Vivify Hot Yoga

Hello my name is Anna Peralta and I have been a certified yoga instructor for a little over 10 years and teaching full time for almost 5 years. I am certified in Hatha, Vinyasa and Asthanga Yoga and I am a RYT 500 hour instructor. I am also Certified in Children’s Yoga, Yin Yoga, Hot Shakti, and Meditation. I have taught adults of all levels. I have also taught Glowga, Prenatal yoga, Mommy and Baby, and Chair yoga classes. Yoga is an amazingly healing and life-changing modality. I love helping others reduce their anxiety and stress levels, become more mindful in their everyday life, and improve or heal any physical ailments they may be experiencing. I offer modifications for people just beginning their yoga practice or for anyone who has sensitivities, and I offer advanced Yoga practices as well. I learn from my students constantly which helps me become a better practitioner and teacher. I also continue to go deeper into my own practice and to always educate myself. Yoga is an infinite journey. I believe the possibilities for any individual’s practice and life are endless especially with a consistent yoga practice. It is amazing what it can do for your life.

Namaste

My yoga journey began in 2012 after a co-worker of mine forcefully but lovingly suggested that I come to class with her. We were 911 Dispatchers together and she knew that yoga would help with my hip pain from my recent child being born but also help with the emotional strain I was experiencing from my work and my past. Having survived domestic abuse and then working in 911 you could say I was desperately in need of healing. After my first class, it was clear there was no turning back. Finally something was powerful enough to quiet the chaos in my head. Shortly after my husband was lured in as well and fell in love with yoga as quickly as I did. In September of 2014 the dream of Vivify was born and in March of 2015 Vivify Hot Yoga opened its doors to the public. At the time we were not yet instructors. We wanted to have a studio that opened from what a “student wants and needs” perspective. We attended classes like all the other students at Vivify and we both went to separate teacher training's. I have actively been teaching now since 2015. My passion is connecting with the community. Both the yoga community we've built and the local community that I am proud to be apart of. Myself and my studio has been and continues to be heavily involved with numerous charities and projects since we've opened from working with domestic violence victims, recovering addicts, to taking care of our local first responders and victims of critical incidents. My heart calls to helping others and I am beyond honored to be able to do that through sharing my yoga practice with others.

Growing up playing softball, Alisha has had a passion for physical activity since childhood. By
2010, she began to dabble in yoga and long-distance running, and soon both developed into
full-blown passions. While continuing to work a full time job, she decided in late 2015 to take
her yoga practice to the next level, and enrolled in the Purity 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training
program. Also a certified Reiki II practitioner, Alisha combines the two to create a positive
energy flow throughout her classes
Alisha loves to spread her passion for physical wellbeing with others, and combines her love for
fitness with music and humor to ensure that her students continue to grow on their own! She
believes that yoga provides great benefits, both physically and mentally, and that it assists in
living a balanced life.
While not busy practicing yoga, working and running, Alisha enjoys spending time with her
three dogs, family and friends. She loves to explore the sights and scenes of beautiful New
Mexico, both around Albuquerque, and throughout the State.

While Theresa O’Malley considers herself, first and foremost, a Yoga Teacher, she is also a Physical Therapist Assistant and Medical Researcher.  Theresa embarked on her yoga journey in 2000.  Initially, she got “on her mat” for stress reduction. She quickly realized that her yoga practice evoked her life-long interest in gymnastics and dance. A fascination with meditation soon followed.  

 Theresa received her 200 YTT certificate in the beautiful state of Washington. She has trained in a variety of yoga styles such as Vinyasa, Power, Baptiste, Jivamukti, Iygengar, Bikram, and Yin, but she is increasingly drawn to the Freedom Style Yoga of Erich Schiffmann.

 Theresa is committed to the importance of breath work, postural alignment, logical sequencing, and having FUN in her classes. Her extensive training in Anatomy and Therapeutic Exercise lends well to fostering safe and effective yoga classes.   

 Theresa strongly believes that the body is capable of great physical changes reciprocal to a bit of dedication, patience, and a well-rounded practice of Yin and Yang styles of Yoga. As a scientist, she is pleased (though not surprised) that experimental research is identifying specific cellular and metabolic changes that occur in one’s Yoga practice.

Andrea began practicing yoga 20 years ago, working with many different styles and teachers. Practicing
on a regular basis, she began noticing the positive effects of working with the mind and the breath and
how it personally helped with chronic migraines. Drawing from this experience as well as other life
experiences, she decided to bring the benefits of Yoga, Fitness, Health and Wellness to others. Andrea
chose to train with YogaFit, the world’s largest Yoga teacher training school, where she achieved her 200
hour certification. While in training in Boston, she used her required community service hours to teach
to people with special needs. Believing that Yoga should be accessible to everyone, she continues to
teach all-level classes, ranging from corporate, gym, senior chair yoga to studio flow. Andrea also holds
certifications through AFAA as a Certified Personal Trainer and a Group Fitness Instructor and teaches
other formats as well, from core strength to Zumba. She also holds a 1 st degree Black Belt in
Taekwondo. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, biking and kayaking.