Adriana Bateh

I grew up in fitness culture, with a mom who taught aerobics & Pilates, and an older sister who ran track and field.

Although I was surrounded by fitness and sports growing up, I was too self conscious to really enjoy any of these activities myself. I wasn’t naturally flexible, or fast, or particularly athletic, and I didn’t feel comfortable in my own body. I struggled with eating disorders and body image issues throughout my adolescence.

In my early 20’s, I agreed to do a 30 day hot yoga challenge with a friend, and from then on, I was hooked. I loved the way yoga made me feel, and would count down the hours at my office job until I could get to the studio. I remember staring at my sweaty body in the foggy, hot yoga mirrors, and finally starting to not only accept, but actually love myself. I saw what was able to happen if I could dedicate time and energy to myself. I watched my body do incredible things I never thought were possible, and it opened my mind to other possibilities for my life.

In 2015, I became a certified yoga instructor, and immediately started teaching in studios throughout Brooklyn. But something from my past kept calling back to me— I remembered the intensity I used to love from my mom’s energetic aerobics classes, and the control and strength I loved from taking her Pilates classes. I decided to explore other forms of movement, and a few years into my yoga career, I began doing flexibility training, HIIT workouts, calisthenics, & much more.

I love the feeling of getting stronger and more capable in my own body, and my goal is to design classes and programs that help my students feel balanced and powerful.