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ROBERTA VILLALÓN
yogini, teacher

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PROFILE

A life-long movement artist and teacher, Roberta has been a devoted yogini since her pregnancy, nineteen years ago. Her classes thoughtfully and dynamically combine pranayama, asana and meditation, bringing practitioners closer to the integral richness of yoga as a way of life.

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​By recognizing everyone's innate capacity to fully engage in yoga, she makes her classes accessible, building a solid structure for practitioners to flourish physically, mentally and emotionally.  Her experience as a dancer, choreographer and teacher as well as her pilates training provide her with a rich foundation to design anatomically safe and harmonious sequences, while her two decades as a college professor and health and well-being studies strengthen her pedagogical style.

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Roberta teaches hatha, vinyasa, yin and restorative classes as well as breathwork, meditation and yoga nidra workshops open to the community in English or Spanish. With the goal of fostering the well-being of immigrants and socially marginalized groups, she offers healing yoga workshops addressing the trauma generated by ethnoracial, gender, sexual and socioeconomic violence while building personal and collective resilience.

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She is a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance, and is forever grateful to all teachers that have respectfully shared the gift of yoga.

WEEKLY OPEN CLASS OFFERINGS

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TESTIMONIALS

"Carefully thought out classes: meaningful, challenging but accessible, with transformative assists."​

S.D., Yoga Teacher

"I've been practicing for twenty years and this was one of the best most complete classes I've ever taken!" 

S.P., Yogini

"I'm so grateful that she is helping me build strong foundation while learning about the depth and breath of yoga."

I.V., Yogini

"Amazing class! Was able to do poses that were difficult to me and find a steady balance." 

C. I., Yogini

"Wonderful! I loved her voice because you could feel that she was teaching from the heart, awakening our spiritual well-being,"

H.I., Yogini

"Somehow, she always knew what I needed and said what I was craving to hear. It has been a treat to take her classes while traveling."

N.B., Yogini

"Loved her class in every way, but really it was her subtle assists that made all the difference."

C.D., Yogini

"I didn't know yoga could be so peaceful and relaxing. It was exactly what I needed to recover from long travels and accumulated stress."

N.S., Yogi

"She offered classes that suited our morning needs,  awakening our inner strength through breath, movement and meditation."

M.P, Yogi

GALLERY

SUGGESTED READINGS

  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (by Swami Satchidananda, 2012) 

  • Hatha Yoga Pradipika (by Yogi Svatmarana, translated by Singh) 

  • Autobiography of a Yogi (by Paramahansa Yogananda, 1946) 

  • The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice (by T.K.V. Desikachar, 1999)

  • Light on Yoga (by B.K.S. Iyengar, 1976)

  • The Complete Guide to Yin Yoga (by Bernie Clark, 2011) 

  • Yoga Nidra (by Swami Satyananda Sarawasti, 1998)

  • Bringing Yoga to Life (by Donna Farhi, 2008) 

  • The Language of Yoga (by Nicolai Bachman, 2004) 

  • The Yoga Bible (by Christina Brown, 2003)

  • Mudras for Modern Life (by Swami Saradananda, 2015)

  • Teaching Yoga (by Donna Farhi, 2016) ​

  • Skill in Action: Radicalizing your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World (by Michelle Cassandra Johnson, 2021) 

  • Restorative Yoga for Ethnic and Race-Based Stress and Trauma (by Gail Parker, 2020)

  • A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation (by Jacoby Ballard, 2021)

  • Accessible Yoga (by Jivana Heyman, 2019) 

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