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Maria Van Winkle
Maria currently teaches Dharma Mittra Yoga/Vinyasa Flow-All Levels at “The Yoga Hut” in Pacific Beach and at the The Imperial Beach Fitness Center in Imperial Beach.  She has been a student of yoga for the past 5 years.  She has practiced for the last 2 years under the guidance of her teacher, Rebecca Kovacs.     
 
Maria comes from a sports background of running, biking, swimming and outrigger canoe racing.  Her dedication and passion for yoga took shape when she started her practice at “The Yoga Hut” in 2004.  Her teacher, Rebecca Kovacs, was her inspiration and thus began her journey for the love of the practice.

Maria completed her teaching training at the Dharma Yoga Center in New York City  June 2007 and received her certification from the Dharma Yoga Center.  She was blessed to receive the traditional teachings from the very humble master Sri Dharma Mittra.  She has so much gratitude for having the great fortune of her teacher training with Dharma, the sustainer of grace. “Dharma teaches us to pay homage, to think of God while practicing yoga and living life.  Dharma is simplicity and magnitude at the same time.  He draws you in like a magnet and has a heart like the sun”.
Maria’s enthusiastic approach and her love of yoga shines in her classes.  She loves to share her teachings of Dharma with everyone.  She encourages her students to make the practice playful and to challenge themselves at the same time.  Her approach to carve through obstacles allows her students’self-imposed limitations to fade away.  Whatever level she teaches, she works with her beginners to feel the poses and the more advanced to encourage them to master a variety of poses.   She encourages beginners to practice yoga from the base and works with all levels to help those challenge themselves into more advanced poses. Maria brings her heart to “The Yoga Hut” and she believes mindfullness, grace and dedication enhances the practice.  She believes every person has the ability to create a higher consciousness of the body, mind, and spirit; bringing compassion and love to the practice.

Maria is a resident of San Diego for 22 years and shares her life with her husband, 3 dogs and 2 cats.  She and her family enjoy the love of the outdoors spending time camping and canoeing.  Maria loves to take time to go hiking with her dogs and walking at the beach.  She enjoys reading, music and making her own creative vegetarian and raw meals for her family and to share with others.

Rates:
$  13.00    Drop In
$  55.00    5 Class Card   (2 Month Expiration)
$ 100.00   10 Class Card  (3 Month Expiration)
 

                                          

Some morning practices during the summer and warmer months will be held at Law Street on the grassy area above the ocean or at Fanuel Park on the grassy area in Pacific Beach.

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