Suzie began her yoga journey as a college student looking for an alternate PE credit. Sixteen years later, her practice is still going strong! Suzie took her RYT 200 training in 2019 at the Asheville Yoga Center. In 2023, she decided to continue her yoga education with a 300 hour yoga teacher training from Breathe for Change, a program that works on teaching yoga in k-12 schools. Suzie is glad to work locally at Smoky Mountain High School and offer yoga classes to her fellow teachers. An RYT-500, Suzie believes yoga should be accessible to all people, and that the benefits of yoga extend beyond the mat. She loves incorporating this philosophy into all of her classes. All people can practice yoga.

My first yoga class in 2007 planted a seed in me that has blossomed into leading classes as a yoga instructor. I have always been drawn to the movement of the body and how we can use those movements to heal the body and make the body stronger. As I have gotten deeper into my own practice and through the WYC 200 hour YTT, I have started to appreciate and embrace the mind-body connection that yoga offers. We all have one body and one mind and in order to to live our best lives, I believe they need to work together. The practice of yoga can create inner harmony, so that we can get to know and focus on being our true selves- and that’s what I love most about it.

My first yoga class in 2007 planted a seed in me that has blossomed into leading classes as a yoga instructor. I have always been drawn to the movement of the body and how we can use those movements to heal the body and make the body stronger. As I have gotten deeper into my own practice and through the WYC 200 hour YTT, I have started to appreciate and embrace the mind-body connection that yoga offers. We all have one body and one mind and in order to to live our best lives, I believe they need to work together. The practice of yoga can create inner harmony, so that we can get to know and focus on being our true selves- and that’s what I love most about it.