Creative Yoga Therapy

Nina "Priya Ma" David is founder and director of Creative Clinics/Creative Yoga Therapy (CYT)™ and a senior Yoga educator at Integral Yoga Institute and Satchidananda Ashram. Priya Ma left a career as a successful special events choreographer to spend a decade in contemplative monasteries throughout the US and Brazil before attending NY Theological Seminary and earning a masters degree in Spiritual Education from Fordham University. She received her spiritual name and foundational Yoga training from Sri Swami Satchidananda and is certified in many areas of Yoga science and philosophy as well as Ipsalu Tantra with Tantrika International and classical foundations of Tantra at the IFC Mahavidya Temple in Tamil Nadu, South India.

Priya Ma is is known for her innovative integration of holistic and creative approaches to learning, healing and wellness. For over 25 years she has designed and implemented programs for medical, educational, community and spiritual organizations including: VISIONS Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Beth Israel Medical Center, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Visiting Nurse Service of NY, Hospital for Special Surgery's Integrative Care Center, the New York City, Northern California & Nevada Alzheimer's Associations, the New York City & Monroe County Boards of Education, Fordham University, rural Kentucky and Brazil, and at international conferences.