Winter 2025 Updates: Get ready for our next Five-week All-Level series focused on Flow starting Saturday, January 25th. Sessions are from 11 am to 1 pm on Saturdays in Woodland Hills.

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Fall 2024 Updates:

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Confession: I am an avid Acro lover! Acro, or Recreational L-base Partner Acrobatics, went out of style during Covid times. I made a commitment to honor my late Acro partner, Matt Lyons, by sharing my love of acro. I will perform an original flow we created together at our First Annual Valley Acro Holiday Party. It is called, Popsicle!

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Please join us for our First Annual

Valley Acro Holiday Party on the

Winter Solstice on Saturday, 12/21/24 at 12 pm

at Yoga Loft LA

21228 Ventura Blvd

Woodland Hills, CA.

Beverages and snacks provided.

Jam with us after our Mini Acro Showcase! (Sign e-waiver to participate.)

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Next class series starts mid-January 2025.

Private Class Offerings: Acro (Also: Meditation, Sound Healing, or Yoga)

Pricing

Private lessons: $120 per hour. Most sessions are two hours.

Description

Quality Instruction for Recreational L-base Partner Acrobatics, Vinyasa or Hatha Yoga, Mahayana Buddhist Meditation, and Tambura drone instrument sound healing Mantra Music

Contact: mvbutoyi@gmail.com

Before our session:

Tell me what you would like to accomplish.  

I will tailor the session to suit your unique

needs.

 

Happy to be of service!

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Thrive, not just survive.

With trust, we exceed our expectations.​

About Me:

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About me: I started this path to Self-Realization in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition under the guidance of Friendly Dragon, a Buddhist Nun from the Islands, while attending undergraduate school at Harvard University. This is where I also began a Hatha Yoga practice. While living in Thailand, I discovered Power Yoga. At UCLA, I first learned Anatomy as it applies to Movers through a Pilates Mat class with Maria Gillespie. My involvement with a Tantric circle of meditation and dance in Los Angeles builds mystery in modern life. Most recently, my movement practice includes acro - L-base Partner Acrobatics. The art of partner acrobatics provides the allure of flowing movement while challenging the practitioner to remain steady and focused.

 

In the last few years, I have sat in Sadhana - contemplative study - of the Goddess, unearthing long-held secrets of Sacred Female Power with the strong guidance of Laura Amazzone, a scholar of Tibetan Spirituality. I most recently completed a Sadhana with Ganesha, Remover of Obstacles. Continuing to explore the: "seated practice," keeps me connected to the Source of Life Force Energy.

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On the physical plane - I completed Personal Training Recertification with NASM National Academy of Sports Medicine in January 2022. 
 

Began creating content for Yoke Yoga App in an effort to decolonize yoga with author Susanna Barkataki in June 2024.

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Truly enjoyed Sarahpeutics Thai Massage training with Sarah Yovovich and Sonia Peltzer December 2019. It was a beautiful journey into deepening my understanding of Therapeutics. I attended their sessions online during pandemic and one more in-person workshop in Carlson Park. Similar to trauma-informed approach, Thai massage does not try to: "fix," anything.

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I completed Lux’s Acro Teacher Training in Lake Arrowhead Winter 2024.

 

I hold space for you to heal yourself with the power of touch and energy work. A relaxed mind works better. A relaxed body holds less tension. In flow state, we step out of linear time...perhaps even halting the aging process.

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When I sit still and listen, I can hear the words of the wise woman I am becoming. Cultivating inner peace allows me to take the reigns of my emotions, find balance, and enhance my experience here on Earth.

 

Please allow me to provide space for you to actualize your truest potential. If you wish to thrive rather than simply survive, cultivate mindfulness the yogic way. It is my dharma to serve, and your birthright to enjoy this life most fully!

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Achieve subtle body awareness to find your best self.

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Affiliated Studios:

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Home Studio

Yoga Loft LA

21228 Ventura Blvd

Woodland Hills, CA 

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Mission:

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What happens when you manifest your intention? Examine your motives. Discover what awakens your highest self. Define your goals to enhance your experience! Intentional living is so attractive because no effort is wasted. My mission is to hold space for you to fulfill your Dharma - True Purpose. Manifestation leads to magical happenings. :) Achieve subtle body awareness. Enjoy healing energy work to find your best self on the mat.

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My yoga practice connects me to my environment. Yoga allows me to communicate more openly and honestly with people. Yoga increases awareness of my self and my dharma - life's work - in the world. Yoga unleashes a powerful creative force by inviting flow state. 

 

Forward-thinking CEOs, avant-garde artists, attuned athletes, and incredible healers spend a large percentage of time cultivating flow state. Flow state reduces stress and increases productivity. Flow state leads to periods of bliss. Bliss is a profound sense of peace, belonging, and purpose. Let go of the ego's expectations and trust an all-pervasive consciousness.

 

To enjoy a pattern in birds' flight, the pleasing symmetry in a seashell, or the shape of a leaf, is to acknowledge the beauty of the universal order. When I experience bliss, the outline of my self dissolves. I am one with the earth, the sky, the stars, and all sentient beings. Bliss comes with full trust in the now. Bliss gifts the practitioner the most pleasurable moments in life.

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Ways to Connect:

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• Private sessions available on request. Call or text: (310) 570-6587. Email: mvbutoyi@gmail.com

• Find me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MalaikaVidaYoga/

• Subscribe to my Youtube Channel for heartfelt choreography, meditations and yoga flows: Malaika Butoyi

• Check out Acro content on my Instagram page: @malaikavidayoga

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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With love and respect,

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Malaika Vida 

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