Susan is a certified yoga instructor who has enjoyed working with children and adults alike.  Ms. Martinez has found great satisfaction and meaning in her own life’s journey through the practice and teaching of yoga and she is honored to share what she has learned with others.

Susan approaches yoga as a practice for individual growth and transformation, tapping into one’s own sense of joy and happiness.  Combining her experience as an educator, yogi and martial artist, Susan guides her students on their own inward journey to gain flexibility, build concentration and reduce stress of the mind and body. 

Susan’s classes are suitable for the novice, as well as the experienced yoga practitioner.  She gears her classes to meet her student’s needs.  Each individual is encouraged to listen to their own body and develop a practice that is comfortable for them, “just as they are”. 

Susan has studied Hatha and Taoist yoga.  She has trained with Yoga Master Sasoon Seo, and Dianna Mc Laughlin.  She has also been inspired by Dr. Dev Ketu.  Additionally, she has attended workshops with the founder of Structural Yoga Therapy, Makunda Stiles.  Susan believes that learning is a lifelong process.  She continues her training by attending classes of some of her favorite teachers, taking workshops, and attending retreats.  Ms. Martinez is a practitioner of mindfulness meditation.  She trained at the Santisukha Meditation Center with the Venerable Sung O Sunim. 

Ms. Martinez has also studied the healing art of Reiki and is a certified Reiki Master.  She studied under Hannelore Goodwyn, of the Usui Reiki lineage.  Ms. Martinez founded a Reiki share in Princeton and has brought her practice to the In Balance Center. 

Ms. Martinez is a graduate of Rutgers University.  She currently lives in Hillsborough, NJ with her husband and two sons.

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