Sonya Chapnick

Each of my students is recognized as an individual, and I do my best to honor their yogic needs in the classroom. My classes emphasize breath linked with movement and gentle poses to allow students at any fitness level to enjoy the therapeutic benefits yoga offers, including optimizing breath, enhancing strength, and cultivating internal balance. Releasing muscular-skeletal tension and nourishing the nervous system are some of the benefits. What I strive to provide for my students is a way to decrease the impact of day-to-day stress and provide rejuvenation.

After experiencing the profound benefits of yoga in my own life, I became inspired to share its benefits with others. I am a certified yoga therapist teaching since 1997 in Southern California. I am a registered member of Yoga Alliance and the International Association of Yoga Therapists. In 2015 I completed a clinical Yoga Therapy Internship at the Venice Family Clinic Pain Management Center as part of the Loyola Marymount University Yoga RX Training.