Dana Erichetti
"Better is one’s own dharma though imperfectly carried out than the dharma of another carried out perfectly.”
– Bhagavad Gita
Dana’s Bio
About
Dana's personal experiences in healing through yoga combined with her professional training, have led her to continue to pursue trainings to support mental health and therapeutic offerings through yoga and meditation. It is her goal to be trauma informed and accessible to students across various walks of life while promoting health, healing and introspection.
Dana is a 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher and Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has a Bachelor of Social Work with minors in Psychology & Spanish from NC State University and Masters of Science in Social Work from Columbia University School of Social Work. She also completed post-graduate training at Ackerman Institute for the Family.
Dana completed a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in 2019 at the Kripalu School of Yoga. She also completed a 300 hour training in 2022 within the Kripalu School of Integrative Yoga Therapy and is now an Advanced Teacher of Therapeutic Yoga. In addition, Dana’s completed training with iRest Yoga Nidra as a Level 1 Instructor and Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga training. She has also completed the 85HR Prenatal Yoga training and 20HR Post Natal Yoga training.
Story
Dana came to yoga while her mother was in cancer treatment. Her mother was taking yoga to help heal her body while going through treatment. At the time, Dana was a D1 college cheerleader at NC State. One summer, she took classes with her mother every day for a month and realized how yoga improved back pain she had had for years. Over time, Dana continued to practice yoga on her own at college and began to see both physical health and mental health benefits.
Practice
“Little and often” guides Dana’s daily rituals. While she loves a full-hour long practice, she generally begins and ends her day with pranayama and meditation. Her go-to pranayama practice is Nadi shodhana. Finding moments to pause, reflect, and integrate daily helps her practice become more consistent and nurturing even when daily life gets busy.
What brings Dana joy
Dana loves to spend time in nature, be with friends and family, travel and do sports. She also loves to spend time by the ocean, visiting waterfalls, or going for a hike.
Inspirations
One Degree Revolution – Coby Kozlowski
Yoga & The Quest for the True Self – Stephen Cope
No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering - Thich Nhat Hanh
The Body Keeps the Score - Bessel Van Der Kolk
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