Mandy Nelson, CYT
I am a certified Yoga teacher (hence the CYT) and perpetual Yoga student. Currently I am working toward my 200 hour certification through Fitness Resource Associates.
I've practiced Yoga for several years but it was when I became pregnant with my first child in 2004 that I realized Yoga was the best way for me to discover and work in my expanding body. 18 months after the first child I gave birth to baby number 2 and had established a regular yoga practice.
Watching my body change so drastically in that period was amazing. Yoga helped me feel strong and confident in so many ways. Three weeks post natal I got right back to my practice and my yoga instructor who'd led me through both pregnancies, Kim Stencel, as well as my husband, encouraged me to take the extra steps toward learning more. I've been learning ever since and hope to continue learning through this lifetime. FRA has been a fantastic place to expand my knowledge and I now owe a lot of my teaching style to Mary Jane Butera (though she doesn't know it!).
Through teaching I try to give my students what yoga has given me: a sense of peace and well being and a sense of myself.
