Stephanie Adames ~ Founder & E-CYT500
Before teaching yoga, Stephanie spent 15+ years guiding children and families through emotional challenges. Along the way, she discovered that true healing begins within — and yoga became the bridge between her inner work and her calling to serve others.
As the founder of Soulful Yoga Connections and The Soulful Shala, Stephanie has created nurturing spaces where movement, breath, and presence become medicine for the body and soul. Completing 200-hour yoga certification in 2017 and graduating from Advanced 300-hour Teacher Training Program at Lotus Pond Yoga School in Tampa, FL, in 2023, Stephanie is a Certified 500-hour Yoga Teacher. She has also completed 30 hours in Aerial Yoga, 60 hours of Yin Yoga, Trauma Informed Yoga and has accumulated over 2,000 hours of teaching experience.
A graduate of the University of Florida, Stephanie brings her background in counseling and holistic wellness into every class, weaving together mindful movement, emotional awareness, and soulful connection. Her approach is both grounding and liberating — an invitation to soften, to listen, and to rediscover the quiet strength that lives within.
In Stephanie’s classes, yoga becomes more than a practice — it becomes a homecoming to yourself.
