About

Stephanie is the creator of the Yoga Journal DVD, Yoga for Strength and Toning and she is known for her inspirational teaching style.  Students appreciate Stephanie’s unique ability to infuse her playful and flowing Vinyasa classes with yoga philosophy, concise technical alignment, and heart-felt humor. Her commitment to breath, movement, happiness, and prayer make Stephanie one of the country’s most sought after teachers.

Stephanie teaches workshops and public classes in San Francisco where she has been a teacher trainer for the past decade. She is indebted to her beloved teacher Sri Dharma Mittra for sharing with her the real heart of the practice and has also been deeply influenced by the teachings of Iyengar yoga.

Stephanie teaches workshops and retreats internationally, is a Yoga Journal Conference presenter, and was the only single instructor to receive the SF Chronicle TOP 5 in Yoga for the Bay Area 2009.  Stephanie is also thrilled to sit on the Board of Directors for Headstand, a non-profit organization dedicated to integrating Yoga into the curriculum at schools that serve at-risk youth in the Bay Area and around the country.

Stephanie has been interviewed and profiled by Yoga Journal magazine, YogiTimes magazine, Fox News, and InStyle Magazine who named Stephanie as San Francisco’s most popular yoga class. She has also been a contributing writer for and featured on the cover of Yoga Journal Magazine.