Carrie Hoffman

Carrie has been practicing yoga for 14 years, teaching for seven, and can personally attest to the transformational power of the practice which helped her quit drinking, learn more about herself, and change her life for the better!She loves enabling students to explore yoga beyond the mat and discover a mind-body-spirit practice that works for them!In 2018, she obtained her Yoga Alliance RYT 200 from Quantum Yoga School in Sri Lanka under teacher Lara Baumann, and in 2021, her RYT 500 from Lakshmi Rising School of Yoga and Wellness under Dr. Liz Lindh in Costa Rica.She’s additionally trained in trauma-informed yoga by Prison Yoga Project, yoga for recovery, teaching yoga to teens, and yoga for mental health.Carrie taught for six years at several studios in Northern Arizona, in detention centers, schools, and recovery centers, as well as traveling to offer workshops, trainings, and retreats.Carrie is honored to now be on full-time faculty guiding Yoga Teacher Trainings in Costa Rica with Lakshmi Rising, the school that changed her life so much!She still manages the yoga program for youth and staff in Flagstaff's Juvenile Detention Center.Carrie is an 800-hour certified Ayurvedic Health Counselor through Joyful Belly Ayurveda and offers personal Ayurvedic consultations and workshops.Her next spiritual mission is to learn more about “Jyotish” Vedic astrology.Aside from yoga, she loves traveling, trail running, potlucks with friends, chocolate, and petting everyone’s dogs.