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Meet Ildi Bercak, Our Wellness Specialist
Ildi began her yoga journey at the Garden of the Heart yoga center back in 2005. Anusara yoga was the first step into understanding how much yoga can change someone’s life. 8 years of having a desk job from Budapest, Hungary to San Francisco, CA then to Sarasota, FL, in 2007 Ildi became a personal trainer at Lifestyle Family Fitness Center, Sarasota, FL. With her previous fitness background in gymnastics, diving and teaching aerobic classes, it was a smooth transition towards wellness and helping people to change their life (with a variety of clientele ranging from weight loss, sports specific, and special populations).
Previous Teaching Experiences:
- Sarasota Memorial Healthfit Fitness Center as a group exercise instructor, teaching multi –level Hatha Yoga, Mat Pilates, Yogalates, foam roller class (2008-2017)
- Lakewood Ranch Athletic Center, teaching Vinyasa yoga and Mat Pilates classes (2009-2017)
- Esplanade Golf and Country Club teaching Yin yoga, Hatha Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga, Yogalates, Mat Pilates and Personal Training (2013-2017)
- Rosemary Court Yoga Center, teaching Vinyasa Yoga (2008-2017)
With humor and compassion, coupled with dynamic and creative sequencing, Ildi teaches Hatha, Vinyasa, Asthanga Primary series, Yin, Restorative and Chair Yoga for all levels, while challenging even the most seasoned practitioners. Using in-depth understanding of anatomy and alignment to lead students more deeply in their practice, with a variety of yoga styles (hatha, asthanga, anusara, yin, therapeutic). Her classes regularly create opportunity for students to grow and accomplish things that they didn’t think possible.
Current Certifications: AFAA Group Exercise Instructor by American Fitness Association of America; ACSM Certified Personal Trainer (American College of Sports and Medicine); Mat Pilates Instructor by Balanced Body (International Pilates Certfication) working on becoming a Comphrehensive Pilates Teacher; E-200 RYT Registered Yoga Teacher by Yoga Alliance (taught over 2000 + hours); Certified Hypnotist by ABL (American Board of Hypnotherapy, NLP); CPR Certified
Current Certifications: AFAA Group Exercise Instructor by American Fitness Association of America; ACSM Certified Personal Trainer (American College of Sports and Medicine); Mat Pilates Instructor by Balanced Body (International Pilates Certfication) working on becoming a Comphrehensive Pilates Teacher; E-200 RYT Registered Yoga Teacher by Yoga Alliance (taught over 2000 + hours); Certified Hypnotist by ABL (American Board of Hypnotherapy, NLP); CPR Certified
Meet Ildi Bercak, Our Wellness Specialist
Why did I become a yoga teacher?
Yoga has changed my life forever. When I took my first yoga class (Anusara yoga at the Garden of the heart Yoga Center) in Sarasota, FL. I realized how important it is to listen to our body and learn to let go of it all, after 8 years of having to work for law firms and corporations, dealing with unecessary stress, anxiety, and drama.
I absolutely love to teach people about how to make positive changes in their body, mind and spirit, and learn new exciting ways to accomplish things they didn’t think were possible.
Whenever we love what we do for a living, we never work a day in our lives. The road to success is never a straight line and it always has its ups and downs. It took me a long time to realize what I was supposed to do in life that gives me the gratification that teaching yoga does.
Yoga is a dance between control and surrender—between pushing and letting go—and when to push and when to let go becomes a part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being.
Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.
When you are quiet, you see everything with love. All these rituals we do are just for us to express how grateful we are to be here. My goal is to be of service to others and make a difference, inspire, transform, heal, restore and uplift with the powers of yoga, to help people find their true self, to connect to their body, mind and soul and to find inner peace and happiness within ourselves.
I teach many styles of Yoga and Pilates. Vinyasa Flow yoga is for those who knows some basic postures and likes to flow breath and movement together. Gentle/Hatha yoga is a slower paced, more gentle practice with more emphasis on alignment and breathing/meditation.
Pilates is to help build long and lean muscles as we lengthen and strengthen around the spine, deepen flexibility, help improve postrural awareness, increase vitality by correcting breathing patterns, improve mental clarity and reduce stress.
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