About Althea Cervantes

I’m Althea

YOGA THERAPIST | TEACHER | MENTOR

While traveling the path of life have you sometimes felt sparks of connection?

For me, yoga ignites this connection with myself, the Divine, my family, my community, and the natural world.

My “why” is to be of service to others.

Yoga is connection, the foundation of all the wonder to be experienced in life.

Being of service through yoga enriches my devotion to my community, family and friends.

I experience connection when playing the piano — voices singing harmony moves me to tears!

Placing my hand on my heart reconnects me with all of the love and beauty available to us when we pause, breathe, and receive. You will see this gesture in class and I invite you to try it.

Place your hand on your heart center. Breathe.

Thank you for allowing me to support your journey of self-healing through yoga, on and off the mat.

I became a yoga teacher later in life.

To AltheaYoga, I bring not only my life experiences, but also three decades of clinical and teaching experience from my first career as a nurse, as well as my background as a health educator, mentor, consultant and Yoga Therapist.

My passion for Yoga Therapy, specializing in mental and emotional health, arises from close study with my beloved teacher, Kim Orr, founder and teacher of Contemplative Practice Yoga®. Through Kim’s masterful teachings in yoga philosophy, the subtle body, and yoga’s therapeutic tools, I learn and experience the depth of yoga’s gifts including and beyond the asanas (yoga postures).

I am certified as a Contemplative Practice Yoga® teacher and Contemplative Practice Yoga® Therapist.*

I have been studying and teaching yoga for more than 30 years, with over 3500 hours of formal training and study, working in myriad settings from studios to hospitals.

I offer this experience and enthusiasm to you.

AltheaYoga links my home studio with your home practice space to form a bridge of connection.

*This advanced training and certification as a Contemplative Practice Yoga® Therapist and C-IAYT is specific to Yoga Therapy and is derived from my advanced studies in Yoga Therapy and my education and experience in health care settings as a Registered Nurse. It is not derived from my status as an E-RYT 500 with Yoga Alliance.

My teaching style and approach to the yoga practice reflect my belief that less is more.

In my classes, I guide your form and alignment carefully with an intelligent pattern of expansion and contraction in poses. We weave breath into movement and stillness. This approach of noticing inherently focuses on self-reflection and refines interoception. Interoception is the awareness and understanding of sensations inside the body.

Hold space for what is happening in the moment.

With livestream classes, you can check in with me personally. If you choose to leave your camera on, I interact with you to offer accommodations for your body.

Having seen how a sequence moves through students, the livestream classes inform the lessons I record. Videos range in length from a few minutes to an hour. I want to provide choices at suit your schedule and your needs.

I do include a few livestream classes in the library. See for yourself how the scheduled live classes allow me to meet your needs and match your mood on any given day.

All of the practices improve strength, coordination, and resilience while increasing somatic awareness. This allows a deep release of long-held tension.

Notice.

In this way, we discover new ways of moving, improved posture, and enhanced breathing, as well as self-awareness and self-affection*, or feeling comfortable in your own skin. This happens when you know yourself.