IRAIMER RUIZ (SHE|HER|THEY|THEM)

LEAD TRAINER, BREATHWORK FACILITATOR & TRAUMA-INFORMED HOLISTIC LIFESTYLE COACH

Founder of the Sacred Movement Academy and former director at Stanton Street Yoga NYC, Iraimer (Ira) is a native Puerto Rican dance-movement artist, 500 E-RYT, Holistic Health Consultant, and a certified facilitator of integrative somatic trauma therapy using the modalities of Yoga, Ayurveda and Transformational Sacred Breathwork.

As a latinx-person-of-color raised in marginalized and oppressed communities between Puerto Rico and New York, she strives to create safe, diverse, and inclusive wellness spaces that offer equitable opportunities for all who seek to access holistic tools to approach self-exploration, healing and purposeful living in supportive, loving and welcoming environments.

Rooted in Vedic sciences, modern psychology and trauma-informed methodology, she shares somatic practices to empowers others to broaden their current state of awareness, and re-discover the infinite source of wisdom and love within in order to succeed in the quest of harmonious healthy living through a sacred relationship with the inner-outer environment, and from there with the Divine Source.

She is devoted to carrying forward the wisdom her teachers Dr. Scott Lyonn, Dr. Sará King, Nkem Ndefo, Peter Levine, Arielle Schwartz, Michael Stone, Maharaj Radhanath Swami and Dhanurdhara Swami gracefully have given her through her continuous study of Somatics, Holistic Healing and Spirituality.

MARGARYTA ANDRYUSHCHENKO (SHE|HER)

YOGA & MEDITATION TEACHER, BREATHWORK FACILITATOR & LIFE COACH

Margaryta (Rita)Aleksandrovna Andryushchenko is a Native Ukrainian immigrant living in the United States. She is 99% of Eastern European descent and is fluent in English, Ukrainian and Russian, with conversational fluency in Spanish. 

She serves as a certified health and life coach, Prema Breathwork facilitator, and yoga instructor based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Her greatest mission in life is to live in alignment with Love and Truth and to support people as they do the work to heal their trauma and find their way back home to themselves through somatic exploration, shadow work, mindfulness practices, and the transformative power of alignment in community. 

Graduating from The Sacred Movement Academy’s 21-day Yoga Teacher Training back in 2022, Rita is now an essential team member of of this collective, and creates a supportive trauma-informed environment that facilitates intimate mentoring, emotional processing, as well as personal and professional development.

ANN-MARY KAY (SHE|HER)

SOUND THERAPY, YOGA & MEDITATION FACILITATOR

Ann-Mary Kay is a Danish, NYC based, Trauma-Informed Life Coach & Astrologer, RYT800 Yoga & Meditation Teacher, Reiki Master, Breathwork Facilitator, Chakra Therapist, Sound Therapist & Somatic Voicework Teacher.

She is very passionate about supporting others, as they explore and awaken to their own full potential. She is inspiring, compassionate, patient, engaging, empathetic, present and deeply nurturing in the way she teaches & holds space & she meets everyone where they are. 

Her energy creates a safe space for discovery, deep healing and growth.

With many years of experience leading group and private classes, coaching & healing sessions, as well as workshops and Retreats, Ann-Mary’s teaching style and space holding qualities emanate how present, empowering, patient, compassionate & empathetic she is, and how she always meets everyone where they are, facilitating a safe space for discovery, exploration and growth.

KALEIGH CALHOUN (SHE|HER)

AYURVEDIC CHEF & MARMA THERAPY PRACTITIONER

Born and raised in New York City, Kaleigh is an Ayurvedic Practitioner specializing in the ancient techniques of Ayurvedic Bodywork, Marma Therapy along with Abhyanga, Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula Care and Ayurvedic food preparation.

After completing her 200HR Yoga Teacher Training through Stanton Street Yoga & The Bhakti Center, as well as several Vedic Studies training courses under The Sacred Movement Academy, Kaleigh has made it her mission in life to assist others in finding deep relaxation and nourishment within their bodies and minds.

Kaleigh is passionate about teaching and offering self care practices to her community, as well as exploring the endless world of herbalism, to then blend Ayurvedic teachings in the kitchen and help others reconnect with the Divinity within the art of conscious cooking / living.

RUBY SMITH (SHE|HER)

LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR, BREATHWORK FACILITATOR, TRAUMA-INFORMED YOGA TEACHER

Ruby is a licensed Mental Health Counselor, Breathwork facilitator and trauma-informed yoga teacher, originally from Nottingham, England, she has now lived in NYC for the past ten years. She gained her Masters in Mental Health Counseling in 2020 and from there completed her 200 hour trauma-informed YTT and Breathwork Facilitator certification under Sacred Movement Academy in 2021.

Learning from her teacher Iraimer Ruiz and the community of teachers and students at The Sacred Movement Academy changed her life. The experience opened her heart and soul to the sacred path of Bhakti yoga, for this she is eternally grateful!

Yoga has allowed Ruby to learn how to befriend her nervous system and build a toolbox that supports her through life’s ups and downs- she now feels deeply passionate about sharing what she has learned and supporting others along their journey. Ruby’s foundations lie in somatic psychology, nervous system regulation and self compassion. Her mission is to create spaces where people feel welcomed exactly as they are and feel supported in finding their own unique route to embodied safety and a connection to their inner peace.