Samantha Matthews, PT, MA, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, YACEP TEACHER TRAINER, CMT Capitola

Samantha Matthews, PT, MA, E-RYT 500, C-IAYT, YACEP TEACHER TRAINER, CMT

Certified Yoga Therapist, Physiotherapist, And Intuitive Healer

Samantha has been working in the healing arts for over 30 years. She is known for her personability, education, and intuition, allowing her to guide clients to achieve their goals effectively. Samantha inspires her clients to achieve weight loss and successful weight maintenance at The Harbor Health Center by teaching a triad of approaches: nutrition, exercise, and relaxation.

As a corrective exercise specialist, Samantha uses her anatomical understanding to analyze her client’s movement patterns to identify overactive and underactive muscle groups and compensations—Samantha’s extensive training and experience in functional anatomy, bodywork, and massage allows her to address each person’s needs.

As a certified Yoga Therapist, Physiotherapist (EU Trained), and intuitive healer, Sam has co-founded the Harbor Health Center with her partner, Dr. John Grady, DO. She is a talented yoga teacher certified at the highest level by the International Association of Yoga Therapists, the Yoga Alliance, and The International Association of Yoga Therapists. Samantha also holds a certification in “PWR” Parkinson’s Wellness Recovery and is passionate about helping people with movement disorders.

Samantha is an international instructor honored to have mentored and certified hundreds of Santa Cruz, San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley’s top yoga teachers, elite high-tech executives, and their corporate teams. She has taught classes to thousands of people at live mindfulness and music festivals.

Samantha has been featured online for Gaia TV and is a featured teacher on The Grokker Expert Video Network. She founded The Shakti Yoga Shala in Boulder Creek, CA. This was a yoga, corrective exercise, and mindfulness training center where she and several incredible teachers gathered to lead numerous foundational and advanced yoga teacher training certifications, classes, and retreats.

Samantha is a dedicated mother of two sons, Kiran and Lakota.