Influenced by her teachers, peers, environment, and her extensive travels to Asia, Carmen brings more than 20 years of specialized training as a Personal Fitness Trainer to Advanced Level, Aroma Massage Therapist, Thai Massage Therapist, and Muay Thai Boxing Instructor Level 2.
Following this deep knowledge and intense study of anatomy, physiology, and meditation coupled with her own study of Eastern philosophies, such as Mudra, Buddhist Texts Carmen discovered yoga and soon developed a passion for teaching others the Science of Yoga.
As a professional yoga devotee, she holds the renowned Experience Yoga Teacher 200/500 and is registered at Yoga Alliance USA. In addition, she applies her own unique and dynamic Yoga Teaching Program.
She has studied and trained with Master Dickson, Hong Kong and Swami Vidyanand at New Delhi Transformational Yoga and reached a full understanding of Yoga Science and, Body and Mind connection.
This ongoing process of learning and gaining insights is what inspires her teaching. Healthful breathing, alignment of body, and balanced energy flow are consistent points of focus in her classes. Carmen’s teaching style is intuitive with an unmatched clarity and it nourishes her student’s hidden strengths while challenging them to reach beyond their perceived limitations.
Her precise hands-on adjustments help students to access and awaken the life force in the dormant areas of their bodies. Carmen has inspired countless practitioners to embrace her program and her all-encompassing philosophy of going beyond the physical body and awakening with the Hatha Yoga Asanas, and the connection of all four bodies (vital, physical, mental, and psychic).
Through her inspiring work, she leads her students (and other people as well) to experience a joyful connection to themselves and their essential “aliveness”. Students tap into a reserve of power, clarity, and freedom like never before. Her teaching style, which is simple and logical with a knowledge of Eastern techniques makes her one of the most highly sought-after mind and body-spirit teachers today.