Claudia Micco

Claudia has become a leading expert in this field, travelling extensively through Europe, Australia and the US, training instructors in Mind/Body Fitness, Holistic Health and Active Aging. She’s a master trainer and content provider for YogaFit Inc. since 2000. She holds her ERYT 500 through the Yoga Alliance (YA) US and Australia, American Council On Exercise (ACE) and is a licensed Hypnotherapist and Lomi Lomi Integrative Massage Therapist. Claudia is the former Wellness Coordinator at the Ritz Carlton Spa in Kapalua Maui and was director of the Strong, Stretched & Centered Mind Body Institute of Maui, where she facilitated 6-week intensive fitness instructor training retreats, specializing in integrating Tai Chi, Pilates, Yoga and Meditation into traditional fitness methods and certifications. She was a residential trainer at both the Rancho La Puerta Spa and the Golden Door Spa at Sea Programs in the 1990’s and coordinated group exercise programs for Gold’s Gym Franchise in Oakland, Berkeley and Marin County CA in her early career. Currently, Claudia is the owner of “Training With Aloha” and the creator of the HypnoFit method; creating lifelong healthy habits through a combination of self-awareness, muscle building, yoga and mindful movement, accented with massage therapy and an ‘Aloha’ mantra. Additional Information; I began teaching dance-exercise in 1984. I was frustrated with the lack of training available (IDEA did not have certification yet), when I came upon Strong, Stretched & Centered in a shape magazine ad.  At 18 years old I went off to Maui and trained for 2 months in the jungle. We did lots of yoga those days in the trainings and I was hooked. I have only listed some of my yoga background, but I have been in the wellness field in all aspects (fitness, yoga, hypnotherapy, massage therapy, tai chi, sound healing etc) for over 20 years.      1985 Graduated Strong, Stretched & Centered Mind/Body Institute Maui 48 hours Integral Yoga with Christine Shaw & Gloria Keeling 12 additional extra credit hours 1986-1990 Faithful Student of Integral Yoga Institute San Francisco 1992-1994 Iyengar Yoga studies with Phyllis Pilgrim and Jennifer Fox and various guest teachers (i.e. Judith Lasseter, Mara Carrico, Laura Sachs etc.) 1994 continued studies on Maui with Christine Shaw and Gloria Keeling in addition on Maui: Gary Krafsow Mirka Krafsow Ateeka 1994-1999 (Full time) Teacher Trainer for Strong, Stretched & Centered Mind Body Institute Maui, & developed fitness yoga workshops for SS&C traveling education program 1999-2004 (Part time) Strong, Stretched & Centered Teacher Trainer - 2000 Active Yoga Video production and Channel 54 Akaku Active Yoga cable TV series 2000 Oct/Nov- Training with Beth Shaw - YogaFit Level 1 &2 2001   January -Trainer for YogaFit’s “Training the Trainers “ 2001 April -Trainer for YogaFit’s Level 1 (contributed some written materials for YogaFit Level 3 Manual) 2000-2002 Travels to Europe - workshop and convention presenter for Strong, Stretched & Centered Fitness Yoga 2002 Designed and implemented  “Wellness and Yoga” programs for Ritz Carlton Maui .