To me, yoga is a pilgrimage on the quest to self-discovery. My yoga practice has been a vehicle for change and growth and ultimately a tool for achieving balance in my life. My yoga journey began in 2000 as a natural progression from years of ballet. After graduating with my BFA, and having practiced Bikram yoga for years, I took my first teacher training in 2005 in Boulder, Colorado at Corepower yoga. As soon as I began teaching, I knew I had found my calling.
In addition to teaching at yoga studios, over the past few years I have been working with Street Yoga, an organization dedicated to providing yoga for homeless and at-risk youth.I attended the Street Yoga teacher training in San Francisco in 2005, and then began using Yoga Therapy as a healing modality for the children at Morrison Family Services Outpatient Clinic. I have also been a guest lecturer for the Corepower Yoga teacher training program, giving presentations on yoga therapy, ayurveda and also guiding posture clinics.
In 2007, I was fortunate to travel to Chennai, India where I studied with A.G. Mohan and his wife Indra in their home. This experience deeply affected my teaching and brought me into a new realm of yoga. In India, I studied the art and science of yoga as well as yoga therapy drawn from the teachings of Sri T. Krishnamacharya. Yoga therapy has given me the tools to help design individual practices for my students, which effectively address mental, physical, and emotional imbalances.
In 2008, I attended the International Yoga Therapy Conference in San Rafael, CA and also participated in Partner Deep Tissue and Thai Massage training at the Naga Institute.Currently, I am working on a Master's of Science in Health Studies at Portland State University. My intention is to contribute to the growing field of yoga research in the hopes that someday yoga may be prescribed by physicians and covered by insurance. I continue to grow with my yoga practice and am passionate about helping others connect with their own practice.
Allie has completed over 500+ hours of yoga certification and currently teaches in Portland OR.
"I have taken classes from Allie for several years now, and at the end of every class I find myself feeling better than I did at the beginning, especially if I did not feel like doing yoga that day. Allie's voice brings a clarity and understanding to the postures that has taken me from a guy looking to get a workout in, to what I hope may be a true yogi in the making. I have taken Vinyasa, Yin, and Partner Yoga classes from Allie and you can tell she always puts thought, effort and feeling into whatever she is teaching. I am very grateful that Allie is willing to share her gifts with myself and others." - Mark Johnson , Handyman/Jack of all trades
