Suzanne Woolems

I first discovered yoga for myself in 1994 when I picked up a video by Erich Schiffmann.  I was drawn to the physical benefits but eventually came to appreciate the increased levels of awareness, focus and stillness in my mind and spirit.  I incorporate movement, breath, and meditation in a way that provides a supportive and relaxed environment for students to practice at their own levels of physical strength and flexibility from the gentle beginner to the more advanced practitioner.   It is my goal to guide yoga students along the path of self-acceptance and self-realization that occurs both on and off the mat.  I hold a certification in Vinyasa Krama from Dragonfly Yoga Studies in Fort Walton Beach, FL and am registered with Yoga Alliance at the 200 hr level.  I continue to study yoga as therapy with instructors Laura Tyree, Swami Jaya Devi Bhagavati, Doug Keller and JJ Gormley-Etchells (a dedicated student of TKV and Kausthub Desikachar and the Krishnamacharya Healing Yoga Foundation).  In my daily life, I am an elementary school teacher and mom.