Oriana Cozzolino

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Orianas first yoga memory is being guided into Viparti Karani Legs up the Wall by her father at years old  She attended her first formal yoga classes in Boston in and practiced with a wide variety of instructors until meeting Joanna Cashman with Wild Grace Yoga in   After her first class with Joanna she practiced at her studio in Olympia WA two-to-four times a week until attending hours of training in   Oriana completed initial training and became a RYT in supplemented with continuing education from Joanna in and an additional hours of Yoga Beyond Bars training in In she completed hours of training with Yoga for First Responders YFFR and now primarily provides yoga classes for First Responders She is a member with Yoga Alliance with three times the required teaching hours to be in good standing Beginning in she began formal meditation classes with Sat Shree and Tuere Salla including an -day Seattle Insight Dialogue Retreat in  Oriana was a faculty member of the International Trauma Treatment Providers for seven years and has been a Mediation Instructor for the past years integrating breath work and movement into pedagogic learning environments She volunteers with the WA State Department of Corrections conducting restorative justice mediations between incarcerated individuals and crime survivors is the Resilience and Wellness Coordinator for the Thurston County Sheriffs Office and is a member of the Region Crisis Negotiation Team Her additional work is as a trauma therapist in private practice focused on First Responders For joy Oriana engages in authentic movement as a Rhythms dancer and hikes as much as possible with her husband.