"Yoga
with Andrea Smith has profoundly changed my life. Her intuition and
respect for the natural intelligence of the body take yoga to a whole
other level."
- Lauren Cerand, Yoga Student
Andrea Smith offers yoga instruction in a nurturing
environment, which is designed to encourage the body’s innate healing
potential. She brings more than 20 years of practice in various yoga
techniques.
A
certified and registered Kripalu yoga teacher, registered dietitian,
Reiki therapist, and certified Circlework practitioner, Andrea provides
a balance of traditions to alternative well-being.
From her own experience of having to surmount chronic fatigue syndrome,
multiple chemical sensitivities, and osteoarthritis, Andrea dedicates
herself to yoga for persons suffering from chronic pain and people
recovering from stress-related illness, in a gentle, patient manner.
Whether
a beginning student or an advanced student of yoga, Andrea
openly welcomes all people.
To
supplement her Kripalu training and enrich her teaching, Andrea has
completed over 500 hours of training in the Svaroopa yoga method and
recently completed an
Iyengar-based yoga certification with Francois Raoult.
In
addition to her work as a founder of Sunrise Yoga Center in downtown
Ithaca since 1997, Andrea has offered yoga thru the Lansing Parks
and
Recreation Department since November 2002. She served as the yoga
instructor at the Cortland YWCA 1997 2000, and at Courtside
Racquet
and Fitness 1995-2000. Andrea also has provided classes for the Kripalu
Yoga Center of Northern New York since 1992 and she is the primary
yoga
instructor at the Cayuga Heights Center for Wellness & Healing
Arts, a
multipractitioner health facility located in the Community Corners
Shopping Plaza, Ithaca.
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