Alachua, FL, March 25, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hita Karina Tessele, BA, RYT, owner of Bonita Brazil, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in clothing manufacturing and yoga instruction.

Bonita Brazil - Bangalore is the family business of Gilberto and Hita Tessele, established in Brazil in 1995. Mr. Gilberto laid the foundation for the business by traveling to India and collecting unique sari fabrics. These lovely fabrics were then fashioned into modern clothing for boutiques in Brazil. Having been successful with his first line, he designed a stone wash ladies Missy line. The production was done in India and eventually grew into an import-export company. Ms. Tessele began Bonita Brazil in the United States in 2000 by traveling to festivals, street fairs, temples and the main streets of America. In 2002, the couple began their own line of yoga clothes. Today, Bonita Brazil has transformed into a design and production company, with all its products made in Brazil and the United States.

Bonita Brazil supports Brazil's local artists and cottage industries. To accomplish this goal, Hita works with a government schools in Brazil that teach women how to crochet. She provides the women with garments to make and repays them properly for their efforts through fair trade. Hita also works in the same manner with families who operate as cottage industries in the production, cutting, printing and design of garments. Hita excels as a sales representative for these artisans that weave, crochet, bead, embroider, sew and silk-screen, creating true works of art. The wide variety of products include: yoga clothing-yogi pants, god & goddess t-shirts, sari t-shirts; hand-made open weave blouses, cover-ups, pants, shawls, skirts, and dresses; hand-crocheted yoga dance pants, skirts, swimwear and more. For more information, visit http://www.bonitabrazilclothing.com and www.bangaloreombr.com.

Hita's second passion, yoga, takes up the rest of her time. She conducts yoga classes and serves as a trainer at the Inspiration Yoga Institute at the Ayurveda Health Retreat, which is located in Alachua, Florida. She runs her own mobile studio, YogaMaya Studio. "Through the practices of proper diet, relaxation, self-massage, yoga, shirodara-oil massage, the retreat helps many to relax, find peace and heal body, mind and spirit," explains Hita. She spends much of her time working with individuals in the hatha yoga practice, which promotes proper posture, conscious breathing techniques, meditation and relaxation. As a trainer at the Institute, Hita shares the ancient wisdom of bhakti-yoga and hatha-yoga philosophy. She is also developing a 12-step yoga program for addiction.

Hita Karina, RYT grew up in a bhakti yoga ashram. Her mother, a spiritual counselor, and her grandmother, a psychologist, contributed to her early education. Through Hita's early yogic training she gained a foundation in social service, community development and healing through spiritual practice. She continues to expand her knowledge in holistic health, successfully combining her passion for personal and spiritual development with a professional education in psychology and yoga.

Throughout her life, she has devoted herself to a yogic lifestyle and Vedic traditions including Sanskrit, yogic philosophy and practice, sattvic vegetarian cooking, organic agriculture, and animal protection. Her goal is to help others experience a deepening of their soul through a disciplined physical and mental yogic practice.

Hita received a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Prescott College, AZ in 1998. She is a Certified Yoga Instructor through the Sivananda Yoga School in the Bahamas, a member of the Yoga Alliance USA and a Registered Yoga Teacher. She has worked as a yoga group facilitator in Riberao Grande, Brazil and Alachua, FL. She helps organize the Bhumi organic community garden in Alachua, FL. Hita has volunteered with villagers in organic gardens in the Mantiquera mountains of Brazil; a homeless women's garden in Santa Cruz, CA and with an Oakland, CA prison garden project. She is affiliated with Food for Life, one of the world's largest food relief organizations in Berkley, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Sao Paulo-Brazil, and India.

Looking ahead, Hita hopes to become an addiction counselor integrating the practices of yoga to help others in the community. She would also like to create an eco-yoga clothing line.

For more information about Bonita Brazil - Bangalore, visit http://www.bonitabrazilclothing.com and www.bangaloreombr.com.

For more information about Inspiration Yoga Institute, visit http://www.inspirationyogainstitute.com

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