Sara Carissimo

I dedicate myself to the inclusivity and the sustainability of yoga practices through both biomechanical and trauma-informed lenses. I have taught yoga full-time for more than ten years, focusing on providing a gradual and safe approach to dynamic yoga. I have been trained to pay close attention to long-term effects of asanas. As part of my curriculum, there are three Yoga Alliance registered teacher trainings (a 200 hrs TT and two 300 hrs TT) and several continuing education courses, a 1600 hrs Alexander Technique teacher certification (Étapp, Apta, Stat), as well as trainings in yoga anatomy and trauma-informed educational choices.

I built my expertise teaching ashtanga yoga, vinyasa flow, aerial yoga, asana technique, and Alexander technique in my hometown (Milan, Italy). I worked with both private and corporate clients, as well as with yoga and fitness studios. I moved to New York at the end of 2021 and I got certified as a TCTSY (Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga) facilitator and as an Accessible Yoga teacher. I teach both in person and online (live-streamed and on-demand classes), in Italian (my native language), English, and French.

I am always open and receptive to coaching and mentorship.

10/2009 – present
Hatha yoga, vinyasa yoga, ashtanga vinyasa yoga, vinyasa flow, power yoga, aerial yoga, Alexander technique, asana technique freelance teacher
In Milan at Accademia Palermo 8, Bottega Veneta Fitness Studio, Call Me Spa, Casa Yoga, Centered Yoga Studio, City Zen Milano, Fit- Star, Liceo Carducci, Naba, Qbe, Rocket Fuel, Studio Jyotir, YogaMilan, fitness clubs; Ashtanga Yoga Golfe Juan; private classes; retreats and intensive courses; asana technique for TT approved by CSEN (CONI, Italian Olympic committee); live and pre-registered online lessons

07/2011 – 06/2012
Ashtanga yoga teacher
Traineeship at Ashtanga Yoga Paris;
private lessons in Italian, French, and English

11/2006 – 07/2010
Amateur Contemporary dance performer Festivals (IT): Bussana Vecchia, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Festival della letteratura, Le città sottili, and International Performing Lab. Dancer and author for Waitresslab project (theatrical and dance performances in non- conventional theatrical locations, Milan)

2003 - 2011
Data scientist and social researcher
In Milan, at Università Milano-Bicocca, Università Cattolica di Milano, Comune di Milano, Demoskopea, Agb Nielsen MR

Accessible Yoga - Training to share the benefits of yoga with everyone, regardless of ability or background

TCTSY (Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga) - Facilitator training at Center for Trauma and Embodiment at Justice Resource Institute, MA

Trauma-informed Yoga

• Yoga for Eating Disorders, Nutrimente Onlus, Milan;
• foundational TCTSY training at Center for Trauma and Embodiment;
• trauma-informed methods and trauma- informed yoga modules at Istituto di psicosomatica integrata, Milan

Yoga Anatomy and Biomechanics

• online training with Leslie Kaminoff, in-person training with Linda Munro; 
• Deconstruct to Reconstruct with Alexandria Crow, Yoga Physics

Aerial Yoga - YogaInVolo teacher training, Italy

Alexander Technique

• STAT teacher training with Daniele Bottaro in Milan and with Odyssée Gaveau in Paris, ETAPP (École de Technique FM Alexander de Paris pour Professeurs);
• Yoga and Alexander Technique with David Moore (School for F.M. Alexander studies, Melbourne);
• training to teach online and hands-off for AT teachers with Penelope Easten;
• Alexander Technique as Science (peer reviewed Research on Mind, Movement, and Posture) with Tim Cacciatore e Patrick Johnson

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga

• Teacher training with Gérald Disse and Linda Munro, Ashtanga Yoga Paris;
• teacher training with Ron Reid and Marla Meenakshi Joy, Downwarddog, Toronto; 
• intensive course with Maty Ezraty;
• intensive course with Chuck Miller;
• Form & Flow online training with Schuyler Grant, Kula Yoga

Pranayama and Hatha yoga

• Pranayama training with Gérald Disse and Sri O.P .Tiwari;
• lessons with Alexandria Crow, Yoga Physics; 
• centered yoga teacher training (2/3yrs); 
• lessons at Istituto Yoga of Carlo Patrian, Milan

BMC® 

• Sensation and perception ; 
• Experiential anatomy

Sociology of Health and non-Conventional Medicine - Postgraduate education, University Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna

Data, Demographic and Social Sciences - Master education, University Milano-Bicocca, Milan