HI, I'M GINA!
I am a 500-hour registered yoga teacher who travels the US teaching yoga and working at renaissance festivals.
I have been practicing yoga since 2007 and teaching since June 2020.
At Renaissance Festivals I perform with my Folk Fantasy Music and Dance act called Nemeton, who is also available to bring Celtic Sound Baths to your wellness space.
My teaching is based in my training as a Hatha yoga teacher. Yoga is an ancient and vast system from India. I personally practice a mix of Patanjali's 8 limbs of Astanga Yoga- with a focus on preparing to sit in meditation and to live a healthy life while helping others and doing no harm, the Bhagavad Gita's Karma Yoga- doing work as selfless service in this life, and Bhakti Yoga- devotional yoga encompassing every daily action as the practice. Every day I practice asana, nodi shodana pranayama, and Transcendental Meditation. I also live by Pema Chodron's mantra "Comfortable with Uncertainty" and approach things by way of the middle path. Yoga is a personal journey and I show up as a guide and friend who creates a safe space in which we can walk the journey side by side. I am a forever student approaching life and practice with a beginner's mind, sharing what I discover along the way.
My overarching certified teaching style is Hatha. Under that umbrella I am trained to teach Vinyasa Flow, Gentle Yoga, Yin, Restorative, Yoga Nidra, Meditation, Pranayama, Yoga for Seniors, Chair Yoga, Trauma-Informed Yoga, and Aerial Yoga. I am Reiki level-1 certified, insured, and Mental Health First Aid trained.
Feel free to contact me any time!
Current Classes:
I travel the USA performing and teaching yoga at renaissance festivals. I also teach at local studios wherever I am currently located. Contact me if you need a yoga teacher! Tour schedule
I post my class schedule on Instagram @ginacarliyoga
and Facebook.com/ginacarliyoga
I sometimes live-stream classes in a private Facebook group called "Nomadic Yoga Community" <-click to visit, so request to join and practice with me virtually!
Classes remain posted in that group for you to practice any time anywhere.
Donations are accepted for these classes if you practice along to a class video that is posted there:
Paypal @ginacarli
Venmo @Nemeton
Cashapp $GinaCarli
Zelle ginacarli89@gmail.com
Practice at your own risk. Stay safe. Message me any time.
Schedule always subject to change :)
Contact me to schedule your private or semi-private yoga session in-person or virtually.
I am available to create a yoga session specifically tailored to your group or event. Contact me to create a personal yoga experience! Corporate events, festivals, bridal showers, workshops, retreats, etc.
Contact Details:
704-433-4311
LET’S CONNECT
Join the Facebook group called "Nomadic Yoga Community" to practice with me online and connect with our yoga community!
704-433-4311
GINA CARLI, RYT 500
Gina is a 500-Hour Yoga Teacher. She has an MFA in Dance from UC Irvine, a BA in Dance, Theater, and Film Studies from Manhattanville College, and she has been dancing since she was two. She was born in Salisbury, North Carolina. Gina has been practicing yoga since 2007 when she was introduced to it in a college theater class by Professor Hannah Fox. For over a decade, she has been traveling the US as a full time nomad performing and teaching yoga at renaissance festivals. All this travel has given her the opportunity to practice yoga from a wide variety of teachers, styles, and lineages. Gina received her RYT 500 certification in-person at Heartwood Yoga Institute June 2020, and she is grateful to her teacher training leaders Denver Clark, Ginny and David Shaddock, and Rachel Belle and all of the teachers she has had throughout her life. Gina's yoga teacher mentor is Josie Kramer and Gina helped Josie to open Vikara Center, a wellness center outside of San Diego, CA. Yoga is an ancient tradition that comes from India, and it is of much importance that we all acknowledge and honor yoga's roots.
Gina's life mottos are "choose joy" and "be here now" and she considers herself a "joy warrior" because it can be tough work. She has a passion for working with kids, and bringing out the inner child in everyone, and plans to become a Registered Children's Yoga Teacher one day. She loves the concept of "beginner's mind" and is a forever student, bringing what she learns and practices herself to her students. She is Reiki level 1 trained, insured, and Mental Health First Aid trained.
Please email Gina for her most up-to-date resume.
TESTIMONIALS
Gina's a wonderful yoga teacher. She is calming and attentive. Her heart is huge and getting to share in a practice with her makes the day so much better.
-Julie R.
Gina is an incredible Yoga instructor. I’m so intimidated by yoga classes a lot since I’m not a “yogi”, I feel judged and can’t follow. Gina is so patient, welcoming, challenging and just amazing.
-360 Fitness & Barre Student
Perfect class!!!! Loved every second of it. Just what I needed. And I love a juicy pigeon hold. Great tunes and even better personality - I always think the class should laugh at some point! Thanks!
-Jared R.
Got to meet Gina Z. and take her class. She was amazing. That class might have been one of the best classes I have ever taken. It seems she was spot on with everything. Her breathing technique, her flow, her sequence, and her positive message were so nice. Again, I can't express how good she was. Winner Winner, Chicken Parm Dinner. Hope she is there more often!
-YogaVibez Student
Gina is very enthusiastic and knows her material well. She puts together a very nice flow with some material that you may not find in a traditional flow. She then wraps up with an (optional) meditation. You should enjoy her classes.
-Randy S.
Excellent class for all levels.
-Iris S.
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