Our Mission
Our Mission
Our Mission
Yogamazia is a premier studio "Empowering kids to learn and love yoga" in order to strengthen their body, mind and spirit starting from the womb.
Yogamazia aims to create an embracing sense of community, diversity, respect, and resilience. We provide pregnant persons, children, families and schools an opportunity to learn and practice yog
Yogamazia is a premier studio "Empowering kids to learn and love yoga" in order to strengthen their body, mind and spirit starting from the womb.
Yogamazia aims to create an embracing sense of community, diversity, respect, and resilience. We provide pregnant persons, children, families and schools an opportunity to learn and practice yoga poses, breathing activities and mindfulness techniques, in an engaging and non-competitive way while having fun at the same time!
Our philosophy is to stay true to the social and personal ethics of yoga to help our students improve their health, deal with stress, and face challenges at school or work and as they grow in life.
Help your child find their sanctuary to cultivate inner peace with us.
Our Logo
Our Mission
Our Mission
Our logo is a symbol of the gender neutral fox within a lotus flower whose petals are the seven chakra colors. It is meant to represent our mission to awaken the curiosity, agility, playfulness, confidence, and physical and mental responsiveness of our students by using the energy centers of the body within a pure environment.
Yogamazia's
Our logo is a symbol of the gender neutral fox within a lotus flower whose petals are the seven chakra colors. It is meant to represent our mission to awaken the curiosity, agility, playfulness, confidence, and physical and mental responsiveness of our students by using the energy centers of the body within a pure environment.
Yogamazia's logo is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Our Values
Our Mission
Our Values
All of our yoga classes incorporate and encourage our values of G.R.A.C.E:
- Gratitude – thankfulness for what we have, how we can grow as human beings, and the opportunity to live together in harmony
- Respect – for ourselves, the roots and practice of yoga, and for others, instilling positive communication, and having compassion for all
- Authen
All of our yoga classes incorporate and encourage our values of G.R.A.C.E:
- Gratitude – thankfulness for what we have, how we can grow as human beings, and the opportunity to live together in harmony
- Respect – for ourselves, the roots and practice of yoga, and for others, instilling positive communication, and having compassion for all
- Authenticity – staying true to ourselves and to the ethics of yoga in practicing peace, honesty, generosity, moderation, cleanliness, contentment, perseverance, stillness, and believing in something bigger than ourselves
- Community – bringing people together but also giving back to the community
- Equity – proportional representation and fostering fairness, diversity, inclusivity, and the belief that Yoga is for everyone; any gender, age, race, religion, socioeconomic class, body image and including those with additional needs.
Help your child find their G.R.A.C.E. to build confidence, strength, and leadership with us.
Our Team
Michelle El Khoury, PhD
Michelle is a West Indian immigrant, wife, mother, and entrepeneur.
She was personally drawn to yoga whilst pregnant with her second child and noticed the positive mental and physical effects it had, especially during delivery, and not only on herself but later on with her children. She continued to practice and with incorporation of hypnobirthing during her third pregnancy, was able to have a mindful, completely pain-free, and safe home birth delivery.
Her journeys led her to integrate her corporate executive background with her passion for yoga and open Yogamazia. She is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. While living in Dubai in 2015, she completed Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) with Erica Blitz, Yoga for Kids and Families Teacher Training with Rainbow Kids Yoga and Pregnancy YTT with Sally Parkes. Always striving to continue learning and share this knowledge with prospective yogis, she obtained additional trainings at My Vinyasa Practice.
Prior to entrepreneurship, Michelle led a rewarding 20-year career in the healthcare industry holding several global and regional roles as part of cancer drug launches. She holds a BSc. in Pharmacy, MS in Health Sciences in Clinical Research Administration and a PhD in Public Health, Epidemiology, and has authored several peer-reviewed research articles, published and presented in medical journals and conferences.
Michelle uses yoga as a doorway for discussions on race and other social inequities, to help empower the future generation of leaders. She believes that yoga is a powerful vehicle for creating a fairer and more equal world and aspires for children and families to understand it holistically, not just through postures which many believe are its basis; but also its moral and social aspects. With women and children being vital ambassadors for change, Michelle is also grateful to serve as a global ambassador for Yoga Gives Back.
Debra Crasnick, MSW
Meet Deb, one of our instructors! Deb began her yoga journey in 2011 after participating in a local class. She quickly realized that yoga practice involves so much more than just the asanas, or poses.
Yoga has a profound history and can offer strength, peace and a deep sense of calm and acceptance when applied to everyday life. She wanted to deepen her practice and share what she learned with those around her, so she embarked on and completed her yoga teacher training through the Yogasphere Teacher training program in 2012 becoming a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. After this experience, she decided to expand her knowledge to children. If kids could experience this calmness, flexibility, focus and balance, it might also provide them with some important tools to reduce stress in their lives. This led her to complete her Children’s Yoga Instructor Certification through ChildLight Yoga.
Deb put her enthusiasm and knowledge to use by designing and running children’s Yoga Camps for the Bucks County Community College 'Kids on Campus' program from 2014 to 2020. She is also currently a part-time substitute teacher for the Bucks County IU#22 and works primarily with special needs and autistic children.
She is excited to be participating in this adventure with Yogamazia and sharing light and love with the children in our community.
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