11/05/2025
Before being a yoga teacher I worked for nine years as a sports TV camera woman and post-producer for a Mexican sports presenter. I traveled around the world with this project that brought me close to some of the best athletes in the world. Football players, basketball teams, World Cups, Super Bowls, Olympics and so. I saw very intimately the intense pressure elite athletes are under. The intense pressure they have on their minds. That period was an incredible experience for me and I loved the travel. But being a camera woman in that environment wasn’t my true calling.
Last weekend I had the opportunity to teach the German Olympic team of breakdance and it was so much fun and very interesting. It awoke something in me that connected me to that past. And it made me excited to have the possibility of teaching mindfulness to elite athletes as I could see how much benefit they can receive from the practice.
By synchronicity since then I watched the film Peaceful Warrior about a college gymnast training for Olympic trials. He meets a mindfulness wizard at his local gas station and he is trained by him to be present amongst the challenges of his life and training. It’s a funny film for anyone interested in mindfulness and based on a true story.
I would love more opportunities to teach mindfulness and yoga to athletes.
