Elonne Stockton

Elonne Stockton started practicing yoga at age 14 when her distance running coach at Choate Rosemary Hall preparatory school introduced her to meditation and Eastern thought. In college, after transferring from Bowdoin College to Columbia University, Elonne began studying yoga at the various studios open around New York at that time Jivamukti, Integral, Sivananda, etc.Elonne graduated from Columbia University in 2001 with a degree in International Relations, and a focus in East Asian Relations. Once she graduated from college, she concentrated on going deeper into her practice, and in January of 2003 she attended the Sivananda 200-hour teacher training course. She started teaching the morning after she finished the course, and she taught full-time until she took a hiatus to raise her young son Isaac.After 2 years of teaching and doing Karma Yoga in the Bahamas, Canada, and India, Elonne spent a year teaching in the United States before moving to Taipei, Taiwan in 2006. Elonne taught in Taipei for three years, and it was during this time that she met her teachers, Paul Dallghan, O.P. Tiwariji, Richard Freeman, and Mary Taylor. Since then, she has earned the Centered Yoga 1100-hour certificate and has logged countless contact hours with her teachers.Elonne was Senior Teacher and Education and Trainings Director at Samahita Retreat, working there for many years. Additionally, she graduated with honors from Hong Kong University in May 2016, with a Master’s Degree in Buddhist Studies.Elonne is excited to continue teaching with all the knowledge life continues to provide.