About Be Your Best

Be Your Best Ltd., is founded by Maria Gallo PTS, FIS and E-RYT200.  Maria is a dedicated wife and proud mother of two young adult daughters. After the birth of her eldest daughter, Maria was afflicted by mild postpartum depression. Maria sought healing through fitness which unknowingly became her newfound passion. After falling in love with running, Maria completed five half marathons and craved to share her passion for fitness with others. 

Maria, a professional engineer with 20+ year experience, pursued an additional career in fitness. In 2010, Maria obtained her personal training certification and founded Be Your Best. She later expanded her health and fitness knowledge with a Fitness Instructor Specialist certification in 2011, which allowed her to begin teaching classes. Following the passing of her father in 2012, Maria was searching for serenity and piece of mind and found solace in yoga. Since her first yoga training Maria has obtained over 22 yoga trainings (300+ hours) with YogaFit Canada, which include: 

• Anatomy & Alignment

• Ayurveda

• Injury Prevention and Recovery

• Meditation & Mindfulness

• SeniorFit

• Working with the Chakras

• Yoga for Addiction & Recovery

• Yoga for Athletes

• Yoga for Balancing Mood

• YogaFit for Kids

• YogaFit Props

• Yoga for PTSD

• YogaFit Sweat

Maria seeks to provide individuals the opportunity to disconnect from their fast pace lives and extend the essential mind-body-spirit connection through yoga in a tranquil environment through her annual Yoga Retreats.