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"Desirée Rumbaugh is a true treasure of a yoga instructor. The combination of an exceptionally beautiful yoga practice, highly creative instructions, and vibrantly charismatic personality make her one of the top yoga instructors in the U.S."

-John Friend
(Founder of Anusara Yoga)

About Desirée

(Event hosts please go to Press and click on "for event hosts" for biography information, photos and a downloadable poster you can use to promote a workshop with Desirée in your city.)

If you’ve ever been to one of Desirée’s workshops or seen glimpses of one on YouTube, your first impression might be that she teaches in an incredibly challenging style. With the ability to demonstrate some of the most difficult postures and--even more amazingly--getting students to experience the same sequences, Desirée has a well-earned reputation for deepening even the most advanced practices. She does it with a sense of humor balanced with a quest for authenticity. What is most surprising is her ability to tap into a soft heart and vulnerable spaces to access these wonderful poses. Her unique ability to draw out that bright and shining light from within every student, no matter what level of yoga experience, is her gift to the world.

All this comes from a lifetime of experience with the most extremes of emotions and situations, which have increased her compassion and strengthened her purpose of helping others. After more than twenty years of practice, including being one of the first students and certified teachers of Anusara’s founder John Friend, Desirée continues to live her passion for yoga every day.  Desirée has an astoundingly full teaching schedule, traveling throughout the U.S. and abroad--most recently in India and Asia. 

September 2007 marks the release of her new DVD entitled Yoga to the Rescue, which is specially designed for those who have avoided yoga because of a lack of flexibility, low fitness level or chronic pain. Desirée is also a contributor to Yoga Journal.

She dedicates all of her teaching to her two children: her daughter, Jessica and her late son, Brandon. “Thank you for teaching me how to love.”

Follow Desirée's adventures on her Blog.

Desirée also serves on the advisory board of the Art of Yoga Project which brings yoga classes to girls in Juvenile detention in the bay area and elsewhere. www.theartofyogaproject.org

See workshop videos with photos by Karen Church click here

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