Lorena Nelson

Lorena first practiced Yoga in the floor of her bedroom with Rodney Yee's videos to relieve stress. Some years later she found her way to a qualified teacher that opened a deeper part of the practice to her. As her practice deepened and a spiritual path began to unfold much of the negative baggage held on to, and difficult times that had to be endured began to take on meaning. She began to find happiness in serving others and sharing her growing compassion. As these things developed, so did the need for more training. She felt to honor the practice that so enriched her life she needed to receive as much training from qualified teachers as she could, then to become a vessel for that practice to flow through.  Her training started with a committed Astanga practice. That lead to a 200 hour teachers training in 2008 at Chicago Yoga Center with Suddha Weixler. This was followed by a teachers training intensive with Manju Jois, son of Sri K Pattabhi Jois founder of Astanga Yoga. Currently she has completed the contact training hours of the 200 hour Life of a Yogi Teachers Training with Sri Dharma Mittra in NYC and is finishing self study hours. Lorena has studied closely with Astanga/Dharma Yoga teacher Yogi Kali Om, disciple of Sri Dharma Mittra for 8 years. She has been abundantly blessed by true teachers and aims to share that practice humbly and honestly.