About

“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.”
~ Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Twyla Gingrich is a Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counselor (LCSW and LAC in Colorado), a Yoga Teacher (E-RYT-500), a Meditation Facilitator, and yoga student.

Twyla has had a strong desire to help people since she was very young and supporting others with reassurance and empathy comes naturally to her. She has a BA in Psychology, a Masters in Social Work. Twyla is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Addiction Counselor. She has been working as a mental health professional for over 17 years in different settings, from the wilderness, community mental health, jail setting to schools and private practice in the United States and India.

Twyla was introduced to yoga in college at age 18 and practiced the physical postures on and off for 13 years, always coming back to yoga because she felt more connected to herself, more calm and more centered when practicing regularly. In 2010, when she and her husband moved to Mumbai, India for two years, she met her teacher, Prasad Rangnekar. She has completed two yoga teacher trainings (200 and 300 Hours), a meditation facilitator training (100 Hours) and numerous workshops and retreats with her teacher where Yoga is looked at as a holistic mind-body transformation modality and not just a physical practice. She is forever grateful for her teacher’s dedication to teaching holistic yoga and his unconditional support and encouragement.

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Twyla’s practice of yoga has helped her personally in managing mood, anxiety and fear, which has led to feeling more content, confident and calm on a daily basis. She has found that yoga not only helps the body, but is powerful for the transformation of the mind. She has witnessed that bringing her knowledge of yoga to the counseling room creates powerful and lasting change for her clients, more so than traditional psychotherapy.

She is dedicated to providing opportunities for those she works with to dive deep and root out limiting beliefs and patterns, so each person can become confident in meeting life challenges, feel more loving towards themselves, and find their power to be in control of their life.

Twyla is of the firm belief that in order to help others, she must continue her own personal, self-transformation work. She is committed to her personal sadhana (self-transformation practices), regular periods of silence and living each day what she teaches others.

At Samya Yoga Healing you will learn how to go inward to connect to the wisdom you already have to heal and move forward towards your best self. Start this process by getting the free guide here – 6 Steps To Emotional Mastery. You will experience a unique integration of Yoga Psychology and Western Psychology, yoga tools and techniques, and EMDR Therapy to empower yourself for the rest of your life.

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Testimonials

“I began my introduction to yoga by taking some yoga classes with Twyla. I like her calm presentation and no pressure style of teaching poses and helping students to participate at their own level of comfort. I attended her workshop on Breath and learned more about the importance of breathing and being aware of your breath. I am not a very contemplative person and prefer to be active and on the go.

Twyla has helped me to be comfortable with being present and using my breath to be aware of my body. I leave her classes feeling calm and at peace, letting go of the stress I carry with me. When I exercise I feel a sense of physical well-being, but doing yoga and using my breath helps to give me a sense of physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. After her workshop on Breath when I find myself in a stressful situation I try to be aware of my breath and use some of the breathing techniques to calm myself. I also find myself using my breath when I am hiking or skiing so that I am relaxing and enjoying the activity.”