Robyn Smith

Contact Information   
890 G St.
Arcata, California
United States
Email: robyn@innerfreedomyoga.com
Phone: (707) 440-2111
Website: www.innerfreedomyoga.com


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Professional Background  
Robyn Smith is the founder of Inner Freedom Yoga, a Certified Anusara Yoga instructor and holds certificates from Anna Forrest, Integrative Yoga Therapy, and Hanna Somatic Education. She has been studying yoga since 1988 and teaching since 1994. Her dynamic and enthusiastic teaching style is especially influenced by Anusara Yoga, her practice of Vipassana meditation and study of Buddhist and Tantra philosophy. Robyn infuses her teaching with precise attention to alignment, a joyful spirit, and gentle support for her students' process of self-exploration and opening to spirit.
Robyn teaches several drop-in Anusara classes, plus regular Alignment Intensives, Advanced Practice Intensives, Yoga Therapy Trainings, Immersions and Teacher Trainings, plus local and international retreats. She also helps people with chronic pain and tension through a private practice in Somaitcs and Yoga Therapy.



Yoga Background  
Robyn began studying yoga in college in 1988. She had been a gymnast as a youth and studied dance from the age of 14, so yoga came naturally and felt wonderful! It was in those first classes that she imagined herself becoming a yoga teacher. She went on to live in an intentional community and massage school, Heartwood Institute, in the northern California mountains in 1991 where she began to learn Iyengar Yoga and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. She was hooked on Ashtanga and practiced first and then second series regularly for several years. She continued to study Iyengar Yoga when possible with top instructors and in 1997 completed her first Teacher Training with Anna Forrest. In 1998, seeking more ways to help individuals with injuries, she completed the regular and advanced trainings with Integrative Yoga Therapy where she was first introduced to Somatics and Tantra Yoga philosophy. She entered the 3-year Hanna Somatic training course which she completed in 2001, after her first trip to India. Somatics gave her the tools to help hundreds of people in pain, through workshops and private sessions. In 2000, Robyn was introduced to Anusara Yoga. She met John Friend in 2001 and began to study with him intensively in 2002. She had finally found her heart's calling! Robyn received Anusara certification in 2005 and is thrilled with the way her teaching and practice, and spirit have transformed through Anusara Yoga.
Robyn has attended annual Vipassana meditation retreats since 1999 and has a daily meditation and pranayama practice. She loves to study Buddhist and Tantra yoga philosophy and enjoys weaving the teachings into her classes and her daily life.


Questions and Answers   

Q: What other hobbies do you have aside from yoga practice?
A: gardening, backpacking, playing the cello