MEET: CIARA DESMOND
- Yoga instructor since 2013
- Teaches pilates and yoga at Balance Studio in Cohasset
- Owner of Wicked Om Yoga
- Lives in Scituate
Certifications:
- 200-Hour Power Yoga
- Beginner & Intermediate Pilates Mat
- Yoga Sculpt
- Hot Power Fusion
- CoreRestore
TEACHING VIBE
What brought you to yoga? We love a good origin story.
I had a pretty severe knee tracking issue so I started taking yoga with my husband's P90x and then took a semester of yoga at The University of Maryland for my Kinesiology degree. I loved it so much that I joined a Teacher Training and never looked back!
How would you describe your teaching flow?
A mix of soft and power - I love teaching students about alignment and moving through fun and challenging transitions and poses.
Music Preferences? What is always on your playlist? Favorite artist?
Trevor Hall, The Album Leaf, Clean Bandit and Justin Bieber 🙂
What was your most memorable yoga experience?
When I finally got in to Crow! I was the only one from my teach training that couldn't do it so I tried all sorts of different things over a few weeks and it finally clicked in my body. I now get to share that with my students who are still working on crow, which is amazing 🙂
Any teacher shoutouts? Favorite yoga teacher?
I have quite a few favorites! I think my favorite teachers all are able to have fun, be creative and just love teaching and learning and sharing that passion with their students.
FAVORITES
My daughter, Kinsley - She is just 6 months old and is the light of my life. My husband and I were so incredibly excited to grow our family and Kinsley is so smart, so strong and just incredible in every single way. Can't wait to watch her grow up (though I wish she would stop growing so quickly!)
Yoga & Pilates - really, any movement feels great. That small window of peace you get to find on your mat is magical. I hope to share that with all my students in class!
Lululemon - When I got asked to be a Lululemon ambassador, I was SO excited! I had just finished opening up my first studio with CorePower Yoga in Baltimore and couldn't help but feel extremely humbled and proud of everything that I accomplished - both personally and professionally.
My dogs - Giroux and Izzy. We got Giroux when he was 8 weeks old - it was an incredible feeling watching him grow up in to the crazy goof ball he is today. We got Izzy when she was 6 months from a rescue and she has brought so much happiness in to our lives. They both love Kinsley, too, which is so cute.
