H.Y.P. Studio & Spinning Lotus Studios
Alex Amorosi is a registered and certified yoga teacher offering classes, workshops, trainings, and private therapeutic practice in the Greater Boston area and New England. He teaches a powerful vinyasa flow class informed by studies of many styles of yoga including Iyengar, Anusara, and Forrest and intensive studies of human movement, anatomy, and physiology. Alex believes that yoga should be be healing for the body and always emphasizes proper sequencing and alignment to leave the body feeling strong and refreshed. “Yoga has had a profound impact on every area of my life. I originally came to the practice not only because of severe running injuries, but also because I was in emotional chaos. I intuitively knew I needed a grounding force amidst all the change that was swirling... Read the profile >>
"Jean-Louis “Dutch” is the author of the multisport blog “Fueled by Iron” (http://fueledbyiron.blogspot.com/) to talk about his experiences with training, racing and trying out new gear enroute to his ultimate goal of competing in an Ironman Triathlon. Dutch believes that a positive outlook and never say die attitude can lead you to be successful in any endeavor and he hopes his story and journey will help motivate others to get off the couch and not only become active but competitive too. Dutch is a former Army Captain in the 75th Ranger. A number of serious injuries including a broken back and pelvis ended his Army career. He now works on soldier equipment at the Army’s Science and technology facilities. Having been active his whole life, getting out of the Army and... Read the profile >>
Master Teacher Jene' Rossi is a certified registered yoga instructor with the National Yoga Alliance and is a traditional Usui Reiki Master/Teacher. Jene' has been practicing yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2001. Her extensive yoga studies include completing teacher trainings with Baron Baptiste. Jene has also had the privilege to study with many other yoga experts including Beryl Bender Birch, Ana Forrest, Rolf Gates, Elizabeth Huntsman, Coeli Marsh, Shandor Remete, Gregor Singleton and Rod Stryker. For the past several years, Jene' has studied Mediumship under Brenda Lawrence of the UK, Rita Berkowitz and John Holland of Boston. She also attended the Open Doors School of Energy Healing with Richard Lanza and Pat Iyer, and has studied the ancient art of Shamanism. Her style of... Read the profile >>
Maria began practicing Bikram Yoga in December 2006 during her senior year at Ithaca College. She had just started training for the Boston Marathon, so she figured adding some yoga into her running routine would help stretch her out and keep her injury-free. She had no idea what she was in for! The heat, the postures, the SWEAT (“how am I sweating this much?!” was all she could think!) was incredibly intense. She left her first class wondering what she had just experienced, and although the 90 minutes was incredibly challenging, she found herself wanting to go back the next day. Over the next four months, she practiced Bikram Yoga about five times per week and remained healthy throughout the entire marathon training. Not only was she feeling great physically, but her mental state was... Read the profile >>
Mat is the owner and head coach of CrossFit City Line. He holds numerous different certifications and has been involved in competitive sport, fitness, athletics and nutrition for over 10 years. It wasn’t until personally utilizing CrossFit as his training method that he began to see its power and ability to change and improve peoples lives. This is what inspired him to pursue a career coaching and to help people achieve their fitness goals. While coaching at CrossFit New England for over two years, Mat was able to see people make positive life altering changes to improve their health, wellness and fitness. It was through CrossFit and its unique scalability that all people were able to make these improvements. He has worked with all different people, from professional, college and... Read the profile >>
Spinning Lotus Studios & Sweat and Soul
Nichole is an athlete at heart. She has always playing, coaching and more recently developing new athletic opportunities to bring the benefit of movement to less privileged youth. To this day her favorite sport to play is basketball…yup you got that right…a short, white Michael Jordan! She earned an athletic scholarship to play field hockey at Boston College where she developed her love for long distance running. After watching the Boston Marathon from BC, she decided it was her dream to run it. After qualifying as a senior in college at the Walt Disney World Marathon in January of 2001 she was hooked. She ran nine Boston Marathons in a row between 2001 to 2009, with her best time of 3:08 in her 9th Boston in 2009. She is the founder of Balanced Centered Athletes that aims to... Read the profile >>
Inner Strength Studio - Watertown & West Roxbury
Roman's days are filled with being the owner of Inner Strength Studios’ West Roxbury and Watertown locations and being a new father, sought-after certified personal trainer, an ER500 RYT Yoga instructor, and an all-around guide and business coach to the studios’ independent teachers and health practitioners. Roman's goal at Inner Strength Studios is to bring together the highest quality instructors, therapists and trainers under one roof to serve the Inner Strength community, as well as to foster an environment for aspiring healers to develop their passion. Read the profile >>
