Paula Fortunato

  Different places and people from around the world have always fascinated me. Growing up surrounded by wheat fields, cows, and many relatives in the heartland of Alberta, Canada, I dreamt of traveling to expand my world.  Luckily, I found theatre arts to begin my exploration into understanding the world and the people within it. Through my theatre training I was introduced to yoga which inspired my search to understand the human condition on a deeper level and was drawn to become a registered yoga teacher.

After my training I took a slight detour to work onboard as cruise staff with Celebrity Cruises. Leading stretch class by morning, teaching line dancing by day and hosting Karaoke by night in the Mediterranean was a wonderful way to quench my thirst for travel. I met my now husband another crew member on the ship who is from California, which brought me to Ventura county where I developed my yoga teaching career since 2005.