Amanda DiGiovanna

What's Your Story?

I began my personal yoga practice over 28 years ago after my mother heralded its ability to relieve her back pain. The practice stayed with me ever since, helping me through life’s trials and tribulations. While studying to receive my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University at Albany, I worked three years as an Emergency Medical Technician for New York State and as a Medical Assistant for a local Cardiology practice. The most important thing I learned from all of my experience is that the best path to good health is prevention.

Yoga and Ayurveda are processes tediously tweaked over thousands of years and could not be a more wholesome approach to prevention. Yoga asana (physical practice) supports the body's natural resilience as it strengthens, aligns, and relaxes. Yoga philosophy teaches the mind the tools it needs to face anything and emerge contented and happy. At Revolution Yoga we weave these practices together with the science of Ayurveda (yoga’s sister science) in every class, working with the season and your personal constitution to help you stay in balance.

After college graduation the theme of my life’s work remained the same. I wanted to help people, but its agents shifted slightly. I wanted to help people care for their wellbeing, I wanted to teach people to find their peace, and I wanted to teach people to feel at home in their bodies from the inside out. So in 2007 I graduated Sonic Yoga’s 200-Hour Vinyasa Teacher Certification, and in 2009 two students of mine approached me to become their partners. Revolution was born.

My Biggest Passions

Yogic philosophy and practice. Traveling around this big beautiful earth. Writing music, futzing around on my piano, violin, ukulele. Painting, sculpture, literature. Mind-blowing conversations. Throwing myself in the ocean and laying in the sand. I’m a big foodie who loves to eat and cook. I love to get outside, be in the forest, get my hands dirty, and spend time with quirky, artistic intellectuals and soul seekers.

Generally I’m flowing wherever the wind blows me and trusting the universe to take me where I’m supposed to be. It’s brought me here, to this beautiful community at Revolution Yoga. I’m deeply grateful.

How I Plan To Change The World

Outer change comes from the inside first. As soon as I started working on myself, the people around me started changing. You can’t influence anything by preaching. First by being, then by teaching.

I follow the path of the Yamas and Niyamas (yogic laws of conduct) to the best of my ability, and when I fall short I look inward, re-organize, and move forward. They encompass compassion, peace, honesty, balance, non-stealing, non-hoarding, cleanliness, contentment, austerity, self-study, and surrender to the universe.

Passport Stamps

13: Italy, Aruba, France, England, Spain, India, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Montreal, British Columbia, China, Indonesia.

Certifications + Trainings

200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Sonic Yoga (2007)
500-Hour Yoga Teacher Training, Sadhana Yoga (under Sondra Loring and Raghunath Cappo)
Apprenticeship under Keith Wittenstein, Sonic Yoga
Prenatal Certified Yoga Teacher (R-PYT)
Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra Training with Evangeline Houlihan
Restorative Yoga Training, Jivamukti Yoga School (Lakshmi Devi)
Hands On Adjustment Training, Om Factory (Jonathan Bowra)
Thai Yoga Massage Training, Om Studios (Jyothi Watanabe)
Reconnect with Food Training, Sonic Yoga (Beverly Price)
Kids Yoga Training, Om Sweet Om (Gail Grossman)

Ayurveda + Healing Arts
Ayurvedic Health Consultant, studied under Naina Mairbali (2017–2024)
Ayurveda Studies with Vasant Lad (2022–Present)
Ayurveda Postpartum Doula Certification (2018)
Marma Practitioner, studied under Virabandra Tansy and Yamuna Bihari (2022)
Shirodhara Practitioner, studied under Naina Mairbali
Ayurvedic Studies in Kerala, India with Mr. Bharat Mitra (founder of Organic India Ayurvedic Studies, Suzanne Wells)

Philosophy + Sacred Texts
Bhagavad Gita Studies with Joshua Greene
Bhagavad Gita Studies with Mahanidhi Mohan
Yogic Lifestyle and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika with Yogi Amit
Yoga Sutra Studies with Edwin Bryant
Kirtan Studies with Raghunath Cappo, Gauravani, and the Mayapuris
Tending the Sacred Fire Conferences with Shiva Rea

Education
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, minors in Art and English, University at Albany (May 2007)
Lorenzo de’ Medici University, Florence, Italy: Fine Arts, English Language, and Alternative Therapies
Yoga Journal Conference 2011, Business Modules