IRENE GENOVESE PICA is the founder and director of Symmetry Yoga. After teaching yoga in Fairfield County for six years, she opened the yoga center in 2001. She has been studing and practicing yoga for more than 25 years and celebrated her 10th year as a teacher in 2005. Irene is a certified yoga teacher in the Kripalu tradition and is registered with Yoga Alliance at the advanced 500 hour level.

Irene has also studied Iyengar, Ashtanga, Bikram, Kundalini, Vinyasa Flow, Viniyoga and Anusara with a host of renowned teachers including Rodney Yee, Shiva Rea, Richard Freeman, Gary Kraftsow, Kofi Busia, Aadil Palkhalvala, Ravi Singh and John Friend.

Her teaching style, which has been strongly influenced by an extensive dance background, blends an intuitive knowledge of the body with a unique sense of flow and connection between between postures.

A creative, compassionate and inspirational teacher, Irene encourages students to challenge themselves according to their level of ability so they obtain the best possible results from their yoga practice