Skila began practicing yoga in 2002 for pain management stemming from a car accident. After three years of practicing with many respected yoga instructors and attending several yoga clinics, she became a certified yoga teacher. Yoga has not only given her a healthy way to manage chronic back and neck pain but has also aided her in body acceptance and physical maintenance (she has lost 50 pounds and kept it off for over ten years). Skila teaches various styles of yoga and specialty courses. She embraces her past injury as an opportunity to understand and help others with pain management and body acceptance. Skila is a mom of two and has been married for fourteen years. She's lived in the Plano area since April 2002. *Scroll Down for a list of Skila's certifications and specialty trainings.

Holding Current Positions:

Skila Ramirez dba Skila The Yoga Girl~Owner

Express Fitness~Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX, Trainings Director

Express Fitness~Plano, TX~Group Exercise Coordinator, Aerobics Dept. Mgr.

YogaFit~Master Trainer 

"We should love where we are today. In each moment, we are given a divine opportunity to enjoy life." ~Skila

Certifications Include, and are not limited to:

~NASM-OPT Personal Trainer, National Academy Sports Medicine, Optimum Performance Training

~200hr-RYT (Registered Yoga Teacher) recognized by YogaFit and Yoga Alliance

~AFAA- Aerobics and Fitness Assoc. of America, Primary Group Exercise

~ACE- American Council on Exercise, Group Exercise

~TurboKick ~Silver Sneakers Senior Stretch

~YogaFit Senior ~YogaFit Kids!

~YogaFit Prenatal, Postnatal

~PilatesFit

~Specialty training with Step & Water Aerobics & Sensous Dance

~Specialty training with (but not limited to) Special Populations: Asthma, Diabetes, Arthritis, knee/shoulder/hip replacements, various diseases, cancer recovery, Therapeutic Services, Scoliosis, Spine Issues (Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar), etc. . .

~Professional Belly Dancer and Belly Dance Fitness innovator

~Mome Yoga (trained by owner Stefani McMurrey), yoga for mom's and their babies

~Kids in Motion (trained by Cami Dennis), fitness for children and young adults

~Specialty training in life coaching, transforming inner/outer language to build a positive mind, guidance to focus your abilities