About

JEFF COSTA is a consummate fitness professional; a personal trainer, retreat leader and transformational Kripalu yoga teacher with 30 years of experience in movement, health and wellness education.  An honors graduate of Boston University’s College of Liberal Arts and the Kripalu School of Yoga and Health, Jeff has returned home to New Bedford, Massachusetts after ten years as a celebrity personal trainer in Los Angeles.  Jeff is well-known in the community due to his professional contribution to the health and fitness industry as well as his generous volunteer work rooted in sacred service. Jeff is certified and registered with Yoga Alliance at the E-RYT 500 level of professional teachers.

Jeff has traveled extensively as an international fitness presenter for brands including Reebok, Nike, Crunch Gym, Kellogg’s Cereals and his own trademarked program, Cardio Striptease.  Today, he is recognized for leading transformative yoga, meditation and dance classes that blend high-vibrational presence with a compassionate teaching style and authentic charm.  

Jeff’s heart is engaged in guiding experiences in self-care that elicit and expand a person’s passion for living well. In his group classes, with private clients and on retreat, he guides practices that reveal our intelligent, intrinsic nature as healing for ourselves and for each other.  Jeff believes in the power of community to help us all create a life we love to live.