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Meet the graduates of our third Happy Warrior® cohort!

Over eight months, they have deepened their practice, challenged themselves, and cultivated the knowledge and skills to share yoga in ways that are accessible, trauma sensitive, and rooted in social justice. As they step into their communities, they continue a growing movement dedicated to creating brave spaces for healing, belonging, and collective well being.

Meet the Trailblazers

The Happy Warrior program is all about empowering leaders to use yoga for healing, equity, and social justice. These graduates have not only completed their 200-hour training but have also embraced the mission to create positive change in their communities.

Viamfi Mota
Vanessa Villar
Sujata Srinivasan
Skip Lewis
Nicola Chambers-Holder
Maria Paulina Lopez
Lynsey Saldana
Krystal Harris
Julie Anne Woolery
Jamie Pinilla-O_Dea
Greta Broneill
Gabriela Resto
Autumn Barodia
Amanda Squilla
Amanda Rodrigues
Alana Mckenzie
“It feels full circle to move from student to teacher within a community that has inspired and supported me over the years. This experience encouraged me to trust myself and continue growing my practice. It feels meaningful to now support others in finding the same sense of connection and grounding that these classes gave me.”
Vanessa
“Yoga In Our City’s Happy Warrior 200-hour certification was the journey of a lifetime. Every class was an invitation to absorb and incorporate the eight limbs of yoga on and off the mat. The syllabus was crafted with intention to root practitioners in the rhythm between the asana and breath, and to explore yoga as skill in action through a social justice lens. Unique to the program is the underlying mission to take yoga to people and communities priced out of yoga studios, to make yoga accessible to all bodies, to connect with yoga as a spiritual practice and not as a workout. The program is offered with intellect, heart, and so much soul, a true tribute to the yoga tradition.”
Sujata

Ready to Begin Your Own Journey?

Learn more about the Happy Warrior program and register for our next cohort.

Join us in celebrating these powerful leaders and the impact they’re already making.

Our community just got even stronger. We are celebrating the graduates of our second Happy Warrior 200 hour yoga teacher training. They showed up with heart and a deep commitment to making healing more accessible in the spaces that need it the most. 

We are so excited to witness the ways they will lead, share and root yoga in care, connection and justice. Some of them are joining us in the parks this season in Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury and Bridgeport ! Come say hello and learn more about our Happy Warrior training!

Together, we can continue to build stronger, healthier communities through the power of yoga.

Our Playlist

To get a sense of the spirit this cohort carries, we put together a playlist. Each trainee selected a song that holds personal meaning or speaks to what it means to be a Happy Warrior. We invite you to listen and feel what they’ve shared. Check it out:

Let’s continue to support and uplift each other, making wellness accessible for all. Here’s to the Happy Warriors – past, present, and future!