Staff

Alex Capaldo’s journey with yoga began as a child when her mother purchased a coffee table book on Yoga. After a long journey of discovering Yoga as a teen and finally beginning a regular practice in college, she felt the calling to teach Yoga to others. After graduating from SCSU, she attended the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Wellness' 200 Hour Yoga Certification Program, graduating in 2012. She has been teaching regularly for the past two years in the Greater Waterbury area. In September 2012, Alex embarked on a new Yoga journey, enrolling in a 500 hour Yoga Certification Program, as well as a certification as a Himalayan Institute Ayurvedic Yoga Specialist, which she graduated from in June 2013. For Alex, yoga is something that goes beyond just a job; it is a way of life. She enjoys teaching others to have a greater awareness of body and breath, and helping them move deeper into the mind, body, and spirit.

Shari Galvin is a certified yoga instructor graduating from Lotus Gardens Yoga School. As a mother of two, she understands the challenge of finding time to take care of oneself. Yoga has brought balance and peace to her busy schedule as well as helping her progress in other physical activities. She is also a certified personal trainer through AFAA and a certified Tai Chi for Arthritis instructor. She takes pleasure in teaching a variety of classes including cardio kickboxing, strength training, and different levels of senior fitness. Shari enjoys teaching a slow flowing yoga class offering modifications for various levels.

The most impactful period of my life was the five years I spent at Kripalu Ashram [1989-95]. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to live in a spiritual community where personal growth and spiritual development were prioritized over all else. We were very successful operating a large beautiful yoga and health center, hosting 300+ guests a night. For a while we worked 6 and a half days a week; yet work stopped if there was an issue to be dealt with. Love, insight, consciousness were our values. We developed presence: compassionate, loving, intelligent. Other significant biographical information: cum laude Phi Beta Kappa Wesleyan University (CT) 2004-present psychotherapist, hypnotherapist CT, NYC, Maui studied with and worked closely with prominent body-centered psychotherapists, Cia Ricco and the late Douglas Brady eight years worked with prominent Jungian analyst Richard C. Lewis, Director Jungian Institute NYC developed powerful healing modality, SpiritFire, while on residential staff at Kripalu certified, massage therapy and rebirthing studied and worked at Boston Institute for Social Therapy and Research