About Angelica Lopez, RYT-200
Angelica (she/her) is a Puerto Rican survivor of childhood sexual abuse from Holyoke, MA. She was drawn to the beauty of yoga in her early teenage years. Although this helped her find strength within, it wasn't until college while struggling with grief that she understood the healing power of yoga. After a decade of committed practice, Angelica decided to pursue yoga teacher training in order to assist others in finding tools to help and heal themselves. She graduated from Yoga Sanctuary's 200-hour yoga teacher training program in January 2020. She has since completed several trauma-informed training programs with various organizations including The Veterans’ Yoga Project, Yoga 4 Cancer, Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga, and The Prison Yoga Project.
Angelica offers trauma-informed, strengths-based, flow yoga using philosophy, movement and alignment cues to help her students find their sense of agency and empowerment within. Her goal is to treat people like people, always trying to make space for Every Body to connect with themselves and perhaps with the community.
Certifications
Mindful Resilience Training for Trauma Recovery - Veterans' Yoga Project, May 2019
200-hour Yoga Teacher Training - Yoga Sanctuary, January 2020
yoga4cancer Certificate Program - yoga4cancer, January 2020
Transcending Sexual Trauma through Yoga - Zabie Yamasaki, March 2020
Yoga for Self-Regulation and Trauma - Hala Khouri, 2020
Elemental Actions Against Appropriation - Susanna Barkataki, August 2020
Put Your Yoga in Action to Create a Just World - Michelle Cassandra Johnson, September 2020
Yoga Through the Lens of Incarceration and Trauma - Prison Yoga Project, November 2020
Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training - Yoga Sanctuary, November 2021
Recovery Coach Academy - Choice Recovery Coaching, January 2022
Intro to Adaptive Yoga - Mindbody Solutions, February 2022