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Anna has been practicing yoga for 20+ years and teaching since 2007. She has learned from internationally known teachers such as Erich Schiffmann and Donna Farhi and spent seven months in India studying under yoga therapy pioneer TKV Desikachar. Her classes are a tapestry of playful vinyasa and the measured, therapeutic approach she embraced in India. Anna is also an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in Yoga International, Yoga Journal, and many other publications.

TEACHER TRAINING

500 Hour Teacher Training Program
Three Rivers Yoga • Coraopolis, PA • 2007

SELECT WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES

YOGABODY Breath Coach Training with Lucas Rockwood
online • 2025

Functional Flow for Everyone: Anatomy, Sequencing, & Contemporary Techniques for a Sustainable Practice with Jason Crandell
Los Angeles, CA • 2024

Spinal Integration with Donna Farhi
Coraopolis, PA • 2010

Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR)
Los Angeles, CA • 2008

Reiki Level 1
Three Rivers Yoga • Coraopolis, PA • 2007

Omega Institute Being Yoga Conference
Fort Lauderdale, FL • 2007

Ecstatic Chant: The Yoga of Voice
Omega Institute • Rhinebeck, NY • 2007

Positively Healing with TKV Desikachar
The Bates House • Setauket, NY • 2007

Healing Through Meditation (2-week program)
Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram • Chennai, India • 2007

Universal Yet Personal - The Yoga of T. Krishnamacharya (4-week program)
Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram • Chennai, India • 2006

Guided From Within with Erich Schiffmann
Exhale Center for Sacred Movement • Los Angeles, CA • 2006

Yoga for Women with Menaka Desikachar
Open Door Yoga • San Francisco, CA • 2005

Deepen Your Practice: Yoga Intensive and Study Course
Sacred Movement Center for Yoga & Healing • Los Angeles, CA • 2004

Anna's writing has appeared in:

YOGA INTERNATIONAL

YOGA JOURNAL

UTNE READER

SPIRITUALITY & HEALTH

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

Q&A With Belinda Carlisle: Why She’s Singing Kirtan Now
Yogainternational.com

The Case for Anarchy in Yoga Class
Yogainternational.com

3 Reasons to Curb Corrections in Yoga Class
Yogainternational.com

If You Feel Like a Weird Yoga Alien…
Joining or starting a “sangha” can support your personal growth.
Spirituality & Health, May-June 2016

Upping Your Downtime
Are you making the most of your vacation and weekends?
Live Happy, August 2015

In Loving Gratitude
Yoga as we practice it today would not be possible without the vision and determination of these four women.
Yoga International, winter 2012-13

Not-So-Suddenly Swami (Swami Nirmalananda Saraswati profile)
Yoga International, summer 2012

Sweet Sing-Along
Kids get in on ancient love songs in Jai Uttal’s musical celebration of childhood innocence and wonder.
Yoga Journal, November 2011

Sing the Soul Electric
An American kirtan revolution turns chanting God’s name into something hip as well as holy.
Yoga Journal, September 2011

Wisdom of the Forest: A Conversation with Vandana Shiva
Yoga International, fall 2011

Kundalini’s Queen (Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa profile)
Yoga International, fall 2011

You Spin Me Round
A hooping revolution churns up ever more joy & self-awareness in the yoga community.
Yoga Journal, August 2011

Anusara’s Optimist (Amy Ippoliti profile)
Yoga International, summer 2011

Eco-Conscious Nesting
Yoga International, summer 2011

Blue Horizons
Water is the eco-issue of our time. Let’s dive in and learn how to ensure a healthy supply for generations to come.
Yoga Journal, May 2011

The Peaceful Radicals (Jivamukti Yoga profile)
Yoga International, spring 2011

The Buddhist Yogi (Cyndi Lee profile)
Yoga International, fall 2010

Core Instruction (Sadie Nardini profile)
Yoga International, summer 2010

Ashtanga in Rwanda
Genocide survivors are rediscovering hope and happiness through "a wholly different order of yoga."
Yoga+Joyful Living, summer 2010

Chanda's Natural Rx
Quadriplegic Chanda Hinton turned to alternative medicine to improve her quality of life. Now this inspiring woman's foundation brings the same to others.
Yoga+Joyful Living, winter 2009-10

Bhagavad Gita: Star of Film & Stage
The ancient Sanskrit text about the art of life gives life to contemporary art.
Yoga+Joyful Living, summer 2009

Radical Healing: Yoga with Gary Kraftsow
The nationally acclaimed yoga teacher couldn’t move when he woke up from brain surgery. But that didn’t stop him from practicing yoga.
Yoga+Joyful Living, spring 2009

Yoga Rock Stars
Devotional chanting, a centuries-old practice in India, is newly in vogue in the West.
Yoga+Joyful Living, September-October 2008

Have Yourself a Meditative Little Christmas
It’s not too early to start planning. This holiday season, skip the frantic shopping and food comas. Give yourself the gift of a yoga retreat.
Yoga+Joyful Living, September-October 2008

Beneath the Surface
For sprint kayaker Karen Furneaux, yoga is about more than stretching. It’s about developing the mental clarity that’s key to realizing her Olympic dreams.
Yoga+Joyful Living, July-August 2008

Could Chant Top the Charts?
The visionary music executive behind Lilith Fair fell in love with yoga. Now he has the passion—and the business savvy—to make kirtan as recognizable as reggae.
Yoga+Joyful Living, July-August 2008

No Yama, No Yoga
At 68, Dharma Mittra can still do most of the postures he modeled in 1984 for his famous poster. But he insists that “fancy poses” miss the point if students ignore yoga’s ethical rules.
Yoga+Joyful Living, March-April 2008

I Do Yoga Backwards
At 13, Matthew Sanford was paralyzed from the chest down in a car accident that killed his father and sister. His practice is an exploration of the “really cool subtle things that happen in a yoga pose.”
Yoga+Joyful Living, March-April 2008

A Week in the Wilderness
In Wyoming backcountry I saw mountain peaks, marshy meadows, grazing elk, and real-life cowboys. But nothing was more remarkable than what I saw inside.
Yoga+Joyful Living, November-December 2007

Meditation for Millionaires
A Florida real estate developer, a spiritual institution, and a cosmetics company join hands to help the highly privileged discover their higher purpose.
Yoga+Joyful Living, November-December 2007

Healing Yoga Comes to America
In 1976, yoga legend T. K. V. Desikachar opened a healing center in India. Now his “American daughter” is creating the first U.S. offshoot.
Yoga+Joyful Living, September-October 2007

Sitarist and Composer Anoushka Shankar
The artist whose father turned the Beatles on to Indian music brings modern elements to an ancient tradition.
Yoga+Joyful Living, March-April 2007

Studying Yoga in India
A financial journalist quits her job and signs up for four weeks of intensive yoga training. Here's her story.
Yoga+Joyful Living, January-February 2007