About Airbender
Hi!
My name is Ashanti Garcia and I was born in San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize, Central America. I was given the nickname “Airbender” by Joseph Stamp Romero, the Choreographer & Artistic Director of Nu Generation Dance Company. He began to refer to me as Airbender because of the many pictures I posted on facebook of me doing various asanas (yoga poses), stretches, and simply bending and twisting my body in creative ways.
However, I think it is of utmost importance for everyone to know that I am a very naturally unflexible person. Most of current flexibility, strength, stamina, balancing and coordination skills were the result of my dedication to serious yoga practice that began on February 23rd, 2010 at Enlighten Up Yoga Studio on the 3rd Floor of JNC Mall in San Ignacio with Hatha yoga instructor, Kate Devine. Unfortunately, after a few months, I was unable to continue taking classes with her, so I began practicing on my own at home. After moving to the city in June 2011, I became a member of Royal Wellness Center where I continued to practice my own fitness routine which includes Ab Ripper X and hatha yoga. Now I teach yoga at Royal Monday through Thursday in the evenings.
My current abilities are also only temporary, meaning that I am not able to perform most of what you will see in my pictures at anytime (i.e. like after just getting out of bed). In order for me to do most poses and stretches, my body needs to be sufficiently warmed up. In other words, I consider myself to be quite ‘normal’ and not endowed with any sort of natural flexibility gift.
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