Silvia Zarate is a 500 hr Registered Yoga Teacher. She completed her yoga certification with Jason
Crandell, and, her Pranayama Teacher Certification with Eddie Stern at the Yoga Education
Collective. Throughout her 25 years of practice, she has studied and has had the guidance of
Seane Corn, Ann Dahn and Hector Terán amongst other teachers.
Silvia studied Classical Ballet at the Academia de Ballet de Coyoacán in México City, where she
also taught children’s ballet and dance therapy from 1992 to 1995.
From 1995 to 2002 she was a physical trainer at Yazbaz Bodies in Mexico City where she taught
aerobics and kickboxing classes. She was also a functional training and a Barre teacher at
Tetetlán, Mexico. She has a Stott Pilates Reformer Teacher Certification and in 2020 she earned
her Barre Teacher Certification.
Silvia was a long-distance runner and competed in various races such as the New York City,
Boston, and Chicago Marathons.
Within the academic context, Silvia holds a master’s degree in Arts and Humanities Education
from New York University and a master’s degree in Art History from the Universidad Nacional
Autónoma de Mexico. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy from the Universidad
Panamericana and studied Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico.
She has worked as an art consultant, a museum educator and art administrator both in Mexico
and in the United States.
Yoga has been the spiritual axis of her life and she loves nothing more than to share it.