ANA PILAR CRUZ

C-IAYT Yoga Therapist
E-RYT 500
RYT 200 & YACEP 

Ana Pilar (she/her) is a seasoned yoga therapist and yoga teacher with 23 years of experience in the field.  A long-time student of Gary Kraftsow (founder of the American Viniyoga Institute) and the Viniyoga lineage, Ana Pilar was grandfathered into IAYT as a Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT) and holds both an Experienced-Registered Yoga Teacher 500 (E-RYT 500) and Yoga Alliance Continued Education Provider (YACEP) through Yoga Alliance. 

Ana Pilar specializes in Yoga Therapy for Structural Integration & Neuromuscular Repatterning, and Anxiety & Stress Management.  She creates a trauma informed container to cultivate a safe environment for her clients to find a transformative and somatic healing in their individual embodied experience.  She incorporates cognitive reframing, breathwork, and adaptive therapeutic movement to facilitate healing and growth.

Ana Pilar is non-judgemental, approachable and easily puts clients at ease with her sense of humor and storytelling skills. She aims for each individual client to see the beauty and uniqueness in their own lived experience and heal themselves for the betterment of themselves, their community and the world at large.