Sorina Diaconescu

Sorina is a Yoga Alliance-certified instructor with a personal yoga practice that began in 1997. Her work with child athletes focuses on promoting a balanced physique, equally flexible and strong. Through yoga postures, language and play, she encourages children and teens to develop body and breath awareness and explore mindfulness techniques.

She has been teaching yoga to young swimmers within the Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics program since 2013. During 2014-2015, she also taught yoga to first- through third-grade students at the International School of the Peninsula in Palo Alto.

Sorina continues to study under the guidance of Indian-born master yoga teacher Anirudh Shastri, and has trained with yoga luminaries as Tim Miller, Chuck Miller, David Swenson, Maty Ezraty, Seane Corn and Shiva Rea.

Sorina currently teaches yoga to clients of all ages and abilities privately, at yoga studios within the Bay Area Peninsula, and to employees of Google at several of the company’s local campuses.

A print journalist in her previous career, Sorina received a B.A. in European Studies from UCLA and an M.A. in journalism from University of Southern California.