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downloadable poster you can use to promote a workshop with Desirée
in your city.)
It's Desiree's 50th Birthday. See Karen Church's beautiful
tribute.
If you’ve ever been to one of Desirée’s
workshops or seen glimpses of one on
YouTube, your first
impression might be that she teaches in an incredibly
challenging style. With the ability to demonstrate some of the
most difficult postures and--even more amazingly--getting
students to experience the same sequences,
Desirée has a well-earned
reputation for deepening even the most advanced practices. She
does it with a sense of humor balanced with a quest for
authenticity. What is most surprising is her ability
to tap into a soft heart and vulnerable spaces to access these
wonderful poses. Her unique ability to draw out that bright and
shining light from within every student, no matter what level of
yoga experience, is her gift to the world.
All
this comes from a lifetime of experience with the most
extremes
of emotions and situations, which have increased her
compassion and strengthened her purpose of helping others. After
more than twenty years of practice, including being one of the
first students and certified teachers of Anusara’s founder John
Friend, Desirée
continues to live her passion for yoga every day.
Desirée
has an astoundingly full teaching schedule, traveling throughout
the U.S. and abroad--most recently in India and Asia.
September 2007 marks the release of her new DVD entitled
Yoga to the Rescue,
which is specially designed for those who have avoided yoga
because of a lack of flexibility, low fitness level or chronic
pain. Desirée
is also a contributor to Yoga Journal
She
dedicates all of her teaching to her two children: her daughter,
Jessica and her late son, Brandon. “Thank
you for teaching me how to love.”
Follow Desirée's adventures on
Desirée also serves on the advisory board of the Art of Yoga Project
which brings yoga classes to girls in Juvenile detention in the bay area and elsewhere.
www.theartofyogaproject.org
Like their FB page
here.
See workshop videos with photos by Karen Church click here.
All
this comes from a lifetime of experience with the most
