03/23/2026
✨️Teacher Spotlight✨️
Meet Elara! Our Nidra queen, we absolutely adore having her on our team and are excited for you to get to know her better!
🌻 What do you hope your students feel when they practice with you?
I hope my students feel truly welcome to be themselves and to show up exactly as they are, with whatever they’re carrying that day. My intention is to create a space where, through the practice of yoga, they can reconnect to their breath, their body, their spirit, their community, and to the earth as part of one interconnected whole. I want each person to leave feeling a little more grounded, open, and at home within themselves.
🌻 Where are you from?
I was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and moved to Massachusetts when I was five, where I spent the next 20 years. For the past 12 years, I’ve been grateful to call San Diego home.
🌻 What teachers have inspired you in your practice and yoga journey?
I completed my YTT in 2017 with Elka Haeckel, who continues to inspire me through her dedication to helping people tap into the richness and juciness of life. What I love most about her teaching is the invitation to not take life too seriously; to embrace all parts of ourselves. We get to be silly, sensual, sweaty, playful, deep, and complex… all of it is welcome!
Woop woop! Elara, we love you! Thank you for bringing your heart and soul to each practice.
Meet Elara on the mat for Vinyasa on Tuesdays at 9 AM, and Restorative and Yoga Nidra at 6 PM on Sundays.
