Andrea Fortuin - Founder/Director
Contact: andrea@orendayoga.org
Education/Training/Experience: Andrea has been a student of yoga for over 25 years and began sharing her passion for yoga in 2000. She began her formal Yoga "Teacher Training" at Maria College, Albany NY Complementary and Alternative Therapies 2000 - 2002. In the following years she has continued to study, taking many short term yoga intensives , such as Yoga for Back Care with Elise Browning Miller and studying with Mukunda Stiles.
Other more extensive areas of study include:
- Reiki Master attunement under the tutelage of Master Fr. Richard Hunt SJS (Jesuit) 2000
- Yoga Nidra Level 1 - Kripalu Institute August 2006
- Level 2 Annapolis MD. January 2008
- Level 3 January 2010 - current
- Advanced Training, Integrative Restoration (iRest) / Yoga Nidra Under the tutelage of Richard Miller, PHD - Integrative Restoration (iRest) is a US Military protocol being used with combat soldiers.
- Internship - Walter Reed AMC, Integrative Restoration June 2009
- Completed 3 week internship at Deployment Health Care Center (DHCC) at Walter Reed AMC in Washington DC. Participation in a program for combat soldiers with non-responsive PTSD.
Influential Teachers: BKS Iyengar, Richard Hunt, Richard Shultz , Richard Miller, My Kids, Life
Current Studies/Exploration: Working to create the areas first Resiliency and Stress Reduction Clinic. Operating under the Non-profit Soldiers Hope, the clinic will serve Military personal and their families, offering stress reduction services, specializing in PTSD. The clinic will also be available to the general public.