DERISE DIATTA

Originally from New York, Derise moved to Boulder in 2001 where she found Corepower Yoga soon after its doors opened. As a practitioner of yoga for over a decade, she was grateful to tap into the quality of teaching and the richness of community that she found at the studio.

Prior to living in Colorado and embarking on motherhood, Derise traveled extensively in South East Asia. She studied Iyengar and Astanga yoga in Pune and Mysore , India. For 2 years she directed the yoga program at the Health Oasis Resort, a popular wellness center in Koh Samui, Thailand.

Derise has taught yoga at some of the country’s largest wellness centers including The Omega Institute, Kripalu Yoga Center and The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center. She worked on staff as an assistant for the Kripalu 200–hour Bodywork Training in 1999 and 2000. In addition, she has worked closely with Don and Amba Stapleton, founders of Nosara Yoga Center in Costa Rica. She assisted their Interdisciplinary Teacher Training program in 2000 after taking the training the previous year. She combines her love of yoga and bodywork in a unique modality called Yogassage, in which she is a certified therapist.