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Amanda Terry

Amma or Amanda is a nature lover with a passion to help others to discover a more synchronistic and aligned way of living. She believes in a multifaceted approach to wellness in order to restore and maintain harmony within and without the body. Seeing the body as a whole system that functions in harmony with nature, Amma has been seeking holistic balance in herself and others since she began in the wellness industry in 2009. Originally a fitness instructor and personal trainer, Amma has shifted to share her knowledge through the lens of Ayurveda as a guide for others to find their own path to their own inner bliss.

 

In 2014 Amma was called to India to dive deeper into the Vedic studies of Kaula Tantra. Through the teachings of this non dualistic approach Amma discovered the power of letting go somatically through her yoga practice, and was able to meet a deeper version of herself – one she had not found through the intense styles of yoga in California. After receiving her 200 hour YTTC in Tantra Yoga with Shri Kali Ashram in India, she felt called to more deeply understand Ayurveda, so she went to the birthplace of Ayurveda in Kerala India, where she began her journey as an Ayurvedic Health Counselor. Amma has continued her studies in Ayurveda focusing on Ayurvedic massage and cooking, and continued to expand her knowledge of yoga through Dynamic Spiral Yin Fascial Yoga, Myofascial breathwork, and continues to study the art of gentle assists. 

 

At the core of Amma’s being she believes that through the power of pure presence, slowing down, creating small rituals, and living in ceremony we can truly awaken to a new way of living. With deep reverence and respect for the 5000+ year old teachings, she believes that we are all deserving to live a symptom free life. Her classes are a unique combination of anatomy based asanas guiding you into rhythm with your breath, and finding deep relaxation in the body. Amma curates her classes to be balancing for all the doshas, holding the asanas longer, followed by savasana (corpse pose) and breathing exercises to fully integrate the effects of the practice.

 

Amma’s work and life based travels have brought her to many incredible places over the years. Growing up with a Brazilian nanny from birth until 4 Portuguese was technically her first language. She loves to share the magic she sees of the different cultures she has had a chance to immerse herself into with people through travel. Amma currently calls the jungle of the Osa Peninsula home, where she lives in a harmonious state with the nature around her in her Nature based wellness center, Rooted in Love. She enjoys teaching yoga, meditation, hikes in nature, and helping others return to their roots, steeped in love and pure presence. 

Michelle Ayau
Michelle  Ayau was born and raised in Canada but has lived on the Big Island of Hawaii since 2000. 
She graduated from Ryerson University in Toronto Canada with a degree in fashion merchandising  in 1992 but quickly realized that the fashion world was not for her. Eventually she made her way west to Vancouver where she took her first massage training course in 1998 and found her calling. In 1999 she also completed her first yoga teacher training and started teaching and doing massage full time. In 2000 she moved to Hawaii to further her massage therapy studies and became a licensed massage therapist in Hawaii. Since then she has done numerous training in modalities  such as Lomi Lomi,Shiatsu, Hot stones massage, Neuromuscular massage,Ashiatsu and Cupping. She also completed many yoga teacher trainings including, Sivananda, Astanga,and Iyengar styles.
The combination of all her studies in both yoga and massage helped her to create her own unique style of massage that focuses on the flow of energy, and the releasing of blocks through muscular manipulation, active stretching, and relaxation with the breath to ease physical and emotional pain stored in the body. 
Michelle is also an avid surfer, hiker, vball player and pickleballer! Her knowledge of body mechanics combined with her experience as an athlete and a yogi helped her to create a full body, deep tissue, relaxation massage suited to individual needs and injuries.
Michelle continues to practice massage in her home town of Kona and is also available for private yoga sessions.  She loves to travel and enjoy life and thrives on meeting new people and helping them along on their journeys.