Amelia Andaleon

Amelia is a Certified Yin Instructor through Bernie Clark, Certified YOD Yoga Instructor, Certified Reiki 2 Practitioner. Amelia is also a Certified Master of Wisdom and Meditation Teacher through davidji and enhances her yoga and meditation offerings with sound baths playing her crystal singing bowls and creating custom essential oil blends to match the theme of her special events such as workshops and retreats. Amelia lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and teaches group classes, private sessions, and trains and mentors yoga teachers. Amelia travels to various locations to lead domestic and international workshops and retreats. She has led retreats and yoga teacher trainings internationally in Thailand, Portugal, and Mexico. Travel has been one of Amelia's passions since she was a child. Amelia teaches Baptiste power yoga, vinyasa flow, yin yoga, meditation and mindfulness, kids yoga, and leads empowerment workshops such as her popular "Create Your Sacred Life On Purpose" and "Rest and Release" (Yin + Essential Oils) workshops. Amelia is a mom, wife, lover of nature, especially anything to do with the ocean, and is a perpetual student of life. Amelia also hosts a podcast, Spiritually Fit Yoga, with meditations, yoga, and guest interviews found on iTunes, Spotify, Google, and more. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spiritually-fit-with-amelia/id1508949757?uo=4 Amelia cares about making yoga accessible and welcomes all students to experience the holistic practice of yoga. Spreading the message of loving kindness (metta), acceptance, and practicing ahimsa (do no harm) to self and others are important values Amelia teaches and strives to embody on and off the mat. As a person of color Amelia feels privileged to represent the BIPOC (black indigenous person of color) and AAPI (asian american pacific islander) communities, and encourages students of all colors and orientations to join the yoga community, and hopes to inspire her yoga sisters and brothers to become teachers themselves.