Lorena Martinez

Over the years, her journey has brought her to a deep place where yoga, pregnancy, and parenting support intersect. She brings to her classes a unique blend of safe, fun and effective sequences that focus on alignment for a sustainable yoga practice.  She first earned her 200-hour certification at the Avalon Art and Yoga Center in 2007 under the mentorship of Samantha S. Brown. Soon after her training, Lorena traveled to Rishikesh India with her mentor to experience the spiritual aspects of the practice. She completed her first prenatal training at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center in 2007, followed by a WholeBirth Yoga training lead by Robin Sale in Santa Cruz.  After teaching for a few years, Lorena’s desire to enrich her skills led her to additionally complete a 100-hour Anusara Immersion program with Kenneth Graham at Yoga of Los Altos, followed by the 100-hour Anusara Teacher Training during her first pregnancy in 2009. After the birth of her son Diego, her passion for leading Mom & Baby classes was ignited as she completed the Mom & Baby Pi-Yo Play Teacher Training.  Over time, Lorena has deepened her expertise in pregnancy and birth through Birthing From Within professional childbirth training which has enhanced her ability to support and inform women, to help them find their own paths through pregnancy and parenting.  After her daughter Valentina was born, she began further yoga training, completing an It’s Yoga, Kids Teacher Training in San Francisco that allows her to not only teach yoga to preschoolers and young kids but also share her passion with her own children.  Lorena concluded her advanced 500 hour certification that included 100 hours of therapeutic elements and applications of yoga under the auspices of BAY (Balanced Action Yoga) in Boulder Creek, CA in 2016.