Stephanie Rider | RYT Rooted in Iyengar Yoga's Teacher Profile
Stephanie Rider has been practicing asana since 1999, her first teacher having been Asha Wolf (currently of Boulder, CO). In 2001 Stephanie completed the 1,000-hour Iyengar-based core program of the Southern Institute of Yoga Instructors in Nashville, TN under the loving tutelage of Betty Larsen and John Charping. In 2004, she had the opportunity to join Sue Reynolds as co-owner of ClearSpring Yoga in Chattanooga, TN, a studio that had been started by Sue Reynolds and Becky Dempsey in 1999. There she teaches beginning and continuing hatha yoga classes, as well as prenatal and restorative series. Stephanie received the majority of her prenatal training from Mary Barnes who is a certified Anusara teacher, and her knowledge of restorative yoga came from Roger Cole (Iyengar). Stephanie’s training further includes a smorgasboard of various approaches, including workshops with Mary Paffard, Angela Farmer & Victor van Kooten, Erich Schiffmann, Doug Keller, Ramanand Patel, Jill Miller and Elise Browning Miller, among others. Continue reading ›