My story, with love, from me to you.

I was born in Mar del Plata, beach coast of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Grew up happy with my two younger brothers, my Grandma, a big dog and my mom.

I was always passionate about the body and sports, spent years of swimming and playing sports at the beach. When I finished High School I moved permanently to NYC, where my father was.

I stared my personal Yoga practice in 2009 and felt in love with it so much that I decided I wanted to spread it out and help others to live better by practicing with frequency. I got my first 200 Hs certificate in Downtown Manhattan at Yoga to the People in 2011, since then I didn’t stop teaching this practice that changed my life from inside out. I stared teaching at Equinox 74th St in NYC in 2012 ( still there in the present ) and there met my friend and coworker Meg, she inspired me to start running , and I found there another passion there, I stared doing 5km at Central Park, now I looked back and I have done 7 half and 2 Full Marathons. Running was the perfect introduction to weight training, since I truly believe they both need each others to stay injury free. I got my personal training certification with NASM in 2012 and I was able to combine what I feel today the best combination for your body: Resistance Training, running, Yoga and meditation. For all this years at Equinox been going through many physical and nutritional workshops.

In 2013 I got certified to teach Yoga on the water ( With Paddle Diva East Hampton ) and since then I been teaching Paddle Board Yoga at Manhattan Kayak Company every Summer.

In 2016 I got my Prenatal Yoga certification with Integral Yoga Institute in NYC and since then I been passionate about training pre and post natal. I had the blessed opportunity to actually do this course while I was pregnant so I got the chance to really feel all those modifications in the asanas, I believe Yoga can change your pregnancy for real to enjoy every second of it.

I’m very passionate about food and how to make our bodies stronger and healthier through it, In June 2022 I got my nutrition coach certification so I can officially help others to make good decisions and improve training and overall health by creating healthy habits.

Sofi.

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Sofia Villella Claussen, Founder