Maria Abad

Maria is a certified Hatha Yoga Instructor, and registered with the Yoga Alliance. She has been a practitioner for more than a decade and has been teaching since 2004. She received her certification in the Prema Yoga style from Cintra Brown, founder of Yoga Vallarta. Maria's love and passion for yoga shines through in her classes as she inspires and challenges her students "to go inside where it is restful and peaceful". She combines breathing techniques and energizing exercises which allow students to direct and move energy through their bodies, promoting physical, mental and spiritual health and balance.

Over the years Maria has had the opportunity to practice and study different styles of yoga with internationally known masters such as, Jimmy Barkan, Bikram and Rajashree Choudhury, Dharma Mitra, Rosemary Atri, Ann Moxey, among others; she is presently studying the Iyengar Method from Chantal Gómez Jauffred and Paul King.

"Yoga is a journey...and the joy is in the journey".
B.K.S Iyengar