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Offering yoga, educational kinesiology, psychotherapy, and aromatherapy, Candace invites her students and clients to find a more holistic approach to living.
Explore Vidya Yoga was inspired from a vision for wholeness.
Candace Morano is a certified yoga teacher, educational kinesiologist, and has a
Master’s in Social Work from NYU. She lives and practices in New York City. For the past
eight years, she has blended her diverse background of studies. Offering yoga,
educational kinesiology, psychotherapy, and aromatherapy, she invites her students and
clients to find a more holistic approach to living.
Candace first discovered the power of movement as a child, in ballet and figure skating.
Studying dance therapy also helped her to bring body-mind, movement oriented techniques that she incorporated into her Social work career in the Bronx and in NYC homeless shelters. In her late 20‘s,
Candace knew she had found her greatest movement gift yet. Yoga was an awakening to
delve into the miraculous beauty of experience from a meditative, physical perspective.
This yogic nature translated into many shifts in her life and led Candace down a new
path. Aromatherapy and medicinal oils were introduced to her and have been a
steadfast way of creating health and healing.
Explore Vidya Yoga was inspired from a vision for wholeness.
Vidya is Candace’s spiritual name given to her by her teacher, Dattatreya Siva Baba, also known as Dr. Pillai.
Vidya means knowledge and Candace has studied long and far to explore the vastness of
holistic health that has become widely accessible and desired by many. She has a gift for listening, sensing and discovering the potential in every client. Spending much of her
time, in leadership training and acquiring a license in Educational Kinesiology, Candace
brings a unique perspective for understanding her clients on every level- physical,
emotional, mental, and spiritual.
Candace has worked with children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome and Autism. For
three years, she taught the yoga program at the Cooke Center For Learning, working
with a body of students with a wide range of special needs. She has also taught at the
NYU Child Study Center High School for Children on the Spectrum and in the Bronx as a
therapist for children ages three to fifteen. Candace also works with adults and leads
private clients in innovative sessions that meet personal goals and caters to their
individual or small group needs. She teaches programs to parents and teachers and has brought these services to the Learning Spring School and the Rebecca School both based in NYC, incorporating yoga, educational kinesiology, and stress reduction techniques. Candace’s practice
incorporates the use of medicinal oils for injuries and aromatherapy in the private
classes she runs throughout New York City.
Candace has studied Anusara yoga with Amy Ippoliti and Lois Nesbitt, Yoga Therapy
with John Friend, and Yoga for the Special Child with Sonia Sumar. She participated in
Jodie Komitor's Yoga for Children training at Next Generation Yoga, where she taught for
several years. Most recently, she has studied Prana Flow with Shiva Rea. In addition to
this education, Candace has trained in NIA, Neuromuscular Integrated Activity. She has also traveled to India, Egypt and Israel for spiritual pilgrimages led by Dr. Pillai, and has
studied with Derek O'Neil in Ireland, and is a Rising Star Practitioner. She has studied
David Elliot's breathing work under the guidance of Scott Schwenk at Breathworks.com,
where she has completed the Level One Healer Training.