Andrea Petersen

I was taught meditation from preschool age by my mother and introduced to Sivananda yoga by my father around age 8. I found a copy of "Be a Frog, a Bird, or a Tree" when I was 10 at a small health food store in Oregon with my Dad and he bought it for me. I spent the next few years learning from that book, dancing ballet at home, and practicing Sivananda Yoga when I was with my dad in the summers. Yogic and other spiritual philosophies were always a big part of my childhood and I'm lucky and thankful for that unique upbringing. When our daughter was born I was exhausted (as you are) and discovered a Richard Hittleman yoga VHS at the library. It was very much the old school yoga I was familiar with! So, I did a twice a day yoga practice to stay balanced as a full-time working mother and wife. In 2001, I started massage school and became licensed. I found anatomy endlessly fascinating. I love soft-tissue rehabilitation and solving the puzzles of clients' bodies, especially when more traditional avenues have not been successful in helping someone find relief. I bring all the yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques I've learned in my life to my massage table, and my 15 years of bodywork experience informs how I approach my own yoga practice (how could it not?!). I teach the yoga I practice and I'm so grateful that anyone chooses to come practice with me each time I teach a class! When not doing massage or yoga, you can find me listening to the Grateful Dead, knitting, and consuming questionable fantasy/sci-fi in any format I can get my hands on :) I'm so happy to be part of this amazing community!