Cristal Hernandez-Galvan

Founder & Owner

Cristal has dedicated herself to the practice of, study and teaching in the style of Baptiste Power Yoga and the Baptiste Methodology since discovering the benefits in 2006 when she was encouraged to take her first class by the esteemed Ob/Gyn, Dr. Lori Atkins Williamson. Cristal recalls the words her doctor, friend, and fellow yoga instructor, “Go with me to take a yoga class, it will change your life.” And that it did! Cristal was inspired by the practice of Baptiste Power Yoga. She attended her first teacher training in 2009 with renowned yoga revolutionary Baron Baptiste and recently completed Level 2 Teacher Training with Baron. She holds a 200-RYT through the Brooke Hamblet Teacher Training School in Fort Worth. Cristal has also studied with Dr. Ray Long, Phillip Urso, Rod Stryker, Doug Swenson and many other gifted instructors. Although numerous teachers have contributed to her growth, she holds Baron Baptiste, and the powerful work of Baptiste Yoga, as well as Brooke Hamblet, Founder of Indigo Yoga, mentor, and friend, near and dear to her heart!

Cristal is passionate about taking yoga to the community. She loves working with kids and teens and attended Baptiste Yoga Kids Teacher Training, as well as the Baptiste Foundation’s Unstoppable Training Program, which exists to create an unstoppable and resilient generation of youth that use the methodology of Baptiste Yoga as a life skill. She has taught Yoga at her children’s school for the athletic varsity program, as well as for the staff.

Cristal also has a heart for service within the trauma affected community. She has shared the transformational benefits of yoga at a local drug and alcohol rehabilitation center and has been featured as Telemundo’s Hispanic Hero in the Community for her outreach work, teaching bilingual English/Spanish yoga classes, at a shelter for women affected by domestic violence. Cristal has also focused on the military culture through the Connected Warrior, Trauma-Conscious Yoga program, by using yoga – mindfulness and a holistic approach to heal and integrate veterans, servicemembers and first responders back into civilian life.

Cristal’s message: Flor Yoga Institute will embrace you, meet you where you are and guide you to cultivate presence, power, and possibility – on and off your mat! You will be inspired to create connection, to be of service for others and to add LIFE to your LIFEstyle – Because yoga is for everybody – no matter your language or background. ABRAZOS!