General Profile

First Name

Benita

Last Name

Wolfe

AY License Category

Experienced Certified Anusara Teacher

City

Kinvara

Country

IRL

Regional Location

EU/Middle East/Africa

Email Address

bjgalvan@mac.com

Website

https://bjgalvan.wixsite.com/benita

Instagram

benitawolfe_

FaceBook

Benita Wolfe Yoga – Heart Core Yoga

Yoga Bio

PLEASE SEE HER SOCIAL MEDIA and WEBSITE FOR ALL HER CURRENT EVENTS. http://www.bjgalvan.wixsite.com/benita

Benita Wolfe, also known as BJ Galvan, is a internationally renown seasoned Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor, one of the three original visionary co-founders of the current Anusara School of Hatha Yoga, a principal partner in The Celtic School of Yoga, founder of Heart Core® Yoga and Handstands Anonymous™.

Benita has multiple thousands of hours teaching Anusara trainings and events globally, (E-CAT, EYT1000hr+) over two decades of yoga teaching experience, and a lifetime of wisdom studies. She has been considered by some to be a master yoga teacher and is known as a ‘teacher of teachers’. Benita is deeply honoured to have been integral in introducing Anusara yoga in Latin America and continues to lead bi-lingual events globally sharing her expertise as an inspirational and playful expression of Anusara yoga. She is profoundly grateful to have had the opportunity to travel the globe apprenticing and assisting master yoga teacher, founder of the Anusara yoga method, John Friend when he was associated with Anusara yoga. She extensively studied Tantric Philosophy with Dr. Douglas Brooks for over 10 years and feels deeply grateful to have had his tutelage as well as several other well known and beloved Tantric and Earth Wisdom scholars including Sally Kempton, Bill Mahoney, Carlos Pomeda, and Paul Muller Ortega. Benita continues to be a student of yoga, wisdom and nature based modalities and continues her studies and practices with the finest teachers, scholars and healers in the world. She has accrued thousands of hours of teaching immersions and teacher trainings which she loves and it shows through her delightful contagious enthusiasm.

Passionate about the yoga practice, Benita teaches therapeutically aligned, dynamically flowing classes skilfully woven with heart provoking philosophy that will both inspire and challenge you to align with your inner source of power to heal and awaken, experience and recognise the beauty and goodness that is your true Nature!…. and wicked fun handstands are usually on the menu! You can also find her occasionally teaching on Zoom and see some of her YouTube classes.

• For more information on Benita Wolfe Galvan:
https://bjgalvan.wixsite.com/benita
• Feel free to email her at bjlobo@mac.com
• Facebook – Benita Wolfe Yoga • Heart Core Yoga
• InstaGram – BenitaWolfe_

Heart Core® Yoga, “Anusara Yoga by Benita Wolfe Galvan”, dba The Celtic School of Yoga has been a Yoga Alliance RYT-200 hr school since 2009, RYT since 2002. All hours with Benita qualify for both Yoga Alliance and Anusara School of Hatha Yoga licensing and continuing education credits.

Professional Background, mainstream life BY (Before Yoga)
• Professional ‘Mom’ to three boys, now amazing grown men; She is Grandmother of five, two boys and three girls, was a team mom, coached soccer and did all the momly duties for 30+ ys…
• She was once a fully certified personal trainer and fitness class instructor for 15+ years and with yoga, she’s been teaching fitness and wellness for over forty years.
• Her mainstream work experience includes co-owning an antique store that was in “Phoenix Best” for 3 years in a row, serving on the local school board 4+ years that built the 1st “Green’ school in the United States, served on her neighbourhood association board 4 years, co-founded a day worker centre for local migrant population, participated in town envisioning projects, coordinated the outfitting of the interior of a hotel in Mexico, co-created a local yoga studio, and administrated the design, building, leasing and management of a commercial property.
• Other modalities include completion of Reiki Master in late 90’s, Certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner trained by the founder Marie Mongan, and has been studying other natural healing modalities and metaphysical arts since 1975. She is an initiated high priestess after formal four year training in a Celtic earth wisdom mystery school and she currently leads women’s mystery studies, feminine cycle circles, archetype and myth, basic astrology, Earth Rhythms and lead teacher trainer for the Celtic School of Yoga. Her Maha Mantra, since before it was cool, ‘Choose Love”,… Grace, Devotion, Truth, Wisdom and Service to Love. All You Need is Love.

Weekly Class Schedule

PLEASE SEE HER SOCIAL MEDIA OR WEBSITE FOR HER CURRENT SCHEDULE:
Web – https://bjgalvan.wixsite.com/benita
Web – http://www.theCelticSchoolofYoga.com
Instagram – benitawolfe_
Facebook – Benita Wolfe Yoga • Heart Core Yoga

Weekly Zoom classes and YouTube channel The Celtic School of Yoga

What do you love most about Anusara Yoga?

I love the Wisdom…the Philosophy rooted in the Power of Conscious Love (Shiva/Shakti) the alignment principles to Conscious Love, and action in flow with the Natural Rhythms and Cycles of Life.

Why do you teach Anusara yoga?

I teach Anusara Yoga because it heals, awakens and transforms. The yoga method works.

Why do you license with Anusara?

Discernment and excellence matter.

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