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As featured on Fox Sports, WebMD, CNNRadio, and other media outlets, Dana Santas, formerly Dana Edison, is founder and director of Radius Yoga, a North American fitness business offering customized yoga training & workshops for individuals and teams/groups, as well as providing certified education programs for yoga teachers, trainers and coaches. Specializing in serving pro athletes, Dana has experience with the NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL and MLS, including players and coaches from the Boston Red Sox, Orlando Magic, Boston Celtics, Toronto Blue Jays, Tampa Bay Rays, Cleveland Indians, Charlotte Bobcats, New England Patriots, Washington Redskins, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs and Chivas USA. She has also served as the exclusive yoga trainer for members of the Boston Fire Department and team instructor for the TCL Denton Outlaws.
Dana is an experienced registered yoga teacher (E-RYT) with the Yoga Alliance and has studied many styles of yoga with numerous highly esteemed teachers. She has also studied Thai-Shiatsu yoga massage as well as other yoga specialties, including prenatal, kids and seniors. As a health and fitness professional, Dana is a certified trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and has completed Optimum Performance Training (OPT™) with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). She holds a B.A. cum laude from Tufts University. The author and creator of the Yoga Is Not One Size Fits All™ book and audio CD series, her expert yoga and fitness advice has been covered by the United Press International (UPI) news wire, Men's Journal, Redbook, Quick & Simple Magazine, and others. And she has appeared on the cover of New Living Magazine.
Radius Yoga is Dana's own power-Hatha hybrid style of yoga based on her “ABC's of Yoga™” focus (Alignment, Breath & Core) that emphasizes alignment along the kinetic chain, the connection of breath & movement, and awareness of the core as the center of balance and strength. Radius Yoga Conditioning (RYC) is the personalized application of Radius Yoga, based on Dana's belief that “yoga is NOT one size fits all™” and should be adapted to each person's body & goals.
To turn her passion for yoga into a fulltime endeavor, Dana left a successful marketing and public relations career that spanned more than a decade. Prior to her corporate career, she had struggled as a teenaged mother, working to support her daughter and complete her education. Driven to achieve the “American Dream,” she earned her degree with honors and was the top-level marketing executive at an international company by her mid twenties. But, despite a career that afforded opportunities to mingle with the likes of former presidents, Pulitzer prize-winning authors, and famous real estate tycoons, her business success felt superficial.
Dana's exit from corporate America and launch of Radius Yoga is evidence that she continues to evolve, as does her definition of success, which is now based on authentic goals rather than external ideals. She hopes that her life experience will inspire others to be true to their own aspirations and realize that “there are no dead ends—only opportunities to create new paths for others to follow.”
Dana is the proud mother of three amazing children (and a golden retriever) and is married to her best friend.
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