About your instructor Born in India, raised in Canada, and now based in Boston, Purvi is a full-time environmental engineer with a deep-rooted passion for movement, particularly yoga and dance. She first discovered yoga at university in the 1990s and practiced it sporadically, primarily as a mechanism for stress and pain management. Over the years yoga became integral to maintaining a sense of balance. Almost 20 years after beginning her yoga journey, Purvi completed her 200-hour and 500-hour certifications with Health Yoga Life in 2016 and 2020, respectively, and has subsequently enjoyed leading Yoga Teacher Trainings in the Northeast United States. Yoga continues to bring Purvi the gifts of self-awareness, compassion, and confidence on the journey to realizing the authentic self. Her passion for sharing the wisdom and transformative power of yoga is the motivating force behind her desire to empower students to connect with their inner guide through asana, breath, mindfulness, and meditation. She focuses on teaching practices that incorporate powerful tools of the yogic philosophy including mudras and mantras.