Daniella Cotreau is the founder of Body Temple Yoga. She teaches Anusara-Inspired Yoga with great joy, honor and a deep reverence for her teachers who have impacted her in such a profound and positive way. Her classes are heart-opening, uplifting, healing and filled with precision and playfulness. She is a gifted and inspiring teacher of yoga and has a unique gift in bridging the practice of yoga to worldly life using metaphorical yet clear analogies between the two, giving deeper meaning to why we practice. Dancer, yogini, Fire Dancer, performance artist, massage therapist and health and nutrition enthusiast she delights in the opportunities to offer her gift of teaching yoga with the collaborative artistry of live musicians.

Daniella began walking the path of yoga with devotion in 2001. She has always lived her life from following her heart and it was her heart that lead her to the path of yoga. Her first foundational teacher training was in the 8 Limbs Ashtanga tradition taught by Baba Hari Dass at the Mount Madonna Center in Northern California in 2003. She immediately began teaching and her teachings naturally became infused with the theme of opening and honoring the heart. She traveled, taught and studied in Thailand, Bali and India exploring different branches of yoga which include Kundalini, Hatha, and Iyengar. After her return back to the States and experiencing her first Anusara yoga class in 2006, she knew she had found her yoga family with which she felt a deep connection and immediately began numerous immersions and teacher trainings with Sianna Sherman and Noah Maze in Berkeley, California. With great joy and honor, became an official Anusara-Inspired Yoga Instructor in the winter of 2008. Since then she has continued to study with other great teachers of Anusara Yoga.
Some of her most influential teachers include Anusara founder John Friend, Sianna Sherman, Noah Maze, Elena Brower, Desiree Rumbaugh, Ken Graham and Samantha-Shakti Brown. Her most influential teachers of Shiva-Shakti Tantra include Douglas Brooks, Paul Muller-Ortega, and Chris (Hareesh) Wallis. In May 2010 she received Neelakantha Meditation Initiation from Paul Muller Ortega.

Daniella continues her studies of Anusara Yoga and Shiva-Shakti Tantra with clear dedication and is currently working towards becoming a fully Certified Anusara Yoga Instructor.

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“My heart has been my greatest teacher. Since the first day I decided to step onto the mat, my strong dedication and passion has carried me to a place of renewal, healing, opening of the heart, expansion and greater health and vitality. Now I offer this passion and inspiration to my students. We use our Bodies as a Temple and Anusara Yoga as a Template to go deep inside our hearts, deepening our connection to our own collective healing, awakening and self-discovery.” ~Daniella Cotreau

“Daniella is a pure joy to be around. It has been an honor to hold space by her side in a professional setting. As a facilitator and class instructor, it is delightful to witness the way she coaches her students with such grace and a keen eye for alignment. As a friend I always feel immediately lifted up because of her bright loving energy. She lights up the room! Daniella is inspiring to learn from, because there are few teachers who actually “live the practice”. It’s evident in her teaching style.”

~Jonah Kai Morreale, Sound healer & co-facilitator