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SMY Yoga Teacher TrainingAbout our faculty Faculty FeatureLauren Kraemer, RYT500 A lifelong love affair with classical ballet eventually led me to modern dance and somatic movement techniques while studying dance in college. Bit by bit, I began to move away from overly-structured ways of moving (and thinking), and stepped into the process of understanding movement (and life) for all it has …
SMY Yoga Teacher TrainingAbout our faculty Faculty FeaturePamela Chase, RYT500 Pamela Chase is a primary instructor on our teacher training staff. She has been teaching at SMY since 2015 and joined the YTT faculty in 2017 as a mentor. She has been offering curriculum for our program since 2019. Pamela was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah where …
SMY Yoga Teacher TrainingAbout our faculty Faculty FeatureMandy Ryle, E-RYT 500, CPT, Director of Teacher TrainingI have been in love with Yoga for over 20 years. After initially practicing in college, I re-discovered it when I was a mom of two very young kids going through a divorce. Yoga was my salvation during that challenging time. having the ability to …
Why does yoga make you feel so good? Any physical activity can elevate your mood and hopefully make you feel better in your body. But yoga has an edge on other types of fitness, doesn’t it? Some research suggests that yoga “tones” the vagus nerve, no that’s not a euphemism…. Good Vagal Tone contributes to better sleep and better digestion. …