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I teach in the Viniyoga tradition, and I'm registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. I have worked with a wide range of clients: plus-size women, newcomers who want to learn how yoga can benefit them, cancer patients and their caregivers, pregnant women, knitters and crafters, and those who are dealing with grief. I love bringing yoga to people who thought it was beyond their reach! I would be happy to talk with you about how yoga can fit your lifestyle and your needs.
A little about Viniyoga: this tradition has four hallmarks. First, Viniyoga instructors adapt postures to meet practitioners where they are. One of our goals is to find a version of the posture that is safe and comfortable for the individual student. We also are focused on the health of the spine. Viniyoga classes are designed with specific sequencing principles so that the spine is kept supported and safe. In addition, students will most often move in and out of a posture several times in order to warm muscles before they will stay in that posture for a stretch. Finally, Viniyoga is what Gary Krafsow, director of the American Viniyoga Institute, calls "breath-centric." In a Viniyoga class, students are coached to match their movements with their breath, which makes for a grounding and focused practice.
A little about me: I have lived in Seattle since 2007, and I love it here. Its greens and blues nourish me, as I'm originally from the desert. I came to yoga later in life - when I was in graduate school in my 30s. I practiced off and on for several years, and during an extended "off" period I found myself burned out from teaching school. Fate pointed me to Whole Life Yoga here in Seattle, and within months of attending my first Viniyoga class I was signed up for my 200 hour teacher training! I loved the people I met and the many aspects of yoga that I discovered during my training, and I was later able to continue my exploration of yoga through an additional 300 hours of Viniyoga training, where my emphasis was on using yoga therapeutically.
I teach in the Viniyoga tradition, and I'm registered with Yoga Alliance at the 500-hour level. I have worked with a wide range of clients: plus-size women, newcomers who want to learn how yoga can benefit them, cancer patients and their caregivers, pregnant women, knitters and crafters, and those who are dealing with grief. I love bringing yoga to people who thought it was beyond their reach! I would be happy to talk with you about how yoga can fit your lifestyle and your needs.
A little about Viniyoga: this tradition has four hallmarks. First, Viniyoga instructors adapt postures to meet practitioners where they are. One of our goals is to find a version of the posture that is safe and comfortable for the individual student. We also are focused on the health of the spine. Viniyoga classes are designed with specific sequencing principles so that the spine is kept supported and safe. In addition, students will most often move in and out of a posture several times in order to warm muscles before they will stay in that posture for a stretch. Finally, Viniyoga is what Gary Krafsow, director of the American Viniyoga Institute, calls "breath-centric." In a Viniyoga class, students are coached to match their movements with their breath, which makes for a grounding and focused practice.
A little about me: I have lived in Seattle since 2007, and I love it here. Its greens and blues nourish me, as I'm originally from the desert. I came to yoga later in life - when I was in graduate school in my 30s. I practiced off and on for several years, and during an extended "off" period I found myself burned out from teaching school. Fate pointed me to Whole Life Yoga here in Seattle, and within months of attending my first Viniyoga class I was signed up for my 200 hour teacher training! I loved the people I met and the many aspects of yoga that I discovered during my training, and I was later able to continue my exploration of yoga through an additional 300 hours of Viniyoga training, where my emphasis was on using yoga therapeutically.