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The story of Nubia Teixeira. A Biography

Nubia Teixeira started practicing yoga at the age of 16 and since then has been deepening her studies through books, pilgrimages, workshops, and teacher trainings all around the world. Dedicating herself to her practice and to her personal growth, Nubia spent 12 years teaching yoga in her home country of Brazil. She has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area for the past 3 years teaching regular classes to groups and to private students. Nubia often travels around the world with her husband Jai Uttal teaching workshops in yoga, bhakti dance, and pranayama. She is also a teacher at Omega Institute. Her very popular classes are rooted in the heart of bhakti, incorporating the techniques of ashtanga vinyasa, the alignments of Iyengar, pranayama, prayer, meditation and a passion for all forms of dance. Her teaching style is flexible, spontaneous, and sensitive to the needs of all her students, beginners and advanced.

Currently Nubia is deeply and happily immersed in the yoga of being a mommy! The object of her meditation is her little baby boy, Ezra Gopal.

Personal History:

From 1991 to 1996 Nubia received teachings from Mestre De Rose in all aspects of Yoga practice and philosophy, including an in-depth study of Hindu mythology and archetypes. She was given her certification as a Yoga instructor from Uniao Nacional de Yoga in Sao Paulo, Brazil. During the years 1995 and 1998 she received further certification from Aruna Yoga, also in Sao Paulo.

In 1997 Nubia made her first trip to India, where she was able to embrace on a much deeper level everything that she had been learning thus far. During this adventure she also began opening many other doors for her personal journey. She started dedicating herself to singing and classical Indian dance, which today is an important part of her sadhana. Also in 1997 she had her first trip to the USA, where she was able to explore the many ways in which Yoga is taught in this country.

Expanding her work into other areas, from 1996 through 1998 Nubia engaged in a three year training in Reiki. She received initiation as a Master Reiki practitioner and has brought this work to her classes and to her own healing.

Since then, Nubia has apprenticed with many different teachers and healers on her trips to Peru, Argentina, India, Nepal and the US.

In 1998 in Chile, she met Lama Ganchen Rinpoche, a guru from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, who taught her prayers, meditations, and self-healing practices. Lama Ganchen completely captured her heart and brought a new feeling of devotion to her daily sadhana and life.

In 2000, Nubia spent 6 months in India where she immersed herself deeply in the practice of both the Shivananda and Desikachar styles of Yoga, and in the art of Odissi dance in the tradition of Madhavi Mudgal.

In 2001, she received Ashtanga certification from It's Yoga in San Francisco, and Thai Yoga Massage certification from Saul David Ray at the White Lotus Foundation in Santa Barbara. During that same year, Nubia moved from Brazil to the US and since then has had the opportunity to meet and study with many renowned teachers, especially Shiva Rea with whom she has a special heart connection. She continues her studies in Odissi dance with Vishunu Tatva Das in San Anselmo, Ca. Discovering a new community of friends, students, and teachers in California, Nubia has found her second home.