Yoga, nutrition and wellness for you body, mind and soul
E-500 RYT, RPYT, YACEP, FNLP (Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner)
E-500 RYT, RPYT, YACEP, FNLP (Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner)
Tuesdays 5-6:15pm (PST)
For any stage of pregnancy
We focus on safe alignment, breath work and exercises that will prepare you to navigate pregnancy, birth and postpartum with more ease and confidence
Wednesdays 10-11:15am (PST)
For moms who are at least 6 to 8 weeks postpartum.
We focus on pelvic floor and gentle postpartum conditioning with safe and effective exercises for mom and fun songs and activities to bond with your baby.
Fridays
9:15-10:30am (PST)
On this flow class explore fun sequences while aligning your body in awareness. Variations and modifications are offered to accommodate your needs for a safe and effective practice.
Lorena works with a diverse population of students, from pregnant and postpartum moms to kids and adults looking for a deeper understanding of their bodies though the practice of yoga.
Lorena’s classes are fun, dynamic and suitable for all levels, she focuses on alignment so that her students attain all the therapeutic benefits of the practice no matter their experience or life situation.
As Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner, I take individualized nutrition to the next level by doing a deep assessment that consists of two consultations to look into health history though a functional lens to better understand the root causes of any condition. Book a complementary 30 min consultation to see if I'm the right fit for your health goals.
With her partner Nanci Shakthi Nardona, Lorena founded the In Harmony Prenatal Teacher training offering a one of a kind 85hr Prenatal Certification through Yoga Alliance.
Nanci and Lorena are alignment-based perinatal yoga teachers that have taught in hospitals, yoga studios, and birth resource centers in the Bay Area with more than 30 years of combined experience.
Lorena's prenatal classes are focused on alignment to alleviate the discomforts of pregnancy, while introducing mindfulness and breathing techniques to help moms navigate pregnancy, labor and postpartum with more ease in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Classes currently online offered through Harmony and PAMF.
Enjoy a playful and inspiring yoga class that you can share with your baby while you gently reconnect with your body after delivery and connect with other moms that support each other in a safe environment.
Moms have to be at least 6 weeks postpartum if vaginal delivery or 8 weeks if cesarean delivery.
Come to the place where Adults and kids enjoy the gifts of yoga while enjoying a unique resort that provides a safe environment where kids can explore freely.
Adult, kid and family yoga are offered.
Kids classes are fun and dynamic where different stories come to life through shapes and poses that kids love.
Adult classes throughout the week have a theme and a purpose to dive deeper as the days unfold
NEW DATES COMING SOON!
This 85 hour prenatal yoga teacher training will give you the tools to safely and effectively lead prenatal yoga classes with knowledge and confidence.
Learn sequencing and teaching skills, therapeutic applications of yoga, pre prenatal and postpartum anatomy and physiology, community building, pranayama, mindfulness meditation and much more.
After completing both modules you will be elegible to become prenatal certified through Yoga Alliance.
LIVE IF POSSIBLE, ONLINE IF NOT!
Lorena is an experienced registered bilingual yoga instructor, that has lead yoga clases, trainings, workshops and retreats in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Mexico for over a decade.
Her journey started around 2002 when she took her first class and knew that yoga would be part or her life forever.
Before getting into trainings she travel to Rishikesh India with her mentor Samantha Shakti and experienced the roots of the practice at Paramath Niketam Ashram.
She took her first 200 hour Teacher Training at Avalon Yoga Center in Palo Alto in 2007, followed by a Prenatal Yoga teacher training at the Santa Barbara Yoga Center and soon after she did her Whole Birth Yoga certification with Robin Sale in Santa Cruz.
She expanded her yoga studies by completing a 108-hour Anusara Immersion at Yoga of Los Altos followed by the 100 hour Anusara Teacher Training with Kenneth Graham in 2008.
After the birth of her son, Diego, her passion for leading Mom & Baby classes was ignited, and she completed the Mom & Baby Pi-Yo Play Teacher Training in 2009 and apprenticed for mom & baby yoga under Julianne Rice.
Lorena deepened her foundation in pregnancy, birth, and early parenting through the Birthing From Within childbirth training in 2010.
On 2010 she received her "It's Yoga Kids" certification in San Francisco, this has allowed her to share her passion with her own kids's and offer family yoga retreats.
She later did her 300 hour advanced yoga certification in 2016 at BAY (Balanced Action Yoga) with an amazing faculty of teachers such as Samantha Shakti, Kenny Graham, Alice, Kennedy, Siri Cavanna, Kelly Blaser, Mike Lane and other guest teachers. This training gave her the tools to fully understand the biomechanics of the body to prevent and work around injuries and build smart sequences for a sustainable yoga practice suitable to ANY population.
Learning continues to be her passion, on 2020 she became a graduate of Functional Nutrition Lab, Full Body Systems training and attained her certification as a Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle practitioner.
Lorena is passionate about making yoga accessible to everyone, where yoga is not only for "flexible" people but a tool that will enhance your quality of life no matter what stage you find yourself in. Yoga is not about the poses, it's about deepening your relationship with yourself to be able to go back out into the world and live more fully.
"Practice, practice and all is coming"
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Lorena Martinez Wellness
Los Gatos, CA
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