• Certified Hatha Yoga instructor through the Temple of Kriya Yoga, Chicago, since May 2009
• Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) through Yoga Alliance
• More than 25 years of studying, practicing, and teaching hatha yoga, including over 10 years teaching classes for SMCC’s Institute for Learning in Retirement, an organization for retirees
• Attendance at numerous workshops conducted by outstanding Iyengar teachers
• Studio owner/instructor since September 2004

PHILOSOPHY:

• I practice and teach hatha (physical) yoga, emphasizing focus, alignment, balance, and effective breathing techniques.
• Use of props makes the postures more accessible and therefore more effective and meaningful.
• Yoga practitioners often must work quite hard, challenging both mind and body, while at the same time learning not to push beyond their own limits.
• Appreciation of the process rather than striving for a goal defines effective yoga practice.  Emotional, mental, and physical changes occur, but they are gradual.
• Laughter plays a large part in both healthful living and yoga and at Blue Heron Yoga we manage to relax through laughter regularly. 
• Learning to be very still, both mentally and physically, allows the use of the breath to release tension and discomfort.  (I feel sure that a fair percentage of yoga students come to class primarily for the relaxation time at the end of each session!  Improved posture and balance, increased flexibility, and deepening sense of self are simply "lagniappe", an old Creole word for "something extra".)

                            It doesn't happen all at once........

                                               You become..............

                                                   It takes a long time.

                                                                           Margery Williams