Ann Stevens

Ann Richardson, a Virginia Beach native, was introduced to yoga in the late 1990s and felt a calling to pass along the benefits that she gained from the practice. She has trained in several traditions and studied with many extraordinary teachers. She is a certified 1000 hour yoga teacher by Beryl Bender Birch and The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute. She also holds Level I and II certificates from Mind Body Solutions and Matthew Sanford in Adaptive Yoga. She is a member of the International Yoga Therapists Association and the New York Iyengar Institute, and is registered as a 500-hour multi-style experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT) through Yoga Alliance. As the owner and director of Studio Bamboo Institute of Yoga in Virginia Beach, she teaches a variety of classes emphasizing technique and alignment, intensives, and teacher training's at the 200-hour and 500-hour levels. She feels privileged to provide classes in Adaptive Yoga to veterans returning from combat and to people with disabilities. She instructs workshops and teacher training's across the country including the East Coast, Hawaii Spirit Festivals, the Sedona Yoga Festival, for The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute, and Mindful Yoga Therapy. Ann has always felt the need to give to the community through selfless service, aside from Studio Bamboo, Ann sits on the Board of the Give Back Yoga Foundation. She can offer CEC's at both 200 & 300 hour levels.