Power and Grace Yoga
Andrea DeVeau - Cabral
Andrea DeVeau-Cabral ~ Co-Owner/Creator of Power and Grace Yoga, Sva Ha Yoga Teacher Trainer, 500-hour E-RYT
Andrea first explored the art of movement and healing through many styles of dance, including modern and ecstatic dance and gymnastics. . She performed and instructed at Creative Dance Center in Tiverton for over 20 years, went on to dance professionally at Walt Disney World with Attitude Dance Company and toured as a performer with the band Dynasty Electrik.
Andrea fused her innate understanding of physical movement and anatomy with her intuitive ability to nurture, and became a licensed massage therapist. She received her 950-hour certification training with The Salter School.
After over a decade of dedication to a personal yoga and meditation practice, in 2013, Andrea was compelled to share this love with others. She received her 200-hour yoga teacher certification in Hatha Yoga from Yoga Loft Tampa in Florida. Soon after, under the guidance of Master Energy Medicine and Sound Healing teacher and way shower, Lisa Ishwari Murphy, Andrea began a deep healing journey and transformation at Fairhaven Healing Art Center. Andrea is now a Certified Energy Medicine and Synergy of Sound Healing Practitioner while continuing to embody and expand her knowledge at Sva Ha Yoga and the Synergy of Sound Training Academy. (Founded by Lisa) She went on to complete her 500- hour Sva Ha Yoga training in 2022. Andrea is now a Sva Ha Yoga Teacher Trainer. Reiki 2 attuned and an Energy For Life Flow Coach in training.
In 2019, after several years of offering special event yoga and sound healing classes with Neil, together they opened Power and Grace Yoga. Neil proposed to Andrea at their first studio on Johnny Cake Hill in New Bedford, MA. They were married at 675 Orchard Street, in their next studio location along the cove in the south end of the city. Andrea and Neil teach classes and workshops, and are Co-Directors of the Sva Ha Yoga 200 hour program at Power and Grace Yoga.
Andrea is particularly gifted at teaching yoga movement and meditation supported by sound using live instruments, (singing bowls, drums, gongs, ting-shaws, flutes, and chimes), a well crafted playlist, or the nature sounds of the outdoors. As a teacher trainer she is delighted to witness the illumination and transformation of students. She has led practices for thousands of individuals of all ages and levels over the past seven years, including many local studios, assisted living establishments, Heaven on Earth Retreats, Yoga by the River, New Bedford Wellness Initiative, Meditation Club at Nichols College, Bristol Community College, Friends Academy Teachers, Westport School Teachers, New Bedford Teachers, Carabiner’s Climbing & Fitness Kids Summer Camp, Camp Angel Wings, The Bridge, Westport Land Conservation Trust, Quequechan River Rail Trail, Yoga at the Fort, Weddings, bachelorette parties, family reunions, and more. She has also been a retreat leader of Yoga & Sound Healing retreats in the Himalayan Mts of Nepal, Costa Rica, the Azores in Portugal, and at the Thai Buddhist Temple in Raynham, Massachusetts.
Neil Cabral
Neil Cabral ~ Co-Owner/Creator of Power and Grace Yoga, Sva Ha Yoga Teacher Trainer, 500 -hour E-RYT. Creator of Hanuman Retreats
In 2013, Neil participated in one yoga class at a Crossfit gym, and felt like he’d been called home. He decided very soon after to be come a yoga teacher. He completed his 200-hour training at Power Yoga of Cape Cod, based on the Baron Baptiste Method of Power Yoga.
In 2014 Neil met a yoga teacher named Andrea, and really liked the singing bowl she used at the end of class. Andrea guided Neil to Lisa Ishwari Murphy of Fairhaven Healing Arts Center. Through training with Lisa, he has earned certifications in Beginner Energy Medicine, Advanced Energy Medicine, and Sva Ha Yoga 500 hour YTT. Neil and Andrea opened Power and Grace Yoga in January 2019, and were married in February 2022. They are now co-directors of the Sva Ha Yoga 200 hour Teacher Training Program offered at Power and Grace Yoga. Neil continues to learn and transform through Sva Ha Yoga and the Synergy of Sound Training Academy.
Neil loves to sing, and learned how to play the harmonium with a how to video by Kirtan Walla Krishna Das. He’ll often serenade durning Savasana. Neil’s classes always have a theme, a teaching, or a story. Staying rooted and connected he receives wisdom as to what the class needs. His classes invite you to move in unique ways, matching movement to the soundtrack of his recorded music. Neil loves to honor his Azorian Portuguese heritage. Annually his Feast class is one of his favorites to teach. Acro Yoga is a passion of his. Finding connection, trust, and transcendence of limiting beliefs.
Neil finds joy organizing yoga retreats, and intentional group travel. He’s facilitated retreats in Costa Rica and the Azores, Portugal. Locally you will find him coordinating events like Yoga Flash Mobs, and field trips to kirtan concerts.
Neil works full time as a Superintendent at a commercial construction company in downtown Boston. He brings all he’s learned to work with him, and holds space for a noticeably more peaceful job-site. He knows we can find rhythm, connection, and harmony within our yoga practice, and transform the world around us.
Sva Ha Yoga
Sva-Ha Yoga’s foundation is in Sound Healing, the natural laws of the Universe and our connection to Mother Earth. It is an embodied practice that combines traditional yogic practices, science, mysticism, and innovation. It is an offering of the heart, with the power to continually transform the teacher and student. It’s a road map for peace, liberation, contentment, and transformation.
Sva-Ha Yoga is the unifying, 30-year ongoing creation of Lisa Ishwari Murphy. For thousands of years, sound, music, and rhythm have been used by wisdom traditions across the world for celebration, ceremony and spiritual growth. Sva Ha Yoga is the embodiment of the Eight Limbs of Yoga supported by sacred healing sounds and vibrations of many instruments, including drums, singing bowls, chimes, gongs, carefully selected recorded music, and human voice. Lisa’s orally transmitted teachings combine natural law, transformative sound healing, and energy medicine practices in a way that’s authentic, grounded, light and powerful.
Shambhalla in the City of Light! Sva-Ha Yoga and the Synergy of Sound Training Academy founded by Lisa Ishwari Murphy is Fairhaven Healing Arts Center, Stardust Energy Arts, Essential Healing Arts, Power and Grace Yoga (and others!) Offering trainings and events together under one roof and sky.