MEET VICKI
Vicki Garino
Certifications: Yoga Alliance 500 Hour Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher; Balanced Athlete Certified; Yin Yoga Certified; Master Level Reiki Practitioner/Teacher; Board Certified Ayurveda Health Counselor
Vicki is a Board Certified Ayurveda Health Counselor, Yoga teacher (E-RYT 500 with over 3700 hours teaching experience), mindfulness teacher, and former studio owner./founder (Discover the Wonders Yoga 2012-2024). Vicki studied Ayurveda at the Boston School of Ayurveda and earned her 500-hour Yoga teacher certification at Sacred Seeds Yoga School. She holds a Bachelor of Arts - Music Education from Umass Lowell, and a Master of Music - Conducting from Southern Oregon University. She works full-time as a middle school band director.
Friends and colleagues consider her to be a bit of a “Renaissance Woman,” proficient in the kitchen, with a sewing machine, with DIY, on stage, and more. A creative soul, Vicki is an accomplished musician with a Master’s degree in conducting. A classically trained flutist, she has been a middle school band director for 31 years. She is a skilled vocalist with experience performing with various groups singing rock, pop, R&B, blues, and jazz. Vicki loves food and is equally creative in the kitchen, composing both simple and elaborate meals with wholesome ingredients.
Inspired by Experience
Vicki came to Yoga with a handful of DVD’s and the desire to increase her flexibility and strength. Though she enjoyed what she was learning from the videos, she craved more and sought out her first teacher. Through those classes, she quickly learned that this practice is far more than what she anticipated. She began to feel a shift physically, mentally and spiritually. Born to teach, she eventually decided this was something she wanted to share with others, enrolled in her first teacher training in 2008, and has been teaching Yoga ever since.
She came to Ayurveda with life-long digestive and skin issues and found relief for the first time in her life by incorporating fairly simple dietary and lifestyle changes as prescribed by the teachings of Ayurveda. This inspired her to continue her Ayurveda education in order to share the teachings with others to facilitate their own healing using these ancient practices.
Vicki’s journey with mindfulness began about 15 years ago, when she started studying with a teacher who introduced her to simple practices for weaving awareness into everyday life. Over time, mindfulness became a steady companion, helping her to bring balance into her days and approach challenges with greater ease. Through consistent practice, she learned to respond rather than react, cultivating more patience, clarity, and compassion. Today, the skills she developed through mindfulness not only enrich her own life but also inform her teaching, where she supports others in finding presence and steadiness in the midst of life’s demands.
Offerings
Vicki offers classes, workshops, and one-on-one Ayurvedic consultations around self-care, diet, cooking, women’s issues, digestive issues, mindfulness, and Yoga.