Trained as a vinyasa instructor at Yoga Vermont, Amela was first introduced to yoga at the age of seven, while spending a week in a Jain summer camp at Siddhachalam Ashram in New Jersey. She has fond memories of the daily yoga classes there, and was excited to rediscover yoga as a teenager, and then more deeply as a student of massage therapy. She has taught during both her pregnancies and postnatally with each baby. She has found yoga to be invaluable in preparing for and embracing the transformative power of birth and motherhood. Amela enjoys sharing her love of yoga, natural birth, and parenting. Her flowing style of yoga emphasizes breath awareness, and incorporates vigorous and gentle elements into practice.
