Director Victoria Brunacci Victoria Brunacci is the Director of Synergy Yoga on Miami Beach and leads Yoga Training's and retreats worldwide. Victoria was raised in the mountains of Brazil learning to understand and respect the laws of nature and Divinity. Victoria is certified in Swami Sivananda's Integral Yoga, and traveled extensively through India studying in Mysore the Ashtanga Vinyasa system at Sri K. Pattabhi Jois' Yoga Research Institute. Victoria is also certified as a Reiki Master level III, Acupressure/Shiatsu and Thai Massage where she studied under master Michael Buck of the Vedic Conservatory. She is a 500 hrs yoga Alliance Certified with inspiration on the teachings of B.K S. Iyengar Therapeutic Method. Today,Victoria's classes enjoy as well influence from Universal Yoga from Master Andrey Lappa , Jivamukti Yoga, Dharma Mittra & the Ashtanga Vinyasa system. Victoria has a passion for teaching Kids Yoga and is a true Bhakti Yogi, with an intention of bringing awareness and raising consciousness on the planet.
Patricia Pietra is a certified Traditional Yoga Teacher E-RYT 200 and is a provider of YACEP - continuing education programs. She has been practicing Hatha Vinyasa Yoga, Meditation and Kundalini for the past 15 years. Patricia is also a Certified Sound Healer, Meditation and Yoga Nidra teacher as well as a Holistic Nutrition Wellness Advocate and Reiki Master. Patricia leads Sound Baths for large groups; over 400 people each month, in community gatherings as well as on Retreats, Private and Corporate Events in US and other countries.
Patricia holds a degree in Marketing and was working in the corporate world for more than 20 years until she became a mother of two adorable children. She decided to completely change her life and dedicate herself to the Holistic world. Patricia believes that trough yoga, meditation and sound you can heal your body, mind and soul, she had witnessed the incredible results on her students. Especially for anxiety, depression, stress related issues, helping them to achieve balance on their bodies, mind, immune and nervous system. She loves to share her passion with others.
Shakti practice started when she was 15 years old, her mother was a yoga teacher having her expose to yoga life since birth. Continuing on and off. She started a career as a Holistic Spa Therapist, training in massage, reflexology, aromatherapy and training as a skin specialist for Dermalogica. In her career as a spa therapist she study about Ayurveda and fall in love with Indian culture. When she moved to NYC in 2004 she decided to follow her heart doing her first 200hrs Ishta ( ashtanga, hatha and vinyasa ) Yoga teacher training in 2005 at Be Yoga with Alan Finger. Due to her language barrier still she decided to not teach but toke the training to deepening her practice. Just the beginning of 2019 she decided to take a reiki certification at Synergy yoga followed by a Hatha Vinyasa Teacher training with Victoria Brunacci 200hrs starting her journey once and for all as a yoga instructor and she is passionate and dedicated to share the love she has for yoga with her students.
