Our Team
Kara is the founder of The Hive. She is a former collegiate volleyball and tennis player, former collegiate head volleyball coach, previous real estate agent, has 10 year experience in pharmaceutical sales and has been a yoga studio owner for 5 years. She is the founder of The Walking Gospel and The Hive.
Kara Rogers
Kara is passionate about Jesus, yoga, writing, motivational speaking and helping others achieve their dreams. Her mission in life is to glorify God with her talents and her testimony while she empowers others to live wild and free in authenticity as God created them. Her corporation, Walking Gospel, is her heartbeat because she believes that the gospel Jesus represented walks much differently than what most Christians are walking today. She is determined to find culturally relevant ways to share the message.
Kara began practicing yoga in 2009 and became a certified Holy Yoga instructor in 2015. She loves all styles of yoga from Hot Power to Bikram and Vinyasa to Yin yoga. She is passionate about encouraging Christians to embrace experiential forms of worship for the richness of the communion and defends the sacredness of yoga for all religions as a path of oneness with the Divine.
Kara resides in Daphne, Alabama with her son, Noah (12) and her daughter, Shiloh (6).
You can follow her on Instagram @kararogersofficial
Mary Pilcher
Being a dancer, I have communicated through movement most of my life. When I discovered the path and teaching of yoga, I was hooked. Yoga has the potential to deepen the most important relationship we have in this lifetime, the one we create with ourselves. It encourages students to take a closer look at their bodies, minds and hearts, and provides us with an opportunity to create and find harmony between all three. My goal as a yoga teacher is to encourage people to trust in their inner strength and to help students create a sustainable yoga practice. My classes vary weekly, but the style is always a fluid and dynamic flow with a focus on alignment. I hope that I create a safe place that will empower students to make intelligent decisions on the mat. Our bodies and our needs change daily and it is my hope that you honor that by adding in what nourishes you and taking out what doesn’t. I completed my certifications and yoga training at Back Bay Yoga in Boston, MA under the teachings of Lynne Begier, Ryan Cunningham, and Caitlyn Graham Visconte. I have continued to develop my personal practice and teaching with advanced yoga studies through Back Bay Yoga, Boston Yoga Union and other programs and workshops around the county including Tim Kelleher, Leslie Kaminoff, Cora Wen, and Ally Hamilton. It is an honor and privilege to be at the seat of the teacher where I can share the information and love I have gathered over the years with others. I look forward to seeing you on the mat.
Emmie Blaze
Emmie’s love of dance and movement led her to yoga. As a young Mom, her yoga practice became the physical and creative outlet she craved. As her practiced deepened, Emmie could see the benefits of the mind-body connection in daily life. In 2022, she committed to a daily inversion practice as both a physical and mental challenge. This devotion and consistency has provided a sense of peace, empowerment and joy in the chaos of life.
Emmie lives in Daphne with her four favorite tiny humans. Beyond her yoga practice, she loves to run, strength train, choreograph and cook for her family. In her daily life, yoga inspires Emmie to live with equal parts grit and grace. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance from Birmingham-Southern College and is a 200-hour certified yoga instructor.
Sherae McMurphy
Sherae has been teaching Pilates classes for 15 years. She obtained a 450 hour comprehensive certification in 2007 through The Pilates Sports Center in Encino, CA and has experience with Reformer Pilates, Cadillac, Trapeze, Barrel, and Chair.
Sherae became a Pilates instructor after extreme pain from childbirth and found Pilates healed her back. She is passionate about helping people connect to their bodies and discovering their own love for a practice that had such a tremendous impact on her personally.
She lives in Old Towne Daphne with her husband Edward and has 3 adult children. Sherae and Edward love live music & dancing and their new life as empty nesters!
Sherine Roth
Sherine started practicing yoga in 2016. Challenged and intrigued by the physical, mental and emotional shifts yoga presented her with, she began her first 200 hour YTT in 2017. Eager to learn and offer more for her students, she enrolled in her second 200 YTT with The Soul Shine Life and graduated in 2021. Her passion for yoga and its fundamentals expand to a lifestyle through the eight limbs of yoga. For Sherine, teaching is a practice of devotion and service. In her class, you are invited to connect, challenge yourself, have fun exploring, as well as rest and honor your body.
Michelle Taylor
Michelle began her yoga practice more than 20 years ago when she went to a book store to study dreams and found an asana book. Her personal practice began through self study of the breath, body and asana’s at home. Ten years later, she met someone who encouraged her to get more serious about her practice. Michelle began a studio practice with Soul Shine Yoga where she learned a flow practice and then became a 200 hr RYT certified yoga teacher. In the fall of 2022, Michelle obtained her 300-hour certification with Jennifer Guthrie, owner of Glow Yoga in Gulf Shores. Michelle is passionate about the study of dreams and offers intuitive readings and dream work through the Hive.
She lives in Fairhope with her son Christopher & daughter Joan.
Nicholas Stravers
Nicholas Started practicing yoga in 2015. Fascinated with the connection to mind and body he began his Yoga exploration. Until then his fitness journey was centered on physical training with little recovery for the body. He found Yoga provided a fitness challenge as well as mental exercise for better and more complete health. He has been teaching yoga since 2016 and loves to find new methods, asanas, and flows to explore the body and mind connection.
Each practice is an adventure in self exploration, and his continuing prayer is that all students leave his class with what they need.
Heal and strengthen the Heart, Nourish the Soul and Sharpen the Mind. Nic teaches Hot Power Yoga and YIN yoga for the Hive.
Marissa Rennaker
Marissa Rennaker embarked on her path of mindful movement over two decades ago when she attained her Pilates Mat certification in 2004. She further expanded her expertise in 2021 with a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training from Soul Shine. Marissa's classes offer a unique blend of power, flexibility, and mindfulness, providing a workout experience that encourages presence and self-awareness.
In her inclusive space, students of all levels push physical capabilities, while also cultivating personal strength and fostering self-awareness for their overall well-being.
Beyond the mat, Marissa finds joy in various forms of exercise including tennis, running, weight training, paddleboarding, and pickleball. As a devoted mom of three and an active member of the Daphne community, Marissa understands the importance of balance and connection in maintaining overall well-being.
Join Marissa for an enriching experience that nourishes both body and soul.
Brandi English
Brandi is a native of Mobile and began taking yoga classes while studying psychology and social work at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
She moved to the Eastern Shore in 2008 and began work in the veterinary field because of her love for pets and their people.
After discovering the many benefits of an at-home practice and desiring to share her love of yoga & meditation, she enrolled in yoga teacher training with Soul Shine Yoga.
She is passionate about Restorative Yoga and looks forward to sharing this experience with you. Brandi resides in Daphne, Alabama.