Steffany Kroeger

I was born to move. As a child I was always moving through play and then sports and then outdoor adventures. My activities were unlimited. Then at 29, I had a child the day after I graduated from a graduate program in Human Relations and the stress of school and that pregnancy altered how I could move and I spent 3 years in chronic back pain seeing chiropractors, MDs, massage therapists, physcial therapists and spine specialists. They all tried, but could not alleviate my pain. At that point, I realized an important lesson. We are so much more than our physcial bodies. I began my study of yoga - the mind body connection practice. I had gone to some yoga classes for about 5 years - for exercise prior, so I started a yoga teacher training program - just off the heels of being released from my physcial therapist. I have learned a lot since that time and now teach with passion, awareness for individual differences and a background of Mindfulness. I adapt my classes according to who shows up to take them. I have taught clients from 5 - 85 years old. I continually reach and learn. Currently I am in my second masters program (15 years later) to find out how I can combine yoga with mental health counseling. 

A hope of mine is to make yoga accessible to everyone. Through my own personal experience and transformation with yoga I have found tremendous growth and healing and I wish the same for my clients. Three years of chronic pain brought me to the practice and my dedication thus far has kept me relatively pain free for the last 10 years. My gentle mindful approach to yoga can be fit to all individuals hoping to find that connection of mind and body and soul through movement, breath and meditation.