Teachers

Graziella

Graziella began teaching fitness in 1988. She shifted her focus to yoga, completing a six-year Iyengar Yoga certification. Her classes are open to all levels, from beginners to experienced students. She values clear instruction and a steady approach to learning, helping students focus on alignment, breath, and awareness. Graziella supports each person in building a regular and focused practice, improving posture, stability, and mental clarity. Graziella continues to learn from senior teachers Gloria Goldberg, Abhijata Iyengar, and Prashant Iyengar.

Andrea

Andrea is a long-time Sayulita local, logging almost 20 years full time in Mexico. Andrea completed her 300 hour yoga certification online with Jules Mitchell in 2022, studying biomechanics, somatics, pain science, and restorative. She received her 200 hour certification from Narayani of Paraiso Yoga in Sayulita (2018), and her 50 hour Yin Yoga certification from Maria Abad of Paraiso Yoga (2023). Most recently, she has trained with Jim Gallas to offer guided Qi Gong practice in the tradition of Wai Dan Gong. Andrea is happiest at her jungle retreat in nearby San Ignacio with her husband, 2 kids, 3 dogs and 3 cats.

Amy Cain

Amy Cain has 30+ years of dance training in the US and abroad. She was co-owner of NHPAT™️ dance studio for 23 years, co-director of Revolve Dance Company, and a jazz instructor for upper-level students at Houston Ballet Academy. Her professional performing career included Revolve Dance Company, Ad Deum Dance Company, and Dominic Walsh Dance Theater. Amy's classes are preregistration only, so please get in touch to sign up.

Abigail

Somatic Self-Inquiry Meditation | HETA: Harmonized Embodied Transformation Approach Abigail is a somatic practitioner, educator, and founder of MágiCo, an integrative wellness practice bringing together digestive health, plant(+) medicine, nervous system awareness, and somatic integration. Her work is grounded in a simple understanding: the body is the litmus test for love. Through her Harmonized Embodied Transformation Approach (HETA), Abigail invites participants to explore the body's many languages, including sensation, emotion, activation, intuition, and physiological response, as meaningful information rather than problems to suppress or control. At the heart of her practice is non-control: developing awareness, attunement, discernment, and compassion without demanding that ourselves, others, or our experiences become something different before we can remain present. Her Somatic Self-Inquiry Meditation classes explore both intrarelational connection (our relationship with ourselves) and interrelational connection (our relationships with others). Rather than stopping at individual regulation or personal insight, the practice develops our capacity for authentic expression, reciprocal connection, and relational repair. And when repair with another person is unavailable, unsafe, or simply not possible, the work continues within. Intrarelational processing allows us to metabolize our experiences, honor our boundaries, and move toward integration without requiring another person's participation, agreement, or change. Drawing from neuroscience, embodied mindfulness, relational inquiry, and holistic wellness, Abigail offers an accessible, compassionate space for exploring what it means to be in relationship with our bodies, ourselves, each other, and the world around us.

Megan