Avani Gilbert: Founder & Director of CYA Programs

E-RYT 500 / YACEP / Ayurvedic Yoga Teacher / Reiki Master Teacher / Doula / Prenatal Yoga Teacher / LMT & Clarity Breathwork Practitioner

Mother, teacher, friend, bodyworker, lightworker and breathworker: Avani started exploring yoga as a teenager to counter participation in high school competitive sports and stress/anxiety induced lack of sleep. It was then that she began a lifelong love, journey and an endless (on-going) study in wellness. She has participated in yoga teacher trainings throughout the last 16 years while accumulating 8,000+ hours of teaching experience and over 3,000 hours of wellness studies.

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Avani is the director of the Retreat and Training Center AmaSER; the first of its kind in the Caribbean of Costa Rica. She is the lead trainer at the Caribe Yoga Academy where she directs the yoga teacher training program which is rooted in tradition blended with modern science.  She emphasizes the importance of CommUNITY and Seva (Service) in her teachings and in her practices.

Her flows are creative and founded with a strong knowledge of functional anatomy and biomechanics. This allows each student to move in a way that is exactly right for their own unique body. She is a lover of Indian Mythology, Mantra and Indian Devotional Song, Ayurveda, nature and whipping up delicious vegetarian creations.