Candela grew up in Valencia and got into yoga at 19 after packing her suitcases and moving to a tiny, and very rainy, Dutch city. Since then, movement has been a field for insight, a fun playground and a way to meeting like-minded friends. For more than 7 years, Candela has been teaching in Amsterdam’s most loved studios, private classes, and held events and workshops, corporate events in companies like Fairphone and STX.

She has trained internationally in barre, pilates, vinyasa & Hatha yoga, yin yoga and breathwork, with teachers like Simon Park, Abby Galvin, Janet Stone, Katy Scherer, and more, collecting more than 500YT of yoga certified hours, American Fitness Association barre and pilates with Josie McKinlay. Her teachings pull from different schools and lineages, trying new recipes with each new season, literally and metaphorically.

She currently pursues her Katonah Yoga teacher certification, which has unlocked a complete new canon of references and practices; and holistic massage training, which she is now offering in private classes. She believes that a teacher’s role is to re-orient, and physical practices are a complement of a fulfilled life.

Besides teaching, Candela is a full time design director leading a global team and is committed to social and environmental justice. Because of this, she is particularly interested in using movement practices to enhance creative capabilities and increase empathy and openness. She loves to swim, to make playlists, to hangout with her friends, and is mostly powered by coffee.