The Science and Art of Yoga and the way I felt euphoric, balanced and so alive, were what fascinated me after I experienced my first yoga class as a teenager living in Hawaii. Fast forward, years later to a Yoga conference in Estes Park, Colorado, where I took Iyengar Yoga classes from Patricia Walden and Mary Dunn, who sparked a light in my being. Next, I completed my Iyengar Teacher Training with Karin O’Bannon in Laguna Beach and then passed my First Iyengar yoga assessment in 2003. After decades of intense study, my fascination and intrigue with the Art, Science and lifestyle of helping myself as well as others from practicing and teaching Iyengar yoga has not diminished.
Cynthia loves to teach and share the Hatha Iyengar Yoga lineage (paramparā) which she gleaned from the foremost teachers in the world: BKS Iyengar, The Iyengar Family, Senior Iyengar Yoga instructors; Karin O’bannon, Gloria Goldberg, Manouso Manos, Birjoo Mehta, Neeta Data, Carolyn Belko, Garth McLean, Marla apt and many other talented Senior Iyengar Yoga Teachers.They taught her to have a strong understanding of asana and the many uses of props. She connects with her students and helps each student find a way to cultivate awareness and mindfulness in each asana, while emphasizing attention to muscular-skeletal alignment and integration of proper breathing.
Cynthia is a CIYT Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher, C-IAYT Certified International Yoga Therapist, and an E-RYT-500hrs- Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher
She taught at Carolyn Belko’s Iyengar Center in Encinitas for 11 years and had the fortunate opportunity to assist in therapy and prenatal programs for 8+ years. Cynthia initiated the yoga program in 1995, at the Ritz-Carlton in Dana Point where she was the Lead Yoga instructor for 26+ years and taught Yoga to private, large corporate groups, and daily group classes. She studied art and the human form, several movement and healing modalities, including massage which informs her teaching.