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Teresa Giudice’s path to post-incarceration enlightenment has begun.

The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star, 43, who practiced yoga while serving her 15-month prison sentence for fraud, is enrolled in a $3,500 teacher-training course at Nirvana yoga studio in Montville, New Jersey.

“She really loves it, really into it which is great. I’m definitely making a change in her,” owner and instructor Elissa Lappostato tells Page Six.

Giudice comes in two to three times a week to help fulfill her 200-hour teacher training requirement. “It takes about eight to nine months depending on the amount of days you go, but she’s doing a little bit of a separate program because of her filming,” says the 32-year-old, who opened the studio 2011.

The studio is allowing Bravo to film roughly three or four of the star’s classes. When she’s ready to begin leading a group, Lappostato hopes Giudice will fulfill some of those remaining hours teaching at a jail.

As pictured in Giudice’s recent Instagram snap with her fellow teachers-to-be, the mother of four is staying positive while her husband, Joe Giduice, serves his 41-month prison sentence for fraud.

“[Teresa’s] funny! It’s supposed to be a fun environment, but it’s also very spiritual. She’s definitely a character,” Lappostato said with a laugh.

It’s no secret Giudice wants to profit from her new love of yoga. As detailed in her memoir, “Turning the Tables: From Housewife to Inmate and Back Again,” she plans to release a yoga DVD and launch her own line.

“She’s finding her way and I think she’s going to be a great teacher and I think her story is going to be great,” Lappostato said. “I’m really happy she’s making this step because this is the start of the change of her life. She’s a mom and she’s probably scared that she’s got to support her kids. She wants to make a business. She wants to change people.”