Bobbie Brooks received her 500-hour yoga certification through the Nosara Yoga Institute (NYI) in 2005. She has been practicing yoga for 10 years and is in her 5th year as an instructor. Trained in NYI's Interdisciplinary Yoga approach, her teaching methodology blends various styles and schools of yoga. She has developed a model that incorporates components of Vinyasa style (for fluidity), Anusara style (for physical alignment), and NYI inquiry-based style (for deeper understanding of the self) to form a well-balanced yoga practice. Bobbie is a certified yoga therapist. She is a certified Pranassage Practitioner® through NYI and is certified for cancer/cardiac yoga therapy through the Yoga of the Heart® program. Bobbie has extensive yoga training that includes some of the leading Western yoga experts such as Don and Amba Stapleton, Shiva Rea, Rodney Yee, Beryl Bender Birch, Seane Corne, Erich Schiffman, John Friend, Nischala Joy Devi, Patricia Walden, Rod Stryker, Judith Hanson Lasater, Baron Baptiste, Lilias Folan, Doug Keller, Gary Kraftsow, Bo Forbes, and many others.
Bobbie lives split-based between Huntsville, Alabama and Nosara, Costa Rica. While in Nosara, she consults for the NYI Directors by developing yoga curriculum, conducting strategic planning for the institute and assisting with the trainings. She is a member of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and sits on IAYT's Council of Schools as the NYI representative. When in Alabama, she teaches a college yoga course and is developing the yoga program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She is also working with the Academic Advisory Council of a renowned private high school to develop a yoga curriculum tailored to their needs. She teaches weekly classes at local yoga centers and various fitness facilities. The other part of Bobbie's life is acting as President/CEO of an engineering consulting firm where she applies her engineering skills into concept/research and development for various government agencies.
Bobbie Brooks received her 500-hour yoga certification through the Nosara Yoga Institute (NYI) in 2005. She has been practicing yoga for 10 years and is in her 5th year as an instructor. Trained in NYI's Interdisciplinary Yoga approach, her teaching methodology blends various styles and schools of yoga. She has developed a model that incorporates components of Vinyasa style (for fluidity), Anusara style (for physical alignment), and NYI inquiry-based style (for deeper understanding of the self) to form a well-balanced yoga practice. Bobbie is a certified yoga therapist. She is a certified Pranassage Practitioner® through NYI and is certified for cancer/cardiac yoga therapy through the Yoga of the Heart® program. Bobbie has extensive yoga training that includes some of the leading Western yoga experts such as Don and Amba Stapleton, Shiva Rea, Rodney Yee, Beryl Bender Birch, Seane Corne, Erich Schiffman, John Friend, Nischala Joy Devi, Patricia Walden, Rod Stryker, Judith Hanson Lasater, Baron Baptiste, Lilias Folan, Doug Keller, Gary Kraftsow, Bo Forbes, and many others.