Chris Acosta, ERYT-500, is founder of St. Petersburg Yoga and St. Petersburg Yogi Teacher Training, and creator of Yoga Traction Therapy. He began using yoga nearly 30 years ago to treat his severe scoliosis (spinal lateral deformation) and herniated discs. After more than two decades of immersion into all aspects of yoga practice and being transformed by its healing power, he has been voted one of the leading and most prolific yoga instructors in the Tampa Bay area by DuPont Registries.
Chris Acosta is known as a teachers teacher and has taught tens of thousands of classes and hundreds of thousands of students. He prescribes postures, as well as other aspects of practice, to treat specific challenges. His unique style combines many yoga traditions with what he learns from his and his students’ healing journeys. Acosta teaches dozens of classes a week, helping everyone, from those in wheelchairs to elite athletes, live a pain-free life.
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