Namaste, this page is dedicated to acknowledging tomorrow’s most promising leaders within our health, wellness and yoga communities.
Check out the interview’s below and find someone you can relate to, someone you might like to practice with, or someone who inspires you.
Jacquie Smith Barre Certification through Exhale 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training through Poe Yoga + Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Certification through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition Little Adapts By Jax, Founder New York, NY
Yoga has always been the most helpful to me at the points in my life where I'm emotionally exhausted + stressed. It gives me clarity + strength to get me through whatever is going on. It's the only thing besides running that allows me to just focus on my breath + the movement and nothing else for the duration of the class.
Julia Chan NASM CPT + Corrective Exercise Specialist, 500 hour RYT, PN1 Nutrition Coach Fitness + Wellness Coach, President of JSC Fitness JSC Fitness New York City, NY
Specifically speaking, my yoga practice started off as a strictly Vinyasa Flow, learning from Lauren Hanna from Sonic Yoga but have evolved tremendously since I have worked with teachers like Nevine Michaan, Abbie Galvin, Nikki Vallella, Ariel Karass, Phillip Askew, and David Regellin. I don't teach as much flow but do have a sequence that is much more focused on alignment and breathwork and fully understand the poses and the anatomy of each pose.
Yoga physically helped me create more space in my body, find more physical extension and flexibility, enhance my endurance, learn how root down to balance, and develop more strength. Yoga also helped become more aware of my actions, identify negative patterns of thought and improve my mind-body connection.
Lucile Hernandez Rodriguez Yoga Alliance RYT-200, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Reiki Level 1 Practitioner Mindfulness and Holistic Health Coach, Yoga Teacher
I am a French and Spanish national and I have lived extensively in the US and the UK. I love traveling and I currently spend my time between Paris (France) and other incredible locations around the world such as New York, Japan or Bali. I became a Yoga Teacher in parallel to my career in Tech.
Water is everything! I'm very fortunate to live in a place with access to clean drinking water. If you have this privilege as well - take advantage of it with gratitude. Water fuels your body, helping digestion, circulation, nutrient absorption, body temperature regulation, etc.
Vitamin D for bone health; magnesium for better sleep and mood; a mix of creatine and whey protein for building muscle if you're working out regularly; Omega-3 for heart health; Chlorophyll for an energy boost.
