Welcome to my story
Brandon Bergado. The hockey player turned yogi.
At 15 years old I left my home in San Jose, California to play hockey for teams all around the US and Canada.
What I thought was going to be a long ice hockey
career was cut short in 2019. Two major
concussions within three weeks of each other
forced me to let go of everything I worked for
and focus on healing my brain. It’s crazy because
what I thought was my biggest nightmare, ended up
being the most restorative transformation I could
have ever imagined. These concussions gifted me the
opportunity to sit alone with my thoughts for months and
discover the most powerful method of healing.
Enter Yoga and Meditation.
I was so broken at the time that I promised myself I would do anything I could to build a happy home within myself. A place where I can always come back to and never feel lost in life. To me, meditation is the best route to that destination. That is what Yoga is all about. How open can you be to accepting life changes? And can you create the awareness and discernment to interpret every thing that happens in a way where you never loose your inner peace? That’s the work that made me fall in love with this practice.
My roots in yoga started with meditation but as I got healthy, my practice evolved into asanas (postures) and inversions. I'm drawn to creative, yet challenging, movement patterns that allow you to transcend your mental and physical limitations. I believe this is where we combine the practices of meditation, mindful movement, and breath to bring the mind back to center, back to home.
Brandon is a hockey player turned yogi whose classes are both powerful and smooth. He relates Yoga to the practice of building a happy home within one’s self, and strives to create that experience for his students.
Background
Vinyasa Yoga with Gabrielle Blachley (200 hr)
The Mentorship Program with Kendall Berents & Caroline Chiesa (100 hr)
School of Yoga (@becomeayogi) with Jonah Kest, Andrew Sealy & Ashley Griffin (200 hr)
Space within (@bodypoetrystudio) w/ Luna Josephine (10 hr)
A glimpse into the journey
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(2018) Playing hockey in Canada for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.
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(2019) Stopped playing hockey. Recovering from concussions. Feeling lost in life.
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(2020) Taught first Yoga class on Sunset Cliffs.
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(2021) Completed first Yoga Teacher Training under Gabrielle Blachley.
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(2023) Co-founded Coordinated Movement Camp with Kyle Carpenter.
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(2023) Taught Yoga workshops in Europe w/ Luna Josephine.
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(2023) Trained with Jonah Kest at @becomeayogi YTT.
Welcome to my Mind
Welcome to my Mind