Meet Amanda Damaren

Meet Amanda at Midtown Yoga! You can find Amanda teaching Inferno Hot Pilates, 26+2 and newly added to her list, Yin Yoga.

We chatted with Amanda this week and found out some of her favourite things.

How did you come to know and love Pilates/Yoga?

I started taking the 90 min. Bikram classes when I was 16, when the studio first opened it was all that was offered at that time. I was so used to my formal dance training that had no middle ground, I was either doing a move good or bad. I remember the feeling after taking my first 90 min class of being taught that if I fell out of a move or couldn’t hold a pose very long it was ok, I was still enough and I could still come back. This is what continues to bring me back to class each time. The feeling of acceptance and knowing that I can show up when I can as I am 🤍.

What’s your favorite move/pose?

Eagle 🙏🏼 feels incredible through my head, neck and shoulders and brings my heart rate back down.