Nydia is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Certified Yoga Therapist and Therapeutic Yoga Specialist. She is an experienced educator, published therapeutic yoga and cancer researcher and has been creating therapeutic yoga interventions for cancer research since 2009. Nydia has combined over 40 years of physical therapy, fitness & yoga experience to create accessible therapeutic yoga practices that are intended to empower all levels of practitioners and to encourage breath centered movement activity that has the potential to positively influence optimum states of long-term health & wellbeing.  An ambassador for therapeutic yoga lifestyle practices in the medical community, Nydia provides on-site, livestream and video on demand community access to therapeutic yoga and continuing education and is the owner and creative director of Nydia’s Yoga Therapy Studio and the Open Hand Institute in San Antonio, Texas.