Erica
Chen
Erica Chen has always had a passion for movement—a lifelong dancer from Florida turned NYC based yoga instructor, she received her 200-hour RYT as well as her mentorship through Yoga Vida NYC. She has since completed her 85-hour pre/postnatal certification through Ishta Yoga, and 100 hours towards her Katonah Yoga certification under Abbie Galvin.
Location: OYH Yoga Studio in Dumbo, Brooklyn
Classes: The Aligned ONE, The Fiery ONE (Hot Yoga)
Erica
Chen
Erica Chen has always had a passion for movement—a lifelong dancer from Florida turned NYC based yoga instructor, she received her 200-hour RYT as well as her mentorship through Yoga Vida NYC. She has since completed her 85-hour pre/postnatal certification through Ishta Yoga, and 100 hours towards her Katonah Yoga certification under Abbie Galvin.
Erica is now on the teacher training staff for the 200-hour program at Yoga Vida, as well as a mentor in their mentorship program. Erica creates dynamic, intuitive, and challenging yet accessible yoga sequences with hands on adjustments and modifications for all levels of practitioners. She teaches group, private, and corporate classes around the city and in Brooklyn, and is the co-founder of Om Tribe Yoga Retreats, a yoga retreat company aimed at bringing people together through yoga, excursions, and mindfulness. She is dedicated to bringing the practice to others to ultimately change lives like yoga has changed hers.
Questions. Answers.
What makes a house a home?
Love. Whether it’s with loved ones, a pet, or it’s reflected in photos, mementos, books, memories.
Favorite Brooklyn Hang Out Spot
Dekalb Market Hall, followed by a trip to Trader Joe’s!
Best advice you’ve ever been given?
Keep showing up for yourself and the rest will fall into place.
Go-To Grounding Yoga Pose?
Child’s pose or Malasana (yogi squat)