ABOUT
MY STORY
“I’m never becoming a yoga teacher.”
I believe that was the phrase I have said the most in my life. My mother is a yoga teacher and my father is a Tai Chi Chuan instructor, so I was literally born and raised in a yoga and holistic center.
Because of my upbringing, I felt very different from everybody else and really wanted to be “normal”. As I was growing up and deepening in my search for meaning and self-knowledge, Vedanta (the philosophy behind yoga) helped me to understand that there is no such thing as being normal and that accepting every aspect of who we are, even if that means allowing ourselves to be different, is what makes life worth it.
Yoga then taught me how to get out of my mind and transform all of that knowledge into action, and that’s what I respect the most about it, it’s not just a physical exercise, it is about learning to align and use our bodies and minds to understand ourselves, cope with the challenges we face every day. It is about finding the balance of getting out of our comfort zone, but still accepting and honoring our limits.
The yoga philosophy is part of who I am. "DAYA", from Sanskrit, means "compassion" which is a quality I try to bring to my classes and to my life. I bring the philosophy of yoga to my teaching, with a mindful, creative and nurturing approach, always letting the students know what they are doing and why. The goal is to bring the right questions to the practice, holding space to people learn more about themselves through Yoga.
QUALIFICATIONS in
Yoga & Vedanta
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Attended Hindu Symbolism and Mythology Classes from 2010 to 2014 - Samadhy
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2013: Began my formal studies with Gloria Arieira with "The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali" for 1 year and a half (around 160 hours) - Campinas, Brazil
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2014: Vidyamandir Vedanta Intensive Week - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2016: Level I Kundalini Yoga Instructor by the Kundalini Research Institute (KRI), 220 hrs - São Paulo, Brazil
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2016: Vidyamandir Vedanta Intensive Week - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2017: Vitality and Stress Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Level II by KRI, 62 hrs - São Paulo, Brazil
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2017: Yoga Teacher Training certified by Yoga Alliance, 200hrs - Dublin, Ireland
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2018: Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Grace Tempany and Eimear Beardmore, 30hrs - Dublin, Ireland
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2019: Level II Mind and Meditation KY training by KRI, 62hrs - São Paulo, Brazil
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2019: Level II Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Grace Tempany, 30hrs - Dublin, Ireland
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2020: Level II Conscious Communication Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training by KRI, 62hrs - São Paulo, Brazil
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2021: Yoga Anatomy Course with David Keil, 20hrs
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2021: Yoga Nidra Facilitators Course, Teacher Training Program with Tripura Yoga School
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2022: Restorative Yoga Training with Yoga Multidimensional, 30hrs - São Paulo, Brazil
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2023: Level III Yin Yoga Teacher Training with Grace Tempany, 40hrs
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2023: Level II Lifecycles & Lifestyles Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training by KRI, 62hrs
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2023: Level II Authentic Relationships Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training by KRI, 62hrs
Experience in the field
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Have been teaching numerous classes since 2016, both in Brazil and Ireland, including:
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Group classes in several well-known studios (up to 40 students)
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Corporate classes in small, medium, and large companies
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Private Classes; Special Events & Workshops
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On the board of directors of the National Kundalini Yoga Association of Brazil (AKYM), 2016-2018.
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Developed a day training teaching techniques to adapt Kundalini Yoga to a chair. Target to yoga teachers dealing with: low mobility individuals, corporate classes, elderlies, beginners
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Organized and attended numerous workshops, master classes, courses, and pujas with important personalities since 2007
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"Origins of Yoga" talk - AKYM Solstice Event 2021
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"Applying Yamas & Nyamas in daily life" talk - AKYM Event 2022
Besides all the training specifically in yoga, I'm always researching and learning other areas of spirituality as well. I have done courses and studied topics such as Crystal's properties and healing, Astrology, Tantric Numerology, Tarot and Oracles, Sigils, and Akashic Records.
TESTIMONIALS
"Would you like to improve your health? Are you looking for emotional balance? Are you seeking self-knowledge? So allow yourself to try Daya's kundalini yoga class. It's what I did at the start of 2017 and I recommend it to everyone who has the privilege to have classes with such a competent and studious teacher as Daya. Her class helps us to awaken our best version every day."
Luciana Sutti / Executive & Leadership Coach
"I attended Heated Yin classes from Daya, and I can't recommend her enough! I have been having some serious physical health issues that have been affecting my mental well-being as well, and every time I go to her class, I feel light as a feather after, and it helps me to find my center. Her calmness and teaching style vibrates around the room and helps me to relax and tune into the class. She always has time and openness for connecting with people after each session. Looking forward to having more classes with her."
Suzan Hazer / Sales Department
"I had the pleasure of practicing yoga with Daya. What I experienced under the name of 'vinyasa', to my surprise, was a serious work of investigating the body's limits and consciousness conditioning, with critical openness to the pluralism of techniques and the sharing of subsidies for integration with the oriental perspective. I witnessed the singular research effort that seems necessary to the fruition of yoga's full potential, which can bring its practitioners together around self-knowledge, transformation, and reciprocity, beyond the mere momentary relief of symptoms. I recommend it to all people interested in journeys of immanence or transcendence."
Adriano Blattner Martino / Civil Servant
 When I was 4 yo warming up |  Explaining the Bhagavad Gita |  During my Hatha Teacher training |
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 |  When I was 4 yo imitating a Kung Fu Class |  |
 Yin University |  When I guided the Breathwalk event |  |
 |  When I was 4 yo imitating a Kung Fu Class |  |
 Kundalini Chair Yoga Training |  Kundalini Chair Yoga Training |