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Welcome to Agni Miami, your fitness sanctuary to ignite the mystic spark within. We are a yoga studio that offers heated and non-heated classes using movement as the guiding light on your path toward holistic well-being. In a city where appearances often take precedence, we take pride in our reputation as an inclusive haven where you can show up exactly as you are and get the workout you desire.  

Our studio offers an array of classes that cater to a diverse range of fitness levels and spiritual inclinations to help you sweat, soothe, and balance your body and mind. Whether you're looking to break a sweat with our high-energy Agni Pump HIIT class or find stillness through our Yin Yoga or meditative sound baths, we've got something for everyone. All of our classes, services, events, and community-led spiritual offerings are concrete manifestations of our deeper belief and value to pursue your inner journey above all else.

As a proudly queer-owned studio, inclusivity is woven into the fabric of Agni Miami. We aim to cultivate a community where every soul seeking a space of non-judgment, self-acceptance, and authentic expression feels welcomed, safe, acknowledged, and cherished. Regardless of color, nationality, age, orientation, or ability, your presence is welcome in our studio. 

Our experienced instructors are dedicated to guiding you on your path, with personalized modifications and deep mindfulness. We designed our studio to be a clean and cleansing environment where members feel safe, secure, and uninhibited to be comfortable in their skin and allow distractions to melt away. We create the perfect atmosphere for each class, whether it's a fun and lively experience with vibrant lighting or a semi-dark room to enhance the reflective nature of a slower-paced class. 

At Agni Miami, our mission is to help you remember and realize who you truly are. Embark on a journey of self-discovery, presence, and community-building. Nurture your soul, ignite the passion, and foster a deep connection within our community.

Join Agni Miami and let's ignite the divine flame of holistic well-being, community, and authentic self-expression together.

Meet the Agni Family

  • Co-Owner

    Teaches Hot Yoga, Hot Vinyasa, Buti Yoga, Yin Yoga, Agni Pump, Hot Pilates and Sound Bath

    Carrie is the co-founder/co-owner of Agni Miami, a hot yoga, fitness, and recovery home shaping Miami’s wellness scene since 2012. After discovering yoga in Miami, she completed a nine-week, live-in teacher training in 2008 and transitioned from real estate to teaching full-time—ultimately opening Agni in 2012 and later expanding to North Miami. Carrie earned a Master’s in Marriage & Family Therapy (2021) and brings that lens to Agni’s culture and trainings: emotional intelligence, trauma-informed cueing, clear communication, and relational leadership. A self-described “edgewalker,” she blends sharp business acumen with spiritual devotion, creating welcoming, unpretentious spaces where all bodies and backgrounds are celebrated. Agni has been named Miami New Times Readers’ Choice Best Yoga Studio twice. Her guiding mission is simple and powerful: Remember and Realize who you are.

  • Co-Owner

    Teaches Hot Yoga, Hot Vinyasa, Agni Pump, Buti Yoga, Yin Yoga and Reiki Master

    Vivi is a devoted guide and space-holder whose work helps people reconnect to their strength, truth, and inner light.

    As the Co-Owner of Agni Miami, she brings the studio’s vision to life through community, creativity, and transformational experiences. Vivi supports people in awakening their vision, witnessing their shadows with compassion, and embodying their truth—both on and off the mat.

    Her path began in the pursuit of perfection—molding herself to fit expectations and hiding the parts of her that felt too tender to be seen. Yoga unexpectedly led her into a spiritual journey, and day by day, she discovered her undeniable truth: she didn’t have to be anybody for anyone.

    Today, Vivi blends yoga asana, breathwork, mantra, Reiki, meditation, and music-driven movement to help others build strength, release stored tension, and reconnect to their inner power.

    Off the mat, you’ll find her playing padel—one of her favorite ways to release stress and anxiety while staying strong and healthy—or unwinding at home with her three beloved kitties.

  • Teaches Agni Pump

    Born under the Florida sun, Noah's path to becoming an elite fitness instructor began unexpectedly. After six years in New York earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in management, he returned to the vibrant energy of South Beach to pursue a marketing career. Though his professional trajectory was set, something was missing.

    As a former college athlete, Noah understood that true wellness transcends the physical—it requires harmony between body, mind, and spirit. This philosophy led him to Agni Miami in fall 2017, where he discovered a community that transformed his understanding of holistic fitness.

    "What started as curiosity about combining yoga principles with high-intensity training became a calling," Noah reflects. "When the opportunity to become an instructor presented itself, I knew stepping beyond my comfort zone wasn't just about personal growth—it was about joining something transcendent in the health and wellness world."

    Seven years later, Noah's decision to take that first instructor training has evolved into a defining element of his identity. His Pump classes have become renowned within the Agni community, known for their unique blend of physical challenge and mindful movement. Noah is not only an exceptional physical instructor, but he is also deeply respected and admired by those who attend his classes. His approachable demeanor, kind energy, and genuine passion for helping others makes him truly one of a kind.

    "Agni isn't like other studios," Noah explains. "Here, every workout is designed to strengthen not just your body, but your mental resilience and spiritual connection. We're creating experiences that change how people move through the world long after they leave the studio."

    Noah's evolution from enthusiastic student to master trainer embodies the transformative journey Agni Miami offers. Working alongside studio founders Carrie and Vivi, fellow instructors, and the entire Agni team, he is part of a community dedicated to positively impacting lives. Together, they've cultivated a culture of acceptance and self-belief, grounded in Agni's mission of helping each person remember and realize who they truly are.

    Join Noah and discover why Agni instructors don't just lead classes—they inspire transformation.

    "Always do your best"—words of wisdom from Noah's mom that continue to guide his journey. Because when you give it your all, you can find peace in any outcome.

  • Teaches Agni Pump

    Mayted was born and raised in Miami. She began practicing yoga in 2010 and has been in love with it ever since. She also enjoyed traditional Pilates classes. Adding heat, high intensity training and bumping music of Agni Pump took it another level. Mayted was thrilled at the opportunity to become an Agni Pump teacher and an even bigger part of the Agni Miami family. Mayted's high energy classes are infectious. Her fun loving passion shines through in every class. She enjoys studying and learning new challenging exercises to include in her classes. What really drives her is creating her playlists, which she believes are a big part of the energy she has to offer. Makes you want to get up and dance!

  • Agni Marketing/Content Manager and Customer/Sales Specialist

    Gaby has been a vital part of the Agni Miami heartbeat since 2016. Hailing from Peru, she brings her background as a Publicist and her love for marketing to the studio's communications, telling Agni's story with authenticity. But her role extends far beyond the desk. A longtime devotee of yoga and fitness, she now integrates the essential practice of recovery into her own routine and loves helping members do the same. Whether she’s greeting you with a smile at the MiMo or NoMi front desk to get you checked in, or offering a tip for your next class, Gaby is here to connect and support. She believes in the power of this community and is dedicated to making every member's experience exceptional.

  • Teaches Original Hot Yoga

    Pamela Wasabi is an artist led by the magik of the feminine. She creates nourishing foods through her bakery, writes about healing the feminine through books and poetry, and teaches original hot yoga to guide others inward, where our power resides. She is a lover of life who chooses creative expression as her purpose and her path.

    Wasabi has lived an active life since childhood, dedicating her first sixteen years to gymnastics and collecting gold medals. After moving to Miami, she explored running (her favorite high), boxing, and open-water swimming, dedicating decades of her life to each. Through movement, she finds solace and peace within. She seeks stillness through activity and access to her inner universe through breath, commitment, and the fun challenges movement provides.

    She discovered the OHY/Bikram practice in late 2024 after eight years of swimming in the ocean among manatees and dolphins. After drastic life changes and a pruned heart, she committed to practicing as often as possible, rediscovering the same sense of freedom and creativity that has guided her throughout her life.

    The most impactful footprint yoga left within her was the space it created to converse with her true self and open her heart. Weeks into her practice, she signed up for a 200-hour teacher training at Agni. She continues to fall in love with the practice, with teaching, and with expressing herself intuitively, inviting others to face themselves and soften their hearts.

  • Teaches Original Hot Yoga

  • Teaches Deep Love Yin

  • Teaches Sound Bath

    Julieta is a certified and experienced yoga instructor, hypnotherapist and sound healer. This worldly intuitive free spirited woman combines her knowledge of the healing arts with her passion for music by uplifting the spirit with her unique voice and a variety of instruments from diverse cultures throughout the world.

    In her ceremonial music she combines intertribal spiritual chants, and Icaros from all over the world, while singing in different languages, and with a variety of instruments honoring and respecting all traditions, linages, and the medicinal plants.

    She is passionate about inspiring deep transformation in anyone who seeks to create new possibilities for their lives. Using different tools to rebalance, refocus, and ground to regain control over the mind and the body, through different methods including facilitating shamanic ceremonies.

    A citizen of the world; she has lived in many cities including Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Miami and Los Angeles. Her travels instilled in her a set of values that have shaped and guided her throughout her life. Understanding, compassion, community, integrity, service, and love, have lead her to dedicate her career to deep inner transformational work through the healing arts and music.

  • Teaches Hot Vinyasa, Yin Yoga and Hot Pilates

  • Teaches Agni Pump

  • Teaches Agni Pump

  • Teaches Agni Pump

  • Teaches Agni Pump and Hot Vinyasa

  • Teaches Hot Yoga and Hot Vinyasa

  • Marketing

  • Teaches Original Hot Yoga and Hot Vinyasa

    Nina Rose took her first yoga class when she was 15 years old and immediately sensed something powerful unfolding. In the early 1990s, before styles and labels, yoga was simply yoga—and it sparked a lifelong path of study, practice, and teaching.

    In 1999, following a traumatic accident while swimming in the ocean in Mexico, Nina found her way to her first Bikram Yoga class and experienced firsthand the profound healing potential of the practice. She completed her first 200-hour teacher training with Bikram Choudhury in Los Angeles in 2005 and began teaching immediately.

    Nina went on to teach full-time and manage yoga studios in Seattle and San Francisco before opening her own studio, Be Yoga Burien, in 2011. After a decade of successful ownership, she relocated to South Florida, sold her studio, and continued doing what she loves most—teaching, mentoring teachers, and leading trainings and retreats.

    In parallel with her work as a yoga teacher, Nina is an ontological and business coach, supporting individuals, couples, families, and organizations in cultivating self-awareness, resilient relationships, and aligned leadership. This coaching lens deeply informs her teaching, bringing a relational, embodied, and inquiry-based approach to the mat.

    In addition to Bikram Yoga, Nina has trained in Vinyasa (Baptiste-style), Yin, Barre, and Sculpt. Her classes prioritize inclusion, safety, community, and fun, creating a space where students of all levels feel supported and welcome.

    When she’s not teaching or practicing, Nina can usually be found spending time with her two senior rescue pups, Chico and Gus.

  • Teaches Agni Pump

  • Teaches Original Hot Yoga, Hot Vinyasa and Yin with Myofascial Release

    Jackie found yoga in search of a more balanced and mindful approach to movement—and stayed for the deeper self-awareness, community, and healing it offered. Born and raised in Miami, she is passionate about sharing yoga in the city she calls home. She loves that yoga can be adaptive and inclusive to all.

    Jackie is trained in Power Vinyasa, Yin Yoga, and the Original Hot Yoga (26+2) series. She brings a thoughtful, steady presence to each class, with a teaching style that blends clear alignment cues, mindful pacing, and space for self-exploration. Whether guiding challenging flows or slower, more restorative practices, her goal is to help students feel at home in their bodies and empowered on and off their mat.

  • Teaches Agni Pump

    Nico brings a high-energy blend of Latin rhythm, techno flow, and athletic precision to every class. His style is all about helping you tap into the inner flame, your Agni, dwelling within you through movement, breath, and a playlist that moves with you. Expect moments of grit, moments of grace, and signature perreo drops that make the room feel like a workout and a party all at once.

  • Teaches Agni Pump

  • Teaches Original Hot Yoga

    Cristina Arámbarri is a certified Bikram Yoga teacher, teaching since 2010 with years of experience guiding students in the hot room.

     

    A former National High Jump Champion in Spain, her athletic background shaped her discipline and resilience, eventually leading her to yoga as a powerful path for healing and self-discovery. In 2010, after leaving a ten-year career as a journalist at CNN Spain, she completed the Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in Las Vegas— a decision that transformed her life. In addition to her deep roots in Bikram Yoga, Cristina is also certified in Inferno Hot Pilates bringing extra strength, energy, and joy into her classes. She also organizes yoga retreats in Ibiza, Spain, offering a unique opportunity to move, sweat, reconnect, and enjoy a healthy, fun-filled holiday in an inspiring setting.

    Cristina feels deeply grateful to share her passion and experience with the Agni Miami community.

  • Teaches Agni Pump and Deep Love Yin and Customer Specialist/Sales

  • Teaches Original Hot Yoga

    Patricia Antuna's first yoga class was a Bikram Yoga class in 1995 and she instantly loved it. She did the Bikram Yoga Teacher Training in 2005. She brings her knowledge and training to you, teaching from her heart. She believes that more than any other exercise, yoga is what balances life at the end of the day. Patty loves to teach and share the sweaty Bikram experience. She helps others help themselves with yoga's fantastic therapeutic results, inside out! When not teaching Patty is a full time Real Estate Agent.

  • Teaches Original Hot Yoga

    Francesca is a retired New York attorney who traded the courtroom for the hot room—and she hasn’t looked back. After more than a decade of dedicated practice, she’s now a certified Bikram Yoga teacher who truly believes in yoga’s power to heal, strengthen, and transform from the inside out. She’s excited to bring her grounded energy and big heart to the Miami community, supporting students as they build resilience, confidence, and clarity through this empowering practice.

    When she’s not teaching, you’ll find Francesca on a tennis court, on the slopes skiing, traveling, cooking, or moving her body and expressing herself through dance.