​Kristen Krash has been teaching Yoga and Pilates for the past twelve years and credits the practice of these disciplines with her recovery from traumatic injuries to her knee and spine that left her with mis-alignment and chronic pain. Through the years of her practice, she has come to find that Yoga is not only a way of healing the physical body, but also a way of felling more centered, more grounded, and more present in daily life. ​Kristen has studied and practiced both movement and alignment-based styles of Yoga with several senior instructors including Richard Freeman, Tias Little, and her primary teachers, Liz Marx and senior Iyengar teacher John Schumacher at Unity Woods Yoga Center. Kristen has completed several advanced anatomy workshops and courses in addition to her teaching certification. She has also co-directed and co-taught a nationally recognized teacher training program for three years and teaches other training workshops on alignment and anatomy within the practice of yoga. ​Kristen’s teaching style is direct, precise, practical, and often humorous. She respects the lineage and tradition of Yoga, but she understands the needs and constraints of those living busy and often hectic lives. She brings the key aspects of the practice—postures to release stiff hips and shoulders and strengthen the core and spine, breathing exercises to relax and rejuvenate the mind—and allows her students and clients to experience the benefits in their own manner and time.