Vanessa, Certified Anusara Instructor and E-RYT500 and co-founder of the Ashland Yoga Center where she has taught classes and workshops for 11 years. She also holds a teacher certification from the Iyengar Institute of San Francisco and continues to evolve her teaching from the universal source of yoga in herself, her students and other teachers. Vanessa classes combine vinyasa flow and sustained poses with a focus on core strength and integration of breath, alignment and presence in students of all levels. She is passionate about the power of Anusara principles applied and explored in the context of opening the heart to the flow of aœ Shri, the irrepressible beauty and creative energy of life. Private practice or therapeutic sessions are available.