Welcome to Episode #17 of the Wild Yoga Tribe Podcast! This week, I welcome Ana Paula Hernández onto the show. She is a yoga teacher and studio owner from Mexico. Ana hit rock bottom, suffering from addiction depression, and eating disorders, and she felt like the medical system was failing her— it was yoga that saved her. She even describes her first yoga class as an exorcism. Yin yoga was part of her full recovery. As Ana Paula says, “Through yoga, with yoga, through silence, through resilience, through holding— that’s a healing process, that’s why yin is so important to me.”

Now, Ana Paula works with the elderly and with medical protocols. Her mission is to “cut early their conditions,”and even though she’s not a doctor but she works alongside them. Ana Paula works alongside neurologists and doctors with elderly patients to help them ease or reverse their symptoms of diseases.

Ana Paula has another important message, which she stresses here in our conversation— don’t weaponize yoga. “Stop the fighting, stop the dividing, start reconciling with yourself.”

Ready for more? Yoga in Mexico here we go!

Tell me more about Ana Paula Hernández…

Ana Paula Hernández first began her journey with Yoga in 2002. She received her first certification in Vancouver BC, under the guidance of Shakti Mhi at Prana College in Hatha Yoga 200 YA. Ana Paula then found her passion for the various styles of Yoga, starting a series of certifications, including Yin Yoga in 2004, Restorative Yoga 2006 under the guidance of Nevah (Wendy Eaton), and Mat Pilates under the guidance of Martha Hernandez. Moreover, in 2006 Ana Paula completed a year-long course in Ayurvedic Medicine and Cooking with Dr. Shiva Varma. She then went on to complete certifications in Yoga Nidra, Prenatal Yoga, Yoga for Kids, and Thai Massage.

Ana Paula taught yoga from the beginning of her career in Vancouver, before returning home to Mexico in 2008 where she immediately opened with a small home yoga studio, and in 2011 she opened the Drishti Center in San Antonio Tlayacapan, Mexico. Since then, Ana Paula has been leading the 200 hour yoga teacher training and continuing education program for yogis and advanced teachers. Ana offers classes, workshops and certifications throughout Mexico and abroad.

For the skimmers - What’s in the Mexico episode?

• Hitting Rock Bottom & Yoga as an Exorcism
• Your Body Is A Universe
• Understanding Yin Yoga
• Don't Weaponize Yoga!
• Instagram Yoga & Moral Superiority
• Yoga is survival

Connect with Ana Paula Hernández

www.drishticenter.com

https://www.instagram.com/anayogadrishti/

https://www.facebook.com/drishtiyogacenter/

https://www.instagram.com/drishticenteryoga/

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