Lena Hoff

As many wandering souls I have taken my time in truely finding a profession that I can be passionate about. I discovered yoga over 10 years ago but found it very hard to stick with at such a young age, it wasn't until I rediscovered my passion that it truely opened my eyes to another world. My adventures have taken me all over the globe to various places in Europe, Asia, North America, Central America and Africa but it wasn't until returned home after spending eight months living off of a truck in over 15 countries in Africa that I truely NEEDED yoga. In a drowning economy with a degree that couldn't compete, I needed something to keep my head above the surface and that's when I truely found yoga. Africa had given me the ability to see through material things and find real life, love, pain and happiness inspite of poverty but I needed an expression of that, a foundation and that's when yoga began to change my life. I spent 3 years letting my practice evolve until I was ready to become an instructor myself and that's when I ventured all the way to Thailand to study with some of the most incredible teachers who I have ever met.

Now, I still practice yoga everyday but thanks to LA Fitness I have been able to teach a more rounded array of classes. Cycle was the first I learned, which came easily due to my prior experience competing in triathlons, then came Bootcamp which was an outlet of sorts, a place to let it all out and really push people and then finally Pilates for the most perfect toning. Yoga is still very much my number one passion and I intend completing my 500 hr Yoga Alliance Certification in a year but it has been a beautiful journey to discover the different aspects of my personality and how I can use them to teach others. I have been truely gifted.