Yoga Retreat: Cultivate, Integrate, Celebrate

Faith Lipori

Level 2 ParaYoga Certified Teacher, ParaYoga Certification Team Member, E-RYT 500, Member IAYT Carbondale, CO USA   Faith has been teaching ParaYoga and meditation for over a decade, and is a senior student of Rod Stryker’s. With wisdom, enthusiasm and intuition, she combines asana (physical postures), pranayama (shaping and moving from the breath), meditation, and work with Prana (energy), into practices that guide students to deeper inner knowledge, contentment and the ability to live life from a place of courage and compassion. Intensely practical, her private sessions, classes and workshops allow each student to come home to the best of him/herself, and to move through life off the mat informed by that connection and awareness. Faith has studied extensively with Rod Stryker, assists him at workshops and trainings, is a ParaYoga Level II Certified teacher and is on the ParaYoga certification team. She is a member in good standing of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), is an experienced 500 hour registered yoga teacher through Yoga Alliance (E -RYT500), and has studied Restorative Yoga with Judith Hanson Lasater. parayoga.com

Nova Loverro

Nova’s love for yoga began the day she was born when, she is told, she did her first Urdhva Danurasana (full wheel ) Since that time, her love has expanded from the sheer joy of the body’s ability to express bliss into the more subtle layers of consciousness. Recognized for her authentic and warm nature that invites students to experience the fullness of their hearts, Nova (E-RYT 500) has been studying and teaching yoga since 1999. Nova was Certified in Anusara Yoga in 2006 and that same year, she met her teacher, Yogarupa Rod Stryker and has since become a dedicated student of ParaYoga. Her deep understanding of the Principles of Alignment combined with the beauty of expression she offers of Tantric Philosophy and Practices makes each class a rich and joyful experience. Nova continues to teach locally as well as, nationally and internationally. The Tantra Vinyasa Style employs the use of ancient teaching from the Sri Vidya Tradition and from ParaYoga and infuses them with the science of bio-mechanics of movement. With focus on the energetic body, the student is invited to delve deep into their inner beings while aligning equally so on the outside. Nova’s love and respect for yoga extends beyond the classroom and into the lives of others. She is a mentor and guide for many and teaches Yoga as therapy for both physical and emotional/mental imbalances. She has taught at hospitals for Cancer Patients and Survivors, Cardiac Patients, MS and Youth Recovery programs and has been a mentor for first generation students. Nova has dedicated her life to the pursuit of inclusiveness for each individual and continues to involve herself with programs that focus on those with seemingly less so that they may extract the sweet nectar of their lives.