Christina Alexa
“Walk in beauty, live in love.” – Christina
Passionate about CONNECTION, Christina has received several initiations by master teachers and healers of both the elemental/shamanic traditions as well as the yogic lineage. She is a Keeper of the Sweat Lodge, an Intuitive Healer, Yoga and Aerial Yoga Instructor, Yoga Teacher Trainer, Reiki Master and Reiki Teacher Trainer, Speaker, Writer and Group Facilitator, and founder of the Abhyasa Yoga Institute, RYS, a Registered Yoga School with the National Yoga Alliance, for which she is the lead trainer. Christina is also a co-founder of the annual Live in Love Retreat on Sandy Island which entered its seventh year in 2020.
Most recently Christina partnered with Kate Lemay, the Artist of Conscious Evolution, in Enjoy the Journey, LLC, in a mission to fulfill forty-nine retreats in forty-nine states nationally by the year 2030. Based on the chakra art and vision of Kate Lemay, these retreats are themed around distinctly channeled messages in association with each piece, led by a talented band of conscious leaders who invite participants to learn, grow, rest and play through yoga, meditation, workshops and art within an impeccable container of unconditional support and love.
Christina is a member of the Yoga Alliance with an E-RYT500 designation and is also a YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider). She holds the following certifications:
- 250 Hour Amrit Yoga Teaching Training with Yogi Amrit Desai, founder of Kripalu and Amrit Yoga
- 500 Hour Dharma “Life of a Yogi” (LOAY) Teacher Training with Sri Dharma Mittra
- 500 Hour Integrated Yoga Teacher Training
- 5 Year Energy Medicine and Healing Certification
- Reiki I, II and Master Training
- Reiki Master Teacher Training
- 65 Hour Unnata® Aerial Yoga Teacher Training
- Advanced Unnata® Aerial Yoga Teacher Training
- Cirque Body Aerial Yoga Teacher Training
- Paddleboard Yoga Instructor Training
In addition, Christina is currently completing an 800 Hour Life of a Yogi (LOAY) Teacher Training Certification with Sri Dharma Mittra in NYC. She has studied Anatomy and Cranio Sacral work with International Teacher Ellen Heed (Anatomy Instructor for Forrest Yoga Teacher Trainings with Anna Forrest) and attended a 200 Hour Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training with Rolf Gates.
Christina also studied accounting and finance through Southern New Hampshire University with a concentration in creative writing and has her student’s pilot license.
Influenced by many notable teachers and countless students throughout the years, Christina is an eternal student and lives by “Adhikara” as a guiding force for a purposeful life.
Every breath of every day she dedicates to her greatest teacher, her late son, Joseph Fortier, above all the guiding light in her life and the healer of her heart.
