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Bonnie Swan

Bonnie took her first yoga class with Sara Golden in 2017 and that ignited a spirited return to the self, a more joyful and content self. Bonnie began her yogic educational pursuit and gained her 200-hour certification through Passion Yoga School in 2018. This 200-hour course was facilitated in Costa Rica on a permaculture farm located on the Caribbean coast. Totally connected to the present moment, with no access to internet, phone service and running water, a transformation began. It was here that any doubt of the 8-limbed path was left in the jungle. Bonnie received a balanced education centred around the traditional elements of yoga provided to her by teachers who trained under the Akhanda Yoga lineage in Rishikesh, India, under Yogrishi Vishvketu. Yogrishi created the Akhanda approach with a basis in the Nath lineage.

Bonnie began teaching beginner yoga series locally in Charleston, WV after returning home from Costa Rica. She taught yoga and meditation to residential youth at the Job Corp Center in Charleston, WV in 2019 where she supported youth with mindfulness and breath work techniques to help as they transitioned into adulthood through residential career training. She continued her education by participating in a six-week Womb Sciences immersion which covered topics such as ancestry, energetic systems, menstruation, and anatomy. Most recently, she journeyed back to Costa Rica to become certified in Yin yoga. The elements of Yin were embodied through connection, daily Yin practices and conscious communication exercises. A typical class led by Bonnie will include invitational cues with trauma-sensitive language to open a safe space for healing and growth.

“My passion is to live from a space of contentment and non-attachment and to share the gifts of yoga and conscious communication with those who are aligned with me on this path.”