Barbara Yaffee

I have over 35 years experience teaching, counseling, and leading large and small groups in varied settings. I am a graduate of both the Santa Barbara Yoga Center’s Teacher Training Program and the San Diego Ashtanga Yoga Center’s Teacher Training, in addition to completing many other trainings and workshops. I have practiced many varied forms of Hatha Yoga including Ashtanga, Iyengar, and Desikachar under master practitioners; although my passion is for Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga and other forms of high intensity Yoga.

I taught yoga for about 12 years both in studios and in several clubs. I have taught many varied styles including Ashtanga Yoga, Fitness Yoga, and Yoga for stretching. I love teaching anything, and in particular Yoga. Having taught at an athletic club, I am experienced at teaching to varied levels at the same time and in being careful to ensure that people take care of their bodies and respect their limits. 

I enjoy teaching a powerful and dynamic yoga class, designed to be both a great workout as well as an opportunity for personal awakening and deepening. My focus is on precision and alignment in a powerful flowing series, on having a fun and enjoyable experience, and on listening to your body and to your individual needs. I am also quite comfortable teaching more beginning classes, restorative yoga, and simple stretching classes.

In addition to Yoga, I have led numerous transformational relationship seminars with my husband, varied workshops on other topics, I teach astrology, and I have a background as a Marriage & Family Therapist. 

I LOVE CLUB MED and have always wanted to teach yoga there, but would not be able to work for them full time. Fit bodies is perfect for me and I am so excited by the possibility of working with you and teaching yoga at my favorite places in the world! I am 65, in GREAT physical condition, love the trapeze, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, tubing, and of course yoga. My hobbies include playing the piano, singing, knitting, cooking and blogging.