About
About Your teacher: Adrianna Peters: 500 E-ryt : She/her/They
Adrianna has over 9 years of experience teaching yoga. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida specializing in Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis on behavioral health and attended Lesley University in Cambridge, MA to begin her masters degree in counseling. While living in Boston she worked at an educational travel company, EF Education First as a sales development specialist. After following the call to leave the snowy winters of Boston, she left and traveled to Costa Rica to become a yoga teacher. She received her Danyasa 200 hour certification with Sofia Thom, Larry Threan and Shawn Roop, blending Dance, Vinyasa Yoga and Tantra Yoga in 2012.
After teaching for a 3 years in Costa Rica and California she traveled to Guatemala to complete her 500 hour certification at The Mystical Yoga Farm with School Yoga Institute. She resonated deeply with the shamanic style of teaching that she found on Lake Atitlan and begin facilitating 200 Hour YTTS. Since then she has lead 17 yoga teacher trainings in Guatemala, Peru, Costa Rica and Bali with School Yoga Institute, Sacred Paths Yoga and Danyasa. She has lead Cacao Ceremony world wide, guides Ecstatic Dance, drum journeys and holds sacred circle.
Adrianna comes from a diverse background, and immediately noticed racial disparities when she entered the yoga and festival world. She comes from both a Latine Venezuelan and white lineage- and recognizes the need for equity in the yoga community for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) and LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer) people. She also feels the need to acknowledge problematic actions in the yoga industrial complex that have resulted in cultural appropriation of an ancient practice. She does her best to honor traditional yoga lineage and to essentially be respectful to the Indigenous history of the practice. She is currently working on crafting chair and floor sequences to make her offerings more accessible to all, rather than limited to able bodied people. She believes this practice should be accessible to all bodies.
Throughout her journey she worked in the hospitality industry for 18 years. She learned a lot about being in service and about a wide spectrum of people. She found the industry to be conducive to many unhealthy habits, especially surrounding alcohol. She eventually took the leap to leave the restaurant industry and teach yoga full time. She has found her way through darkness to a healthier lifestyle though travel and yoga. Her mission is now to be the light for others, and the guide through the shadows.
When she’s not on the mat you can find Adrianna strumming the guitar, surfing the waves, flying through the air on aerial silks, spinning fire, dancing at festivals, painting or doing acroyoga. She loves taking long chunks of time in nature hiking, rock climbing and listening to plant medicine teachers.
