Terra Pfund, RYT, HHC I  am a traditional Hatha yoga instructor registered with the National Yoga Alliance and have additional certifications in prenatal and postnatal yoga. I am also a Body Hoops Dance Fusion certified instructor and Reiki Master. My traditional education includes a B.S.Sp. in Communications and Campaign Management, a J.D. and an LL.M. in Environmental Law.

I spent more than 5 years practicing environmental health and pharmaceutical law in both a private practice and corporate capacity. While the practice was financially lucrative, it wasn't satisfying. I felt a disconnect within myself and realized even though I was working for a fortune 500 pharmaceutical company I hadn't actually taken a prescription drug in almost 10 years. While I was maintaining my health naturally, I wasn't nurturing my spirit. I began my wellness transition in 2007.

I received my training to practice Holistic Health Counseling at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, which is the only nutrition school integrating all the different dietary theories—combining the knowledge of traditional philosophies with modern concepts like the USDA food pyramid, the glycemic index, the Zone and raw foods. My certification is pending and will be completed in June.

For more information about my education, please go to www.integrativenutrition.com.

My holistic health conseling practice, Terra Baby Wellness is aimed at empowering women in natural fertility options, pregnancy and postpartum through weaning to ensure the best possible immune system for their babies. The Terra Baby Wellness mission is to help create healthy, holistic, green babies and to empower women with education and options!  As a part of the Integrative Nutrition family we are proud to play a crucial role in improving health and happiness in America.  We know that Terra Babies will help create a ripple effect that will transform the world!

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Yoga.... While yoga had been her long time passion, Terra never thought that it was or could be anything more than a hobby. After moving back to Boston in 2005, she met Kathy Keane at the Healing Tree Yoga & Wellness Center in Quincy, MA. Kathy introduced her to traditional Hatha Yoga, gentle movement and postures designed to reduce stress, increase self awareness, build strength & balance.
It was different than the hot yoga or power yoga workouts that she had previously engaged in. It was more than working out her body, it relaxed her and brought peace into her daily life. Her eyes opened to the interconnection of body, mind and spirit. Practicing Hatha yoga gave her to tools to calm and center herself, it opened her eyes to the beauty and peace inherent in each soul. She began to see the massive disconnect between body mind and spirit in today's society. She realize that for her own well being, she
couldn't practice law for the rest of my life, she needed something to feel good about, something that could touch other people's lives. She enrolled in the Finding Inner Peace Yoga School. She didn't know if I was ready for a career change, but she was willing to try.

Hula Hoops...In January 2007 Terra began making hula hoops. Hooping was her other passion. Playing with a hoop allowed her to connect with her inner child, ground and center herself all while getting a great work out. It just brought joy. Instead keeping this secret to herself, she decided to join the Hoop Revolution by making and selling custom made festival hula hoops. Throughout the summer of 2007 her time was spent studying yoga, attending seminars for yoga training and making and selling Karma HoopsTM. The more she hooped and the more she watched people hooping, she realized that the hula hoop is yet another tool in the body, mind and spirit connection. Hooping creates an instant calm and balance in your mind. It enhances your mental focus, producing endorphins and just makes you happy! Hooping allows prana, chi and ki to flow freely connecting to your inner rhythm and grounding you to the earth.

Chakra Meditation... During her training, one of Terra's yoga intensives concentrated on Chakras. Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, or vortex, and it refers to each of the seven energy centers, our energy system. These chakras, or energy centers, function as pumps or valves, regulating the flow of energy through the energy system of our bodies. We open and close these valves when we decide what to think, and what to feel, and through which perceptual filter we choose to experience the world around us. Each of these centers correlates to major nerve ganglia branching forth from the spinal column. In addition the chakras also correlate to levels of consciousness, archetypal elements, developmental
stages of life, colors, sounds, body functions, and so much more. During this intensive something inside her clicked. She realized it was all inter connected! Nurturing your body, mind and spirit through yoga, the beauty and simplicity of the infinite circle (the hula hoop) and the energy centers of your body (chakras). It is from this realization that the Karma Hoops YogaTM program was born.