Meet Anthony Rene Otero | Yoga Teacher, Meridan Yoga Therapist (MYT), & Holistic Practitioner

We had the good fortune of connecting with Anthony Rene Otero and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Anthony Rene, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?

Currently, my business ideas are still in process. As a yoga teacher I’m finding my niche in Meridian Yoga and allowing that to develop and grow organically. Meridian Yoga is a style of yoga that incorporates the meridian system of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as an integrative holistic wellness practice. I would like to continue to study TCM and the meridian system more deeply, along with yoga and other lineages of yoga, to continue serving others.

Community building in various locations of the Dallas metro is an amazing learning opportunity. As I continue to learn how to serve various communities, I would like to work more closely in building the yoga community for queer folx and folx who live with addiction disorder, and other divergent folx. It would be great to build networks and communities for folx looking to shift their life and build community around that.

Eventually, down the road, I hope to have my own communal space where I can continue to assist others with their healing/wellness.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.

I kind of fell into teaching yoga… I went to Texas Woman’s University (TWU) in Denton, TX as a dance major, switched it to a minor and focused on multicultural women and gender studies, and sociology as my major studies. I didn’t graduate… darn covid… ha?

During my time at TWU, I practiced yoga at the cutest local studio, Bloom Yoga. College was a fun, but weird time; Bloom Yoga was a great haven. In the fall of 2020, I did my training with them. I started teaching in 2021 and haven’t looked back since.

It feels right, it feels like all my learning has finally cultivated into something that has not only shifted my life tremendously but also something I can share.

Since my training with Bloom Yoga. I’ve completed 300hrs (100hr Meridian Yoga and Extreme Yin, 50hr Meridian Yoga Therapy and 150hr Advanced Teacher Training) with Science of Self (SOS) Yoga in NY, NY. I plan to continue my training with SOS and other yoga schools. Maybe eventually return to academia?

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Cycle the Santa Fe trail to and around White Rock, Lunch at Baboush, walk around Hawaiian Tropical Plant Sales (chit chat up the awesome people there), walk Bishop Arts and Davis St., eat at Nova, donuts from The Salty, coffee at the Wild Detectives, Tacos and Mezcal at La Vuida Negra, empanadas from Chimichurri, Milagro’s has good tacos too , the mole enchiladas from Veracruz Café….  Ugh so much I would do revolves around food… ha…. walk down Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge… eventually go to the adult roller-skating rink that’s scheduled to open up in the Design District this fall, the zoo would be cool.  Yoga.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?

I would like to thank the Dance Department at TWU for helping me develop my movement practices and expanding my perspective of dance and movement. The Woman and Gender Department at TWU for developing my spiritual practices and critical thinking skills. Bloom Yoga for being a home to my yoga practice during my college years. Science of Self (SOS) Yoga and my teacher Dr. Erin Rose Vaugn for being such a force in the field.

I would like to thank my dear friends and teachers, Cher Anabo, Laine Edwards and Jared McCann, thanks for keeping me sane. Thank you to Priya Thomas, a saint of humanity. Thank you to Rosemary Candelario for throwing gigs my way and being a radical ally. Thank you to Aadya Kaktikar for being a great mentor and friend, it’s a shame COVID cut our time short. Thanks to Nikki Rohrs, love you. Thanks to the Trini Foundation for rewarding me with a scholarship for access to ashtanga for my recovery (if you know anyone in addiction recovery who could benefit from yoga…check them out). Thanks to Dean Hollingsworth at the Dallas Ashtanga Yoga Shala, good people. Thank you to Clairevista Holistic Health and Wellness, YogaZama, and Second Side Yoga for letting believing in me and sharing your space for me to teach in.

Lastly, thank you to my family for always supporting me and my passions the best way they can.

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