Latima Good

RYT 500

Yoga changed Latima's life. She found yoga in 2009. At the time she was feeling particularly lost; living in NYC, a struggling actress, bar tending to make a living, nearing 30. After attending only a hand full of yoga classes, Latima decided to enroll in a 200 hour teacher training through YogaWorks. It was not her original intention to become a yoga teacher; she figured practicing yoga intensively 8 hours a day for a month would give her some sort of perspective, and hopefully insight, into what she should do next. Being present in your body and in tune with your breath has a tendency of doing so.

What Latima discovered was a love of yoga. She came to her mat to seek solace in the otherwise turbulent hurricane that was life. She delved deeper into herself each day, learning how to meet herself where she was, to accept herself just the way she was, and ultimately to love herself. What she found was a rejuvenation and excitement about life that she hadn't felt in quite some time. Latima wanted to learn more, and possibly one day teach the things she was learning. She then decided to further her studies and enrolled in the 300 hour teacher training. She graduated in 2010 from YogaWorks with her 500 hour Teaching Certification. Since then she has taught in NY, VA and CA.

Latima's relationship with yoga continues to deepen and evolve. It has been instrumental in her path of self-discovery. She has learned a lot about self-care and how to approach herself with kindness, patience and truthfulness. Latima believes the lessons learned on the mat are ultimately tools to be utilized in every day life. Yoga helps her navigate her life, be more present within herself, and the world at large. She finds that she comes to her mat less and less to escape her life and more and more to delve deeper into it. It is becoming less of something she does and more simply a part of who she is.

Latima is currently enrolled in the 300 hour teacher training through Vira Bhava Yoga to further her training and deepen her understanding of the more esoteric aspects of yoga. She is excited to see how this will enrich her practice as well as her teaching.

Latima's classes are based upon the Ashtanga and Iyengar methods, with strong emphasis on deepening each student's experience of their practice through the cultivation of self-awareness, using precise technique and alignment instruction.