Aura started practicing Ashtanga Yoga in 2009 and was lucky enough to have Bernardino Machado as her first teacher. Since then, she has dedicated herself to the practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. She attended her first teacher training with Manju Jois. She then made her first trip to Mysore, India in February 2011, where she practiced in Sthalam 8 under the guidance of Ajay Kumar. Later that year, she took her second trip to Mysore for a teacher training program. After her training, she taught yoga in an Ashram located in the city of Bogota, Colombia where she introduced new students to Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, as well as conducted workshops and short training sessions to spread the benefits of this method. After a year of teaching in Colombia, she moved to a small island in Central America called Utila where for 3 years, she took over and grew a small project named Yoga Utila. In 2015, after moving to Long Island, New York, she opened Ashtanga Yoga Long Island. For 6 years, Aura conducted a daily Mysore program and daily led classes on the Primary and Second Series of Astanga Vinyasa Yoga.

Ashtanga Yoga helped to improve her breathing and notably has changed not just her state of mind, but also her physical condition. The practice has encouraged her to switch to more healthy habits and to strengthen mind, body and spirit.

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