Vidya (Mardi Sykes)

After participating in her first yoga class as part of a job description, Vidya (Mardi Sykes) was charmed. She spent the next few years examining many different approaches to the practice of yoga, studying with remarkable teachers from all over the country. Learning from her longtime teachers Jude English and Isaac Peña, she was certified through the Sankalpah Yoga Intensive, where she currently assists with workshops, kirtans, and yoga intensives. She continues to learn by teaching and to teach in the spirit of learning, inspiring an atmosphere of courageous curiosity with her students through dynamic vinyasa flow classes. She balances mindfulness with a playful disposition, encouraging her students to explore their own personal expressions of yoga through music, breath, creative movement, and meditation. Vidya is grateful to step in line with all the wonderful teachers who have shared their experience with her; she offers the efforts of her teachings to Manorama ji, for her generosity of love, light, and wisdom.

“What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!” – Victor Hugo