Susi Amendola (ERYT500 C-IAYT) founded Yoga Now in 1983. For more than 40 years, she has taught weekly Yoga classes and trained thousands of Yoga teachers both locally and nationally.

For over 30 years,  Susi has also been the National Director and Senior Trainer of Stress Management for Ornish Lifestyle Medicine, the prestigious program for reversing heart disease without drugs or surgery. The program includes Yoga and meditation as part of  a multi-dimensional approach to healing.  She travels extensively to train and mentor hospital teams in delivering this intervention which is covered by Medicare under the guidelines of Intensive Cardiac Rehab. 

Susi has been an esteemed guest speaker and presenter at many Yoga conferences, businesses, and symposiums on health and wellness. She has also published hundreds of articles through Ornish Lifestyle Medicine on the uses and benefits of Yoga.

With her expertise in both the ancient practices of Yoga as well as within the medical world, Susi’s teachings and classes are unlike anything else you will find.

We are so grateful to have her wisdom, her kindness and compassion as she continues to practice, teach and share Yoga from her heart.