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Rebecca has
been an athlete her entire life and always interested in the
life that is beyond what we can see with our eyes. Competitive
gymnastics in her youth gave her a strong sense of self discipline,
body awareness, and helped her learn to remain calm in the face
of challenge. As a successful runner during her teens, she naturally
practiced meditation in motion. Springboard diving for the women’s
swim team at the University at Buffalo taught her about the
subtleties and power of mental focus, clarity and intention.
It was not until graduate school did
she find yoga. All of the sports that she loved had left her
with a history of injuries and chronic pain in her low back
from multiple stress fractures. She was told by doctors that
she would never enjoy sports again. Frustrated, and in constant
pain, she gave up her favorite sports and began a journey
from self-pity to self-healing. A
friend convinced her to take a yoga class. She coaxed her
by telling her that it would probably help her back. The back
pain was gone, and yoga became a regular practice.After three
years of continual practice she read her first yoga book,
“Light on Yoga” by BKS Iyengar. Wow. She had no
idea what yoga was all about until this book. While not really
a beginner’s book on yoga, it was just what she had been
searching for. Yoga was the real deal, and she knew it instantly.
Yoga had improved her well being on an energetic and spiritual
level as well as the physical and emotional levels.
Rebecca brings ten
years of personal experience with yoga, and a lifetime of
sports into her teaching. She is a Professional Yoga Therapist
(PYT) and Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) at the 500 hour level,
trained in the Integrative Yoga Therapy tradition, and is
also trained in Thai Massage.
Her teaching style is tailored to the students’ needs,
incorporating a series of yoga postures intelligently sequenced
and linked to the breath. Ask her what she is going to teach
today, and she’ll say, “It depends on who shows
up”.
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