Susan Westlund

Former owner of Ananta Yoga Studio in Des Moines, Iowa, yoga teacher, and long-time yoga practitioner, Susan earned her 500 hour certification in 2011 under master teacher, Barbara Benaugh, at The Yoga Studio in Boston, MA.  Susan has also studied extensively with other master teachers, such as Patricia Walden, Richard Freeman, Shiva Rea, Natasha Rizopoulous, Baxter Bell and Rod Stryker.  

Forever curious, Susan likes to explore new terrain and travels occasionally, takes classes, teaches academic subjects at the Seattle Colleges from time to time, rides a bike, writes, and volunteers in addition to regularly practicing yoga and meditation.  She especially loves introducing yoga to beginners and helping practitioners develop their individual home practices.  She sees every yoga practice as a beginning, an exploration of who and what we are.  Yoga helps us each to live more skillfully, with awareness, compassion, honesty and dignity. 

Keep your beginners’ mind alive!  Explore!  Join Susan for classes that focus on fundamentals, proper alignment and self-awareness.