Nutritional Services
Andrea, a native of Arizona, began her weight loss journey 21 years ago and lost 60 pounds along the way! This experience morphed into an overall health journey which became a whole life transformation for Andrea.
While working to earn her degree in Human Nutrition, Andrea found a love of teaching as an instructional aide for ASU's Microbiology and Biochemistry labs. After graduation Andrea dove into reforming all aspects of her health. In 2016 she found yoga and it was love at first flow. She realized almost immediately the incredible shifts yoga provided her physically, spiritually and internally were something she wanted to share with as many people as possible. She decided to complete her RYS 200 Hour Yoga Certification in July of 2020 and immediately began teaching in August that year.
In addition to teaching and practicing yoga, Andrea enjoys climbing, hiking, cooking, and talking about nutrition (the only pursuit that rivals yoga!). She has a special passion for Ashtanga, hot yoga, vinyasa and power flow . Finding yoga not only helped Andrea heal her body, but it has been instrumental in helping direct her life. She hopes to strengthen her knowledge by focusing on helping those who currently face barriers doing yoga.
Interested in working on your nutrition with Andrea?
During your initial nutrition assessment, you will learn details about yourself, conduct a lifestyle and diet history and begin developing a plan tailored to achieve your health and wellness goals. Andrea then thoroughly reviews the analysis of all data provided (food journals, medical history, goals, lifestyle, etc.) with you while creating a detailed plan that is easily enacted to implement potential lifestyle changes that will help achieve your desired outcomes. Her approach offers incremental steps over time with offered resources and support to successfully execute change.
She also offers follow up support, to help understand the vast amount of nutrition information available, including (but certainly not limited to!):
Reading nutrition labels,
Navigating grocery shopping
Eating healthy while on the go
Creating beneficial thought patterns around food
Finding recipes and understanding cooking methodologies
Rehabbing favorite meals to make them more nutrient-dense and satiating
Ongoing analysis of food journals and physical activity
Overcoming obstacles
Nutrition Counseling
Our Nutritionist takes a hands-on approach to help you evaluate dietary habits in an empathetic and compassionate way. With understanding how the multitude of factors in your life can impact your food choices, we approach dietary modifications in a slow, incremental way to ensure change is lifelong. Our main priority is to help you find a relationship with food that is both attainable and sustainable.
In addition to our base nutrition counseling, we also offer counseling for those with dietary restrictions to help transition to a diet that is both nutritionally complete and safe for those facing food sensitivities and allergies.
Nutrition Lecture Series
Seeking a way to increase nutrition health awareness for employees, family, or friends? This lecture series can be brought to you as a standalone "lunch and learn" that provides a detailed, easily digestible introduction to Nutrition, or as a series that builds on the basics and dives into specific areas of interest. We strive to elevate understanding of nutrition so informed dietary choices can be made that are rooted in the most up-to-date research available.