Meet Your Retreat Leader: Claudia Baeza Claudia is owner of Pineapple Yoga + Cycling Studio in Sarasota, Florida. Claudia is a Certified Yoga Therapist by the Kripalu School of Yoga and an advanced instructor of yoga with over 15 years experience. Her training in meditation was with Sudhir Jonathan Foust, guiding instructor for the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, and senior teacher and former president of the Kripalu Center for Yoga. Claudia’s practice is deeply influenced by meditation and she brings a profound sense of spirituality to her teachings based on the ancient practice of yoga. Claudia’s interest in trauma sensitive yoga was informed by David Emerson, founder of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) for the Justice Resource Institute in Massachusetts, where he coined the term “trauma-sensitive yoga”–her training with David is a foundational aspect of her approach to yoga. This yoga retreat will merge sensitivity to culture, the internal journey of yoga and the evolution of the self.