Anne started Yoga in the early 1980's with a TV show featuring Kareen Zebroff. (Kareen now teaches Autistic children) Kareen was her inspiration to try something nobody around was trying. Buying Kareen's book, The ABC's of Yoga, was the start to her ever growing library of Yoga, self help and Ayurveda books.
Her teaching started by helping a neighbour that wanted to regain her figure after childbirth. Anne found teaching was something she enjoyed, but with two children and a busy life she did not pursue it any further. A surgery put a stop to everything that year and Anne didn't go back to yoga for almost 25 years.
To keep fit, Anne tried aerobics. To further her interest in aerobics she took a YMCA instructors course and taught a few classes through the Bosanquet Parks and Recreation Department run by Cindy Maxfield in the late 1990's. She found aerobics to be a strain on her body due to an ongoing hip problem. In order to keep active, Anne was drawn to yoga once again. She bought "Richard Hittleman's Yoga" and found this a great way to regain her flexibility and enjoy the benefits of Yoga. In 2002 she jumped at the chance for a yoga class offered in the area and really enjoyed the guided class and personal touch (something never experienced before). In the fall of that year Holly & Gary Huffman of the Forest Academy of Mind Body Medicine opened a yoga instructors school and classes began January of 2003. The next six months consisted of driving to London twice a week until graduation in June when Anne became a Yoga 200 certified teacher.
Anne started teaching classes in Arkona and Forest with Holly and Gary's help. She loved being a Yoga teacher. In 2005 she pursued her certification in Yoga 500 and again drove to London for the next year, graduating in January of 2006. Anne maintained an office job while going to school and had full support from her husband and employer. Anne also offers Pilates, beginner and intermediate, she attained training in London through East West Yoga. Anne has finally found her path and passion in life as a full time Yoga and Pilates instructor.
YOGA TEACHING EXPERIENCE