anna carbonell
Anna, a native-born Filipina, learned her first shoulder stand when she was about 4 years old from her father, Rolando "Swami Deva Leelananda" Carbonell, who helped pioneered yoga in the Philippines. Her first true experience of the practice of yoga was when she attended Ananda Marga ashram in her homeland when she was just a little girl. Upon growing up, Anna took interests in other things like musical theater, modeling, kung fu, Hawaiian and Tahitian dancing and found herself veering far away from yoga.
It wasn't until the year 2000 did she reconnect with yoga at Jivamukti Yoga Center under Sharon Gannon, David Life, Yogeswari and other extraordinary teachers. It was there where she found her way back to yoga yet it was at exhale where she began her passion to teach yoga and had completed her yoga teacher training. Anna is also certified to teach Yin Yoga under the tutelage of Sarah Powers. She also completed her 300-hour Jivamukti Yoga teacher training with David Life and Sharon Gannon and is always striving to deepen her yoga practice both on and off the mat.
Anna infuses Aloha in her classes incorporating love, warmth, and compassion in the fluidity of the asanas and serenity of the Yin postures. You may often find yourself chanting in her class, flowing to Hawaiian music, and relaxing during Savasana (corpse pose) added with loving healing touches.
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