Maria Fortino

Maria Fortino is a certified yoga instructor registered with Yoga Alliance who has trained and taught vinyasa flow yoga in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Thailand, Vietnam, Bali, Portugal, and Spain for 9 years. Now based in Porto, Portugal, she's bringing yoga and mindfulness to kids and adults in schools, after-school programs, sports programs, studios, and her community-grown club, Porto Yoga Club. Maria received her 200-hour teacher certificate from Flow Yoga Center and kids yoga teacher certificate through YoKid...Stretch Your Limits. She also plays for the Peru Women's National Lacrosse Team, and as a former Division 1 NCAA  Stanford lacrosse player, Maria is passionate about teaching the things she has learned (and continues to learn) on and off her mat to athletes of all ages. 

Her intention as a yoga teacher is to create a safe space for you to explore your own path of yoga by guiding you through movements linked to breath with focus on alignment, strength building, balance, play and meditation.