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About Alexa
Hi, I’m Alexa… although most people call me Lexy (Thanks Amazon). I am a 500 hour RYT, yacht chef, and entrepreneur. Although I’m not holding weekly classes like I used to on Bequia, you can still practice with me on a retreat! You can check out my upcoming schedule in the RETREAT tab or click here.
Currently I work aboard yachts as a first mate and professional chef alongside my husband, Paul who is a professional captain. Together, we’ve spent the last few years traveling across the Caribbean and Europe soaking up all this big wide world has to offer. Over the years I’ve certainly developed my sea legs and have managed to take my yoga practice to the seas…although with a few more wobbles here and there!
When I’m not on the water, I’m either somewhere in nature, or with family in Brooklyn, Brighton, or Bequia where Paul and I have our pup, Dylan. Alongside my chef career, I work remotely as a graphic/web designer (you can check out my portfolio here) and run my vacation rental home, Ohana House. You can visit our website here. It’s truly paradise on earth - lush gardens a pool facing the bay, and just a few minutes from the beach… absolute bliss.
Through my many travels since leaving New York City in 2018 I have had the opportunity to expand my understanding of yoga with teachers around the globe from numerous islands across the Caribbean, the Americas, Europe, Australia and India. This in turn has informed my own practice and teachings drawing from Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, Katonah yoga, Chinese medicine, and somatic movement. My classes invite students into a constant dialogue between the conscious and unconscious through movement, sound, and breath. I aim to provide a container in which students feel supported to be free and curious about themselves and their bodies, conjuring up a child-like sense of play and exploration which we are so often told to suppress. By blending the classic teachings of the sacred texts with somatic movement and creative flows, I urge students to notice every inner working of their own body as it is in the moment and providing it with what it needs here and now. To learn more about me, check out my Introduction post on the Wild Thoughts Blog.
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My Trainings
In 2019, I quit my career in hospitality marketing and followed the path of becoming a yoga teacher in New York City. I completed my Yoga Alliance accredited teacher training at Loom Yoga, then under the guidance of Erika Mehiel, I pursued my interest and trained in the study of yoga therapeutics at Usha Veda Yoga. Being a long time student of Erica Chen, I completed an intensive mentorship where I had the opportunity to dive deeper into my own practice, learn the art of sequencing, the intention behind hands-on adjustments, and how to create space for students to feel empowered and brave. During COVID I completed Laughing Lotus’ Bridge to Lotus Flow training in addition to Usha Veda Yoga’s Yin, Restorative, and Yoga Nidra intensive. I am forever of student of yoga and after numerous weekend intensives I wanted to dive deeper and fully immerse myself into the practice. Thus, in 2021 I pursued my 300-hour training with Indra Yoga Institute alongside Raquel Bueno and Anita Sundaram in Portugal diving into Ayurveda, Trauma-Informed Yoga, Social Justice, and Yoga philosophy.