Maya Lev

Maya Lev is the Director of Yoga Center Santa Cruz. In her first year at UCSC, Maya was inspired by her first Iyengar instructor, Sarah Pepper. She later became a student of Ruth Hille, one of the founders of Yoga Center Santa Cruz, who encouraged her to consider teaching. Maya began teaching at YCSC in 1993, and became the owner/director in 1994 when Ruth moved to Michigan. She feels deeply grateful to Kofi Busia, her primary teacher for the past 15 years. Maya also holds a MA in Counseling Psychology from CIIS in San Francisco, and has a private practice as a licensed Marriage Family Therapist. Most recently Maya welcomed the arrival of her second child, a beautiful baby girl born in Sept. 2009, to join her five year old son and make him a wonderful big brother.