Yoga Instructors

Chris Warner, Founder

Chris Warner (M. Ed., E-RYT) has been practicing yoga for more than a decade and has had many years of private instruction, both here and abroad. Notably, her teachers in Massachusetts include Janine Grillo-Marra of Revere, Claudia deHaven-Biddle of Snow Lion Yoga of Boston, and Elliot McEldowney of Somerville, MA. Further from home, Chris has studied with Lisa Bickerstaff of Maui, HI, and Carole Cousin of St. Bart's. Most recently, her teachers have included Sarah Powers (Insight Meditation and Yin Yoga) and Paulie Zink (Taoist Yoga, Yin and Flow). Chris holds a Master's Degree in Human Development and Statistics from Harvard University, and taught Research Methods and Statistics at Boston College for several years. She also served a two-year internship at the Sheppard and Enoch-Pratt Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, working with long-term inpatients who presented with a variety of mental-health challenges and addictions. Chris is a Certified Yoga Teacher at the 240-hour level, and is also certified to teach children's yoga at Levels I and II through Marsha Metzger's Color-Me-YogaTM. Chris completed the Professional Training Practicum in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) at the UMass Medical Scool Center for Mindfulness in November, 2010

Over the last few years, Chris has focused her practice and studies on Yin Yoga and Mindfulness Meditation training. This practice draws upon the tenets of ancient wisdom systems such as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Ayurveda, as well as on the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism and Taoism, non-dualistic philosophies emphasizing harmony and balance, yin and yang, activity and stillness, and above all, awareness and presence in this precious moment.

Chris continues to study and to practice, committed to furthering her personal and professional development, honored to learn and share along the way with her students, but always continuing to be a student herself, cultivating a beginner's mind.