Roberta Paixao Cortes

Trainer Bio

Roberta’s classes are inspired by the connection between mind and body that she felt during her very first practice of a Baptiste Power Yoga class. As someone that communicates through movement, she encourages her students to breathe and find their own power and beauty in each asana. Her classes are challenging, focus on breathe, alignment, and honoring each student’s experience and needs.

Roberta is originally from Brazil, where she studied classical ballet. As a professional dancer, Roberta was always looking for ways to stretch and work out her body, and that is how she was introduced to yoga in 2005. At that time, she had no idea that she was getting hooked in Baptiste Yoga! Roberta went on to get her RYT200-hr at YogaOne Houston in 2012 and got encouraged by Roger Rippy to do level one training with Baron Baptiste in February 2014. The program made such a big impact in Roberta’s life that in the same year she completed level two training with Paige Elenson, and level three training with Baron, as well as started her certification process to become a certified Baptiste teacher! Roberta is a certified Baptiste teacher currently in the FIT to Lead program, an ambassador for Africa Yoga Project, a professional contemporary dancer, and the co-director and co-founder of the arts nonprofit Group Acorde. She learns every day from her teachers, students and from herself, and is really grateful for the power of yoga in her life and the opportunity to share that with others.