About Us

Owner & Instructor

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Kerri has been a dancer for more than 30 years.  She danced competitively for a local studio until she was 18 and has since taught at a recreation center and has been the instructor at another local gym for the past 7 years.  Her focus for the kids was teaching them that dance could be fun and structured.  There she also worked on creating a high cardio "ballet" class for adults because dancing should never be something you stop.  Like many women, she faced the harsh realization of what your body can go through as she got older and became passionate about eating clean for her body and bringing that lifestyle into her home.  She is excited to be able to continue Teresa's dream and merge it with her own passions for this community. 

 

She is a graduate of Old Dominion University and a lifelong resident of Portsmouth.

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She enjoys running, anything summertime, cooking and spending time with her husband, kids, friends and family.

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CERTIFICATIONS: First Aid/CPR.AED

Certified Yoga and Fitness Instructor

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Jennifer is one of our senior instructors who has been here since Teresa owned the gym.  She is a graduate of University of Mary Washington.  She has been the Director of the Isle of Wight County Museum in Smithfield for 17 years and the Historic Resources Manager for Isle of Wight County.  

 

She is an Integral Yoga Instructor (2002 graduate of 200-hour Integral Hatha Yoga training at the Life Enrichment Center and Institute of Health and Healing, Newport News, Va.).  She can also teach Pilates, TRX, Weight-Training, Silver Sneakers & Cycling

 

Her biggest class at Full Potential that she enjoys teaching is Restorative Yoga because it allows the students to really reach down give their body a deeper stretch to loosen tight areas of the body without the stress of that pain on your mind affecting full relaxation.​
 

CERTIFICATIONS: Personal Trainer, NCCPT, 2014; First Aid/CPR

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Certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition Coach and Instructor

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Heather has been competing since she was 8 years old. She swam competitively for 13 years and then started doing half-marathons in college. Upon graduation, she commissioned as a Surface Warfare Officer in the Navy and continued to train during deployments. While on active duty she competed several marathons, half-marathons, olympic triathlons and a half Ironman. After having her two daughters, she started to focus more on strength training and workouts that could be completed during nap times (while still running of course, once a runner always a runner). She fell in love with how it felt to become stronger and more confident in the gym and wants to share that passion with all of you. 

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She graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Nutrition Fitness and Health. 

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CERTIFICATIONS: ISSA Certified Personal Trainer, ISSA Certified Nutritionist, ISSA Certified Group Exercise Instructor, CPR/AED

Certified Yoga Instructor

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Rosemarie has been practicing yoga since the mid 1990’s. She was certified with YogaFit in 2001 and became a
Registered Integral Yoga Instructor (RYT-200) in 2005. She teaches Beginner Yoga, Power Yoga/Ashtanga,
Pre/Post Natal Yoga, Restorative Yoga and Meditation. She has taught at the Riverfront Swim Club, Premier
Fitness, and at many all-inclusive resorts throughout the Caribbean and Mexico. Currently she is a multi-level yoga
instructor at the Taylor Bend Y in Chesapeake, VA and a private yoga instructor in the Harborview area in North
Suffolk.  I found out that most people in this direct area have taken one of her classes.

As a retired high school teacher, when Rosemarie is not performing TV/Radio voiceovers, translating/interpreting,
and sewing for her granddaughter; she works for Sail250 ® Virginia planning our nation’s semi-quincentennial
celebration in 2026 as the Administration and Protocol Director.

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CERTIFICATIONS: RYT-200

Certified Yoga Instructor and Private Yoga Trainer

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Ashley is a trained RYT-200 and has taught more than 200 classes since beginning her yoga journey 16 years ago.  She received her training from Yoga and Ayurveda School and has spent most of her career working with the elderly, teens/college students and middle-aged persons.  She has taught at recreation centers, for Old Dominion University and held classes in the courtyard of the art museum in Olde Towne Portsmouth.  

 

Her yoga class specialty is called Slow & Steady which focuses on building strength and stability as well as working to stretch your body in balance.  She has also developed a private yoga training program to help assess where someone needs help and tailoring a program around those specific needs.   

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In her free time, she enjoys long walks in nature, meditation and a good movie.  She also loves her fur baby, a Maltese puppy. ​

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CERTIFICATIONS: RYT-200

Certified Group Fitness Instructor

Teresa is originally from Alabama, and, like most deep south kids, she was involved in many different sports growing up.  Following graduation, she joined the Navy and spent 13 years as a Hospital Corpsman receiving certifications as a Ship Shape Instructor and PRT Coordinator.  The service brought her to Hampton Roads. where she joined the YMCA and eventually was asked to become an instructor.  Because of her lifelong passion for being active, she always wanted to expand her education beyond her AA in Respiratory Therapy.  After taking time to start a family and be the constant in her 5 kids' lives first years, she went back to school and graduated from University of Alabama with a BS in Environmental Health Science with a minor in Food and Nutrition (ROLL TIDE).

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She is excited to get back to the fitness world and helping others become educated on not only keeping your body healthy but keeping the expectations realistic to your own individual situation and abilities. 

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CERTIFICATIONS: ISSA Group Training

Certified Personal Trainer, Nutrition Coach, Yoga and Fitness Instructor​

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Brittany Hoover is a NASM certified personal training and nutrition coach. She holds certifications in corrective exercise and strength and flexibility coaching. In addition, Brittany is a Yoga Alliance 200-hour certified yoga instructor with certifications in Yin, prenatal, flow, and stability yoga.

 

Brittany has a background in dance and cheer as well as long distance running. Because of this exposure, she ignited her passion about health and fitness as a teenager.  This passion continued, and she completed ten marathons and three ultra marathons. After retiring from running, Brittany continued her health and fitness journey and competed in CrossFit for over five years and is now a level two CrossFit instructor. Currently, Brittany competes in body building shows and is training for her next show in April 2025!

 

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her rescue dog and cats as well as her three year old daughter. 

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Bootcamp Instructor

Andrew joins us from the Navy where he has served for the last 10 years.  While his regular "job" does not involve fitness, he has moved into being an integral part of the fitness program at his command due to his dedication to the Navy's fitness program since he enlisted.  His highlights include leading the Fitness Enhancement Program, conducting the Physical Readiness Test and (most recently) being put in charge of developing a program for those in his command that do not pass their Fit Test.  This extensive knowledge is going to be something he leans on to help us build a program to not only take adults to the next level of fitness, but it will help him in working to implement a program that will be available to teens looking to enlist and not be rocked as hard by the "challenges" of bootcamp.  With that, he will use his own motivation and competitive nature to help push others to their limits.

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In his free time, he enjoys weight training and playing sports.  His biggest sport passion would be golf.  He also enjoys the time he gets to spend with his kids.​​

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Pelvic Floor Therapist and Educator

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Erin Glace PT, MSPT has offered Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy in the Hampton Roads area for 30 years. She is excited to provide Pelvic Health workshops for Full Potential Fitness and Wellness. Erin has always been passionate about educating women and men about their bodies and encouraging proactive care in all phases of life.

Erin attended the University of Florida for her undergraduate degree in Physical Therapy and Old Dominion University for her advanced master’s degree in physical therapy. She continues a lifelong love of learning, earning several specialist certifications, including the Pelvic Practitioner 
Rehabilitation Certificate in 2014. She also holds two certifications for the care of pre- and postpartum patients: Advanced Pregnancy Wellness Practitioner from Burrell Education and Pregnancy and Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist from Core Exercise Solutions. She has also completed a 200-hour Yoga Instructor certification course.

Erin and her husband have lived in Hampton Roads for over 35 years and consider this their home as they raised their 3 children here in the Western Branch area of Chesapeake. Erin’s hobbies include reading, yoga, hiking, and biking all over the area.

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CERTIFICATIONS: RYT-200

Certified Group Fitness Instructor

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Nicole started her fitness instructor career at the YMCA teaching cardio kickboxing (Turbokick) in 2012. Since that time, she has become certified in various formats, including Group Exercise Foundations and Pilates through the YMCA, and Kettlebells through Kettleworx. She is passionate about coaching group exercise (so much so, she coached Facebook live classes several mornings a week for free during the pandemic shutdown) and enjoys teaching a variety of formats, especially anything that focuses on strength training. Nicole and her husband, Rob, have been in the Western Branch area for 16 years this go-round (the Navy first brought them to Hampton Roads in the 90s). They have three adult kiddos, one adorable and brilliant granddaughter, and a terrier mix named Toby. Her “day job” is Assistant Accounts Payable Manager for Ferguson Enterprises in Newport News. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants and cuisine, and cheering the men's college basketball team where her youngest is on the coaching staff (currently the University of Alabama Birmingham - go Blazers!).

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Nicole is our early bird instructor and teaches 15/15/15 (a cardio/strength/core class) on Wednesdays at 6:15-7:00 am. In March, she will be introducing Flex and Stretch on Mondays, also at 6:15-7:00 am.

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CERTIFICATIONS:​

Certified Yoga Instructor

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I was born and raised in San Francisco California and left the West Coast when I joined the Navy in 1980. Twenty years (and many miles) later I retired as a Chief Independent Duty Corpsman. I continued to serve Military Medicine as a Civil Servant at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth; retired a second time in 2015. Most recently I worked as Medical Administrator for a Chesapeake based Ophthalmologist.

 

With a work life so full of duty, my goal in retirement was to pursue all of the interests I’d tabled for “later”. I live in Historic Port Norfolk in a beautiful Victorian home, and I’ve filled my days with those things I’d not previously had time to do – namely, discovering mindfulness, meditation and yoga. My dogs are my Zen, so we take lengthy daily walks.
 

I completed my basic 200-hour Yoga Instructor training with Zenya Yoga Academy in May of 2023 and began teaching yoga at the Beazley Senior Center, the YMCA and the Zenya Yoga Studio of Portsmouth.  

 

I’m currently completing my 300-hour yoga instructor certification with the Integral Yoga Institute of San Francisco. I’ve added certification in Raja Yoga and am completing Meditation Teacher Training.

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CERTIFICATIONS: RYT-200

Certified Yoga Teacher, Movement and Mindfulness Coach & Silver Inside Flow Instructor 

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Rylan Ashlee, RYT-200 is a movement and mindfulness coach who empowers all to embrace the transformative power of yoga and. In 2008, she discovered the profound impact of yoga on her own mental clarity, stress management, and overall well-being. This personal journey ignited her passion to share the connection between the body, mind, and breath that yoga and mindfulness offers. With over 15 years of experience in guiding individuals on their healing paths, her expertise extends to supporting women and student-athletes on their healing journey and wellness journeys.

 

Rylan will be teaching a weekly class centered around helping someone to really ground themselves from the stressors of life and hosting monthly Inside Flow workshops on the fourth Saturday of every month. 

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CERTIFICATIONS: QMHP-C, First Aid, CPR, AED

Certified COMMIT instructor

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​Antwonne Keys is a native from Elizabeth City, NC and an alumnus from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University where he received a BS and is currently working on his master's degree at Hampton University. He got his dance fitness start a couple years ago and is now a creative Team Member for COMMIT Dance Fitness as well as a Dance Choreographer/Performer for Dance Dimensions of VA.  He has auditioned for the cheerleading squads for the Washington Wizards, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Atlanta Hawks, and the Baltimore Ravens!  

 

Because of his love for dance and the comraderie of high school/college level choreography, he currently teaches dance fitness at the Salvation Army KROC Center in Norfolk, VA, at Norfolk State University students and staff and is an assistant dance choreographer for Nansemond River High School Mighty Marching Warriors Band and King's Fork High School Cheerleaders in Suffolk, VA. He specializes in stepping, hip-hop, dancehall, and collegiate marching band dance! He is part of the adult dance group at Dance Dimensions where he trains in ballet, lyrical, contemporary, jazz, and modern to broaden his dance education.  When he isn't working the dance floor, he is a long-term substitute Physical Education Teacher for Virginia Beach Public Schools.

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CERTIFICATIONS: COMMIT dance instructor and choreographer, Red Cross certified lifeguard, First Aid/CPR/AED

Certified Zumba Instructor

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Babee Garcia Rodriguez is half-Puerto Rican, half Cambodian, and was named after 'Baby' from the film Dirty Dancing. Babee currently holds a BS in journalism from Montclair State University and served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an Aviation Supply Specialist.  She has had a passion for dance, particularly Latin style dancing, since she was a little girl. Because of that passion, it led her to the style of Zumba, and she earned her basic Zumba certification in summer 2023. She is ready to bring the positive energy, spirit, and moves to each class she teaches!

 

She is also an adrenaline junkie who loves roller coasters, has skydived once, enjoys hiking/being outdoors and enjoys traveling. She has even been to the hotel where Dirty Dancing was filmed (but sadly could not recreate Patrick and Jennifer's lake scene as it is barren).  She will be teaching three times a week at Full Potential. Babee also teaches Zumba virtually and at various One Life Fitness locations in the Hampton Roads area. 

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CERTIFICATIONS: Zumba Dance instructor, First Aid/CPR/AED

Certified Yoga Instructor​

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Stacy was first introduced to yoga in college while taking it as a PE credit.  She immediately fell in love with the practice, not because it came easily to her, but because of how it made her feel afterward.  That deep connection to the transformative power of yoga led her to complete her 200-RYT certification in 2018, allowing her to share her love of movement with others.

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Passionate about mindful movement, Stacy teaches with a simple, playful approach, helping students reduce stress, build strength, and improve mobility.  She believes movement should extend beyond the studio, leading her to create Office Space Yoga, which offers accessible, functional movement practices to support well-being both at work and home.  She also enjoys blending yoga and Pilates together, creating a Yoga Fusion experience that strengthens the core, improves flexibility and enhances body awareness.  She is also currently completing her BASI Pilates Teacher Training, deepening her expertise in mindful, strength-based movement.

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When she is not teaching or practicing, Stacy loves spending time outdoors, biking, exploring nature and playing with her Golden Retriever.

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CERTIFICATIONS: 200-RYT