About
Aquamarine Yoga was established in 2023 by Sandi Higgins. Read more below.
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Yoga and fitness teacher, storyteller, tropical gardener, and vegan cook, Sandi Higgins loves engaging people with the flavors of peace, bliss, freedom, and fortitude.
Born and raised in the USA, Sandi speaks English and French and studies Sanskrit. She started practicing yoga in 2004 as a young filmmaker and performing artist in NYC. Gradually her yoga practice transformed her way of being and helped her heal through intense stress and trauma. To share and further the medicine of movement, mindfulness, and musical devotion that she experienced through yoga, Sandi transitioned to teaching full-time in 2013. She has since taught thousands of diverse students in public and private classes, inspiring deeper curiosity and insight into the path of yoga.
Over the years, Sandi expanded her training and teaching to include aquatic fitness and dance as joyful ways to diversify movement and tend to the body-mind-breath connection: working out, looking within, raising vital energy, as well as embracing the amazing and therapeutic power of water. With a heart-centered approach to yoga, holistic fitness, and plant-based nutrition, Sandi facilitates experiences of physical-mental-emotional peace and wholeness, connecting with Nature, integrating shadows, aligning with purpose, and savoring bliss.
Some of her most influential teachers (and the span of years she studied with them) include:
Mysore Ashtanga Yoga - R. Sharath Jois (2012-2023), Saraswati Jois (2012-2018), Lino Miele (2024), Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor (2017-2019), Eddie Stern (2013-2015)
Vinyasa & Restorative Yoga - Rose Erin Vaughan (2021-2022), Maty Ezraty (2017), Barbara Verrochi and Kristin Leigh (2004-2013)
Sanskrit - Satish Srinivasan (2022-2023), Samadhi Collective (2023)
Sankhya & Vedanta - Kuldip Dhiman (2023), Swamini Brahmaprajnananda Saraswati (2023), Sree Ashwath (2022)
Meditation & Buddhist Dharma - Andrew Holecek (2020-2024), Ven. Dhammadipa (2012), Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche (2010-2011)
Earth Activism & Permaculture - Krishna McKenzie and Solitude Farm (2024), Plum Village (2023), Day Schildkret (2017)
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Aquamarine Yoga expands your wellness education on and off the yoga mat. Explore the wisdom of Dharma, the fire of traditional Mysore Ashtanga Yoga, the breeze of Vinyasa, and the spaciousness of Restorative Yoga. Jump into buoyant water-based Aquatic exercise or earthy Dance fitness classes. Find your bliss with traditional Indian music and plant-based cooking, and learn to cultivate a sustainable lifestyle. Share stories for and about your yoga journey in supportive community.
Rooted in the ancient Indian philosophy of Patañjali’s Ashtanga Yoga and expanding through contemporary somatics, Aquamarine Yoga provides diverse, inclusive, and creative education for yoga, dharma, fitness, and wellness on land and in the water.
Aquamarine Yoga recognizes our fellow animals and environments as integral to yoga practice and seeks to further eco-consciousness, sustainability, and environmental activism within the yoga community.
Founded in 2023 by yogini Sandi Higgins upon moving from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to the Gulf Coast of Florida, after witnessing Colorado’s largest wildfire to date in Boulder County (native land of the Arapaho and Ute tribes) and then experiencing Florida’s costliest hurricane to date in Sarasota County (native land of the Calusa, Seminole, and Tocobaga tribes).
The Aquamarine Yoga logo in the shape of the starfish recalls Nature’s power of healing, regeneration, and renewal. Some starfish have the natural ability to regenerate lost limbs and regrow new limbs entirely. The human being is part of Nature too and we each have a natural power of resilience, adaptation, and the potential for spiritual regeneration.
The five-points of the starfish logo also call to mind several important yogic principles such as the 5 Great Elements (Pancha Maha Bhuta) and the 5 Acts of Shiva and Shakti (Pancha Kritya), as well as the 5 Restraints (Yama) and the 5 Observances (Niyama) of Ashtanga Yoga.
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