Troy's Experience
Troy has worked in Orange County California as a Personal Trainer and Yoga Instructor at a variety of locations, from multi-million dollar private spa and fitness facilities to health clubs to private gardens and public parks. He has trained with established Western Yoga and Meditation teachers and authentic award winning originators of Yoga in the East. He has trained hundreds of weight loss clients to their goals, and professional athletes to enhanced performance in their fields. His specialty is stress reduction and homeostasis training. Troy loves to run marathons, travel, and create art to create his own personal balance.
Troy believes that the mind and body connection directly affects a person’s overall wellness. While lifestyle and the drive to succeed is important, finding balance and reducing stress are equally important. Troy shares his wealth of fitness knowledge and stress reducing techniques in his yoga classes and personal training sessions. His specialty is Yoga Nidra, or guided yoga into a state of complete relaxation, teaching the benefits, tips and tools to a stress reduced life.
Yoga
Yoga is a passion that I discovered quite by accident and in a later part of my life. It is the bridge between working with my and others bodies to live a healthy life and looking at the mind and how much it affects our being. It is the answer to all the questions I have about how the human mechanism works. I am impassioned every time I take a class and excited every time I teach a class.
After experiencing a personal tragedy and loss I moved to an island off the Florida Keys for a year to escape from reality. After returning to ‘society’ and a regular job and existence I was looking for a way to calm my mind and reduce the stress in my life when I was attracted to a Meditation teacher in Florida, Diane Ross. Working with her ‘Natural Meditation’ technique and her loving presence changed my life for the positive and opened me up to seeking a higher purpose in my being.
After another trying period in my life, I decided to dedicate myself to sharing my health knowledge and passion with others when someone suggested I try Yoga. It brought together all the hard work I had been putting into my health at the gym, the relaxation, stress reduction and mental clarity I received from meditation training. It was a light bulb.
I have since fallen in love with Yoga and all the medical benefits it offers. I have taken classes with Shiva Rea, Beth Shaw, Core Power Yoga, studying Hatha Flow, Ashtanga, Bikrams, and Kundalini styles. I am dedicating myself to on going education in this sacred arts and sharing the constantly evolving passion with the world.