Dena Levitz is a journalist, events producer and long-time yogi who began leading yoga and mindfulness classes in 2019. When she decided to make the leap to teaching yoga, Dena, a lover of travel, headed to Cambodia, where received her 200 hours certification through Tavoos Garden, in Siem Reap. She later earned a specialized certification to teach yoga and mindfulness to kids via Little Flower Yoga and a certification to teach trauma-informed yoga through the nonprofit Exhale to Inhale.
Now her hope is to help students use yoga as a tool for empowerment and resilience and to make the practice available and approachable to all. Her classes are playful, yet rooted in classic hatha. Students love the energy and enthusiasm she brings to each session as well as her constant care for their well-being and enjoyment. Dena regularly teaches with Sputnik Yoga (a pop-up yoga company that holds classes in unexpected locales like Grand Central Station); Brooklyn-based studios YogaSole and Dou Yoga; and in schools around New York City. She also loves to teach yoga 1:1 for private clients, in corporate settings and once lived on a sustainable farm in a remote Costa Rican rainforest teaching yoga to guests from all over the world.