Teacher
Alice McNeely
Alice McNeely has been practicing yoga off and on since her late teens. In 2006, she experienced a debilitating synovial cyst and was unable to continue her hatha yoga practice. After spinal surgery she was depressed, in pain, and still not doing yoga. She started taking Svaroopa® classes, Embodyment® therapy, developed a daily Svaroopa® practice and noticed amazing improvement. She stopped taking pain relievers and the depression lifted. Alice credits Svaroopa® with “giving me my life back.”
After studying Svaroopa® in upstate NY for two years she retired from her career in higher education and moved to the central coast of California where she was disheartened to learn there were no Svaroopa® teachers. When she asked Swami Nirmalananda if there were any teachers nearby, Swami suggested that perhaps Alice was meant to be that teacher. Thus she began training as a Svaroopa® Yoga Teacher as a way of taking care of herself and sharing the gift of Svaroopa® Yoga with others.
Alice has completed over 400 hours of Svaroopa® Yoga training and has the following credentials:
Yoga Teacher
Certified Svaroopa® Yoga Basics Teacher (346 hours)
Yoga Therapist
Embodyment® Yoga Therapist (60 hours)