Behind the Name
Ever since I was a child I’ve been obsessed with the moon. As a child it was the one constant I had that always brought a sense of calmness and tranquility, always shining in the sky no matter where I was. I still feel that same level of calm and peace as an adult when I look up and see it
hanging in the sky.
Today when I travel I hold tight to the moon and the feeling of connecting it gives me to the people I’m missing while away. Specifically my daughters. When I was thinking of what to name my business a few years ago I knew I wanted something that would evoke that same feeling of calmness, tranquility, and serenity I get from the moon and then it hit me . . . Luna Serenity.
Even now, la luna, has a deep connection to how I choose to co-create with the universe. I work with her energy and cycles to guide the setting of my intentions and how I manifest my dreams into reality. When we allow la luna to show us her wisdom we become co-creators in the magic of our lives. Let me show you how...Join me.
ABOUT JOHANNA
My journey to the creation of Luna Serenity is one I hold dear to my heart. I found yoga as a young adult while working at an anti-trafficking nonprofit in DC. It was a way to prioritize self care. After my first yoga class I was hooked. The level of connection to myself and the world around me was so strong, soon I became obsessed. A few years into my personal practice I experienced the difficult loss of my grandmother, this was the first death of a close loved one. Yoga offered a sanctuary in that time of my life and helped me feel connected with my body while I processed all the emotions and grief that were present. This experience helped me to understand how yoga was so much more than just a physical practice, it was a way of life.
About a year after my grandmother's death, I became pregnant with my first daughter and I joined my first prenatal yoga class. During one of these classes the teacher walked us through a visualization of envisioning a passed loved one holding our baby and I immediately connected back with my grandmother. I saw right then and there the potential of opening my practice to an entirely new element of spiritual and emotional connection. I knew that I had discovered a way to expand my practice to help me tap into this side of healing I hadn’t yet explored.
As I went on I continued to expand my practice to support the different phases of motherhood I was experiencing which took my self awareness to an entirely new level. I was gaining new tools and became passionate about learning as much as I could from energy healing modalities (Reiki, Crystal Consciousness, Sound healing, Sacred Cacao, etc.). I completed specialized teacher trainings for prenatal, postnatal, fertility yoga and meditation. Yoga had changed my life and how I viewed the gift of motherhood. Yoga and the various energy healing modalities shifted how I chose to carry myself and interact with the world around me. I knew this was a gift that I wanted to share.
ABOUT
LUNA SERENITY
Luna Serenity offers a range of services with the intent of helping you find your way back to self love. My goal is to help you reconnect with yourself through yoga, vibrational sound therapy, and different energy healing modalities.
All Luna Serenity offerings touch on the physical, vibrational and emotional aspects of yourself. The physical practice is a chance to explore connection to yourself, the vibrational level is a way for you to connect to your emotions and move energy in the body and the emotional level allows you to explore growth. All Luna Serenity sessions are a way to come home to yourself. Luna Serenity offers the following - but is not limited to:
Group and Private Sessions for Cacao Circles, Meditation, Soundbaths, Yoga, Mother Blessings and Reiki, Workplace Wellbeing Programming.
I also offer 2 annual retreats: The Luna Goddess Retreat and the Sacred Self Love Retreat.
I am a first generation daughter of immigrant parents from Ecuador and Nicaragua. As a mother of two, my path to self discovery was set in motion more than 13 years ago. My practices have formed the foundation of reconnecting and reclaiming my ancestral roots. I have has guided more than a thousand individuals with the usage of sacred cacao, sound healing, meditation, yoga and breath work.
I am 500 Hour Registered Yoga teacher with specializations in Prenatal and Fertility Yoga. I've completed Meditation Teacher trainings, and am a Certified Usui Reiki Master, Crystalline Consciousness Technique (Level 2) and have also completed several Sound Healing Trainings over the years.