Stephanie Yewcic, NP

Stephanie (Stef) is a family nurse practitioner and president of Divine Wellness as well as an Anusara-inspired yoga teacher.  Clearly, Stef has a medical background, but she also obtained her personal trainer certification in 1997.  Working in the medical field for the past 20 years, she focuses on preventative medicine with areas of interest in geriatrics, psychiatry, and hormone balance.  Currently, Stef is enrolled at UNC Chapel Hill in a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist program.  Since discovering yoga in 1999, Stef has traveled extensively around the country studying Anusara yoga with John Friend, its founder, as well as others, including Desire Rumbaugh.  In February, 2007, Stef journeyed to India for three weeks with Desire and others.  Stephanie has completed a total of 475 hours of training, 51 of those in yoga therapeutics which has become her passion.  Stephanie likes the precision, but fun, found in practicing Anusara yoga and brings that fun to her teaching.  She believes that your yoga mat is a "personal playground" of fun and exploration.  Her classes are challenging, yet playful.  She has volunteered to teach yoga to the West Mecklenburg HS football team and dreams of developing a yoga program for at-risk inner city youth.  Stef hopes to make a difference in the lives of others by who she is and what she does and always has a smile and hug for those she meets.