Training & Education

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Advanced Yoga Therapy Certification | C-IAYT, RYT 500                                                                                              

Pranakriya School of Yoga Healing Arts & The Center for Integrative Yoga Studies

Primary Teachers: Yoganand Michael Carroll & Marlysa Sullivan

2011-2014                                                                                             

• 34 hrs Advanced Training in Swami Kripalu’s Approach to Asana

• 34 hrs Advanced Hatha Yoga Pradipika Intensive

• 34 hrs Advanced Meditation: Theory & Teaching

• 100 hrs Advanced Pranayama: Theory & Teaching 

• 34 hrs Advanced Bhagavad Gita Intensive

• 20 hrs Advanced Training on the Chakras, Granthis, and Nadis

• 34 hrs Functional Anatomy for Therapeutic Yoga

• 34 hrs Musculoskeletal Assessment

• 34 hrs Yoga Psychology: Theories of Mind

• 20 hrs Understanding Chronic Pain

• 20 hrs Yin Yoga Training with Joe Barnett

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Yoga Teacher Training | RYT 200                                                                                                             

Yoga of India | Atlanta, GA  

Teacher: Mike (Gurmukh) Noury     

2007                                                                                                 

 

Aromatherapy Certification (CA)                                                                                                                   

International Certified Aromatherapy Institute | Ontario, Canada                                                                           

2005

 

Bachelor of Science - Zoology

Miami University | Oxford, OH

1987-1993

                                                                                                           

Professional Experience

 

Yoga Therapist/Aromatherapist/Business Owner                                                              

Tree of India, LLC | Oxford, OH

3/2007 – Present          

• Offer Private Yoga Therapy and Yoga Classes in the greater Cincinnati area, Miami University and Oxford, OH

• Create, manufacture, and market a line of essential oils and aromatherapy products for wholesale and retail. 

• Offer a Yoga Mentorship Work Trade Program for serious students of yoga and yoga teachers.

• Operated a retail boutique and yoga center in Fort Lauderdale, FL until the 2020 pandemic.

                                                                                   

Yoga Teacher Trainer 

Broward County, FL

3/2010 - 2016                                                                                                              

• Faculty member of the 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training programs at Aananda, Inc., Yoga Connection, Weston Yoga, The Prana Lab and Kate Yoga

• Subjects taught:  Anatomy, various topics in Yoga Therapy, Intro to the Yoga Sutras, Pranayama I & II, Meditation I & II, Dharma & the “Career” of Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yin Yoga (as taught by Paul Grilley), Aromatherapy for Yoga, Meditation & Daily Living

                                                                                       

Yoga Instructor

Yoga Connection, Your Big Picture Café, Kate Yoga, Green Monkey Yoga, Red Pearl Yoga, 24 Hour Fitness, Temple Arts, Weston Yoga, Motorola Corporate Offices, The Prana Lab, Fort Lauderdale Yoga on the Beach, Asheville Community Yoga, Violet Owl Wellness, Everybody Yoga, Zen Mind Space, Bombay Room Yoga, and in private clients’ homes.        

2007 – Present

• Teach group yoga classes, private sessions, workshops, and retreats. 

                                                                                                     

Leadership Team                                                                                                                                             

Whole Foods Market | Fort Lauderdale, FL & Atlanta, GA   

2005 – 2011                                                                                                     

• Manager and Buyer | Nutrition/Wellness Department

• Healthy Eating Specialist

 

Naturalist/Educator                                                                                                                

Cincinnati Nature Center, JOY Outdoor Education Center, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Hueston Woods State Park Cincinnati, OH  

1993 - 1999                                                                                                      

• Created and facilitated educational programming related to sustainable living, wilderness survival, natural history, and cultural history.

• Wild animal care and rehabilitation