Anayra Calderon

Anayra I. Calderon. Anayra has been teaching yoga since 2002 and is an ERYT-500. Anayra completed her initial 200 hour training with Stan Hafner and Lex Gillian of the Yoga Institute of Houston who have a direct lineage to Pattabhi Jois. After meeting and studying under Lauren Mones, Anayra then pursued further studies with Anusara founder John Friend. Anayra also studied with former senior Anusara teacher Doug Keller and with senior teacher Jackie Prete. Anayra is also certified to teach Pilates and studied Thai Yoga Massage with Saul David Raye. Anayra has recently begun studies with Shiva Rea and has completed 40 hours of elemental vinyasa training in December 2013. In 2014 Anayra completed her 300 hour advanced training with the Yoga People studying under Jaime Clarke and Dulce Aguilar where she studies and became certified to teCh yin Yoga, Mandala, Rocket Inspired Yoga, and Tripsichore. Anayra holds a double BA in Religious Studies and Literature from Seton Hall University. When she is not teaching Hot Yoga for Surya Yoga Academy in Hoboken, she is a high school literature teacher in Jersey City, NJ. Anayra's classes are filled with the passion and intensity she feels for yoga. Expect core work, stability training and play. Her students always learn something new about alignment, philosophy and transcending their boundaries in her classes.