Christina Collins-Smith
Cumberland, Maryland
Christina Collins-Smith, MLA, E-RYT 500, LMT, CMMPWith a focus on aging gracefully, Christina has spent the two decades offering community art programs, including yoga – functional yoga flow, and chair yoga, working in her own studio and with the regional hospital, college, art museum, libraries, area senior centers and retirement communities to create partnerships and opportunities for achieving maximum wellness and enjoyment of life through mindful movement that is synced with breath and intention.
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Christina Collins-Smith, MLA, E-RYT 500, LMT, CMMPWith a focus on aging gracefully, Christina has spent the two decades offering community art programs, including yoga – functional yoga flow, and chair yoga, working in her own studio and with the regional hospital, college, art museum, libraries, area senior centers and retirement communities to create partnerships and opportunities for achieving maximum wellness and enjoyment of life through mindful movement that is synced with breath and intention.
Christina has taught art and art history at the undergraduate level for over 20 years at Carroll Community College. She has practiced yoga for over 25 years, earning her E-RTY 500 in early 2023. She is a licensed massage therapist and certified medical massage practitioner, a certified mind-body medicine coach, a health and wellness coach, and a YogaMedCo yoga coach. She is the Director at beWellnessArts, LLC, The beWellArts Festival, The Wellness Arts Director at the Gilchrist Museum of the Arts, a health and yoga coach with UPMC Western Maryland’s Community Wellness Department, designer and facilitator of the “Yoga 4 Wellness” accredited college course and manual, currently taught at Allegany College of Maryland, a contributor to the UPMC Real Well quarterly newsletter, since 2021 and author of “let me be a blessing” to be published in Winter 2026. Christina Collins-Smith is proud to be a Yoga Alliance Member and Education Provider. She can be contacted at [email protected] / website: beWellArts.com Yoga training: 300-Hour of onsite Ashram Yoga Training: Yoga Acharia Certification: Sampoorna Yoga - the "fullness of yoga" - a complete integrative yoga philosophy and practice of Hatha Yoga, Karma Yoga, Raja Yoga, Bhakti, Jnana Yoga, and Nada Yoga200-Hour on-site Yoga Training: Level 1 Foundations, Level 2 Communication, Level 3 Introspection, Level 4 Tradition, Level 5 Unification, Integration, Thai Energy Yoga, Pranayama, Anatomy and Alignment, Senior Yoga, Kids Yoga Continuing Education Yoga Certifications: Mind-Body Medicine Facilitator Certification - Center for MInd-Body Medicine Mind-Body Medicine Certification - Center for MInd-Body Medicine Community Resiliency and Wellness - Center for MInd-Body Medicine YogaMedCo Health and Wellness Coach Certification YogaMedCo Yoga Coach Certification Yin Yoga w Machelle Lee Yin Yoga with Paul Grilley Functional Yoga with Paul Grilley Chakra Balance with Paul Grilley Restorative Yoga Meditation Asana Sequencing Practical Sanskrit Self-Care & Group Support:
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