All About HNY

Angela Albuquerque started her journey into yoga, energy therapy, health and wellness over 25 years ago, following her love of movement after a long career as a professional dancer, dance instructor, and choreographer.  She is an accomplished and certified Yoga (E-RYT 500HR, YACEP), certified Zumba, Sound Healer, Healing Codes practitioner, Pilates instructor, dance trainer, dance instructor, choreographer and dancer, who brings with her more than 30 years of professional movement and fitness-based teaching experience.  Angela started teaching dance, fitness for dancers, and choreographing when she was 15, graduated in 1993 with a BA in Dance and a Pilates certification from UC Irvine and went on to perform, teach, train and choreograph professionally for stage, film and TV, including Siegfried and Roy, Princess Cruise lines, Dr. Pepper.

Along her own journey, she decided she wanted to learn more about the medical field; injury prevention and rehab; how the body heals & how we can heal our own body; movement, sound, subtle body energy & mindfulness as therapy; and an understanding of how we as human beings can create a healthier lifestyle, body and mind.  She then went back to school, into the medical field and started an over 10-year career as a certified medical language specialist (RMT, CMT) and began her own journey of healing through yoga, meditation, sound & energy therapy, nutrition and functional movement.  Along her own journey of physical movement, health and wellness, yoga and meditation have helped her grow stronger, more fearless, created more joy, and have taught her to live each moment more mindfully.  She decided she wanted to bring her appreciation and all that she learned, her love of movement and knowledge of the body and injuries, the understanding of what we put in and on our bodies make a difference, the teachings of a mind-body connection and how energy flows throughout the two, the understanding of a healthy well-balanced lifestyle, and the amazing positive healing benefits of all modalities of healing and movement to everybody so she ventured out into the yoga teaching world first.  She received her SmartFLOW yoga 200-hour certification in 2012 and 500-hour in 2016 with Annie Carpenter and has never looked back. 

Angela is dedicated to providing a playful environment with the best possible physical and mental yoga instruction for all ages, through creating a safe space, healthy alignment and visualization of the body, and finding that deep body-mind-breath connection, to help each student achieve a life of balance and wellness on and off the mat. Through her relaxed, open-hearted, authentic and joyful approach, along with her background in the medical field, she encourages everyone to stretch the barriers of what they thought possible on their mats and ultimately in their lives. She allows each individual to see themselves clearly and find their own strengths (physically and mentally), a healthier body and mindset, an authentic practice and lifestyle, and most importantly a positive outlook and belief that you can achieve any goal and have an amazing journey while getting there!!