Christopher Marrazzo BSN, RN, C-IAYT, MAOM is a Certified Svastha Yoga teacher (500 plus hours), Vinyasa Krama Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic Consultant, & Registered Nurse. Chris is also a certified Yoga Therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapy. Chris did his Svastha Yoga teacher training in India & also completed the Svastha Yoga of Krishnamacharya: Therapy Program. Chris also completed multiple trainings in Vinyasa Krama and Yoga Philosophy with Srivasta Ramaswami. Chris is a graduate of the Kripalu School of Ayurveda & has a Masters Degree TCM. Chris understands each person is unique and needs varied approaches to healing. Chris also values nutrition as fundamental to well-being and helps clients find balance in this area. Suggestions vary but may include increasing whole plant based foods or intermittent fasting and other personalized modifications to diet and lifestyle when appropriate.
Chris works as an RN part time and primarily teaches Yoga in the hospital in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Outside the hospital Chris offers affordable private and small group Yoga classes and workshops in the tradition of Sri Krishnamacharya to the San Diego Community. Yoga instruction traditionally is personalized/customized for each individual. The practices offered may have a more structural focus when appropriate or may have a more meditative or stress managment theme and focus depending on the students needs and goals.
Follow up appointments help the student progress and develop their home Yoga practice. Yoga classes include mindful movements, synchronized movement with breath, and meditation customized to the individual. Clients often study Yoga once a week or once a month with Chris initially and then later may check in as needed. Once learned, these practices can be taken with you anywhere, and can form an integral part of ones daily health and wellness program and can help one let go of old patterns and develop new health ones.
This unique form of classical Yoga comes from the therapeutic yoga tradition of Sri Krishnamacharya. Chris continues to study Yoga and Ayurveda with A.G. Mohan, Indra Mohan, and Ganesh Mohan, MD (svastha.net). Chris completed his 200 hour Yoga Teacher training in Svastha Yoga as well as the 300 hour program in Svastha Yoga of Krishnamacharya: Therapy Program.
Chris also completed Vinyasa Krama training with Srivasta Ramaswami and continues to study with him as well. Chris is also a graduate of Kripalu School of Ayurveda in western Massachusetts, The New England School of Acupuncture, and also has a bachelors degree in Nursing.
Prior to his study of Yoga and Ayurveda Chris had also trained in martial arts, in various asian and southeast asian massage/bodywork modalities, and in herbal medicine. Chris has the goal to empower his Yoga students with the healing lifestyle and nutrition practices that these ancient systems of healing offer.
Chris is inspired by the classic texts on Yoga/Meditation. His teaching of Yoga is heavily influenced by the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Vedantic and Buddhist teachings, & the Hatha and Raja Yoga system of Sri Krishnamacharya as taught by the Mohan family of Svastha Yoga and Ayurveda and by Srivasta Ramaswami. Chris studied with Yoga teachers who were a direct students of Sri Krishnamacharya. Chris is also a student of Dr. Ganesh Mohan. Ganesh is a Master Yoga Teacher, Ayurvedic and Medical Doctor and international Svastha Yoga instructor. For more info on the Mohan Family and Svastha Yoga go to www.svastha.net. For more information on Srivasta Ramaswami go to vinyasakrama.com
Years ago Chris transitioned away from martial arts and started practicing Yoga in 2001 to treat an injury and for the general physical benefits, but later he discovered the profound benefits of yogic breathing and meditation on mental wellness. Chris has traveled and lived in India studying both Yoga and Ayurveda. Yoga instruction and Yoga Therapy has become his primary focus. Chris is an advocate of utilizing classical Yogic body and breath practices, bandha, mudra, meditation, chanting, whole food nutrition, intermittent fasting, & herbs from around the world to help empower clients to move in the direction of health, healing, and peace. Chris believes that classical Yoga and natural healing should be more accessible and offers discounted packages for dedicated students.