About Marisa Toriggino
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She studied with many of the founders of what is broadly known as modern postural yoga, including: BKS Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar (founders of Iyengar yoga), Sharon Gannon and David Life (founders of Jivamukti Yoga), Dharma Mitra (founder Dharma Yoga Center), Yogi Bhajan (founder of Kundalini yoga), and Swami Kriyananda (direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and founder of Ananda yoga). She blends these traditions with the current culture of today and offers yoga classes, workshops, trainings and yogic lifestyle tips both online and in person to help everyone experience the power of yoga for today's needs.
As a mother of two daughters, a native Californian and splitting her time between California and in her ancestral country, Italy, she is able to lead classes, events, retreats and trainings for all individuals with an interest in the benefits of the practice of yoga. Through her offerings for everyone, she also has a signature programs Yoga for Motherhood™ which are online and in person classes and teacher trainings for pregnancy and postpartum yoga.
Her credentials have helped her to understand the depth of the subject of yoga in order to better help others experience its power and capacity to transform. Yoga truly is for anyone and everywhere- regardless of age, experience or ability.
+Marisa became a certified yoga instructor and has the following credentials with Yoga Alliance: E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500, RPYT®, YACEP®.
+In 2008 she was among the first to write a prenatal yoga teacher training curriculum that was honored by Yoga Alliance.
+As a result Yoga for Motherhood™ is a credentialed Prenatal Yoga School (PYS) and all students have the opportunity to be Registered Prenatal Yoga Teachers (RPYT) upon completion of her program.
+She has a BA from UC Berkeley;
+Completed the UCSF Osher Center training in Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Training for Health Professionals;
+is Certified by the Rudolf Steiner college in Administration for Spiritually-based Organizations;
+Active Member of the Association of Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH) where she is also completing their Prenatal and Perinatal Educator (PPNE) Certificate Program.
She studied with many of the founders of what is broadly known as modern postural yoga, including: BKS Iyengar and Geeta Iyengar (founders of Iyengar yoga), Sharon Gannon and David Life (founders of Jivamukti Yoga), Dharma Mitra (founder Dharma Yoga Center), Yogi Bhajan (founder of Kundalini yoga), and Swami Kriyananda (direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and founder of Ananda yoga). She blends these traditions with the current culture of today and offers yoga classes, workshops, trainings and yogic lifestyle tips both online and in person to help everyone experience the power of yoga for today's needs.
As a mother of two daughters, a native Californian and splitting her time between California and in her ancestral country, Italy, she is able to lead classes, events, retreats and trainings for all individuals with an interest in the benefits of the practice of yoga. Through her offerings for everyone, she also has a signature programs Yoga for Motherhood™ which are online and in person classes and teacher trainings for pregnancy and postpartum yoga.
Her credentials have helped her to understand the depth of the subject of yoga in order to better help others experience its power and capacity to transform. Yoga truly is for anyone and everywhere- regardless of age, experience or ability.
+Marisa became a certified yoga instructor and has the following credentials with Yoga Alliance: E-RYT® 200, RYT® 500, RPYT®, YACEP®.
+In 2008 she was among the first to write a prenatal yoga teacher training curriculum that was honored by Yoga Alliance.
+As a result Yoga for Motherhood™ is a credentialed Prenatal Yoga School (PYS) and all students have the opportunity to be Registered Prenatal Yoga Teachers (RPYT) upon completion of her program.
+She has a BA from UC Berkeley;
+Completed the UCSF Osher Center training in Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting Training for Health Professionals;
+is Certified by the Rudolf Steiner college in Administration for Spiritually-based Organizations;
+Active Member of the Association of Pre and Perinatal Psychology and Health (APPPAH) where she is also completing their Prenatal and Perinatal Educator (PPNE) Certificate Program.