Peggy Pofant

Peggy Profant, C-IAYT Yoga Therapist, E-RYT 500, and Certified Anusara Yoga Teacher is a playful, passionate and adventurous spirit who is on a lifelong path of Yoga.She first discovered Kripalu yoga and changed the course of her life in her formative teen years in 1980.Yoga kept her sane through her academic years in college as she pursued a degree in Environmental Education.Post graduating and working in the world as a Naturalist and Wilderness Therapy Guide, she had a dream to travel in India to get to the source of this great wisdom of yoga.In 1994, she met her teacher, BNS Iyengar in Mysore, India who taught her the traditional forms of Ashtanga yoga.She returned from India where she met her German husband and began to start a family. No longer galavanting around the world she rooted in Arcata, California and in 1997 began to teach this practice of yoga that she loves so much.In 2001 she became interested in a more therapeutic approach to help her heal from injuries.She found Anusara Yoga and delighted in its style of weaving meaningful heart themes into therapeutically aligned sequences.Peggy pursued the rigorous path to become a Certified Anusara Teacher in 2004 and began to delve into more studies of the therapeutic aspects of yoga.Every class she teaches is an artistic expression with meaningful and uplifting heart themes partnered with skillful sequencing and therapeutic alignment.An avid believer in the benefits of meditation, she volunteers her time after classes to lead meditations.Peggy is a thoughtful and encouraging Life Coach and mentor to many students and yoga teachers in her community and around the globe.It is her wish to empower her students, friends, and colleagues to overcome obstacles to self-love and allow each person to joyfully offer their gifts back to humanity.In addition to Yoga, traveling and being in nature and with her family is where she finds her deepest joy and peace.Peggy founded and operated a premier yoga studio in Arcata, Om Shala Yoga, for 10 years, and co-founded World Family Yoga leading family retreats in Costa Rica.She has been leading workshops, retreats, and Yoga Teacher Training since 2005.