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Petra Lehman

200 Newport Ave, Rumford, RI, United States

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Petra Lehman Teaches

  • Flow Yoga
  • Alignment-Oriented Yoga
  • Hot/Heated Yoga
  • Gentle Yoga

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About Petra Lehman

Teaching Philosophy: Petra began yoga as part of her college dance program. She discovered quickly that yoga asana was helping to relieve pain from old injuries and dysfunctional movement patterns created through years of dance. Over years of practicing yoga, Petra realized...

Teaching Philosophy:
Petra began yoga as part of her college dance program. She discovered quickly that yoga asana was helping to relieve pain from old injuries and dysfunctional movement patterns created through years of dance. Over years of practicing yoga, Petra realized that she had a new understanding of and agency over her body. After a traumatic relationship and years of exercising/dancing with a "no pain no gain" mentality, this new relationship with her body was a gift Petra never expected.

Petra brings her own experience to every class she teaches. Her goal is for her students to learn and grow into making their own decisions about their bodies and movement practice. She deeply believes that when we know more about our bodies and our physiology, we can't help but love ourselves. In her years of teaching, Petra has seen that this deep-relationship building with your body is a foundation of mindfulness and groundedness.

Petra focuses on functionality and sustainability in movement, teaching students to move their bodies in a way that will serve them in the long-term and help them move through daily life with more mobility and less pain. Her classes offer a variety of ways to discover poses, and will often be themed to a particular movement or engagement to help students hone in on what their body is doing.

Training philosophy:
Petra is dedicated to educating incredible teachers, well-versed in a variety of yoga topics and seeped in relevancy to life. Petra's favorite thing to tell trainees is "ask questions - you get what you ask for." Curriculum is supplemented with relevant information about communication skills, learning styles, the mental and physical effects of experiences on the body, scientific studies, and other accumulated knowledge. Tangents are held in high regard, while never distracting from the training.

Certifications and advanced trainings:

Petra is an 200-E-RYT Yoga Alliance instructor and an associate Yoga Life Coach, certified by Wild Abundant Life / Midwest Power Yoga, and trained in the LIVE LOVE TEACH® methodology with original co-founder, Deborah Williamson. Petra was mentored by Terry Munnelly of Newport Power Yoga, and Phillip Urso and Renee Delauries of Rhode Island Power Yoga. She is now completing her RYT-500 certification with Stacy Dockins of The Yoga Project, author of Embodied Posture.

Additional certifications and trainings include:

  • Yoga Alliance Educator Certified
  • Certified Children's Yoga Instructor (Karma Kids)
  • Certified Hands-on Assistant (Wild Abundant Life)
  • Barre Instructor
  • Trauma Sensitive Yoga (Bessel Van De Kolk and the Brookline Trauma Institute)
  • Merge the Practice Fascial Body training
  • Teaching Spirituality (Live Love Teach)
  • Various anatomy teachings from Leslie Kaminoff and Paul Grilley.

First Registered August 2013
4640 Teaching Hours
Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider

Teaching Experience

Current

Online Yoga Classes

http://www.petralehman.com/virtual-programs/
I offer classes through the Create Power Yoga Virtual Studio. I have designed a 21-day Mobility Program for all levels of yogis, with classes, lessons and meditation delivered to your inbox daily. In addition, you can find my classes in the on-demand video library, accessed with a membership to the Virtual Studio.
Current

Create Power Yoga

January 2014 - Current
200 Newport Ave
Rumford, RI, United States
Previous

Newport Power Yoga

September 2013 - December 2013
Newport, RI, USA
Previous

Lotus Fire Yoga and Healing

September 2013 - December 2013
North Kingstown, RI, USA
First Registered August 2013
4640 Teaching Hours
Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider

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