I’m Belinda.

I was fortunate to be introduced to yoga as a young child. It really only consisted of running into my mom in a shoulder stand but it was enough to keep a developing mind open.

As an adult I began exploring power yoga in 2000. I haven’t turned back since.

I’ve practiced power yoga, ashtanga, Bikram, Kundalini, Iyengar and Tibetan Yoga.

My power and vinyasa practice has been consistent for these 10 years. Within this vigorous practice I’ve come to embrace the empowerment of power yoga – not the brut force. It empowers the practitioner to explore their deepest selves, their deepest generosity and compassion. It empowers us as individuals and as a community.

I have practiced yoga through injuries of a torn ACL and injured right rotator cuff. I attribute much of my good health in recent years to yoga and tai chi after a diagnosis of MS in 1998.

As I age I will continue to explore a compassionate and yet empowering practice and I avow to always share this art with the entire community to help foster healing and healthy living.

Teacher training:

300-hr CYT – Hilltop Yoga, Hilaire Lockwood, 2009Yoga Alliance registered teacher, 2010

Tai Chi

I practice and teach the Cheng Man Ching short yang form. I have competed and won several gold medals in the Tai Ji Legacy International Championships and the Berkeley International Wushu Competition in forms and stationary and moving pushing hands.

My sifu is Susan Leonard of the Dallas Academy of Tai Chi Chuan. My lineage includes:

Sam Chinn, Edwin Yi, William C.C. Chen.