Wednesday Yoga Wall Class - 6:15pm

Elia Nikolaev C-IAYT , E-RYT​ is Yoga Teacher & Yoga Therapist based in North County, San Diego. He obtained his first teaching certification in 2006 and has studied extensively in the Iyengar and Ashtanga lineages. He has studied in India in 2010 and 2013 in the traditions of Bishnu Ghosh at the Ghosh College of Physical Education, and at the Iyengar Institute in India (RIMYI) with the Iyengar family and their teachers. Elia completed a 2-year Training in Yoga Therapy with Larry Payne, MD and Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, DPT at Loyola Marymount University, including an invaluable clinical internship. He is also a certified Happy Back Yoga teacher under the tutelage of Rachel Krentzman, DPT.. Some of his most influential teachers & mentors include Roger Cole, PhD, Richard Freeman, Carolyn Belko and Usha Devi of Rishikesh, India. Teaching for close to 13 years has amounted to hundreds of hours of training in both Western and Eastern methods of movement and wellness, and thousands of hours in practice and application. Being able to learn from a wide range of influences and methods has allowed him to understand and refine his own grasp on the subject and lay the framework for creating his own classes, workshops and trainings. Learn more at ​http://therapeuticvinyasayoga.com.