Meet Amanda Delorime MSPT, CYT! Amanda is a Maine native having grown up on the coast near Popham Beach. She received her Master’s in Occupational Therapy from University of Southern Maine. Amanda treats women’s health patients in our Portland office.

Amanda also teachers prenatal yoga in our Portland studio. She takes a whole body holistic approach to pelvic floor rehab incorporating both yoga and occupational therapy to help individuals.

Where and when did you complete your training?

I got my 200 hr yoga certification through Pranakriya Yoga in 2013.

Is there a particular practice or theory that informs your teaching?

Pranakriya yoga is based off the hatha yoga teachings of Swami Kripalu. Swami Kripalu was an ascetic yogi whose intensive practices led him to a very deep understanding of yoga, which he passed on to his students. His teachings were the inspiration behind Kripalu Yoga© as developed by Yogi Amrit Desai and taught at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Lenox, Massachusetts.

How long have you been practicing?

I've been practicing yoga since I was in undergrad in 2007, about 14 years.

What yoga/fitness-related continued education courses have your attended?

I have taken additional yoga courses in prenatal yoga, yoga nidra, and restore your core - a yoga based program for postnatal women returning to exercise.

What is your favorite class to teach?

I love teaching a gentle class focused on stress-reduction.

What inspired you to start your personal practice?

I was an undergrad student in Boston and I found yoga as a way to de-compress from all the hustle and bustle of living in the city and all stressors of being in college. It helped me find my ground during a very busy time in my life.

What inspired you to start teaching?

After college, I kept practicing and practicing. It felt like the next right step to go on to get my yoga teacher certification.

What in-class memory warms your heart?

During prenatal, when all the moms are resting in a supported bound angle pose. They look to me like they are finally getting the rest and space they so need.

If there was one thing you could impart to your students, what would it be?

Have fun! Be yourself. Don't judge yourself in a class full of other students. Come to yoga to practice you. Let it be a practice to go inward and create a loving relationship with yourself.