"The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings."
-TKV Desikachar
"The quality of our breath expresses our inner feelings."
-TKV Desikachar
My Story
My Roots
My Evolution
My Evolution
My name is Salvador Martinez and I teach Breath Centered Yoga. I began my Hatha Yoga practice and training in 1993, exploring a variety of disciplines such as Ashtanga, Iyengar, Shadow, Therapeutic, and Vinyasa. While pursuing my studies, I lived in San Francisco, London, and New York City, where I began teaching in 2008 and became an Experienced-Registered Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance, receiving certification in:
- Vinayasa Yoga, 200 hrs, 2008, Sonic Yoga NYC
- Therapeutic Yoga, 500 hrs, 2009, Abhyasa Yoga Center Brooklyn
- Children's Yoga, Leve I, Level II, Level II, 2010, Little Flower Yoga NYC
I deepened my knowledge of Yoga Anatomy with Leslie Kaminoff in 2012 and Embodied Anatomy and Kinesiology with Amy Matthews in 2014 at The Breathing Project NYC. In my Yoga Anatomy study, I examined the principles and the practices that provide a practical grounding in the essentials of the anatomy of yoga practice with a particular emphasis on the relationship between breathing and healthy spinal function. In my Embodied Anatomy and Kinesiology study, I addressed structure and movement from an experiential perspective, using principles from Body-Mind Centering, Laban Movement Analysis, Bartenieff Fundamentals, PNF, and various yoga practices to discuss principles of alignment and therapeutic applications.
My Evolution
My Evolution
My Evolution
I am currently studying the teachings of Therapeutic Yoga and Vedic chanting with Guta Hedewig, Directort of Teacher Training at The Yoga School New York, in the lineage of T. Krishnamacharya, the 'Grandfather of Modern Yoga' and TKV Desikachar, son of Krishnamacharya and founder of the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, South India.
I also offer Reiki, a form of vibrational healing developed in early twentieth century Japan, involving the light laying of hands, restoring balance to body, mind, and spirit. I received my training, transmission, and initiation of first degree and second degree Reiki in 2015 from Pamela Miles NYC, Reiki master and author of REIKI: A Comprehensive Guide. I have been practicing Self-Reiki everyday since my transmission and initiation, and I have found it to be extremely supportive, easy, and transformative. I would consider it an honor to share this practice with you, if you want to add another layer of observation and healing to your journey.
My Vision
My Evolution
My Vision
In Hatha Yoga, the body and the breath are unified, either in asana (postures) or in vinyasa krama (an organized sequence of asana). Ha is the exhale, giving, masculine, the sun. Tha is the inhale, receiving, feminine, the moon. Whether it is postures or movements, the body is organized around the breath. Hatha Yoga is a relatively late arrival in the evolution of Yoga, dating back little more than 1,000 years, entering the Western Hemisphere in the 1920s, and today it is the most widely practiced branch of Hindu Yoga. Hatha Yoga has many positive benefits and effects, especially health and fitness, but the true tradition of Yoga is in the practice of self-transcendence, self-transformation, and self-realization.
With my practice and training in the various disciplines of Hatha Yoga, I offer a traditional Breath Centered Yoga practice for the individual, Yoga to meet your individual need(s). It is with profound passion that the teachings and practice are offered, clarifying its relevance of ancient wisdom to contemporary life.