Julie began her yoga practice in 2004 fifteen years after having extensive spine-fusion surgery for scoliosis.
She has been teaching public and private classes since January of 2009 with a particular interest in vinyasa fitness- based yoga, and also restorative and therapeutic styles of yoga.
Julie is a licensed Occupational Therapist with experience in a variety of rehabilitation settings helping people of all ages learn valuable skills to regain functional independence in their daily lifes. She is also a FiTour certified yoga instructor. Julie trained with Ellen Kiley RYT, founder of Scoliyoga, in 2005 to learn a modified, breath centered yoga practice specifically for individuals with scoliosis and spinal fusions. Julie then took her modified yoga practice and continued training locally with Melanie Buffett, RYT owner of Yoga Birds Studio, Nadia Jenkins, and Nancy LaNasa’s Abhaya Yoga Center in Pensacola. Julie has participated in a variety of yoga workshops both locally and nationally studying Anusara, Ashtanga, Power Yoga, and therapeutic styles of yoga. Her classes provide an integration of a variety of yoga styles and techniques which draw from both her personal and professional background.
Julie is located in Baldwin County, Alabama and is available for group private classes, individualized yoga, therapeutic yoga for back care and scoliosis, prenatal yoga and corporate restorative yoga.
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