PUBLICATIONS

Desirée has appeared in several prestigious publications, including:

Yoga instructor delivers healing message on DVD
Weldon B. Johnson
The Arizona Republic
Feb. 28, 2008 09:21 AM

When a lot of people think of yoga, they have the image of long, lean, perfectly toned folks peacefully putting themselves in seemingly impossible poses.

Desirée Rumbaugh wants to change that perception. The Chandler resident, who tours the world teaching yoga, wants people to know the discipline can be beneficial to them, and is taking that message to the marketplace with a DVD. See full article here.

Use yoga to relieve pain, stress & lose weight
Sonoran Living ABC 15 LIVE (Last Update: 2/26 12:58 pm)

To watch a demonstration of Desiree's workout, click on the image on the left.

Yoga can be very intimidating. The downward dog and other names are crazy enough. What would you say if we told you that you could relieve your neck pain, relieve your back pain and maybe get that wonderful feeling after you've had a pedicure on your feet.

Valley yoga expert, Desirée Rumbaugh has shown thousands of students around the world the therapeutic benefits of yoga. Her acclaimed Yoga to the Rescue DVD offers a gentle yoga practice for beginners and pain sufferers, even if you haven't exercised in years or thought you were too inflexible or out of shape. Absolute beginners and continuing yoga students alike will benefit from these simple yet effective exercises which show the therapeutic benefits of yoga and address neck pain, tight shoulders, wrist strength, back pain, core strength, aching feet, and more.

Don't be intimidated-
* There are simple things you can do that just help you feel better.
* There are a lot of beginner's DVD's out there to ease you in.

Desiree's DVD is designed to educate. To pick up a copy of her video, Yoga to the Rescue: Feel Good From Head To Toe,meet her in person and see demonstrations, head to the Biltmore on Thursday. The address and information is below.

WHAT: Demonstration and signing of Yoga to the Rescue: Feel Good from Head to Toe DVD from Acacia www.AcaciaLifestyle.com.
WHEN: Thursday, February 28 at 7:00pm
WHERE: Borders Biltmore Fashion Park
2402 E Camelback Road, Suite 200, Phoenix, 602-957-6660


Chandler yoga teacher's lessons stretch around the globe
Examiner.com, Dallas, TX, March 3, 2008

MESA, Ariz. (Map, News) - Don't tell Desiree Rumbaugh that yoga is a passé fitness fad. For this former housewife and part-time parks-and-recreation instructor, yoga is a practice that's toned her body, expanded her mind, developed her spiritual side and brought her a life unlike anything she ever imagined. Full article here.


I first met Desiree Rumbaugh in 2002 when a few friends and I went to Big Fork, Montana on a yoga adventure. Her theme for the workshop was “How to live in bliss (Samadhi) most of the time,” and the theme of the first night was “Hip openers: We are not in control, but we are in charge.” I wanted to test out what Des has talked about (and lived) - that yoga can change your experience of life through changing the body and therefore the mind. Here are the notes from my experiment. Praptiyoga.com October 2007

Hong Kong falls head over heels for yoga (AFP). June 7, 2007
HONG KONG - A 5,000-year-old tradition rooted in meditation might not seem the obvious leisure activity for Hong Kong’s high-octane big-spending population, but in the past five years yoga has taken the city by storm. Khaleej Times

 

Yoga Journal Master Class, "Bare Your Heart," page 81: May 2008
On newsstands now!

 

 

Yoga Journal Interview: Queen of Heart, June 2006
Devastated by the death of her son, Desirée Rumbaugh found solace
and strength in yoga.

 

 

A Fine Balance: Extend your energy and feel your balancing poses come to life with this Anusara sequence. Yoga Journal Online, "Practice." March 2006 issue of Yoga Journal.

 

 

Follow Your Heart, Yoga Journal San Francisco 2006 - Conference Blog, Jan. 13, 2006

Episode 30 is an interview with Yoga Peeps founder Lara Cestone and Yoga Instructor Desiree Rumbaugh, of Chandler, Arizona. Lara and Desiree talk about teaching as a mirror, fostering community, yoga as a seriously playful practice, and being open to change. Yoga Peeps

"Yoga Mentor" Teaching Methodology: Core Purpose,  July 2006 Newsletter.

"Armchair Yogi" in the April 2004 issue of Yoga Journal, page 20

"Ask the Expert" column for the June 2005 Yoga Journal, page 113

 

 

 

"Ask the Expert" Practice: Opening Tight Shoulders Yoga Journal, March/April 2005

"Ask the Expert" Practice: Roll Call Yoga Journal, March/April 2005

 

The Longest Goodbye: Losing someone you love is one of the most difficult challenges you can face, but yoga's healing power and wisdom can help you heal. Yoga Journal Online, "Wisdom." By Phil Catalfo, page 84 of the Yoga Journal December 2005

 

Taught at all three Yoga Journal conferences last year: San Francisco, Lake Geneva
and Estes Park, CO. This year I will again teach at all three: San Francisco, Boston
and Estes Park, CO.