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Sonrisa Yoga & Dance Studio

4.54

Based on 92 reviews

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NPS Score 6.8/10


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9853 Tamiami Trail North

Naples, FL, USA

Types of Yoga Taught

Flow Yoga

Alignment-Oriented Yoga

Fitness Yoga

Spiritually-Oriented Yoga

Hot/Heated Yoga

Gentle Yoga

Specialty Yoga

Trainings Formats

Full-time
usually intensive/immersion

Part-time
spread out over time

Modules
several, shorter immersions

Residential
trainees stay on-site

Non-residential
trainees commute to the program

Destination / retreat

Languages

English, Spanish, Mandarin

About Truly Helpful

Truly Helpful , is a multi-disciplinary school that dives into the practice of Living Yoga. Taking inspiration from A Course in Miracles in addition to the ancient practices, Sonrisa Yoga & Dance teaches with a holistic approach into the spiritual, societal and physical...

Truly Helpful, is a multi-disciplinary school that dives into the practice of Living Yoga. Taking inspiration from A Course in Miracles in addition to the ancient practices, Sonrisa Yoga & Dance teaches with a holistic approach into the spiritual, societal and physical paths of Yoga. 

Lead Teacher: 

Allowah Lani BA, MA, E-RYT 500, has been a student of philosophy and world spirituality since his early teens, and a student of Yoga for the past 20 years. He is registered as an E-RYT 500 through Yoga Alliance, has a 300-hr certification through Dr. David Frawley’s American Institute of Vedic Studies, and studied his 500-Hour RYT with Yoga Master Sri Dharma Mittra. For the past 12 years, Allowah has taught Yoga full-time in Pennsylvania, Florida, Hawaii, and Costa Rica. 

In 2006, Allowah began offering Yoga Teacher Trainings (YTT), in order to exponentially increase his ability to spread love throughout the world.  In 2016, Allowah founded Truly Helpful, LLC, to offer music and books in addition to events that center around a common dream to “allow more love to be.”  He has since published his first album, Heart ‘n’ Hands (a musical celebration of ACIM), and written two books about his spiritual yoga journey, “Who Am I?" (published 2016) and "I Am Love" (publish date 2019)


Topics Studied: 
  • Yoga Philosophy
  • Yoga History
  • Yoga Ethics & Lifestyle (“Way of Life”)
  • Sanskrit
  • Asana
  • Pranayama
  • Teaching Methodology
  • Anatomy & Physiology for Yoga
  • The Business of Yoga

First Registered November 2007

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  • 5 out of 5
    By: Ariella Uilani Rose Sep 13, 2021

    Really liberating practice, very aligned with the truth of what feels good!

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      Really liberating practice, very aligned with the truth of what feels good!
First Registered November 2007

School Reviews

Total Reviews: 92

By Wendy Sue Muller RYT® 200

Feb 06, 2024

The home environment and total immersion into yoga with Truly Helpful was a wonderful experience. Not only was Alan extremely knowledge in all aspects of yoga, but he is an outstanding teacher and Guru. I'm proud and happy to be one of his students. He treats each student as an individual and offers a curriculum, which balances all of the requirments you need, and want, in order to become a successful yoga instructor. He goes out of his way to accommodate any additional interests you may want to learn about yoga outside of the established curriculum. I found the spiritual and ritualistic aspects of his program to be very enriching, along with time spent on music, mantras, and sunset beach yoga. When signing up I was in deep stages of grief after loosing my adult son. I lost my way in life and all purpose. Along with that was I loosing my yoga lifestyle as well, with one of the main causes being, fear of meditating. I felt, if I didn't do something I'd go deeper into grief and become more and more unhealthy and empty. Alan and Berta, as well as my classmates were extremely supportive and compassionate, but more than that Alan incorporated ways to help me, such as the many different classes on breath work. While my grief is forever I've found ways to cope and attempt to stay healthy, body, mind and spirit for my other 2 adult children. And I'm back to practicing 2 times a day again. I mention this because I find Alan's program to be very unique and inspiring in that way, it's more personal, you feel as though you matter as more than a student. With this said, if you are looking for a tightly scheduled daily routine that is more about just getting through what's necessary to become certified, and is more along the lines of a commercial YTT, don't expect that here. I was looking for a program that placed the importance of the spiritual aspect as a high priority. I'd recently experienced several outside instructors having classes, which focused more on the physical, and going further from tradition in many other ways. and that was a turn off, so I searched for one that seemed, "grounded." Truly Helpful seemed to be what I was looking for, and it turned out to be perfect. Alan is well versed in all styles of yoga and can answer any questions you may have. The food was always fabulous, my bedroom was adorable. You leave there not only yoga healthy, but feeling as though this is now your yoga family. Full Review

By Emily Thomas RYT® 200

Jan 22, 2024

Yoga Teacher Training with Allowah was a life changing experience for me!! I learned so much about myself, the roots of yoga, how to lead an asana class, and how many different parts make up yoga and the yogic life!! Full Review

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Teaching Staff

Alan Lowenschuss

E-RYT® 500, YACEP®

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