Namaste
I bow to my amazing teachers/luminaries: Maya Tiwari, Vaidya Mishra, Swami Nirmalananda, Satyantha, Rajita, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, Bikram, and Eric Schiffman. These revered yoga masters have generously shared their wisdom with me. They continue to inform, inspire and guide my practice every day as unique examples of extraordinary self-care and capacity to embody pure presence.
I'm deeply grateful to the yoga students and wellness enthusiasts who practice with me. I'm in awe of your dedication. Thank you wholeheartedly for the opportunity to serve you. Being in community with such great teachers and students is a rare privilege I never take for granted.
Sarita-Linda Rocco
Certified Yoga/Ayurveda Professional
About
This is not surface level wellness. This is the work that changes you.
For more than 30 years, I have lived inside the practices of yoga and Ayurveda. Not as trends, but as pathways into the body, the breath, and something deeper that is always there, waiting to be felt.
I began in the early 1990s building body mind fitness businesses before wellness had a name. What started as movement evolved into something much more honest. A lifelong study. Over 3,500 hours of training, and still, I remain a student. Because this work does not end. It reveals.
My early years took me through Bikram Yoga and Freedom Style Yoga, but everything shifted when I found Svaroopa Yoga in 1998. That is where I came to understand the spine and nervous system as doorways. Not just to physical release, but to awareness itself. Today, as a Svaroopa Yoga Teacher and Embodiment Therapist, I guide students into experiences that are subtle, powerful, and real.
Ayurveda entered my life in 1996 through my studies with Maya Tiwari, and deepened through years of study with Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra. These teachings changed how I understand healing. Not something to fix or force, but something that unfolds when you come back into rhythm with yourself.
I created tools like Yoga on the Ball and The Original Superblock to support that process. Not to make the work easier, but to make it adaptable.
Today, I co-lead The Nest Collaborative, a space built on presence, community, and shared responsibility. It is a place where you can exhale. Where you can listen. Where you can begin again.
What I know, after all these years, is this. Awareness changes everything. And when you begin to feel that for yourself, there is no going back.
