About

Hi there

SO happy you found me!

My name is Dipali and I am a board certified Physical Therapist and a Registered Yoga Teacher. I have been practicing PT since 2016. Graduated from the University of St Augustine for Health Sciences with my Doctorate in Physical Therapy and I absolutely love what I do!

My discovery for yoga came with the Covid-19 pandemic, like most of us I was pretty stressed out. Needed to find something that would keep me grounded and that’s when I discovered Cloud Nine Yoga School. In an ideal situation, I would be doing my teacher training in person but unfortunately, yoga studios were closed. All my training was done through zoom, and let me tell you, it was the BEST experience ever! Owe most of that to my amazing teachers/mentors Erika and Katie.

Yoga helped me balance the good days and bad days, it kept me grounded for what was to come and it served as a safe space for me to discover and express myself. I was never a yogi and previously had only taken a few classes in PT school. I always felt like it wasn’t for me because I wasn’t flexible. I WAS WRONG! Yoga isn’t about how flexible or strong you are, its about being able to connect your breath with your body. It’s about the connection between the mind, body and breath. It’s a lifelong journey and you know what… it doesn’t have to be perfect!

The marriage of physical therapy and yoga has been amazing! Through PT school I was able to learn body mechanics, anatomy and physiology quite in depth. It wasn’t until I did my yoga teacher training, that I was able to interlace all that with breath control/awareness. As a movement expert, I love being able to incorporate both aspects in the clinic with my patients and seeing how much they learn about their body from a biomechanical standpoint with an added touch of breath control.

I personally have been able to appreciate and listen to my body so much more after practicing yoga and I’d love to be able to share that with you! Come take a class and see for yourself ;)

Namaste

Dipali Patel, PT, DPT, RYT-200