ABOUT
Ana Vaughn Becker is fearless and unstoppable. As a dedicated athletic trainer, she is on a mission to help people realize their greatest potential.Dedicated to empowering women to live their healthiest and best lives, Ana is a breath of fresh air and source of inspiration for people around the world. Born in 1976 outside Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, Ana spent her early years devoted to practicing ballet and playing piano. In 2000, after having her daughter, Besides being a business woman, working on her Trading Company, traveling the world on international business missions and trading fairs prospecting international market opportunities for Brazilian products abroad; Ana began to devote herself to personal fitness. Like many young moms, she simply wanted to get back into shape and be healthy so that she could be the best mom she could possibly be.
As Ana began to develop her mental and physical dedication to athletics, she fell in love with the game of Polo. The feeling of charging atop her horse down the field in pursuit of the ball, created the perfect symphony of speed and power.
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Playing in the United States and England, Ana would practice her sport 4 times a week for 3-4 hours a session. This dedication and passion for excellence built enduring traits that have followed Ana through all of her life.
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Tragically, Ana’s life was turned upside down in 2007 when the skills she had honed so well during her years on the Polo grounds slipped away, almost forever. Suffering a tragic accident, Ana had a hemorrhage on her medulla, fractured 3 vertebrae in her spine and lost muscular function from her neck all the way down to the back of her knee.
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After 2 surgeries and spending 3 months in a hospital bed, with no mobility to raise her arms or sit, Ana found herself living in excruciating pain and struggling to make sense of the doctors conflicting suggestions. With the negative outlook for future recovery scenarios and her current state of limited mobility issues, Ana began to take matters into her own hands. She began researching holistic health practitioners and searching them out.
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For Ana, acupuncture was one of these alternative treatments that provided an incredible respite which other solutions could not match for pain management. Eventually, she began to recover and this led her to find the ancient art of Tai Chi.
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Working with the vital life force through Tai Chi, Ana began to rediscover her body and her ability to heal. She was again able to feel the total body connection she had first discovered through Polo though her awareness now was even deeper than before.
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Later in 2007, Ana began to practice Muay Thai as part of her quest to regain core strength. The rigorous combat training provided her the ability to completely transform her physique. With a solid foundation of functional movements, weight training and combat focused workouts, Ana built her own personal approach to fitness.
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Today, Ana is a certified trainer of Muay Thai and has worked with competitive athletes from a wide range of backgrounds to continue to expand her understanding. MMA fighters, boxers, jiu jitsu practitioners and bodybuilders have all helped Ana to learn new principles and techniques for improving the body by conditioning and disciplining the mind.
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Now, ten years after her tragic accident Ana, at 42, is in the best mental and physical shape of her life. Devoted to taking a holistic view of health, Ana’s approach to fitness also focuses on promoting longevity and wellness.
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To help her clients achieve their goals, Ana consults with a variety of medical experts. Dr. Ivan Rusilko and Dr. Antonio Carlos Minuzzi are two of the top Doctors at the forefront of their respected fields. They have worked hand in hand with Ana on developing her fitness method. She's also utilizing training techniques from multiple athletic disciplines to bring that extra edge to her program.
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While short term goals provide motivation, Ana is focused on promoting the long term health, wellness and happiness of her clients. As a MACE certified trainer who also studied at The National Academy of Sports Medicine, Ana is a dedicated athletic coach committed to helping people achieve their goals.
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Ana Vaughn Becker is on a mission to help her clients transform their lifestyles and LIVE to their fullest potentials!