Cindy Ballentine lives in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, where she has the gift of sharing her love of Yoga through in-home private sessions and group classes throughout the Main Line. She is proud to have been the founder of two outdoor yoga classes – Del Mar Beach Yoga (2014-2015) and Central Park Yoga (2016-2018).
In her classes, Cindy blends rigorous exercise with Yoga philosophy and conscious relaxation. She strives to create a community with her students and a heart to heart connection with every individual.
Originally from Berkeley, California, Cindy began her Yoga journey during college when a friend invited her to take a class with Jefree Spirit at Yoga Tree in San Francisco. After a year of resistance, thinking she wasn’t strong or flexible enough for yoga, she finally agreed to go to class. It was love at first practice. Quickly becoming enamored with the physical and spiritual aspects of Yoga, she realized this was an open-minded philosophy and way of life she could truly relate to.
After moving to New York City in 2011, she completely dove into Yoga culture with a daily practice at Pure NYC in her Upper West Side neighborhood, going on to earn her Teaching Certification with the studio in 2013. The transformation of her mind, body and spirit through daily Yoga and meditation was a gift that she wanted to share with others.
Immediately following YTT, Cindy moved on to reside in San Diego, CA on New Year’s Eve 2013. There, she was the founder of Del Mar Beach Yoga – a donation based Vinyasa Flow Yoga class on the sand of Del Mar Beach in San Diego, California. With the beach as the studio and the ocean as the music a beautifully meditative atmosphere for a challenging practice was born. Del Mar Beach Yoga continued on with a new teacher and a dedicated following until 2020 – a legacy Cindy was very proud to have left behind. In addition to Beach Yoga and Private Yoga sessions, she was a resident instructor for Yoga Six (Point Loma, 4S Ranch and Solana Beach) and Sol Yoga Studios, La Jolla.
Cindy is a Yoga Alliance RYT-200 trained by some of the nation’s top instructors at Pure Yoga NYC. She teaches challenging, heartfelt vinyasa classes based on Iyengar alignment, and has additionally been trained in Yin Yoga, Restorative/Therapeutic yoga as well as pre/post natal. Cindy has derived her style of teaching through channeling the guidance and inspiration of mentors Kay Kay Clivio and Yogi Charu. She feels an eternal sense of gratitude for their dedicated instruction and sage direction.
All Salton Sea images by Charlie Pedersen Photography