Ana Paula

Connect What fuels your passion for health and fitness?

What fuels my passion for health and fitness is to be an example to my kids, as I believe that children learn through example. I love inspiring the people around me to take care of themselves and love themselves. And I believe that even if we get older, we can still be healthy and fit not just for ourselves, but for my children and grandchildren. To play with them, and make memories with them for as long as possible.

What’s your favorite way to train or stay fit?

My favourite way to stay fit is through yoga and Pilates. I love yoga because my journey started through fitness, but after some time, yoga started to connect me to my body, my breath, and open my eyes to a new lens of life. Yoga made me want to be more present in life and live life with flow and patience. It made me realize that we need balance in life, my body, soul, mind, and the people around me. That's what yoga is to me, it's the union of life. With Pilates, it connect me physically.

What would you do with $20,000?

The $20,000 would inspire me to open up my dream of owning a Yoga Studio called "hOMe" (OM represents the begging of the Universe) who helps parents that have children on the Spectrum (ASD), and anyone who loves Yoga, Reiki and Holistic Therapy. While the children would do ABA Therapy and other therapies, I would provide classes for the parents during those times to help them find themselves. Yoga helped me with my son (who has ASD) so helping others in the same position I'm in would be a dream.