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Rishi Eric Infanti
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Rishi is a teacher of Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga. He has studied in Mysore, India with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois's family at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institut...view moreA U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Rishi is a teacher of Iyengar, Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga. He has studied in Mysore, India with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois's family at the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute and Acharya V. Sheshadri. His background and training includes over 2,000 hours of Yoga Teacher Training, and has been exploring the psychology of the mind-body connection to foster balance and equanimity, while deepening his passion for movement and contemplation to form his own constitution. It is from this template that he leads a Yoga practice into a calm and focused style of instruction, allowing each student to fully access the practice. Yet, it is from a space of love and compassion that he works with others to bring Yoga into all areas of life as a vehicle for wellness, healing and personal transformation.
As a multi-modality mind-body healer, board certified and trained in over 30 specialties including Massage and Body Movement Therapy, Yoga, Ayurveda, Jiu Jitsu, and Sport Rehabilitation & Mobility training, Rishi Eric combines the power of the physical body with the psychology of mind to foster optimal health and well being to people of all ages.
Rishi is a certified personal trainer, a tactical fitness instructor and a CrossFit Level 2 Coach, holding seven additional CrossFit certifications. He has been the therapist for, coached and trained a more diverse group of people than ever imagined, from a team of world-class athletes, to aspiring competitors, to seniors of a maturing audience with highly complex physiological and clinical issues. His approach is an eclectic methodology to facilitate healthy awareness, rooted in creativity, movement, and meditation as the medium of personal change and transformation. He facilitates this by holding context for optimal wellness, participant safety, and mindfulness; tailored to fit personal and group needs to utilize the replenishing mind-body-spirit modalities through creative expression. These practices are skillfully blended to serve participants in optimizing their wellness, empowering all life stages, and assimilating their life experiences within a fitness setting.
From high performance athletes suffering with physical injuries, to aging seniors seeking strength and balance, Rishi Eric utilizes advanced methods in Bio-mechanical and Neuromuscular Healing together with ancient Eastern wisdom. Operating at the highest levels of therapeutic massage and bodywork practice, Rishi also incorporates various yoga techniques from Ashtanga, Iyengar and Yin to facilitate creative and spontaneous healing depending on the unique and specific needs of his clientele. His training in India together with experience in Western medicine, allows him to manifest a unique space for healing where physical and personal transformation can occur in the local community in which he serves individually or through corporate groups.
In addition, Rishi takes his experience and vast amount of knowledge to another level thus implementing education and business-marketing services to the ever-growing Health, Wellness and Fitness Industry. Trained as a Software Engineer and Systems' Analyst, Rishi Eric has now designed marketing and technology-related programs, products and services aimed to educate the next generation of healers and trainers by providing them with strategic tooling necessary to compete in today's marketplace.
Rishi is available for workshops, trainings and seminars on; CrossFit Mobility, Kettlebell, Olympic Lifting, and how to integrate CrossFit into both everyday and military lifestyles, as well as eclectic Yoga Asana programs, Yoga Philosophy, and integrating the Eight Limbs of Yoga into your Yoga classes. To book Rishi, contact him at 561-779-9690 or eric@Yoga-WOD.com.
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www.Yoga-WOD.com
www.MarineOnTheMat.com
www.facebook.com/YogaWOD
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Books by Rishi Eric Infanti
Marine on the Mat: Patanjali's Eight Limbs of Yoga - from Parris Island to Mysore India