Diana Cullum-Dugan

Contact Information   
Watertown, Massachusetts
United States
Email: dianacullumdugan@gmail.com
Phone: (617)678-0607
Website: www.NamasteNutrition.net


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Professional Background  
Through the journey of nutrition and various yoga practices, including those that engage the physical and emotional body as well as support spiritual growth, I serve as a guide as you discover the ability to create balance and harmony at every level of your being. Through exploration of triggers and unconscious behaviors, you will uncover your deep seated desires that do not always align with your conscious behavior. In that effort, change begins and you reconnect to your true nature.

Registered dietitian since 1998, Anusara-inspired yoga teacher since 2003.



Yoga Background  
I became a group exercise teacher in the 80s when the first hi-lo aerobic exercise shoes were just being introduced to the market by Reebok. From there, from a deep and hidden desire to reach perfection, I taught 5 hours of high intensity cardio classes and strenuously lifted weights 7 hours a week and became a strict vegetarian. Through the years, intensity has remained but the course has changed – yoga is my spiritual vehicle that also keeps me flexible and toned. Finding Grace - well, Grace found me (anugraha) - has led me to many teachers, my students being the greatest of all.


Questions and Answers   

Q: What other hobbies do you have aside from yoga practice?
A: Plunging my hands deep into freshly turned compost as I layer it into my flower beds. Making delicious, wholesome, natural and tantalizing meals that nourish and fill both the Inner and Outer body. Feng shui-ing the home I make with my partner of forever.

Q: What is the title of a book that you have read recently that you could strongly recommend?
A: Food Rules, by Michael Pollan. And the Eat This, Don't Eat That series.

Q: What is one of your all-time favorite movies?
A: Fried Green Tomatoes - a love story that parallels my own.

Q: What is one place that you would like to visit in the world? Why?
A: Mt. Ranier - again. Simply for the splendor of it.

Q: What's your favorite color?
A: Greens and purples - they connect me to the earth like a profuse violet

Q: What award in high school should you have won?
A: Most likely to improve with age - yoga has softened and mellowed me out of judgment and criticism. Yay!

Q: What is one of the funniest incidents that occurred in one of your yoga classes?
A: In a private yoga session, on an inhale with arms reaching overhead, my older male student's pants fell in a pile around his ankles.