Total Body Yoga Teachers
Silvia Mordini E-R.Y.T.
"No One Is Wise By Birth, For Wisdom Results From One's Own Efforts" -- Krishnamacharya
To learn more about the Yoga Retreats I lead throughout the world please visit my personal website www.silviamordini.com
Upcoming Retreat Dates Include:
Tuscany, Italy June 20-26, 2010
Moab, Utah November 4-7, 2010
Big Island, Hawaii December 14-19, 2010
Moab, Utah April 16-19, 2011
For Videos of my retreats please check out:
http://silviamordini.com/video.asp
Yoga has been a faithful companion since I was run over by a car as a pedestrian over a decade ago. This life changing event brought yoga into my life as part of my recovery. My body and spirit were transformed by this experience and I became dedicated to living a Yogic life since that fateful event. My loving Anusara-inspired Vinyasa Flow teaching style is influenced by more than 10 years of Hatha yoga study and I am gratefully committed to my three primary teachers: Shiva Rea, John Friend, and my students whom I truly love so dearly.
My classes are upbeat and fun, serious and informative, supportive and authentic. I use my own intuition along with people's questions, past injuries, and demonstrations to deepen the learning process. I hope that when students leave class, they are inspired to be good to themselves and thereby kinder to others.
I am deeply honored to serve my students with the intention that while connected to their breath, they might feel each pose with an open heart and a quiet mind. Yoga then becomes a means to explore oneself more deeply in order to better face life’s challenges; many find that beauty and strength naturally emerge as byproducts.
While in the corporate world, I worked for both Inc 500 and Fortune 500 companies as Director of Human Resources, specializing in Training & Development. This parlayed well into opening my own studio and teaching yoga full-time. With over 7,500 hours of yoga teaching experience, I bring inspiration, enthusiasm and playfulness into each class through creative, flowing sequencing and a delightful combination of yoga philosophy and healthy physical alignment. Students often tell me I use the most inspiring music, as they are treated to a fresh, unique playlist of motivating music every class!
I would describe myself as a super gentle, sensitive Cancer with a Pitta/Vata nature. My favorite healing stones are Tigers Eye and Citrine and the Panther is my Totem. This naturally leads me to help others navigate the unknown and face their own fears. When not teaching or practicing yoga, I enjoy watching funny action movies, dancing, cooking for loved ones. I like hanging out, soaking in the sun, planning for new adventures and sipping a cold Corona with my friends. Nature and the relationship of human spirit are my greatest teachers! You'll find me in the mountains or on a beach when not teaching yoga.
To email me privately send to info@totalbodyyoga.com or call me at 847-772-9642. I'd LOVE to hear from you for any or no reason. Do stay in touch my dear friends!
What other hobbies do you have aside from yoga practice?
I love going to the movies! - any of them really (comedy, action, drama etc). Photography, especially black and white - capturing the simplicity of each person's unique beauty, then using them as gifts for loved ones. Painting both on canvas and experimenting with the walls in my home. Traveling to seek out new experiences both near and far from home. Mostly I just like hanging out and seeing what happens...
What is the title of a book that you have read recently that you could strongly recommend?
What is one of your all-time favorite movies
Can't pick just one...Singing in the Rain, Fiddler on the Roof, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, West Side Story, Shawshank Redemption, Philadelphia Story, Cinema Paradiso
What is one of the funniest incidents that occurred in one of your yoga classes?
Something funny happens in each class, I hope to always create a playful environment where we can giggle at ourselves. I crack myself up all the time so you'll likely hear me laughing out loud in class for no reason.
What is one of your all-time favorite "comfort" foods?
The vata in me loves carbs...warm + heavy = delicious! Favorites include mashed potatoes, lasagna, tortellini, tortellocci, grilled cheese sandwich made with olive oil, pancakes, gigantic warm chocolate chip cookies?
What is your favorite color?
Violet / Lavender
Favorite Artists/Groups?
John De Kadt
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Grateful Dead
Jai Uttal
Mickey Hart
Johnny Cash
Donna De Lory
Gipsy Kings
Buena Vista Social Club
Sting
Beatles
Favorite Songs on Your IPOD?
I Am from Game of Chants
Hallelujah by k.d Lang
In the Quiet Morning & Gracias a la Vida by Joan Baez
Here comes the flood and Don't Give Up by Peter Gabriel
Say Hello Wave Goodbye by David Gray
Every Breath you Take by Sting
I'll Stand by You by The Pretenders
Helplessly Hoping by Crosby Still Nash and Young
Bouncing around the room by Phish
Wheel in the Sky by Journey
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning by Frank Sinatra (all Sinatra really)
Come out to Play by UB40
Boat on the River by Styx
I'd Cry Like a Baby by Dean Martin
One & Bridge Over Troubled Water by Johnny Cash
Can't Keep It In by Cat Stevens
I Am A Child by Buffalo Springfield
A Better Way by Ben Harper
Let's Stay Together by Al Green
Sundown By Gordon Lightfoot
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
Secret & Harder to Breath by Maroon 5
Over the Rainbow by IZ and By Ray Charles
Good Night my Love by Harry Connick Jr
Where is the Love by the Black Eyed Peas
Your are so Beautiful by Joe Cocker
Is this Love by Stealers Wheel
"Yoga is a process of becoming who you truly are... and along the way you become stronger and more flexible, centered and joyful. Yoga is not about the final pose; it is about the transformation you go through to get there."
Stroke of Insight by Jill Taylor
The Alchemist!!
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
It's Not About the Bike, Lance Armstrong
Wherever you go There you Are, John-Kabat Zinn
The Geography of Bliss (talks about happiness)
“Through learning the art of making one person happy, you learn to express your love for the whole of humanity and all beings. Please help us develop the curriculum for the Institute for the Happiness of One Person. Don't wait until we open the school. You can begin practicing right away.” – THIT NHAT HANH
“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Because I don't live in either my past or my future. I'm interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you'll be a happy man. .... Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living right now. - The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho
"I want to thank my parents for giving me my first yoga book when I was 10 years old. They gave me the gift of yoga and now my dharma is to share it with others."
"Standing in our light, speaking from our love, moving with our grace, together, we can shift the world to a peaceful place, humanity can bear no less..."
From A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle: "If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace. If peace mattered to you more than anything else..."