Bio: Pat Shapiro, MSW, RYT

I am the founder and director of SageWays: Yoga for Midlife and Beyond in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For over fifteen years, I’ve studied an approach to yoga that was brought to the West through the teaching of T.K.V. Desikachar and his students. I’ve taught yoga for more than nine years in Philadelphia and Santa Fe. I’ve also done intensive yoga study at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, India. I continue private and group study on all aspects of yoga as well as Vedic chanting with Sonia Nelson of the Vedic Chant Center.

I am a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with the Yoga Alliance and a Certified Teacher with the Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation.

I have a special interest in the mid-life years. My latest book is YOGA FOR WOMEN AT MIDLIFE & BEYOND: A Home Companion. I have also have written two other books on women's midlife themes: MY TURN: Women’s Search for Self After the Children Leave and HEART TO HEART: Deepening Women’s Friendships at Midlife. I’m the author of four other nonfiction books, a writing instructor and coach, and speaker on women’s issues.

In addition to group yoga classes, I offer private instruction to individuals, and writing and yoga workshops. In all my teaching, my nurturing style and gentle acceptance allows students to discover the heart of yoga for themselves.

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