Adrienne discovered Iyengar Yoga in 1982 while earning her B.A. in Environmental Studies at U.C. Santa Cruz. The practice struck an immediate and lasting chord, sparking a lifelong journey of study and self-discovery. To Adrienne, each practice is a return home—uniquely shaped by the day’s needs and capable of being grounding, energizing, soothing, or deeply restorative. After recovering from sciatica through dedicated Iyengar Yoga practice, Adrienne was inspired to become a teacher. She trained at the Iyengar Yoga Institute of San Francisco from 1995 to 1998 while working full-time for the State of California at the Coastal Commission and the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. She became a Certified Iyengar Yoga Teacher (CIYT) at Level 1 in 2002 and at Level 2 in 2004. Adrienne has studied extensively with Senior CIYTs in San Francisco and with the Iyengar family at the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, India (1998, 2003, 2006). She has attended seven national Iyengar Yoga Conventions and is currently serving her second term as Secretary on the Executive Council and Board of the Iyengar Yoga Association of the United States (IYNAUS)