Stacey Barnet

Stacey Barnet

My yoga practice began in 1974 in the homes of friends where we would meet informally and share asana, ideas about yoga philosophy and meditation.  Be Here Now by Baba Ram Dass was our first introduction to the concept of being in the moment and we all carried it around and shared its message with each other and whoever would listen.   In 1980 my life-long love affair with ballet began and I immersed myself in the wonderful world of dance until 1999 when my back gave into spondylolisthesis (displacement of a vertebra) and I underwent two sequential brutal back surgeries.   Six months later when my doctor released me I came back home to yoga and in the years since have fully recovered to a life once again full of movement and vibrant health.  In June of 2008 I completed the 220-hour teacher certification program through The Bodhi Tree here at Community Yoga and consider this my yoga home and the teacher training program one of the richest experiences of my life.   My greatest joy is sharing my passion for body movement and my gratitude for the miraculous gift of this body by teaching yoga, Pilates, and ballet.  The focus of my teaching is on mindful movement, gratitude and self-care.