Fabiana Martens
yogamomfab@gmail.com

Fabiana has been a Yoga Teacher at Fitness Edge since the summer of 2008.

I started practicing yoga in 2000, when I was pregnant with my youngest son. I joined a few 10-week sessions after that, but it wasn’t until 2004 when I was diagnosed with MS that I decided to take my health and well being a little more seriously. Since then I had committed to 3, 40-day Power Yoga challenges that allowed me to practice yoga for 40 consecutive days. It was in this first 40 days that I realized and reaped the benefits of yoga. I became healthy, fit and well-balanced in my busy life. In 2005, my instructor was leaving and moving up north with her husband. I was devastated, wondering how I was going to move on without my new lifestyles, my motivator, and my guru….when she suggested that I become certified. So in 2005, I was certified as a level 1 Yoga instructor. My goal was not only to continue on my healthy and balanced lifestyle, but to also pass this on to others. To help others achieve and reap the many benefits of yoga. to build strength, stamina and flexibility thru the practice of yoga and to help one discover their innerself. In yoga, we focus on achieving that “final pose”, let me help you experience the path to get there!

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS/WORKSHOPS
•Certified Yoga Instructor – Level 1 – Fruition Body, Mind & Spirit
•Weekend workshop hosted by Mitchel Bleier (http://www.mbyoga.com/)
•Weekend workshop hosted by Desiree Rumbaugh (http://www.desireerumbaugh.com/)
•Weekend workshop hosted by Christina Sell (http://www.christinasell.com/
•Emergency First Aid & CPR
•Tapas Acupressure Therapist (http://www.tatlife.com/)