits into our daily life. When she is not teaching yoga Genevera is training in Ayurveda school to be an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, leading educational women’s workshops, full moon sound bath experiences, and enjoying the best of beach life with her husband and three children. Join her on the mat for mindful movement, stress reduction, and cultivating healthy habits.