I am so excited to join my mentor Yogiraj Utkarsh and the World Yoga Federation, as a student, for this incredible tour of India…
I am so excited to join my mentor Yogiraj Utkarsh and the World Yoga Federation, as a student, for this incredible tour of India…
You asked for it, you got it! More Longevity!! Join us for Part 2 of Kristina’s Workshop on Longevity, Sunday, April 14th 2-4pm, at the YogaNestVenice! (Updated date!) And if you missed Part 1, do not worry, you’ll get just as much information, if not more!
Movement & exercise is absolutely the most powerful tool we have for longevity, it might be the most potent “drug” we have for extending the quality and perhaps quantity of our years of life. My framework for exercise is built upon four pillars: stability (balance), strength, aerobic training, AND mindset! I can acheive much of this through my yoga practice. And I am going to show you how to add some key components to your practice to extend your longevity.
I never want anybody to think, “I’m too old to do yoga or I can’t do what she does.” I think as long as you’re breathing, breath is yoga, you have the foundation! In my regular “Power Vinyasa” class, we may challenge ourselves a bit aerobically. In this workshop, I’m going to break things down a bit more, showing how aspects of yoga help our stability and strength for longevity.
For me, longevity means training for brain health as well as physical, and adding the mental, social, and spiritual elements while physically moving has been scientifically proven to multiply the benefits of exercise alone. But in addition, some specific movements, show an increase in neuro activity while practicing yoga. Not to mention, the benefits of goal setting, managing emotional stress, and overcoming challenges!
Neuro-specific yoga moves for increased strength, balance, and endurance. More insight into the lifestyle elements that shape the quality of our lives. Learn the critical elements to age the way we want to, to live our best versions of ourselves well into a long healthy life!
Be sure to go to the YogaNestVenice online to sign up!
Throat Chakra… it’s a funny chakra, isn’t it? What does it mean?
About 15 years ago, it was setting in that my toddler had a disability, he is nonverbal autistic. I was heartbroken for him. So my mom called a pastor. If you know our family, this is funny. My parents didn’t follow organized religion, referring to God, still, as God-Allah-Buddha. So the pastor walks into my home and sits down, and asks, “What is your relationship with God?”
I replied, “To be honest, I’m pissed! God had all these beautiful babies, and he’s passing out voices, and he skipped mine!”
Without hesitation, the pastor said, “He didn’t skip your baby. He CHOSE your baby. And He chose you to be his mother and to be his Voice!”
In an instant, my heart filled with such a passion, such purpose, it flowed up to my collar bone, into my throat, and activated my voice. Until then, if you had said, speak publicly, I would’ve had a panic attack! But from then on, my heart was so full, so purposeful, I felt it bursting up to my collar bone, like I mention in class, it had no choice but to activate my throat and my voice! I became an advocate, a teacher, a public speaker, and when I’m asked for a speech, I say, “I can’t give you one… I just get out there and let me heart overflow into my words.”
To me, THIS is the meaning of the THROAT CHAKRA.
What fills your heart so much, up to your collarbones, that it overflows and gives you voice? What is your voice?
And, Charlie, now 18-1/2, still short on words, long on personality! The love of my life. The reason for all my words! ♥️♥️♥️
Become autism-aware…
The latest research in 2023 from the CDC shows that one in 36 children is now diagnosed with autism. This is an increase from one in 44 children two years ago. And in comparison, the prevalence of diagnosed autism was about 1 in 2,500 in the early 1970s, when I was a kid.
About 25–30% of autistic individuals are nonspeaking or minimally speaking.
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check my schedule page for details)! Now through March 14th, I’ll be teaching this Throat Chakra. And you can hear my playlist for this class, all about the voice on my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! 😉 See ya on the mat!
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Autism advocate, yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
New week, new theme, new flow, and new tunes. This week and next, it’s the Heart Chakra, or Love. Valentine’s Day may have been last week, but it’s never too late, in my opinion, for… LOVE.
Through this energy center, we feel deserving of love just as we are. How we live our lives, leading with love and compassion, or through the opposite. This week I explore what that opposite energy may be. We are born to this life through love, into loving arms, looking into loving eyes. Then this funny thing called life happens. We experience pain, loss, heartbreak, scorn, and we learn… fear. And as always, our yoga practice is a metaphor for our lives. For me, I learned fear quite a few times, on and off the mat. I’ve had so many injuries, coming back from spinal surgeries almost three years ago. While I’ve been building back and maybe taking a pose for the first time since spinal rebuild, I am terrified! “What if?!” “I’m going to fall!” What if we face that fear in the face, explore where it originated, and go back to the first innocence of love? What happens if we face that learned automated reaction? What happens if we live through love and compassion, for others but also for ourselves, and live not through the fear we’ve learned?
We explore what this means to us, and how we feel if it’s blocked or if it’s flowing freely, and it always starts here in yoga!
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check my schedule page for details)! Now through February 20th through 29th, I’ll be teaching this Love themed Heart Chakra. And you can hear my playlist for this class, all about the voice on my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! 😉
See ya on the mat!
Yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
I’m so honored and so grateful!! You all requested me to teach an evening, and here it is!! What will now be called (at least to me, haha!) POWER TUESDAYS!!! I’m still keeping my regular 10 am and Tuesday, and don’t forget noon on Thursday, but it’s now 6 pm on Tuesday night for that evening Power class you wall wanted!! Can’t wait to see you on the mat!!
New week, new theme, new flow, and new tunes. This week and next, it’s the Solar Plexus, or our Selves.
The Solar Plexus is the chakra of our Self. “I am.” How we feel competent and capable, our self-worth, and how we pursue our purpose and passion, all flows from this energy center. And we explore it here in yoga! It’s been raining non-stop here in southern California, and we are going to shine our Solar centers so bright we call the sun in!
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check my schedule page for details)! Now through February 6th through 15th, I’ll be teaching this Solar Plexus Chakra. And you can hear my playlist for this class, all about the voice on my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! 😉
AND… the Longevity Workshop is this Saturday at The Yoganest at 1pm! Come join!
See ya on the mat!
Yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
New week, new theme, new flow, and new tunes. This week and next, it’s the Sacral Chakra, or Creation.
The Sacral Chakra is the chakra of creation, think about it, this area of our body is home to our reproductive organs. And so it’s the chakra of our sexuality and our passion. Through this energy center, we create our reality and can feel alive. We explore what this means to us, and how we feel if it’s blocked or if it’s flowing freely, and it always starts here in yoga!
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check my schedule page for details)! Now through January 23rd through February 1st, I’ll be teaching this Sacral Chakra. And you can hear my playlist for this class, all about the voice on my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! 😉
See ya on the mat!
Yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
Movement & exercise is absolutely the most powerful tool we have for longevity, it might be the most potent “drug” we have for extending the quality and perhaps quantity of our years of life. My framework for exercise is built upon four pillars: stability (balance), strength, aerobic training, AND mindset! I can acheive much of this through my yoga practice. And I am going to show you how to add some key componenets to your practice to extend your longevity.
I never want anybody to think, “I’m too old to do yoga or I can’t do what she does.” I think as long as you’re breathing, breath is yoga, you have the foundation! In my regular “Power Vinyasa” class, we may challenge ourselves a bit aerobically. In this workshop, I’m going to break things down a bit more, showing how aspects of yoga help our stability and strength for longevity.
For me, longevity means training for brain health as well as physical, and adding the mental, social, and spiritual elements while physically moving has been scientifically proven to multiply the benefits of exercise alone. But in addition, some specific movements, show an increase in neuro activity while practicing yoga. Not to mention, the benefits of goal setting, managing emotional stress, and overcoming challenges! So let’s have some fun and do some yoga for Longevity!
It’s a new year, new yoga classes, new ideas, and new thoughts and themes in class. Starting this new year, I’m going to start with the Chakras. And where else do we start but the root!
I love visualizations, I always visualize little baby roots growing from me deep into the ground, burrowing deep into the earth from the soles of my feet, or my root chakra, or whatever is grounded at that moment. And somehow, I then feel so firm and steady. I have always believed in being so firm and steady, so grounded, so rooted, that I can weather anything. I want to be the mountain-strong boulder, in the middle of a storm, that can stand strong. The tornado may whip up the cows and the trees, chew them up and spit them out, but I will weather anything you throw at me, because I have my roots. I am creating those roots, the symbol of my foundation, my home, my safety, and it starts here in yoga!
Be sure to come check out class with me at the Yoganest Venice! (check my schedule page for details)! Now through January 9th through 18th, I’ll be teaching this Root Chakra. And you can hear my playlist for this class, all about the voice on my spotify page! As always, new theme, new flow, new tunes, every two weeks! 😉
See ya on the mat!
Yoga ambassador & instructor & health coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. Specializing in longevity & recovery from injury.
All your questions about the upcoming yoga retreat in the Turks and Caicos with the beach volleyball pros of the AVP, answered!! For more…
Jun 11
This week’s flow and tunes. We build on moves week after week, consistency builds strength and form. The strength you create with the proper alignment and muscle activation…. gives you POWER! Come feel EMPOWERED with me in Power Vinyasa @yoganestvenice!! 💪🏼
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*THIS WEEK* …
Tuesday evenings (as always) 6-7pm
Wednesdays noon *new day!
Thursday evenings *NEW* 6:30-7:45pm Studio #2 ! (Downstairs NEW space!) ✨💫
See ya on the mat! 💫
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from
injury .
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#yogastrength #modelsover50 #longevity #wellnescoach #yogaforathletes #rebuiltspine #yogaforstrength #yogagoals #yogainspiration #yogainstructor
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Jun 5
This week’s flow is coming to a close tomorrow. Don’t miss this one…. or else I have no choice but to repeat the #pistolsquat 😂🤪 Come feel EMPOWERED with me in Power Vinyasa @yoganestvenice!! 💪🏼
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*NEW SCHEDULE* …
Tuesday evenings (as always) 6-7pm
Wednesdays noon *new day!
Thursday evenings *NEW* 6:30-7:45pm Studio #2 ! (Downstairs NEW space!) ✨💫
See ya on the mat! 💫
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from
injury .
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#yogastrength #modelsover50 #longevity #wellnescoach #yogaforathletes #rebuiltspine #yogaforstrength #yogagoals #yogainspiration #yogainstructor
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May 19
Have you wondered about Power Vinyasa? Do you think it’s like other Power you’ve tried? Maybe! Maybe not! Here we focus on the POWER of alignment set to a flow. We don’t use weights. We don’t do a lot of knee-to-side in plank. And only the one push-up you see here! We do focus on where and how to bend, where to gaze, how to take it slow with smooth transition, how to float at certain places because the strength you create with the proper alignment and muscle activation…. gives you POWER! Come feel EMPOWERED with me in Power Vinyasa @yoganestvenice!! 💪🏼
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*NEW SCHEDULE* …
Tuesday evenings (as always) 6-7pm
Wednesdays noon *new day!
Thursday evenings *NEW* 6:30-7:45pm Studio #2 ! (Downstairs NEW space!) ✨💫
See ya on the mat! 💫
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from
injury .
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#yogastrength #modelsover50 #longevity #wellnescoach #yogaforathletes #rebuiltspine #yogaforstrength #yogagoals #yogainspiration #yogainstructor
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Apr 29
Tomorrow POWER Vinyasa: Tuesday 10am & 6pm (as always in studio 1 upstairs) & this Thursday I’m sorrry I’m out 😞
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@yoganestvenice 😉 Come join me!!
Because next week, starting in May… you guessed it…
Updated schedule! 🥳✨🎉💫
Starting next week May 6th:
Tuesday 6-7pm studio 1 (upstairs)
Wednesday noon studio 1 (upstairs) -catch @venuti.yoga.love Thursday noon, we’re swapping!
And…
Thursday 6:30-7:45pm studio 2 (downstairs)
Come check out the new awesome downstairs studio and 15 minutes more! 😅🤪✨💫🙏🏼
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from
injury.
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#yogastrength #modelsover50 #longevity #wellnescoach #yogaforathletes #rebuiltspine #yogaforstrength #yogagoals #yogainspiration #yogainstructor
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Apr 24
I’m so excited!! ☺️ Join me for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Adventure in India! 🌏✨ Let’s experience the magic of India with authentic guides and Masters, all in one unforgettable journey! Discover the Taj Mahal, the majestic Himalayas, and the sacred Ganga River. Dive into Ayurveda, practice Yoga & Meditation, and explore the stunning South Indian Coast. From ancient monuments and temples to rich cultural and spiritual traditions, this adventure promises to transform your spirit and expand your horizons! I’m going as a student on this trip! To study with Yogiraj Utkarsh (so many of you have met and seen on my IG) and his guru Swami Vidynand! What an experience this is going to be! October 23 - November 6, 2025 (and ask me about the great flights I have found!) ✨💫
We’ll visit New Delhi, Agra, Rishikesh, Mahabalipuram, Pondicherry, and Auroville. All internal travel is included!!
https://bit.ly/indiaretreat-kristina
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from
injury.
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#retreat #India #yogaretreat #Spiritualjourney #yogastrength #modelsover50 #yogaforathletes #yogaforstrength #yogagoals #yogainspiration #yogainstructor
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Apr 23
Join me for this flow & for POWER Vinyasa @yoganestvenice ! We love to breathe and add movement and connection to that breath through asana. Have you joined Power yet?
And what do you think of another class, maybe in Studio 2? Just a little teaser 😉 stay tuned! 🙏🏼✨
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Don’t forget to share this with your yogi squad & tag me in your flows!
🪷🕉️🧘🏼♀️ Namaste, Kris
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Ambassador to the @worldyogafederation. ERYT500 yoga instructor & wellness coach based in Venice Beach. athlete. wellness-activist. nutritionist. biohacker. Specializing in longevity & recovery from
injury .
.
#yogastrength #modelsover50 #longevity #wellnescoach #yogaforathletes #rebuiltspine #yogaforstrength #yogagoals #yogainspiration #yogainstructor
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