Our Teachers

Dr. Kecia Brooks-Smith-Lowe
Advanced Teacher of Purna Yoga (CYT 500)

I started to practice yoga in 1992 at Yoga and Meditation Center of Montclair in New Jersey. During that time I was doing my medical residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. The yoga classes helped me to relax and maintain my sanity during that stressful period. I came home in September 1999 to start the Brooks-Smith Lowe Institute. I continued to practice yoga at home with DVD’s since there were no classes available in Grenada at the time. Eventually, however, I wanted to deepen my practice and to be able to introduce patients to the healthful practice of Yoga. I completed a 500 hour teacher training at The College of Purna Yoga in Bellevue Washington on 12th September 2009.  It is a pleasure to introduce the practice and philosophy of yoga to residents of Grenada. I am hopeful that the practice will be embraced by people from all strata of our society. 

Malaika Brooks-Smith-Lowe
Professional Yoga Therapist (1000hrs) & Doula

Malaika is a professional yoga therapist (1000hr), pregnancy, labour & postpartum doula and new mama. She has over a decade of experience teaching yoga and was recognized internationally as one of 20 Yoga Teachers of Color to Watch in 2020. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists and The Black Yoga Teachers Alliance. Malaika has had the honor of hosting healing sessions in Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Bahamas, The United States, England, Mexico and Peru.

Malaika holds a Bachelors in Studio Art from Smith College, Massachusetts and a Masters in Cultural Studies from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. Whether she’s hosting classes, privates, workshops or retreats, Malaika takes a creative approach to curating her offerings. She is a visual artist whose photography, film and mixed-media work has been exhibited locally and internationally. At the heart of Malaika’s work, in both the creative and healing arts, is an understanding that individual transformation is deeply connected to collective change and social justice. www.malaikabsl.com

Ferron C. Lowe Esq.
Kripalu Yoga Teacher (KYT 200)

My first experience with the practice of yoga was with George Henry at the old Teacher Training College in Tanteen, Grenada in the mid 1980’s. That experience made me eager to explore this ancient science. While visiting my wife in New Jersey in the summer of 1991 I started to attend an Iyengar Yoga Class at Yoga and Meditation Center of Montclair. My interest in yoga was heightened by this experience under the tutelage of Susan Morton. I knew then that not only did I want to continue to practice yoga, but I also aspired to become a yoga teacher. That aspiration was manifested in July 2012 when I successfully completed a 200 hour Teacher Training course at the Kripalu School of Yoga in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Yoga is love, compassion, and life. I look forward to sharing that with my students.