Hey Gang! Today, I am so excited to get to sit down with the newest coach and head of Yoga and Strength for the Badass Lady Gang, Amanda Kerpius!

Head of Yoga and Strength for the Badass Lady Gang, Amanda Kerpius is a certified Yoga Therapist and Yoga Teacher, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Running Coach, 10x marathon finisher, Boston Marathon Qualifier, and new mom!

During undergraduate school, Amanda performed at football and basketball games as a Colorado State "Golden Pom'' dancer. With her midsection constantly exposed to thousands of sports fans, she started running as a way to help improve her perceived body-shape. After graduation, Amanda moved to NYC to pursue a career in dance. She ran and ran and ran convinced that having a smaller body would help her career. What she didn't know is that she was building a physical and mental endurance that would carry her through her trials of adulthood: career changes, college degrees, marriage, divorce, financial debt, pregnancy, and now, motherhood. Running is Amanda's meditation and when Amanda feels most connected with her breath, thoughts, and Self. Running is when she feels most alive and she knows she isn't alone. Through her teaching and therapeutic work, Amanda seeks to help others continue this magical journey of life with endurance of mind and body.

First a trained dancer, Amanda practiced, performed, and choreographed dance for 26 years, lending her lifetime of body awareness newfound credibility through a yoga form that is both rigorous and healing to the physical and emotional self. Amanda graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Swedish Institute's massage therapy program in 2017 and shortly thereafter received her License in Massage Therapy. That year she also completed a yearlong study of functional movement science with the Gray Institute making her a Fellow of Applied Functional Science. In May 2021, she completed an 850-hour yoga therapy certification with Prema Yoga Institute and became a certified yoga therapist with the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She received her first 200-hour yoga teacher training certification in 2012 and has accumulated nearly 3,000 teaching hours since then.

As she trains for her 11th marathon, Amanda specializes in and has a passion for helping endurance athletes perform better and experience deep, nourishing recovery with yoga-based functional movement, functional massage therapy and game-changing yoga wisdom that's designed to ignite the mind and body to achieve it's best.

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