Maria Fortino

About

Maria Fortino is a certified yoga instructor registered with Yoga Alliance who has trained and taught vinyasa flow yoga in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Thailand, Vietnam, Bali, Portugal, and Spain for 9 years. Now based in Porto, Portugal, she's bringing yoga and mindfulness to kids and adults in schools, after-school programs, sports programs, studios, and her community-grown club, Porto Yoga Club. Maria received her 200-hour teacher certificate from Flow Yoga Center and kids yoga teacher certificate through YoKid...Stretch Your Limits. She also plays for the Peru Women's National Lacrosse Team, and as a former Division 1 NCAA  Stanford lacrosse player, Maria is passionate about teaching the things she has learned (and continues to learn) on and off her mat to athletes of all ages.Her intention as a yoga teacher is to create a safe space for you to explore your own path of yoga by guiding you through movements linked to breath with focus on alignment, strength building, balance, play and meditation.