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Title: Owner/Director- Revolution Yoga

Nickname: Ama

What’s your story?

 I began my personal Yoga practice over 16 years ago after my mother heralded its ability to relieve her scoliosis and sciatica symptoms. The practice stayed with me ever since helping me through life’s trials and tribulations. While studying to receive my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University at Albany I worked three years as an Emergency Medical Technician for New York State and Medical Assistant for a local Cardiology practice.The most important thing I learned from all of my experience is that the best path to good health is prevention.

Yoga is a process tediously tweaked over thousands of years and could not be a more wholesome approach to prevention. Yoga asana (physical practice) teaches the body to detoxify, strengthen, align, relax and most importantly heal itself. Yoga philosophy teaches the mind the tools it needs to face anything and emerge contented and happy. At Revolution Yoga we weave these practices together with the science of Ayurveda( Yoga's sister science) in every class balancing the body according to season and personal constitution to bring balance and help prevent disease.

After college graduation the theme of my life’s work remained the same. I wanted to help people, but its agents shifted slightly. I wanted to help people prevent health problems, I wanted to teach people to find their peace, and I wanted to teach people how heal their bodies from the inside out. So in 2007 I graduated Sonic Yoga’s 200-hour Vinyasa Teacher Certification and began the website www.alotofbeautiful.com In 2010 a private client of mine approached me to become her partner and Revolution was born.

What are your biggest passions in life?

Yogic philosophy and practice, Travelling around this big beautiful earth, writing music/ futzing around on my piano/violin/ukele, painting, sculpture, literature, mind-blowing conversations, throwing myself in the ocean, laying in the sand, I am a HUGE FOODIE, I love to get outside, be in the forest, get my hands dirty, spending time with quirky, artistic intellectuals and soul seekers, mindblowing conversations. Generally I'm flowing wherever the wind blows me and trusting the universe to take me where I'm supposed to be. It's brought me here, to this beautiful community at Revolution Yoga. I'm deeply grateful.

How do you plan on changing the world?

Outer change comes from the inside first. As soon as I started working on myself the people around me started changing. You can't influence anything by preaching, first by being, then by teaching. I follow the path of the Yamas and Niyamas (yogic laws of conduct) to the best of my ability and when I fall short I look inward, re-organize and move forward. They encompass compassion, peace, honesty, balance, non-stealing, non hoarding, cleanliness, contentment, austerity, self study and surrender to the universe.

How many passport stamps do you have?

(10) Italy, Aruba, France, England, Spain, India, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Montreal, British Colombia

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