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In 1999,
Charley took
her first
Ujjayi
breath and
found her
yoga
practice.
In 2004, her
first yoga
teacher, Ann
Hyde, urged
Charley to
teach. She
completed
teacher
training
programs
with Robert
Boustany in
2005 and Ana
Forrest in
2006.
During
Robert’s
training,
Charley was
introduced
to and began
studying
with Billie
Gollnick,
Julie Byrd,
and Srivatsa
Ramaswami.
She
completed
Srivatsa
Ramaswami’s
Vinyasakrama
Teacher
Training in
2006. In
2008, she
completed
Julie Byrd’s
Recuperative
Yoga Teacher
Training at
the 200 hour
level.
Charley is a
Registered
Yoga Teacher
with Yoga
Alliance at
the 200 hour
level.
In 2005,
Charley
began
studying
Qigong and
Tai Chi with
DaSifu Shi
De Shan of
the Houston
Songshan
Shaolin
Temple. She
continues
her studies
at the
temple and
considers
Qigong and
Tai Chi a
very
important
part of her
personal
practice.
Charley’s
classes show
influences
from all of
her
teachers.
However, her
point of
focus comes
back to that
first Ujjayi
breath.
Charley
hopes to
instill in
all her
students the
essence of
yoga: the
union of
mind, body,
and breath
as a tool to
unite with
one’s true
self.
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